The word on our Advent Wreath today is PEACE. About 2,700 years ago, the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah caught a vision of a child to be born who would be called the Prince of Peace. This leader from the lineage of David would rule the world and there would be no limits to the peace he would bring. Cynics among us are saying why cry peace, when there has been no peace in the history of human kind? The militants remind us that even Jesus said, “I came not to bring peace but a sword." Meanwhile, American soldiers and innocent civilians are dying in Iraq. And some mother simply wants to keep the peace when the family gathers for Christmas. Will there be any bells this Christmas day that sound the note of lasting peace?

I. IF WE WANT PEACE, WE MUST MOVE FROM THE HOUSE DIVIDED TO THE SELF UNITED.

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