1. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
  2. We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
  3. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  4. Let us rejoice, then, in this grace so that our glory may be the testimony of our conscience wherein we glory not in ourselves but in the Lord (2 Cor. 1:12).
  5. It is terribly easy to set up our theology as a buffer against the real coming of the Lord and its consequences.
  6. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  7. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  8. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  9. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  10. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.
  11. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
  12. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.