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December 1
Sunday


GOD WAITING

READ:
John 14:1-6
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The Lord is not slack
concerning His
promise,...but is
longsuffering toward
us, not willing that
any should perish but
that all should come to
repentance.
__2 Peter 3:9
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During the Christmas season we wait. We wait in traffic. We wait in checkout lines to purchase gifts. We wait for family to arrive. We wait to gather around a table filled with our favorite foods. We wait to open presents lovingly chosen.

All of this waiting can be a reminder to Christians that Christmas is a celebration of waiting for something much more important than holiday traditions. Like the ancient Israelites, we too are waiting for Jesus. Although He already came as the long-awaited Messiah, He has not yet come as ruler over all the earth. So today we wait for Christ's second coming.

Christmas reminds us that God also waits...he waits for people to see His glory, to admit that they are lost without Him, to say yes to His love, to receive His forgiveness, to turn away from sin. While we wait for His second coming, He waits for repentance. What seems to us like God's slowness in coming is instead his patience in waiting (2 Peter3:9).

The Lord is waiting to have a relationship with those He loves. He made the first move when He came as baby Jesus and the sacrificial Lamb. Now He waits for us to welcome Him into our lives as Savior and Lord. __Julie ackerman Link

``````````````````````God is waiting in the silence`````````````````````
``````````````````````As the world goes rushing by;````````````````````
`````````````````````Will not someone stop and listen,`````````````````
```````````````````Answer quickly, "Here am I'? __Smith```````````````

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God patiently keeps His promises.

*****************************Today's Bible Teaching __ John 14:1-6*******************************

1 "Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe n
God, believe also in Me. 2 In
My Father's house are many
mansions; if it were not so,
I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come
again and receive you to
Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also. 4 And
where I go you know, and
the way you know."

5 Thomas said to Him,
"Lord, we do not know
where You are going, and
how can we know the way?


6 Jesus said to him, "I am
the way, the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me."


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Today's text is part of our Lord's final time of teaching before the
cross. It is often referred to as the Upper Room Discourse because it
occurred in the upper room where Jesus celebrated the Last Supper
with His disciples on the night before His crucifixion. The teaching
was conversational, with the disciples occasionally interrupting to
ask questions, which is why we have the marvelous words of verse
6. Without Thomas's question, we might not have been given the
wonderful statement that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
who alone is able to bring us into the presence of the Father.