The perfect infant Jesus who kept God’s Commands for us perfectly, grew to be the perfect man Jesus who kept God’s commands for us perfectly, which makes him the one perfect sacrifice to pay the debt we’ve incurred for not being able to keep God’s commands perfectly.

2 Samuel 7:1–16; Psalm 89:1–8; Galatians 4:1–7; Luke 2:33–40

Christmas 1. First Sunday after Christmas.

Christmas Day 2024

John 1:1-14

Titus 3

Christmas Eve 2024

Jesus is greater, though he seems lesser. Jesus creates faith in you by his word. We are to magnify Him and live humbly.

Deuteronomy 18:15–19;

Psalm 111;

Philippians 4:4–7;

Luke 1:39–56

Advent 4. Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Exodus 1:8, 22; 2:1-10, 23-25;

Psalm 77:11-20;

Hebrews 3:1-6;

Matthew 2:13-21

Advent Midweek 3

John believed in Jesus by the same means that you believe in Jesus: one of His messengers brought His Words to you.

Isaiah 40:1-8

Psalm 85

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Advent 3. Third Sunday of Advent.

Joseph is one of the only people of the Bible who explicitly forgives. This makes him a powerful type of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 105:16-22

Acts 7:9–16

Matthew 1:18–25

Advent Midweek 2

We are in the last hour of history. Jesus tells us exactly what we can and cannot control about that.

Lift up your heads and your hearts!

Malachi 4:1-6

Psalm 50:1-15

Romans 15:4-13

Advent 2. Second Sunday of Advent.

Advent Midweek 1

Learn from Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Mary as examples of believing God’s promises in faith.

Luke 1:26-38

Genesis 17:15-19

Genesis 21:1-7

It’s Spring in the Church, though it is Winter in the World. Jesus the King is coming again into the darkness of our hearts, Church, and nation.

We prepare our hearts, casting off the desires of the flesh. We examine ourselves and long for Him wrapped up in the simple means: His forgiveness, baptism, Supper, and Word.

Jesus looses/unties us from our Old Master, the Devil, over and over as we prepare for the Lord’s Return. He does this through His Means of Grace: Word and Sacrament.

Jeremiah 23:5-8; Romans 13:11-14.

Advent 1. First Sunday of Advent.