ADVENT ADVENTURE    WEEK FOUR     DECEMBER 18-25

Two opportunities to use the Advent Wreath: the fourth Sunday and Christmas Eve or Christmas Day: Week 4 features the Peaceable Kingdom, the Second Coming, and the hymn “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne.”

And Christmas Eve, we light the Christ Candle and sing “Once In Royal David’s City.”

Some families also celebrate this event with a Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Cake and the youngest child present blows out the single candle.

Jesse Tree Remaining…..

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Today’s Jesse Tree ornament and story is the fabulous story of God’s power against evil influences, the story of Elijah found in 1 Kings 18: 17-39. It is the story of miracles, of a fire that burned even though the wood, stones and altar were doused with water. And all this because Elijah called on God to overcome the Baal worshippers’ gods.

The new testament Chrismon is crossed keys. The statement reads:

“When Jesus said to Peter ‘I will give unto…..

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Today’s Old Testament theme is Honoring God, the anointing of David as king. Think about it:

Honoring God means we are ready to serve Him, whatever He tells us to do. It means we pray about what we are to do with our lives as careers. It means we develop our talents so they can be used by God. It means being ready to do His will whenever and wherever we are called to do so.

In this story David,…..

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From Advent Adventure, Day 11 Jesse Tree. The Chrismon symbol is the Lamb.

DAY 11

THE LAMB

“This symbolic ‘Lamb of God’ is often known by its Latin name Angus Dei. John 1:29 records that upon seeing Jesus coming toward him, John the Baptist exclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.” The lamb, pure and faultless, was used as the preferred sacrifice in the Old Testament. Only Jesus, however, could ever truly be…..

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Today’s Jesse Tree ornament is a piece of stone with Roman numerals I-X on it, representing God’s rules to live by. The Chrismon for today is the six-pointed star with the cross in the middle. It represents the union between the Old Testament and New Testament. This is the meaning of the symbol:

THE STAR AND CROSS

“The origin of the six-pointed Star of David is not clear but it has been representative of the Jewish people for centuries. With…..

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ADVENT ADVENTURE: A DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

CHRISMON ORNAMENTS: NEW TESTAMENT    WEEK 2

                Day 7 THE IOTA CHI “In the original Greek text, “Jesus Christ” is written IHSOUS                                       XRISTOS. From earliest times these two letters have been combined into a beautiful symbol                                     representing the Christian’s faith that Jesus is “the Christ [Messiah], the Son of the Living God”. (Matthew 16:16)

Day 8  The Cross  “The cross is undoubtedly the most well-known of all Christian symbols. Because  of…..

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The Jesse Tree ornament for this date is the cradle, and the story of patience of Sarai and Abram. The scripture is Genesis 21: 1-7 . It is the story of waiting for an heir until they were both in their nineties. Then God promised their children would be as numerous as the stars and the grains of sand. He was faithful.

The Chrismon ornament for this day is the Iota Chi, or the original Greek letters for Jesus.

“In the…..

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