{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Church OKC","title":"Enter Advent - Hope Is Here","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3014,"description":"Advent - adventus = arrival.Advent is about recognizing what God, through Jesus, has done, is doing, and will do.N.T. WrightChristmas has become cozy. Advent calls us to stay awake.Hope, Love, Joy and Peace1. We Look Back In Celebration John 1:14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.John 1:14The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.God is often working in ways that we can't seeLouie GiglioEven if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?Celebrate Now! Isaiah 45:15Clearly, you are a God who works behind the scenes, God of Israel, Savior God.Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?2. We Look Forward In Anticipation John 14:1“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.Revelation 22:12-13“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.”Revelation 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. Timothy KellerGod's...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bnHuiqv1vzbVKS3-CGSScUOuOFSAm4CGeToUp1bnpos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zOTVl/MTRhMTgxNzM4MDZl/YmFlNGVmYzkzMGRm/MjkyZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}