Fourth Sunday of Advent: See Love 2019

Speak: “Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit” (Matt. 1:18). Light the fourth candle for love. Let us see love in the Lord! Read: Isaiah 7:10-16 and Matthew 1:18-25 Reflect: Read and reflect on Psalm 80:19. Remember that salvation is a gift of love from the Lord. What other gifts has God given you today? Engage: Show an act of kindness to a child with a parent who is ill or incarcerated, or take dinner to the medical team at your local emergency room or urgent-care clinic. Pray: Gracious God, we seek you everywhere with expectant eyes that invite us to see love in the world today. Amen.