Devotional
Advent Day 01: Hope
SUNDAY November 30, 2025
Week 1 Meditation
Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit
raise us to thy glorious throne.
— Charles Wesley, 1744
What is Advent? Derived from the Latin word meaning “coming” or “arrival,” Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. It’s the season when we look back to Christ’s first coming, as a baby born in Bethlehem, and look forward to his second coming, when he will return to renew and redeem every part of fallen creation. Jesus Christ has come and will come again. The Advent season is therefore a time to reflect upon the promises of God and to anticipate the fulfillment of those promises. It is a time for remembering and rejoicing.
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Putting Our Hope in the One True God
In his book, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Tim Keller looks at the problem of pain and suffering through a biblical lens as he works through the challenge of one of life’s most difficult questions: Why does God allow so much pain and suffering?
