Come Thou Long Expected Jesus! - Luke & Isaiah (2nd Service)
“We are surprised by God only when we did not believe!”
Christmas can be a time of great joy but it is also too often a season of disappointments – we ask too much! Christmas lists are too long, patience with family is too short – engagements are too many and time is too short! Days have more tasks and less hours and frustrations seem to be the only thing we have in surplus – where does this come from? Our expectations.
Expectations are the foundations of hope and the edges of disappointments. It is unrealistic to think that all our expectations can be met – yet there is a place where our every expectation will be satisfied – but only in Christ! We will revisit the hopes of Simeon and Anna and walk beside the men from Emmaus and listen to the prophecy of Isaiah – all to remind us of the Expectations promised by God who cannot disappoint!
I am inviting you to bring your hopes and disappointments – your expectations and frustrations. Bring them and hear the Scriptures and sing the songs about true hope that cannot let you down!
Pastor Mike