Advent 2020 (Part 1) // Isaiah 64:1-9
VIDEO
AUDIO
Isaiah 64:1-9 (NRSV)
1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
so that the mountains would quake at your presence—
2 as when fire kindles brushwood
and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
so that the nations might tremble at your presence!
3 When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect,
you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
4 From ages past no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who works for those who wait for him.
5 You meet those who gladly do right,
those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
because you hid yourself we transgressed.
6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7 There is no one who calls on your name,
or attempts to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
9 Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord,
and do not remember iniquity forever.
Now consider, we are all your people.
Advent Resources
Daily Advent Devotional: A devotional with daily scripture readings, reflections, prayer, and practices has been compiled by Dwell. It follows the same themes and texts that we will be using on Sundays.
Daily Prayer Prompts & Art: A collection of daily prayers and artwork has been compiled by the Vanderbilt Divinity Library. These also follow the same themes and texts that we will be using on Sundays.
For Children: A collection of Advent themed coloring book pages and ornaments are available from the Jesus Storybook Bible. Families with young children are encouraged to download and print them.