Episode 77: Advent Day 1

PREPARE THE WAY

“He will turn many of the children of Israel to the

Lord their God, and he will go before him in the

spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the

fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the

wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a

people prepared.” —Luke 1:16–17

What John the Baptist did for Israel, Advent can do for us. Don’t let Christmas find you unprepared. I mean spiritually unprepared. Its joy and impact will be so much greater if you are ready!

That you might be prepared…

First, meditate on the fact that we need a Savior. Christmas will not have its intended effect until we feel desperately the need for a Savior. Let these short Advent meditations help awaken in you a sense of need for the Savior.

Second, engage in sober self-examination. 

Advent is to Christmas what Lent is to Easter.

“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (Psalm 139:23–24) 

Third, build God-centered anticipation and expectancy and excitement into your home—especially for the children.  

If you are excited about Christ, they will be too. If you can only make Christmas exciting with material things, how will the children get a thirst for God? Bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of the King’s arrival visible for the children.

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