Advent 1a – December 1, 2013

Overview

Scripture for the Day:

 Isaiah 2:1-5
 Psalm 122
 Romans 13:11-14
 Matthew 24:36-44

Liturgical Color:

1st Reading

 Isaiah 2:1-5 (NIV)

This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

2 In the last days

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.

3 Many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore.

5 Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Psalm

 Psalm 122 (NIV)

1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”
8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your prosperity.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

2nd Reading

 Romans 13:11-14 (NIV)

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Gospel

 Matthew 24:36-44 (NIV)

33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37 and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

38 There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. NIV®. COPYRIGHT © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Contemporary Song Suggestions for the Day: 

 IN A LITTLE WHILE  Shane Barnard | 2013 | CCLI Song #6590877

 WE WILL SEE  Walker Beach | 2012 | CCLI Song #6314974

 SING TO THE KING  Billy J. Foote \ Charles Silvester Horne | 2003 | CCLI Song #4010902

 YOUR ARRIVAL  Phil Danyew \ Phil Wickham | 2009 | CCLI Song #5652943

 WAKE UP  David Leonard \ Don Chaffer \ Leslie Jordan | CCLI Song #6092272

 WAKE UP  Martin Smith \ Stuart Garrard \ Tim Hughes | 2011 | CCLI Song #5942574

 AWAKEN ME  Chris Quilala | 2011 | CCLI Song #6169480

 AWAKE O SLEEPER  Ike Ndolo | 2009 | CCLI Song #5766262

 SONG OF THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE  Michael Farren \ Paul Wilbur \ Steve Merkel | 2012 | CCLI Song #6463595

 WE ARE WAITING  W. Zachary Taylor \ Chris Kline | 2012 | A worshipcurrent Exclusive!

 ALL BOW DOWN  Chris Tomlin \ Ed Cash | 2004 | CCLI Song #4403375

 LILY OF THE VALLEY  David Ruis | 2000 | CCLI Song #3145177

 MY SOUL LONGS  Jeremiah Carlson | 2011 | CCLI Song #6155834

 THIEF IN THE NIGHT  Jack Mooring \ Leeland Mooring | 2008 | CCLI Song #5107216

 THERE IS A KINGDOM  Jason Ingram \ Laura Story | 2013 | CCLI Song #7003270

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Hymn Suggestions for the Day:

 THE ADVENT OF OUR GOD  Charles Coffin \ John Chandler | Public Domain | CCLI Song #5395114 | Hymnary
Related Content: Organ Hymn Harmonization on The Advent of Our King | ST THOMAS | W. Zachary Taylor | 2013 Greater Plan Publishing, LLC

 HAIL TO THE LORD’S ANOINTED  James Montgomery | Public Domain | CCLI Song #1981649 | Hymnary

 FOR THE BREAD WHICH YOU HAVE BROKEN  Louis Fitzgerald Benson | Public Domain | CCLI Song #2734015 | Hymnary

 WAKE AWAKE FOR NIGHT IS FLYING  Catherine Winkworth \ Philipp Nicolai | Public Domain | CCLI Song #5279319 | Hymnary

 COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS  Charles Wesley | Public Domain | CCLI Song #4744735

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