“View the present through the promise, Christ will come again.
Trust despite the deepening darkness, Christ will come again.
Lift the world above its grieving through your watching and believing in the hope past hope’s conceiving: Christ will come again.” (A View of the Past Through the Present by Thomas Troeger, p. 286.)
(Anticipate – An Advent Experience, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, pg. 87.)
Father, as we go through days full of activity and busyness show us how to reach out to you for the peace you give our souls. Calm our minds and fill them with thoughts of you. Give us peace amidst the clamor. Amen
“Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” (Sing to the Lord Hymnal, p. 6.)
(Anticipate – An Advent Experience, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, pg. 82.)
Joy is not the absence of suffering, it is the presence of God. (Robert Schuller)
The River Run Church of the Nazarene will be offering a Christmas Eve Service through this site. It will be a celebration of praise, prayer, and song. We will open and close with a brief prayer and lead you through a time of worship through links to several songs. The service will be posted at 8 PM, but you will be able to access it at any time after that. We hope you will be blessed. May you and yours have a Spirit-filled Christmas!
“God of second chances renew our faith today that we might be a means of grace to our neighbor this day. Amen.”
(Anticipate – An Advent Experience, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, pg. 79.)
John 15:11 (NIV)
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” (Habakkuk 3:16-19)
(Anticipate – An Advent Experience, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, pg. 76.)
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it everyday. (Henri J. M. Nouwen)
When we choose joy in the Father our days don’t seem quite so challenging and stressful. (inspired by the quote from Henri J. M. Nouwen)
“God the Spirit let your Spirit move within us and transform us from the inside out through the new covenant in Christ. Amen.”
(Anticipate – An Advent Experience, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, pg. 73.)
Faithfully Yours Forever 