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Mighty God: The Hope of Restoration
How To Use This Reading Guide
A passage of scripture, prayer, or song is provided for each day of the week, Monday–Saturday, with Sunday as a day to reflect on the sermon. You may either read and sing these on your own, or have them read and sung to you by a member of our congregation. To access this content, please follow us on social media (www.facebook.com/cornerstonewla or @cornerstonewla on Instagram). Lyrics for a second weekly song are also provided, and this can be sung each day of the week as well.
You may notice that some of the selected scripture passages feel more connected to the Christmas story than others. But all are intended to set your mind on the hope we have in Jesus. As you ponder the meaning of this Advent season, we encourage you to meditate each day on these three questions:
We recommend that you read the daily passage or prayer (or listen to the song), reflect on the three questions above, and then sing the weekly song. Some people also choose to light a candle to commemorate the time of Advent. For extra resources to guide your devotional time in this season, see the “Expanded Resources” section at the end, including sermons, albums, and books.
Merry Christmas!
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
Isaiah conveys the words of the coming Messiah, providing a vision of restoration for God’s people to look forward to.
Psalm 85
In a time of distress, Israel remembers how God has restored them in the past, and prays for Him to do so again.
Song: Silent Night
Luke 1:46-55
After the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear the Son of God, Mary sings for joy at the provision of the Lord.
Titus 3:3-7
In his letter to Titus, Paul speaks to what we were and what we have become because of the coming of Jesus Christ.
New Beginning, The Valley of Vision, p. 95
INCOMPREHENSIBLE, GREAT, AND GLORIOUS GOD, I adore thee and abase myself. I approach thee mindful that I am less than nothing, a creature worse than nothing. My thoughts are not screened from thy gaze. My secret sins blaze in the light of thy countenance. Enable me to remember that blood which cleanseth all sin, to believe in that grace which subdues all inquiries, to resign myself to that agency which can deliver me from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. Thou hast begun a good work in me and canst alone continue and complete it. Give me an increasing conviction of my tendency to err, and of my exposure to sin. Help me to feel more of the purifying, softening influence of religion, its compassion, love, pity, courtesy, and employ me as thy instrument in blessing others. Give me to distinguish between the mere form of godliness and its power, between life and a name to live, between guile and truth, between hypocrisy and a religion that will bear thy eye. If I am not right, set me right, keep me right; And may I at last come to thy house in peace.
Away in a manger No crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head The stars in the sky Looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing The baby awakes But little Lord Jesus No crying He makes I love Thee, Lord Jesus Look down from the sky And stay by my side Until morning is nigh Be near me, Lord Jesus I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever And love me, I pray Bless all the dear children In Thy tender care And take us to Heaven To live with Thee there
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