This week the Wednesday morning prayer group shared what they do when they meet together and how being in this group has impacted their prayers and their lives.

Psalm 86:11-13 (NLT) / 詩 篇 86:11-13 (CUVS)
2 Chronicles 7:12-16 (NLT) / 歷 代 志 下 7:12-16 (CUVS)
Matthew 18:19-20 (NLT) / 馬 太 福 音 18:19-20 (CUVS)
Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) / 腓 立 比 書 4:6-7 (CUVS)
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NLT) / 帖 撒 羅 尼 迦 前 書 5:16-18 (CUVS)

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“Emmanuel” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 7:14:

Isaiah 7:14 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 7:14 (CUVS)

14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

14 因 此 , 主 自 己 要 给 你 们 一 个 兆 头 , 必 有 童 女 怀 孕 生 子 , 给 他 起 名 叫 以 马 内 利 ( 就 是 神 与 我 们 同 在 的 意 思 ) 。

Luke 2:1-7 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:1-7 (CUVS)
Luke 2:8-20 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:8-20 (CUVS)

Sermon Notes

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) from the sermon.


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