GDLC Audio

We begin our Advent journey looking at our Hope for Healing. So many people are waiting, have been waiting, or are just starting their journeys with hoping that they might find healing for their illness or the illness of a loved one. In our Gospel reading we meet two people who are looking for Jesus to bring healing to their lives. Jairus needs Jesus to heal his daughter and the woman needs Jesus to heal her bleeding ailment. In these stories we see Jesus perform miracles and heal them both, but we also remember this week that we have all been promised healing. The greatest healing came when Jesus forgave our sins and promised us that no matter what we face in this life we have a certain Hope for Healing in Him.

How amazing is it that God gives us faith! He doesn’t leave us on our own, but He comes to us through the Gospel that we might come to Him! But He brings us to faith for a purpose...namely, to be faithful to Him every day. Amazingly however, He not only brings us faith but He also causes us to be faithful in and through Him as well! Even our righteous deeds, done in His name, are done by the power of the Holy Spirit! Today we remember that Jesus causes us to live for Him and so today we are “Thankful for Faithfulness”!

How amazing is it that God gives us faith! He doesn’t leave us on our own, but He comes to us through the Gospel that we might come to Him! But He brings us to faith for a purpose...namely, to be faithful to Him every day. Amazingly however, He not only brings us faith but He also causes us to be faithful in and through Him as well! Even our righteous deeds, done in His name, are done by the power of the Holy Spirit! Today we remember that Jesus causes us to live for Him and so today we are “Thankful for Faithfulness”!