ADVENTure is a self-directed prayer walk pondering the true meaning of Christmas. You can read all about it here, as well as learn how you can do this as interactive prayer walk for your church or ministry.

This Sunday, December 6th is the second Sunday of Advent. As we consider the true meaning of CHRISTmas we light our second candle of the Advent Wreath; the Candle of PEACE, and we consider the shepherds who came and worshiped and wondered at Jesus’ birth.

Candle of Peace: The Shepherds

Read: Luke 2:8-20

Meditation:

The shepherds were a forgotten lot – vital to life in the Ancient Near East, but on the margins of society. They were poor, neglected, and unimportant in the eyes of man.

But God didn’t forget them – he sent them a heavenly chorus and a beautiful promise of PEACE.

Who is forgotten, poor, neglected, unimportant and on the margins of our world today?

Activity:

Make a bookmark. Write that marginalized person/people group down on the bookmark. Place it in your Bible as a reminder.  When you see it, pray for these people.

Prayer:

Father God, we ask you to bring

  (your person/people group)  

a song,

a blessing,

a heavenly visitation

to usher PEACE into their lives.

We ask this now in Your Powerful Name, Amen.

For your use:

Here is a .pdf file of this meditation for your use: ADVENT 2 Candle of Peace. Please see the ADVENTure Prayer Walk post for further resources and instructions. Should you have any questions, please comment below.

Missed other ADVENTure Prayer Walk posts? See:

• 1st Sunday of Advent:  Candle of HOPE: the Wise Men
• 2nd Sunday of Advent:  Candle of PEACE: the Shepherds
• 3rd Sunday of Advent:  Candle of JOY: Mary
• 4th Sunday of Advent: Candle of LOVE: Joseph
• Christmas Eve or Day:  CHRIST Candle

And may God bless you with PEACE, Jody

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Jody Thomae is the author of God’s Creative Gift—Unleashing the Artist in You and The Creator’s Healing Power–Restoring the Broken to Beautiful, both devotional books in the Bible Studies to Nurture the Creative Spirit Within series, designed to serve as resources for creative Christians, artists, musicians, worshippers and those that appreciate beauty. She has been involved in worship arts ministry since 1997, coordinating artistic involvement in church services and regional worship events through dance, drama, poetry and fine arts. She teaches and leads workshops in the area of creativity, spirituality and embodied prayer. She has also released a devotional CD, Song of the Beloved. Her passion is for the revelation of God to be made more real through the prophetic use of the arts in church and formational ministry. It is her desire to portray the message of Christ’s desperate and unfailing love for His people to help sustain the hearts of the broken and weary. Life scriptures include Psalm 27; Isaiah 50:4-7; and Zephaniah 3:14-17.