Isaiah 49:1-6; Luke 2:25-35 // The anointed servant of God showcases us the promise, surety, and glory of salvation, all found in Jesus Christ at the advent of his incarnation.

Isaiah 61:1-11 // The anointed messenger has come from God to proclaim a promise of everlasting joy through freedom, comfort, restoration, faithfulness, and righteousness. At Christmas, we draw our hearts to remember that Jesus Christ is the promised messenger at the proclamation of his birth is the advent of gospel joy into the world.

Zechariah 2:1-13 // God has promised his people that there will be a day where he will dwell in their midst with a personal and protective presence. In the incarnation of Jesus Christ, we find that Jesus is both the promise and the fulfillment of God's presence with his people.

2 Corinthians 4:7-18 // You are a clay jar: fragile, forgettable, and unremarkable. But God has chosen to place his treasure, which is the glory of the new covenant, in all those jars who are in Christ. In this outward weakness and inward glory, we resemble Jesus as we are renewed inwardly everyday in anticipation of the eternal weight of glory coming for us.

Psalm 139 // In this searching Psalm, we are called to accept the reality of our intimacy with God, behold our value before him, and confess our loyalty to him in Jesus.

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:6 // We've got a glory problem, looking for transcendence in all the wrong places. The good news is the new covenant ministry of Christ removes the veil of from our hearts to see the glory of God, the glory that gives us boldness, transformation, and courage.

2 Corinthians 3:1-11 // Every Christian is called to a ministry of the gospel, based on the new covenant Jesus has instigated by his blood. This new kind of glorious ministry aims for faithful sacrifice that sees hearts changed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 2:12-17 // The message of gospel is primarily spread not through the strength of the church, but through weak and redeemed people who have been conquered like Christ and go out with his aroma into the world. Praise God!

2 Corinthians 2:1-11 // When sin shows itself in the body of Christ, we don't hide it but call one another into repentance in love, ready to open wide the doors of forgiveness as we turn from sin together towards Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:12-24 // When we come face to face with the weakness of the plans of man, and when our best intentions fail again and again, it's easy to begin to lose trust in ourselves and one another. Paul reminds us that God always remains faithful to his people in Christ, and we can always trust him and his gospel message.