Advent Devotionals 2009

Week One: Hope	Week Two: Peace
Week Three: Joy	Week Four: Love

Dedication
This is the sixth year we have offered these Advent Devotional Guides.  They have become one of the traditions of the Advent season here at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church.  These devotional guides would not be possible without the dream that Evelyn Crooke had six years ago now. 

Each year, Evelyn finds writers and volunteers, and also takes the time to type each day's devotional with great care.  I'm certain, were I to try, I could not guess the number of hours she has put in to this gift of love each year.  And that is precisely what these devotional guides are for Evelyn—a gift of love to help enrich the Advent season for each of us.

Though she has shunned any attention to herself, and has protested greatly our focus on her this year, I think it quite appropriate and fitting to dedicate this year's Advent Devotional Guide to Evelyn Crooke, a faithful servant of Christ.

Tommy

Introduction

The season of Advent is always a meaning-filled time in the life of the church.  We reflect on the coming of God's son into this world and into our lives.   We discover a richness in unlikely places like a quiet animal-filled stable.  We find light in the dark nights where shepherds watched over their flocks.  We are reminded of the gift that has been given to us, even as the magi bring their gifts to the Christ child.  And in the words of the angel we find hope—'Peace on earth!'

 

This Advent devotional booklet is written by people like you and me who, like the rest of us, are on a journey toward the Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love that the season of Advent brings.

 

In the days leading up to the celebration of Christ's birth, use these devotionals to enrich your journey.  May the fullness of God be yours this year.

 

In Christ,

Tommy