Introduction to Advent Devotional 2025

 Introduction

Advent (from the Latin adventus, meaning "coming") begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas Day, and is often considered a season of anticipation and hope. For many Christians it is not just about waiting for a Savior to be born, but also looking to a time when the Christ will come again, in power and with authority. The traditional emphases for this season are on both the First and Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and our accountability for faithfulness.

Are you looking ahead to the return of Christ? Think about those who were eager for Messiah to come into the world the first time around! The Scriptures are filled with words like “watch”, “observe”, “guard”, and “keep.” They speak of faithful vigilance to the fulfillment of Divine promises.

This is a season that calls us to lean into our waiting, excited for the Word of God to speak to our hearts once again.

The theme: In Days of Old, In Various Ways...God Spoke

Each devotion will focus on a text from an Old Testament prophet (mostly Isaiah), and a text that connects the prophetic text to the Messiah.

Each author recognizes that the ministry leaders sharing space in this booklet may not share the same theology or doctrine on certain issues. If you have any questions, it would be appropriate for you to ask your pastor.

May this Advent season connect you with Christ, who is the Word from the very beginning, the Word who took on flesh, and the Word of power that gives life.

Love, Your Pastors & Ministers

 

Advent Devotional 2025 - Door/Kewaunee County, Wisconsin

Cover Art: Fulfillment, copyright© 2025 by Melani Pyke,
Niagara Falls, ON. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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