Hope Foretold: The First Sunday of Advent
- Anna Portillo
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by Anna Portillo
Sunday, November 30, 2025
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The word “Advent” means “coming.” As we enter into the Christmas season this year, Advent invites us as individuals and as a church into a period of reflection, prayer, and anticipation of the hope, peace, love, and joy that Christ’s entrance into the world brings.
This Sunday, we lit the first candle on the Advent Wreath. While Christmas trees may fill our homes with anticipation and excitement, lighting a candle on the Advent wreath is a visual reminder of the light, life, and hope Jesus’ incarnation brings into a dark, broken world, wearied with the struggles of life and sin. The first candle reminds us that God has never, and will never leave us without hope. Even since the...[click here to read more]
Anna Portillo is the wife of HLI's Executive Director, José Portillo. Aside from being a wife and mother, Anna is a freelance author and editor in her spare time, with a number of published books and devotionals for adults and children. She also writes regularly for the Retratos blog, and serves in Women's ministries and in leading worship and Vive Charlotte Church.
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