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    Readings for Advent: Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God
    Readings for Advent: Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God
    Readings for Advent: Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God
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    Readings for Advent: Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God

    By John S. Mogabgab, Rueben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck

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    What does the birth of the Christ child mean for us today?

    Experience the message of Advent as never before with the fourth edition in the "Guide to Prayer" series. The selections in this digital sampler (chapters 1–4) from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God give you a simple pattern for daily prayer throughout Advent.

    Each day incorporates

    • an affirmation
    • daily scripture readings
    • excerpts from classical and contemporary spiritual writings
    • time to pray for the world, others, and yourself
    • a closing blessing

    The weekly themes are

    • Active Waiting
    • Hope in God
    • Prepare the Way of the Lord
    • Welcome the Stranger

    Writers include Rueben Job, Pamela Hawkins, Martin Luther, Deborah Smith Douglas, Bernard of Clairvaux, and others.

    Spend time with the prayers and readings in this sampler, and allow your heart, mind, and spirit to be prepared for the coming of the Christ child.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpper Room Books
    Release dateNov 1, 2012
    ISBN9780835812313
    Readings for Advent: Selections from A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God
    Author

    John S. Mogabgab

    John S. Mogabgab, special projects editor at Upper Room Books, is the founding editor of Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life. From 1975 to 1980 John served as Henri Nouwen's teaching, research, and editorial assistant at Yale Divinity School.

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      Readings for Advent - John S. Mogabgab

      A Guide to Prayer for

      All Who Walk with God

      Rueben P. Job

      Norman Shawchuck

      Sunday Scripture Readings from

      The Revised Common Lectionary

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      A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God

      © 2012 by Upper Room Books

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      No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher except in brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information write to Upper Room Books®, 1908 Grand Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.

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      UPPER ROOM®, UPPER ROOM BOOKS® and design logos are trademarks owned by The Upper Room®, a ministry of GBOD®, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

      Unless noted otherwise, Scripture quotations are from the Common English Bible. Copyright © 2011 Common English Bible. Used by permission. Scripture quotations identified in the text are used by permission: Scripture noted JB is from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Reprinted by permission. Scripture quotations designated KJV are from The King James Version of the Bible. Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. Scripture quotations designated NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture noted RSV is from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 (2nd edition, 1971) by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.

      Lectionary tables from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright © 1992 Consultation on Common Texts. Used by permission.

      Excerpts from Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life are used by permission. While every effort has been made to secure permissions, we may have failed in a few cases to trace or contact the copyright holder. We apologize for any inadvertent oversight or error.

      NOTE ON LANGUAGE: While effort has been made to select and edit material to be inclusive, some texts retain original language that uses male nouns and pronouns in reference to humanity and to God.

      For Norman Shawchuck

      a soul friend

      Contents

      PREFACE

      HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE TO PRAYER

      WEEKLY GUIDANCE

      Including Daily Order of Prayer and

      Readings for Reflection

      The Season of Advent

      1. Active Waiting

      2. Hope in God

      3. Prepare the Way of the Lord

      4. Welcome the Stranger

      The Season of Christmas

      5. The Word Became Flesh

      6. The Poverty of God

      The Season of Epiphany

      7. You Stand on Holy Ground

      8. The Kingdom of God Is among You

      9. The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

      10. Behold the Beauty of the Lord

      11.

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