O come, O come Emmanuel! Advent is about waiting: Waiting for Christ’s return in victory, waiting for God to break into the world and make it new, waiting for God to renew our lives. As we wait, let us prepare our hearts for God’s arrival as we read and devote our spiritual lives to Christ. If you and I are faithful in our devotional reading, perhaps we can witness God’s grace breaking into us and through us to others.
This guide has been written by members and friends of the University United Methodist Church of Redlands to prepare our hearts for the Advent of Jesus Christ. As you read each day’s devotion, I invite you to hold that writer and his or her extended family in prayer. Then pray for our church and the ministries that we extend to the community. Then pray for yourself as you open your life to God’s grace more and more.
Let us bathe our church and community in study, repentance, and prayer as we wait and look for God breaking-in to the world and us this Advent season.
Pastor Glenn Hoskins
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