4 Prayers for Advent

Have you ever felt like you were crying out in the dark? Maybe you’ve agonized over a life-changing decision or looked for answers you desperately needed. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone! At some point, life leaves all of us searching for direction-giving light in the midst of darkness. Recorded by Kelly Hill. 

Who do you identify with more — Jesus or the Samaritan woman? Or maybe the disciples? Has culture or religion made you feel like you had to hide parts of yourself? Or perhaps you’ve sent others into hiding. Whatever the case may be, Jesus invites it all into his living waters. There’s no need to hide. We can let his love cover us. Recorded by Rachel Clair.

Maybe today your sight feels overwhelmed through the relentless flood of technology and social media. Or maybe you feel paralyzed as you see suffering and brokenness that seem too big to enter into or even look at. It’s precisely here that we can rest in the truth that our calling to see comes as those who have first been seen, and stunningly so, by our God. It is from this new identity that we are invited with the shepherds to see not only our Savior, but also those at the furthest margins, following as he relentlessly redeems. Recorded by Andrew Secrist.

In the same way God saw Hagar in the book of Genesis, Jesus sees us. May we rest in the hope, love and redemption of Immanuel — God with us. Recorded by Jess Galván.