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Advent: Making Much of Jesus

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A Resource for Worship and Discipleship

During Advent, let us pause to deliberately set our soul’s posture for worshipping Emmanuel – God with us. Let us see this exercise as our Yuletide spiritual discipline. A fundamental aspect of this practice for me has been to recall in detail Scripture’s profound testimony of Jesus. What follows is a recounting, an oration, a declaration, a proclamation of Christ. I invite you to build upon this biblical recitation with a response of worship (prayer, song, journaling) and then spiritual realignment – a deliberate seeking to be attuned to both the heart and purposes of the Father.

“This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set our sights on things above, where God is. We draw closer to Jesus… When our Advent journey ends, and we reach the place where Jesus resides in Bethlehem, may we, like the Wise Men, fall on our knees and adore him as our true and only king.”
Mark Zimmerman

“The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.”

Henri Nouwen

My Jesus

First Advent

As this journey of Advent begins
I am mindful of eternal things
I posture myself to worship
I have come to make much of Jesus
My Jesus is the Son of Almighty God
the very Word of God
the Wisdom of God
My Jesus is the firstborn over all creation
All things were made by Him, through Him, and for Him
He is the Heir of all things
He is before all things and in Him all things are held together
Nothing in all creation is independent of Him
He is the Alpha and Omega – the beginning and the end
My Jesus is the One who was, who is and who is to come – the Almighty My Jesus is Emmanuel – God with us
He is the radiance of God’s glory
the exact representation of God’s being
the visible expression of God’s invisible being History is anchored to my Jesus
It is now Anno Domini (the year of our Lord/Jesus) My Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever
That’s my Jesus

Worship Response (In Song)

Jesus Name above All Names
Naida Hearn Video

Jesus, name above all names
Beautiful Saviour, Glorious Lord
Emmanuel, God is with us
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word
Jesus, name above all names
Beautiful Saviour, Glorious Lord
Emmanuel, God is with us
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word

Lord I praise your name
Jesus, name above all names
Jesus, name above all names
Beautiful Saviour, Glorious Lord
Emmanuel, God is with us
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word
Blessed Redeemer, Living Word

Worship Response (In Prayer)

On this First Advent Jesus, receive my worship
My posture is one of humility
You are beyond comprehension – divine, eternal, sovereign Blessed be your name, Jesus
Blessed be your name
Blessed be your name
All glory be given to you, Jesus
All glory be given to you
All glory be given to you
For you alone are worthy to receive it
This day and every day
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you

Amen.

Worship Response (In Writing)

On this First Advent Jesus, I feel…

Thought for the week

“Let’s approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush.”
Anonymous

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