Advent 11- Savior Come

December 7

 Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, c. 397

Read Isaiah 7:13, 14 and John 1:14

The sign of Immanuel, God With Us, is the virgin birth. From the promise recorded in Isaiah to Gabriel’s message to Mary and Joseph, and John’s witness that Christ was physically present, we see the record of a promise made and kept.

Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, theologian, and hymn writer of the early church, is credited with the ancient hymn, ‘Savior of the nations, Come’. The hymn celebrates the fulfillment of the promise that the Messiah would be the son of a virgin and begs the Savior to dwell within the heart of the believer. Only the first 2 verses of this 8 verse hymn are in public domain and only the LSB contains all 8 verses.

Savior of the nations, come, 

Virgin’s Son, make here Your home!

Marvel now, O heav’n and earth, 

That the Lord chose such a birth.

Not by human flesh and blood, 

By the Spirit of our God, 

Was the Word of God made flesh – 

Woman’s offspring pure and fresh.

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For the Family:

The ancient Christian symbol for the Savior Jesus Christ is the ichthys (fish), in Greek the rebus for the Greek words that say, ‘Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior. Ichthys is the Greek word fish.  As you hang the symbol on your Tree of Promise praise the Savior.

Bible Journaling:

Bible Journaling

Isaiah 7:13

Advent 11- Savior Come

Connie Denninger

From the Kitchen:
If you don’t want to bake and your family likes the fish shaped crackers, fill a bowl with them and call it a match. If you do want to bake and you are not worried about peanut allergies, here are a group of cookies to choose from:

Peanut Butter Cookies

 Dora Pfizer Meyermann-Mother of Natalie Hartwig

½ C shortening ½ C peanut butter ½ C sugar

1 ¼ C sifted flour ½ C brown sugar ½ tsp soda

1 egg, beaten ½ tsp salt 1 TBS hot water

• Cream the shortening, Gradually add sugars and cream well
• Add eggs, hot water, and peanut butter
• Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together
• Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixtures
• Fill cooke press, Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets, decorate with chocolate sprinkles if desired
• Bake at 375 for 10 – 12 minutes

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup smooth peanut butter 1 Cup sugar 1 egg Raw sugar

• Slightly beat egg
• Mix egg, sugar, and peanut butter together. Use your hands. Work mixture until dough forms
• Roll into balls about 1” in diameter, dip in raw sugar, and place on parchment lined cookie sheet
• Flatten cookies slightly with fork tines in a cris = cross pattern.
• Bake at 350 for 12 – 15 minutes or until cookies are firm. Makes about 18 cookies.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Kisses

Follow recipe above until the cookies are on the cookie sheet. Then: 

• Unwrap as many Hershey Kisses as you have cookies to make.
• Flatten cookies slightly and top with Hershey Kiss that you push in slightly.
• Bake at 350 for 12 – 15 minutes or until cookies are firm. Makes about 18 cookies.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

1 Cup smooth peanut butter 1 Cup sugar 1 egg favorite jelly

• Slightly beat egg
• Mix egg, sugar, and peanut butter together. Use your hands. Work mixture until dough forms
• Roll into balls about 1” in diameter and place on parchment lined cookie sheet
• Punch hole about finger tip size in each cookie
• Fill holes with about 1/8 tsp jelly of your choice (I used strawberry jelly and it was a hit.)
• Bake at 350 for 12 – 15 minutes or until cookies are firm. Makes about 18 cookies.

Advent 11- Tree of Promise Devotions

Natali Grace Hartwig