Here are a few resources that can help you and your friends and family embrace the Advent season: The incarnation of God is an awesome reality-ask the Lord to help you take it in! "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45). And we need to know the backstory-and feel it, and get drawn into its hope and wonder and anticipation.Īdvent is a time to get your heart and mind on track with God’s great unfolding plan to save his rebel world-a plan that would culminate with the Eternal Son becoming flesh and living among us: "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). You see, those special events in the village of Bethlehem that took place some 2,000 years ago didn’t just come out of nowhere: there is a backstory. Let me encourage you to make this season leading up to Christmas a time for you and your family to put Christmas in context. This Sunday we step over the threshold and onto the pathway of Advent!
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