Advent - latin words “ad venire” means “to come to” or “coming”

• Where you place your hope is

to your experience of peace and joy.

“We have the exciting promise of Advent, ‘That the God who has come to his people will come again, the God who has forgiven will forgive again, the God who has saved will save again, the God who has been with his people will be with them again, and the God who has spoken will speak again.’” —Anonymous

HOPE is a confident

and contagious

Reveal Answer

for what is to come.

“Yakhal” – to wait for

“Qavah” – to wait

And I will wait on the Lord, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will (Qavah) hope in Him.
Isaiah 8:17

I Qavah for the Lord…and let Israel Yakhal for the Lord, because He’s loyal…and will redeem Israel from all its sin.
Psalm 130:5-8

² When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples ³ to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” ⁴ Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: ⁵ The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. ⁶ Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
Matthew 11:2-6

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³ Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, ⁴ and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵ and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:3-5

• Hope for the

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⁵ Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. ⁶ Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Isaiah 35:5,6a

How do I walk in Hope?

1) Hold

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²³ “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, ²⁵ not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another…”
Hebrews 10:23-25

2) Remember His

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¹⁶ No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. ¹⁸ But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, ¹⁹ to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. ²⁰ We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. ²¹ In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. ²² May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
Psalm 33:16-22

3) Renew your

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But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13