SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE
WORSHIP SERVICE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020
scripture reading
Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:8-15A NIV
ISAIAH 40:1-11
Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.
Speak
tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert
a highway for our God.
Every
valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made
low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
And
the glory of the Lord will
be revealed,
and all people will see it
together.
For the mouth of the Lord has
spoken.”
A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,
and all their faithfulness is like
the flowers of the field.
The
grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of
the Lord blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
The
grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.”
You who bring good news to
Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
“Here is your God!”
See,
the Sovereign Lord comes with power,
and he rules with a mighty
arm.
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies
him.
He
tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms
and carries them close to his heart;
he gently leads those that
have young.
2 PETER 3:8-15A
THE DAY OF THE LORD
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends,
since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless,
blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in
mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear
brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.