THIS SUNDAY! Join Element at Ferini Park in Los Alamos at 9:00am for ONE Church Service In The Park! All are welcome. Help us Celebrate together with Old Days.
No matter where we find ourselves, we trust that God is good and will bring His good to us. The focus of Psalm 126 is on God and what He has done and will do again. The Bible speaks of joy, not like we experience on our own, but the kind that is characterized by God. The whole Old Testament’s sacrificial system was put into place so we could be returned to relationship with God again, to the joy and hope and redemption we were meant to live in. It is why everything in the Bible points to the eventual coming of Jesus because God did not and does not leave us in our brokenness of sin and rebellion. Jesus says in John 15:11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. God brings us new life, life full of life and joy.
The Songs (or Psalms) of ascent are 15 psalms that pilgrims would sing or recite on their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast days. They were reminders of God’s grace and goodness. These songs were and are reminders of what discipleship looks like as we walk in relationship with God in our own lives. We will use these 15 songs to travel us towards our holiday of Christmas because (as all things do in the Bible), they ultimately point to Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith.
