Worship Preparation - December 14, 2025
Read the sermon text: Titus 2:11-14
Read the sermon summary: This Sunday we will consider the advent theme of hope. As we have seen in Luke 2, the atmosphere surrounding the birth of Jesus was one of great expectation. Simeon was waiting for the consolation of Israel. Anna spoke to those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. They had their hearts fixed on the ancient promises of God to save his people and it was this expectant hope that moved them to live righteously before God. Though we live on the other side of the birth of Jesus, our lives are also characterized by an expectant hope, the blessed hope of the return of Jesus. In this passage, Paul shows us what life looks like in this present age of waiting. What does waiting look like between Jesus’ first appearance and his second? What does it look like to wait for our blessed hope?
Read the following song lyrics in relation to the sermon:
Christ Our Hope In Life And Death
Verse 1
What is our hope in life and death
Christ alone Christ alone
What is our only confidence
That our souls to Him belong
Who holds our days within His hand
What comes apart from His command
And what will keep us to the end
The love of Christ in which we stand
Chorus
O sing hallelujah
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
Verse 2
What truth can calm the troubled soul
God is good God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known
In our great Redeemer's blood
Who holds our faith when fears arise
Who stands above the stormy trial
Who sends the waves that bring us nigh
Unto the shore the rock of Christ
Verse 3
Unto the grave what will we sing
Christ He lives Christ He lives
And what reward will heaven bring
Everlasting life with Him
There we will rise to meet the Lord
Then sin and death will be destroyed
And we will feast in endless joy
When Christ is ours forevermore
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