Preparation for Advent

Daily Advent practices to enhance your season.

Our advent messages will begin tomorrow morning and we want you to be prepared for daily personal worship. Here are some advent traditions and prayers that we hope you may use with the daily messages that will be sent.

Set aside a time with God everyday where prayer, and light, and scripture and dialog, praying and yes, listening, are a part of your day. Advent is a wonderful time to introduce family worship at the dinner table.

We send you great blessings as Advent begins.

Consider preparing a simple advent wreath of 5 candles to light each day of Advent.

Each morning when you light the candle, the first week one, the second week, two, the third week three and the fourth week four... and Christmas eve the fifth, pray, “Come, Lord Jesus.”

The waiting nature of Advent may invite you to silence following your scripture reading and devotional to allow the words to echo in your head and heart.

You may wish to end your devotion time in prayer, and we will offer several that you may use and of course, you may pray your own prayer!
November 28 –December 5th
Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come.
By your merciful protection
Save us from the threatening dangers of our sins and enlighten our walk in the ways of your salvation.

December 5-11
Stir up our hearts, Lord God
To prepare the way of your only Son
By his coming, nuture our growth
As people of repentance and peace.

December 12-18
Stir up the wills of all who look to you, Lord God, and strengthen our faith in your coming that transformed by grace we may walk in your way.

December 19-23
Stir up your power, Lord Christ, and come
With your abundant grace and might.
Free us from the sin that hinders our faith, that eagerly we may receive your promises.

December 24
Almighty God, you make this holy night shine with the brightness of the true light. Grant that here on earth we may walk in the light of Jesus’ presence and in the last day wake to the brightness of his glory.
Conclude with the Lord’s Prayer.


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