City Church Tulsa

LONGING – ADVENT Longing for Peace in the Midst of Chaos 12.4.22 N.T. Wright If we remove Advent, that is attentively waiting for Jesus' birth, from the Bible, we lose half the OT and most of the NT, including the stories of Jesus' ancestors, the words of the prophets, and the mystery of the incarnation. The restlessness in our souls is a continual reminder we are not home yet. Trevor Hudson There is a part of us that is forever restless, dissatisfied, frustrated, and aching. There is an unquenchable fire, a restlessness, a longing, a disquiet, a hunger, a loneliness, a gnawing nostalgia, a wildness that cannot be contained, an ache that lies at the center of human experience. Isaiah 9:2-7 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light;on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy;they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest,as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.4 For as in the day of M