The candle of Hope
Second Sunday in Advent
December 5, 2010
Read from your bible: Isaiah 11: 1-10
“Advent” means coming. A long time ago, when the words you read were first spoken, God gave them to the prophet Isaiah as a word of hope. The people of Israel were living in hard times. They had to do what another nation’s king told them to. They couldn’t praise God freely or live the way God had taught their grandmothers and grandfathers too.
Isaiah said that God would keep the promises God had made. They would be “fulfilled.” God wants to fill our lives with good things. What are the very best things that God fills your life with? What do you hope God will fill all of our lives with? As we wait to celebrate Jesus’ birth, we hope to see God’s promises fulfilled in our world.
This morning in worship we lit the second candle as we sang together. You can read or sing these words now.
Oh, hear us we pray, God for dark is the night,
and still we are waiting in hope for the light.
Oh teach us to trust you, preparing the way,
until with rejoicing we enter the day.*
As you light the second advent candle, say together,
“Come, Jesus, come!”
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