Recipe for Salvation Advent Week 3: JOY

It's Advent! During this season, we wait and prepare for Jesus' coming, both at Christmas and when He comes again. This year, we're exploring the "Recipe for Salvation" and discovering what Christmas baking can teach us about God and His Word.

Light the Advent Wreath

Each Sunday of Advent, we light a candle on the Advent wreath to count up to Jesus' birth at Christmas. This week, we light the two blue or purple candles (HOPE & PEACE) and the pink candle (JOY).

Listen to Ms. Kayla's favorite song for lighting the Advent wreath.
If you don't have an Advent wreath at home, here's a wooden one that we love.

It's one thing to have a plain sugar cookie. It's another thing to have decorated and covered with icing and sprinkle-delights. The decorations take something plain and simple and turn it into a specktacle of JOY!

Jesus entered into our world of sin and darkness to fill it with light and JOY! Look around, and evidence of His love is sprinkled everywhere. From sunsets to rainbows, from frosting and sprinkles to cupcakes and cookies, Jesus fills our lives with wonderful things to remind us of who He is: the Savior of the world, crucified and risen, giving us JOY for all our days and into eternity.

A Christmas Carol

Sing and learn the actions to "Joy to the World."

From the Bible | Isaiah 35:1-10

Click here to read it.
the redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee. ISAIAH 35:10

Talk About

What does Isaiah say God will do in this verse? How does this passage paint of picture of JOY? Jesus is our "everlasting JOY." How can His promises help us when we don't feel joyful? How can you sprinkle JOY around your community this week?

Activity

  • With the help of an adult, decorate Christmas cookies and share ways you can sprinkle JOY througout the world.

Prayer

Dear Jesus, You are our JOY! Thank you for coming to the world to take away our sadness and sighs. Fill our hearts with gladness and help us to sprinkle joy wherever we go. Amen.

Credits:

Created with images by Alena - "Festive Christmas sugar cookies with icing and sprinkles on linen napkin.,festive dessert concept" • dulsita - "Decorated Christmas cookies on golden plate" • Edina - "Overhead shot of a box filled with christmas themed cookies decorated with icing and sprinkles" • Sujid - "Heap of various homemade traditional Christmas cookies, baking, gingerbread, holiday, festive, assortment, delicious, sweet"