Let us greet him with anthems sweet, let us with joy sing praises to him; let us spread the good tidings of this Christ-child who came to set us free. Lord, we hail you, we laud and magnify you, because you are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, who brings salvation free to all. Thank you Lord!

Dear God, show us the way to Bethlehem, lead us by your guiding star and make us willing Lord, to bring him gifts most rare, gifts that he will be able to use, humble us Lord, and give us adoring, willing, faithful, hearts to bring before the Christ-child. God will use your heart and mine to bring hope, joy, peace and love to someone, somewhere this Advent Season.

Lord, your word reminds us, that all those who seek you will find you. Therefore we will seek to find you through your word, we will look for you in the dark corners of our lives, we will look for you in sickness and in trouble, we will look for you in sorrow and in pain, for we know that you are not hidden from us, we just need to come to know you in an intimate way, and we realize oh Lord, that we cannot be intimate with someone we do not love, so show us how to first love you, to hunger and thirst after you, to put you first in our hearts and then, we will find you, and you will dwell in us, and we in you. Amen!

I am asking you this morning, where will you spend eternity? Why do you linger, why do you stay, in the broad road, that most dangerous way? While right before you narrow and straight, is the broad pathway to heaven’s pearly gate. Come my beloved, no longer delay, walk in the path that leads to God and you will be saved through all eternity.

Have you ever stopped eating something and after a while tried to go back to eat it again? Could you recall how it tasted? For me it tasted different, unfamiliar, it was not sweet, and it made me sick. That is the best way I could describe my experience of walking in darkness and sin and walking in the light of the Lord. Every day Lord, I ask you to plant my feet on higher ground, for my heart has no desire to wander again in darkness and sin, my aim, my hope is higher ground. Thank you, Lord!

Lord, increase our faith to believe in you, to trust in your word, that you’re proven and true. Lord, we have reasons to believe, give us more reasons to believe, that you will come again in glory real soon.

It’s amazing, how easily we answer the knock when sin calls, yet we ignore the knock when God is at the door. The desires of our hearts are set on the wrong things, we should desire the things of God which are lasting and will bring us great reward, for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, let us think about this seriously, for we would not want God to call us home when we are in the midst of evil and strife. Whatever you do and wherever you go, be mindful that Jesus could make his appearance at any time. We are like the watchmen who would not want the master to come and find us asleep. Watch therefore, be vigilant, and be ready for when Jesus calls you home.

“The Lord promised that he will come again in great glory and he will gather his elect from the four corners of earth and heaven. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you and toward me, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” No matter what we have done or where we have been, if we humbly confess our sins, God is faithful, and just, and will forgive us for all our unrighteousness.