A Joy-Filled Birth - Advent Week 3 | Breathe & Receive | 37

There's nothing like a newborn baby - precious and awe-inspiring and entirely dependent. The God who created the universe chose to come into the world as a little baby boy to give us what we need most: to be saved from our sin, from the evil in the world and in our own hearts. 

 

This week's meditation is on a passage that tells the true account of simple shepherds who had the great joy of meeting Jesus, the world's Saviour, as a newborn baby. Let your heart be filled with joy as you listen to prepare your heart for Christmas.

 

Our reading for Week 3 of Advent is Luke 2:8-21 (NIV).

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

 

This is the first verse of our passage in French (Second 21). As you listen, this is an invitation to take your focus off of yourself, and remember the body of Christ around the world, who hear these words in many different languages, and who worship the same Jesus you do. We’re all brothers and sisters in Christ.

Il y avait dans la même région des bergers qui passaient la nuit dans les champs pour y garder leur troupeau.

 

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