Today's Passage: Psalm 24:7-10 

Lift up your heads, O gates!

    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,

    that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory?

    The LORD, strong and mighty,

    the LORD, mighty in battle!

Lift up your heads, O gates!

    And lift them up, O ancient doors,

    that the King of glory may come in.

Who is this King of glory?

    The LORD of hosts,

    he is the King of glory! 

Today's Prayer: Oh LORD of Hosts, Jehovah Sabaoth, you are the King of glory above all others, and the victory is already yours. 

We call upon you in awe and praise when we perceive just a small portion of your character. Sometimes that comes out of us in speechless wonder and sometimes in shouts of praise. You are the LORD of hosts, the one who is above all and in whom and through whom all are created. 

We call upon you in our distress when we perceive just a small portion of your character. Sometimes this comes out of us in speechless sobs of sorrow and sometimes in cries of agony. You know our inner hearts and the troubles that we are going through in this world. We want to rest assured that you are our refuge.

You are our God, and we are your people. We submit to you as the Lord of Hosts and ask that you would reveal more and more of yourself to us. Reveal to us, LORD, more of how you empower us to cooperate in your work here, more of how you protect us in all of our battles, and more of how you are our strong refuge. LORD, we ask that you knit us together here in this place that we call Fellowship Church into a people who passionately serve you by serving each other and the world for the praise of your glory! Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

For more information about this Advent season, visit our Christmas at Fellowship page. There you can find more resources, as well as information about pursuing Christ and celebrating him this season with our church.