Key among the preparations for the advent of our Lord is repentance. To turn from sin to God. To have a change or transformation of mind and heart. And although this work is done in and through us, it is God’s work. He sends messengers equipped with God’s Word and empowered by God’s Spirit to see that this work gets accomplished. And the gift of repentance is not a once and done proposition. Rather, it is an ongoing work throughout our earthly sojourn.
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Grace Notes 2024-12-11Sixty-one percent of you completed the online survey for the re:Vitality program sponsored by our Synod, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. I would have liked to have seen a hundred percent of you participate (quite unrealistic), but we have been assured by the Synod that we have a large enough sampling for a fair and balanced assessment from which we can be assisted with guidance and resources in our faithfulness to Christ’s mission in our community.
Having just completed the Church Year last Sunday with Christ the King Sunday, this Sunday we start a new Church Year with the First Sunday in Advent. The Year begins with the anticipation and preparation for the arrival of Christ. Advent is another name for “arrival” or “coming”.
What a friend we have in Jesus. Indeed, we do! Jesus spoke to His disciples, “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you” (Jn 15:15).