Isaiah 41: 13-20
Psalm 145: 8-13
Matthew 11: 11-15
Isaiah 41: 13-20
Psalm 145: 8-13
Matthew 11: 11-15
Isaiah 40: 25-end
Psalm 103:8-13
Matthew 11:28-end
Isaiah 40: 1-11
Psalm 96: 1 and 10-end
Matthew 18: 12-14
Isaiah 35
Psalm 85: 7-end
Luke 5: 17-26
Hymns, Songs, Readings and other links for Second Sunday for Advent
– Sunday 6th December
Bible Readings:
Key Bible Reading:
If you would like to look up the reading for yourself – simply click the link:
For John 10:1-18: John 10:1-18 NIV – The Good Shepherd and His Sheep – Bible Gateway
Set Readings for today (Second Sunday of Advent):
Isaiah 40:1-11 – One of the classic passages of Scripture so rich in imagery foretelling the coming of the Messiah and what He will be like. He will level the mountains and raise up the valleys. He will be like a Shepherd feeding His flock and gather the lambs in His arms. He is the One, promised of old, who reveals God’s glory to the world and is indeed God Himself.
1Peter 3:8-15a – Peter speaks about the Second Coming and the “Coming Day of the Lord.” He reminds the Christian community just how precious all God’s people are to God, how they will be protected while they pray and hope for the “Coming Day” when God will bring about His new heaven and a new earth “where righteousness is at home.” What a beautiful phrase – where knowing Jesus and being in a loving relationship will not be something for “those who want to do that sort of thing,” but which will be front and centre of all that is.
Mark 1:1-8 – Mark picks up on Isaiah’s words in Isaiah 40, read earlier, and places them in the person and life of John the Baptist. For us as Christians, we often see John the Baptist simply as a forerunner to Jesus. But in the work of Josephus, a first century historian and general, he records but half a side about Jesus, but a whole chapter of his work to John. So John was a much more influential character than perhaps we maybe at first think about. He was one, if not the leading, alterative voice to the Priesthood in Jerusalem and also to the Pharisaic way of being faithful according to works and of keeping the Torah, the Law in every greater detail to demonstrate how devoted your were and are. John cuts through all this, faith and holiness for him are not about animal sacrifice and money as in the Temple. It is not about keeping rules and laws, necessarily, as in the case of the Pharisees, well certainly not as the primary thing. Faith, for John, is first and foremost about repentance and being willing to receive an ongoing and living relationship with God based on a willingness to confess our shortcomings and to be open to receive His forgiveness, His message of transforming love, and His Kingdom Spirit.
Hymns and Songs for Second Sunday for Advent:
Traditional:
On the theme of Peace as the Second week of Advent:
On the theme of Truth and Shepherding (based on John’s Gospel):
Children and Young People:
Modern:
On the theme of Advent:
On the theme of Truth and Shepherding (from John’s Gospel)
Videos/DVD:
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Isaiah 40: 1-11
2 Peter 3: 8-15a
Mark 1: 1-8
Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26
Psalm 146: 4-9
Matthew 9: 35 – 10: 1 and 6-8
Isaiah 29: 12-end
Psalm 27: 1-4, 16-17
Matthew 9: 27-31
Isaiah 26: 1-6
Psalm 118: 18-27a
Matthew 7: 21 and 24-27
Isaiah 25: 6-10a
Psalm 23
Matthew 15: 29-37