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Advent Tips & Tricks
So the past couple of times we’ve been talking about what Advent is and what Advent means. But here’s some really practical brass tacks kind of things to make sure you’re having a good Advent. To make the most out of this special season in the church year.
So, the first thing you can do is make sure you’re attending church regularly. If it’s something where it hasn’t been every Sunday, make a commitment, right? This is the new church year. Perfect time for a New Year’s resolution. Most congregations will also have a midweek service, maybe on a Wednesday evening or something. You can talk to your pastor and learn about what’s going on in your congregation. To just prepare spiritually by going to church more and receiving God’s Word and his sacrament more frequently.
But this public worship also extends into your private life and into your homes. There’s plenty of good devotional resources out there for use as an individual or for use as a family, plenty of which will pick up on the themes and topics that we’ve been talking about in Advent. Again, there’s tons out there. Talk to your pastor. I’m sure he’ll have a good one that he’ll recommend for you. Again, it’s a good time to rededicate yourself to a more regular devotional practice. To focus on this preparation, to focus on the Means of Grace as we do this Advent.
It’s also a great time to pick up again on family devotions. And there’s some really unique, special things that you can do at home to bring the church over to home and, really to make it more interesting for your kids. Your church probably has an Advent wreath in the front where each Sunday you’ll light another candle and you can actually buy one of those and just put it on your kitchen table for your family devotional time. I know my kids really like just looking at the fire, so even if they’re really little and have problems sitting still for the devotion, they’ll just stare at that fire, right? But we can still explain what this means and why we’re doing it.
We have the Savior and Redeemer for all of our sins. Jesus shed his innocent blood for us as he suffered, and he died so that our sins might be forgiven his innocent blood for ours.
Advent is a great time to make more regular use out of the Means of Grace, to to prepare ourselves spiritually for the great festival of Christmas by focusing in again on God’s Word, by learning more and more about our Savior and why he has come and what he does for us.
