I've shared before that Fall/Winter are my favorite seasons of the year; primarily because of the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. I love the Christmas decorations that are beginning to pop up everywhere. We decorated our home before our trip, because I like to enjoy a festive home the entire month of December. There just seems to be something different in the air this time of year. Maybe it's the excitement and expectation of this time of year. But sometimes I wonder exactly what people are so excited about.
Yes, I'm looking forward to the Christmas parties, Christmas music playing, the decorations which I love, spending time with friends and the giving of gifts to one another; and oh. my. goodness. the yummy food this season of the year offers.
But I want to be intentional and very deliberate about preparing room in my heart for "The Word" Who "became flesh and made His dwelling among us." (John 1:14a)
One of the ways I'll be doing that is following an Advent Reading Plan organized by a pastor that we served with when we lived in Greenville, MS. One of the things he always encouraged us to do this time of year was to focus on preparing our hearts with Scripture. He organized this set of Advent Scripture Readings and I thought I'd share it here with you for your use this Advent Season:
Christmas 2010 Advent Reading
Prepared by Dennis Salley
November 28 Luke 1:1-4; Galatians 3:26-4:7
November 29 John 1:1-18
November 30 Philippians 2:5-11
December 1 Colossians 1:13-23
December 2 Ephesians 1:1-14
December 3 Genesis 1
December 4 Genesis 2
December 5 Genesis 3
December 6 Genesis 12:1-7; 15:1-16
December 7 Genesis 17:1-8; 15-21; 21:1-7
December 8 Isaiah 7:10-14
December 9 Isaiah 9:2-7
December 10 Psalms 72
December 11 Isaiah 11:1-5
December 12 Isaiah 40:1-11
December 13 Isaiah 53
December 14 Micah 5:2-5; Genesis 49:8-10
December 15 Haggai 2:6-9
December 16 Malachi 2:17-3:5
December 17 Matthew 1:1-17
December 18 Luke 3:23-38
December 19 Luke 1:5-25
December 20 Luke 1:26-38
December 21 Luke 1:39-56
December 22 Luke 1:57-80
December 23 Matthew 1:18-25
December 24 Luke 2:1-20
December 25 Matthew 2
December 26 Luke 2:21-52
As I prepare room in my heart for Immanuel, the God Who is with us, I encourage you to do the same.
Preparing room,
Jennifer
4 comments:
Amen! May we live intentionally and deliberately this season, in which we meditate on the Incarnation of our Lord!
Blessings,
thank you for sharing these...I will certainly read through them. Preparing room for my King is a theme I want all year!! thanks for sharing this :)
love your christmas decorations :)
We're enjoying Advent readings as well, Jen. :)
Thank you for posting this! I'll be doing this with our 5 year old this year! :)
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