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I love Westminster Books. They’re a great store that offers great deals and they’re certainly worthy of support. I love getting to partner with them and highlight awesome things they are selling. It’s Cyber Monday so I want to share with you my top 3 items that I’d grab from them today!
Could it be!? One of my favorite authors has released an Advent book! Jared C. Wilson writes in a way that resonates with me. I love the season of Advent. It literally changed my life and made my Christmases so much more focused and intentional. To get to celebrate Advent with Jared C. is more than I could have asked for!
Discovering the celebration of Advent changed my life. That’s no joke. I can’t count how many times we hit the Christmas season, things got busy, and I find myself sitting on Christmas day thinking, “That’s it? It’s here and about to be over? I feel like I forgot to focus on Jesus.” I would feel so discouraged and guilty. Advent helped my Christmas season become much more focused on Christ.
I absolutely love Advent. I remember the first time I intentionally participated in Advent that it stirred my heart for the true meaning of Christmas like no other. Every year, I look for a new Advent devotion book to lead my wife and I through so we can set our eyes on Jesus and drown out the commercial noise of the holidays.
Growing up, I never really knew what Advent was apart from all the fun calendars you could open, but as I got older and learned the meaning of Advent and started participating in it with my own family, it has become really meaningful to me. Advent means “coming” and we take all 24 days leading to Christmas day to intentionally focus on the coming Christ as a baby. I’ve found this intentional focus helps me keep the true meaning of Christmas at the forefront of the season and it increases my joy in Christ…
The Advent season is almost upon us! I recently preached a sermon about what Advent is and why it can be beneficial to practice it especially in relation to God’s commands for His people in Deuteronomy 6:4-7 (which still applies to us today).
