It Is Well with My Soul: The Sacred Roots Annual 2022-2023

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T he S eason of A dvent

D eparting to S erve Benediction

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come. Gather my saints together unto Me, those that have a covenant with me by sacrifice. Alleluia! Alleluia! The powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Alleluia!

~ Fred H. Lindemann. The Sermon and the Propers: Volume I, Advent and Epiphany . St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 1958. p. 42.

Affirmation for the Day Sunday: Let us affirm the soon-and-coming righteous reign of the Branch, the Messiah from Jesse’s lineage, God’s true King. Monday: The prophets foretold that a Messiah would come from the ancestry and lineage of Jesse. Tuesday: The Messiah will be filled with the Spirit of the Lord. Wednesday: The prophets declared that the Messiah to come would delight in God’s fear, and judge with both justice and fairness. Thursday: With righteousness the Messiah to come will judge the poor and pronounce an equitable sentence for the meek and vulnerable. Friday: The Messiah will transform all creation so that the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Saturday: Jesus is the Messiah, the ruler from David’s line who will reign forever as Lord and King over God’s Kingdom.