Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional

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“But familiarity often does bad things to us. Often when we become familiar with things, we begin to take them for granted. When we are familiar with things, we tend to quit examining them. Often when we are familiar with things, we quit noticing them. When we are familiar with things, we tend not to celebrate them as we once did. Familiarity tends to rob us of our wonder. And here’s what’s important about this: what has captured the wonder of our hearts will control the way we live.” (source)

“During this season of celebrating don’t forget to stop and celebrate your Savior’s willingness. His willingness is your hope in life, death, and eternity.” (source)

“You see, the Advent story reminds us that our past, present, and future hope rest not on our willingness, but on the willingness of the One for whom the angels sang, the shepherds worshiped, and the magi searched. Willing Jesus is the only hope for unwilling sinners!” (source)

“The surety of these past prophecies and the specificity of how Jesus fulfilled them is also your guaranteed future hope” (source)

“Accept the very bad news of Christmas today, so that you can celebrate even more joyfully its wonderfully good news.” (source)