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. God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
  4. For with God we look not for the order of nature, but rest our faith in the power of him who works.
  5. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  6. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
  7. You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
  8. We live again, not so that we will now pay our debt, but to proclaim that we live because our debt was paid!
  9. The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
  10. Our God is a living God and he listens to our cries for help.
  11. We don’t start with behavior and work toward Christ. We start with Christ and everything works out from there.