City Church Tulsa

ADVENT Waiting with Joy 12.12.21 Advent is like a prison cell in which one waits, hopes and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Happiness tries to mask your circumstances and joy sustains you through your circumstances. The deep roots of joy: Contentment Gratitude Simplicity Suffering Hope Psalm 137:1-4 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
    when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the poplars
    we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord
    while in a foreign land? Faith doesn’t wait until the story is resolved. Faith sings in the waiting. Luke 1:46-55 46 And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord
47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
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