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A 40-Day Devotional Liturgy for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
How can Christians effectively prepare their hearts for the arrival of their King and worship him the way he deserves amidst all the distractions of the Christmas season?
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel by Jonathan Gibson presents a 40-day devotional liturgy guiding readers through Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany—helping them keep their eyes fixed on Christ. Designed as a resource for the holiday season, each reading includes a guided meditation, applicable Scripture readings, hymns, prayers, creeds, and prompts for petition and confession.
For individuals and families with older children, this devotional will help Christians focus on Jesus and meditate on the mystery of his incarnation.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Preparation for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany
Chapter 1: Waiting for Jesus
Chapter 2: Format of Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany
Part 2: Practice of Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany
November 28–January 6
Appendixes
Appendix 1: Tunes for Hymns and Psalms, Gloria Patri and Doxology versions
Appendix 2: Advent to Epiphany Bible Reading Plan
Appendix 3: Author, Hymn, and Liturgy Index
| Contributors | Jonathan Gibson |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781433587948 |
| Format | Hardback |
| First published | October 2023 |
| Dimensions | 134mm x 204mm x 15mm |
| Weight | 0.82 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 432 |
| Publisher | Crossway |
With Be Thou My Vision, Jonny Gibson has given us one of the richest resources of Christian devotion for individuals, families, and churches in decades. Now, in O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, he has given us a second timeless treasure that can be revisited each Advent season and help us finish the devotional year in a spirit of exultation rather than exhaustion. He inspires our minds and hearts by telling the gospel story at Christmas with simplicity and clarity through beautiful liturgy. By leaning on the finest Christian thinkers and poets in history, Gibson helps to fire the imagination of our souls to repeat the sounding joy like it was the first time. Buy this book and read it to yourself, your spouse, your family, or your friends! Then buy one for your pastor so that it may refresh your corporate celebrations as well. It will make the beauty of Christ’s peace the overriding narrative during Advent this year—and every year.
With the flurry of activity, sometimes it’s hard even for us as believers to ‘put Christ back into Christmas.’ Expertly selected from our creedal, catechetical, and liturgical heritage, this treasure chest of focused meditation and praise helps us to revel in ‘the reason for the season.’ I plan on using it and giving it away, especially as a timely opportunity for evangelizing friends and family.
Rich liturgy offers us structure and words to stir our hearts and channel our worship of God. It orients us by the Scriptures and the riches of the Christian tradition so that our minds and hearts begin to run in biblical paths. My prayer is that God will use this book to help many hearts to prepare him room.
