Sabbath. Study. Serve.

 Sabbath, Study, Serve 

Taking the Sermon Into Our Week 

Scripture of the Week: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14

From the Sermon:

Advent is about preparing our ____________.

Advent and Lent are actually both a season of __________________________________.

Advent means __________ and ___________.

Advent is a season that invite us to deeply examine our faith lives and get the places where maybe we’ve veered a little off the road, __________________.

Jeremiah tells folks that this would be a really good time to reflect on their _____________________________.

Jeremiah was bringing the people a word of _______.

Like the exiles, we may want to rush through this ___________________________.

Reflection Questions:

How are Advent and Lent similar and different?

What do you do in order to prepare for a trip? What do you do to prepare your spiritual life?

Prayer:

God, we thank you that you for the gift of your son, Jesus Christ, who is our light and our hope. May our lives be so changed by that which he offers, that we cannot help but go forth and proclaim it. In Jesus’s name. Amen.