Advent Meditations Week 1--Hope

Isaiah 52:7-10

• When was the last time someone told you some really good news? What was it about? Did you share it with anyone else?

• Who told you the good news of the gospel? How long did it take before you believed and received it?

• Good news is hard to keep secret. Do you still believe the gospel is good news? Who do you need to tell about it?

Isaiah 52:7-10English Standard Version (ESV)

7 How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
    who publishes salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
8 The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;
    together they sing for joy;
for eye to eye they see
    the return of the Lord to Zion.
9 Break forth together into singing,
    you waste places of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted his people;
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared his holy arm
    before the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see
    the salvation of our God.