I attended Advent Service last night and enjoyed it. I love reading things that make me focus on what I am supposed to during this season. It is especially hard with all the hustle and bustle of the season.

Advent is the time for us to prepare for the coming of Jesus--not only his birth, but when he comes again. If you did know He were coming tonight, what would you be doing differently tonight?

I encourage you to take a moment now.

Stop your hurry.

Give some time to God--now.

Spend some time with God while watching this video of my favorite Christmas song and reading this poem I received via e-mail.


By Mark Lowry



Same song again--I could listen to this over and over.


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Mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
will save our sons and daughters?
did you know that your baby boy,
has come to make you new,
this child that you delievered,
will soon deliever you,
mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
will give sight to a blind man,
mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
will calm a storm with his hand,
did you know,
that your baby boy,
has walked where angels trod,
and when you kiss your little baby,
you've kissed the face of God,
the blind will see,
the deaf will hear,
and the dead will live again,
the lame will leap,
the dumb will speak,
the praises of the Lamb.
Mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
is Lord of all creation,
mary did you know,
that your baby boy,
will one day rule the nations,
did you know that your baby boy,
is heaven's perfect lamb,
this sleeping child your holding,
is the great I am.

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I love the instruments in this one. The video is not that great, but his voice and the instruments just draw me in.

By Mark Lowry & Buddy Greene

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So how shall we live in such times as these?

Live expectantly for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Keep awake.
Be alert.
Prepare for God's certain arrival.
Be not like King Herod who prepared for the advent of Christ
by killing the infants and children of Bethlehem.
Prepare for the second advent by saving the children;
saving them from starvation,
saving them from child abuse,
saving them from all manner of deprivation.

Be not like the shepherds of the fields
who were caught totally unaware of God's advent.
Prepare for the second advent
by knowing the Bible,
by loving God and all people,
by coming out of the hills and fields to attend the worship of Christ.

Be not like those of Bethlehem who had no room
for Joseph, Mary and the baby.
Prepare for the second advent by taking time
to entertain the stranger,
to visit the sick and imprisoned,
to talk with God so frequently that God becomes
a heavenly parent known intimately as 'our Father .'

Prepare for the second advent by remembering the first advent.
Celebrate Christmas by exhausting your supply of Christmas cards,
advent wreaths, and manger scenes.
Celebrate Christmas until your voice gets hoarse
from singing the Christmas carols.
Celebrate Christmas by attending all the plays, pageants,
concerts and Christmas eve services that you possibly can.
Celebrate Christmas without hesitancy and with joy.

See you in Church.
By: Paul Kabo, Jr .