November 30, 2010
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Advent & Christmas Posts (Series Links)
Here are links to my posts focusing on Advent and Christmas. I hope and pray God might use these to help you to prepare the way of the Lord as you anticipate celebrating our Savior's incarnation once again...and again! ~Karen, updated 12/20/2013Posts from Advent and Christmas 2013
Advent Hope: What does Jesus Christ mean to you? ~ Is yours a lively or a dead hope?
Advent Desire: Do you content yourself “with the outside of the unsearchable riches of Christ”?
Advent Violence: Are we bearing “acrid and unwholesome fruit”?
Posts from Advent and Christmas 2012
"the treasure you can never find in a mall" ~ Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift!
Advent # 8: WHY HAS JESUS COME? "so that [we] might be WITH HIM" ~ Mark 3:14
fall down, worship Him, open our treasures, present gifts to Him ~ Psalm 72:14-15
Silent Night - Not! ~ "Prayer also will be made for Him continually" ... day and night
an advent of a different sort for the "glorious progress of the work of God"
"It is a dark night on the church, the depth of winter ..." ~ John Elias
"my best friend was born in a manger" | letter 156 on assurance & fighting for joy
Advent # 9 WHY HAS JESUS COME? Adoption: the highest privilege the gospel offers ~ J.I. Packer
Posts from Advent 2011 and Christmas 2011
"My situation was so dangerous, so hopeless, that nothing less than the incarnation..." (Payson)
Mary's Song ~ Holy Child, hidden in my womb | letter 131 on assurance & fighting for joy
come sinners, make consideration of Israel's Consolation ~letter 132 on assurance & fighting for joy
Christ's Advent Hymn ~ "Trinity's Counsel, Divine Design"
Hear this, all ye people; give ear! ... He shall save His people from their sins!
Advent # 5 WHY HAS JESUS COME? So we might draw near to God | Even a Vapor
Advent # 6 WHY HAS JESUS COME? So we might be a light to all the nations
Advent # 7 WHY HAS JESUS COME? So we might be satisfied with Him
out of the mouth of an atheist ~ the Christmas sermon you may not have heard
Posts from Advent 2010 and Christmas 2010Advent #2 WHY HAS JESUS COME? to give his life as a ransom for many
Advent #3 WHY HAS JESUS COME? not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance
Advent #4 WHY HAS JESUS COME? "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword"
Sovereign Glory (An Advent Hymn)
Advent Worship (letter 90 on assurance & fighting for joy)
"But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish." Isaiah 9:1-7 | letter 92 on assurance & joy
Are you rejoicing before Him & singing freedom songs? Isaiah 9:1-5, Charlie Hall | letter 93 on joy
Communion Joy | letter 94 on assurance & fighting for joy
don't waste your Christmas | exchange this world's madness for Heaven's gladness (letter 95 on joy)year end reflections, # 1: "end of the year ... in the midst of heartache" | Letter 97 on joy
Advent reflections - Jesus Christ has come my exceeding & everlasting Delight! | letter 99 on joy
Here are my posts from Advent 2009 and Christmas 2009"All My Heart This Night Rejoices" - the Lamb ... full atonement maketh
What kind of pony are you asking for for Christmas?
the story of Christmas ~ the story of Holy disruption
let's not forget ~ reflections on Christmas (& everyday) for Christians
a couple bags of cranberries reminded me
Here are my posts from Advent 2008
Thanksgiving/Christmas: Thoughts on Bible Reading/Ruth 2: Thanking the Lord with Naomi
First Sunday of Advent: The most scandalous bailout ever
Second Sunday of Advent: FAQ about Santa Claus and the Gospel of Christ
Third Sunday of Advent: His Kingdom is unshakable even when we're being shaken
God works through bad economies for good: A retrospective
His love is like a rock when we're spinning around (Charlie Hall's "My Brightness")
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Are you preparing Him room?
Preparing Him room: A Prayer from St. Augustine
and my posts from Christmas 2008...
So this is Christmas...?
So this is Christmas..."That's Christmas!"
So THIS is Christmas!...But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son
So this is Christmas: He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found
Here are my posts from Advent 2007
First Sunday of Advent "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
Second Sunday of Advent: "Comfort, comfort ye my people"
Third Sunday of Advent: "Veiled in Darkness Judah Lay"
Fourth Sunday of Advent: The Magnificatand from Christmas 2007
Christmas Day: "All Glory to God in the Sky"
Christmas Day: "I Celebrate the Day"
I originally posted this on New Year's Eve 2007
The Often Unwanted but Necessary Gift: The Gift of the Broken Heart
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