Recovery Meditations

Today we read a promise God gave to His people hundreds of years in advance of the birth of Jesus.

Today's advent reading tells the story of war and plotting of strategies in the area of Israel and Syria thousands of years ago.

One day while the prophet Isaiah was praying, he saw a vision of God sitting on his throne in heaven.

What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!

What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.

For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him.

For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning.

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God.

Audio for ADVENT WEEK 1 -- MISSINGTHE MEANING He (Jesus) went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.

This is the beginning of the annual season of advent -- a time of preparing for Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ left heaven's beauty and perfection to come to this broken and sinful world to show us how much God loves us.

There are many ways friends encourage each other and bring out the best in one another.