It’s been a great encouragement sharing with people offline and online who are working through the same readings. I have been doing this for the last few months each day with #BibleStott. If you’re on social media, use the hashtag #AdventPiper to share quotes or reflections along the way. It’ll be good for you.ĭownload the readings. I won’t read the reflection with my kids, but I’m hoping to read the Bible verses and spend time preparing as a family for the coming of Jesus.Īre you interested in joining in? Go on.
I’m planning on reading through Bible verse and the short reflection each day in the lead up to Christmas. The word ‘advent’ means ‘coming’.ĭesiring God Ministries and John Piper have just released a free set of daily readings for Advent. I’ve had a read of the first couple and they look fantastic!ĭownload ‘Good News of Great Joy’ by John Piper here. What is Advent? It’s a season of preparation that some Christians observe to prepare their hearts and minds for the coming of Jesus. I think that’s what Advent is seeking to do. Yet we don’t prepare spiritually for the season ahead. Whether it’s the purchasing of gifts, the tidying of homes, the completion of renovations, the cooking of food or trying to compete with the Griswolds for number of lights on your house! We spend lots of time preparing physically for this season. 5:4–5)Ģ4: Enjoy All the Promises of God (Mic.It’s a little crazy in the lead up to Christmas. 8:4–10)Ģ3: Our Deepest Need at Christmas (Mic. 16:15–17)Ģ2: Something Worth Singing About (Heb. 5:11)Ģ1: Get Your Eyes Ready for Christmas (Matt. 3:25–26)ġ9: The Gift You Cannot Buy (Acts 17:24–25)Ģ0: Receive His Reconciliation (Rom. 13:20–21)ĥ: Why Christmas Happened (1 John 3:5, 8)Ħ: God’s Passion for God at Christmas (John 12:27–28)ġ0: What Christmas Came to Destroy (1 John 3:8)ġ1: The Celebration of God’s Love (John 3:16)ġ2: The Glory of the Word Made Flesh (John 1:1)ġ3: Christmas Cut History in Half (Acts 3:24)ġ6: Freed to Be Part of God’s Family (Mark 10:45)ġ8: Graciously and Tenderly Frustrating (Rom.
Introduction: Praying for Fullness This Christmas (John 1:14–16)ĭecember 1: The Search-and-Save Mission (Luke 19:10)Ģ: Prepare Your Heart for Christ (John 5:44)ģ: Draw Near to the Savior (Heb. Our hope is that God would use these meditations to deepen and sweeten your adoration of Jesus and help you keep him at the center of your Christmas season. These 25 brief devotional readings from John Piper begin on December 1 and carry us to Christmas Day. Advent is a way of lengthening and intensifying the joy of Christmas. This is the greatest of history’s many wonders, something too stupendous to celebrate just on one day. But it is also a season of reflection and preparation for that special day when we mark Immanuel’s coming-the arrival of our eternal God in our own frail humanity. The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the year.
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