God With Us Part One
In the Waiting
Matthew 1:22-23 (NIV)
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
Responsive Reading
Reading: Jesus Christ, our Messiah and long expected King, rule in our hearts.
Response: With hope, we come.
Reading: Jesus Christ, Lord of our Salvation, set the world right.
Response: With hope, we come.
Reading: Jesus Christ, the Word, the breath, and the flesh of God, repair the dislocated and
broken.
Response: With hope, we come.
Reading: Jesus Christ, hope of the earth and joy of every heart, hear the spoken, unspoken,
whispers and shouts of longing, desire, and great need.
Response: With hope, we come.
Reading: Jesus Christ, our healer and deliverer, release the shackled, redeem the oppressed,
draw near to the afflicted, and restore the sick.
Response: With hope, we come.
Reading:
Our souls yearn for the arrival of our Messiah. Our souls ache for the coming of our Lord.
When all seems lost, we will wait for the dawn.
When all other lights have been extinguished, we will wait for the dawn.
Response: With hope, we come.
