Brief Advent Table Devotions 2018
The appropriate candle on the Advent wreath is lighted.
The Spirit and the Church cry out:
Come, Lord Jesus.
All who await His appearance pray:
Come, Lord Jesus.
The whole creation pleads:
Come, Lord Jesus.
Joyous Light of glory,
Of the immortal Father,
Heavenly, holy, blessed Jesus Christ.
We have come to the setting of the sun
And we look to the evening light.
We sing to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
You are worthy of being praised
With pure voices forever.
O Son of God, O Giver of life,
The universe proclaims Your glory.
Family members may take turns reading the Scripture Verse for the Day:
READINGS
ADVENT I
Dec. 2: For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the
night. (1 Thess. 5:2)
Dec. 3: But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. (1 Thess. 5:4)
Dec. 4: For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the
darkness. (1 Thess. 5:5)
Dec. 5: But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. (1 Thess. 5:8)
Dec. 6: For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. (1 Thess. 5:9,10)
Dec. 7: See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. (1 Thess. 5:15)
Dec. 8: Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess. 5:23)
ADVENT II
Dec. 9: To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (Rev. 1:5b, 6)
Dec. 10: Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. (Rev. 1:7)
Dec. 11: Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (Jude 21)
Dec. 12: Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2)
Dec. 13: The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. (1 John 3:8)
Dec. 14: And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (1 John 4:14)
Dec. 15: So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (1 John 4:16)
ADVENT III
Dec. 16: And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20)
Dec. 17: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5)
Dec. 18: The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
Dec. 19: Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God (2 Peter 3:11,12)
Dec. 20: Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. (2 Peter 3:14)
Dec. 21: His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. (2 Peter 1:3)
Dec. 22: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (Phil. 4:4–6)
ADVENT IV
Dec. 23: “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen (Deuteronomy 18:15)
Dec. 24: 6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
HYMN – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Week of Advent I (stanza 1)
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
Week of Advent II (stanza 4)
O come, Thou Branch of Jesse’s tree,
Free them from Satan’s tyranny
That trust Thy mighty pow’r to save,
And give them victory o’er the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
Week of Advent III (stanza 5)
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav’nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
Week of Advent IV (stanza 6)
O come, Thou Dayspring from on high
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight
PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
TABLE PRAYER: Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest And let these gifts to us be blessed. Amen.