Ephesians 1: 3-6 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
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nRecently, the Lively class was studying Ephesians. One Sunday, our discussion led to each of us relaying how we came to accept God’s invitation of a personal relationship with Him. It was very interesting to hear how we each had a unique story. Every one of us was at a different point in our lives when we made the decision to accept Christ into our hearts and follow Him. One was about 12, one was in her late teens, a couple were in college and another was in her late twenties. We all had very different stories to tell of exactly what was going on when the decision was made or the realization of His call on our lives became real.
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nThis Advent season, remember your story. Remember when you accepted Jesus into your life. Was it a gradual understanding of His presence? Or an event going on around you that prompted you to say yes to God? A sudden moment in time when you just knew He was speaking to you to follow Him? However it happened, praise God! We are uniquely created for Him and are all called by Him to love and be loved.
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nAs the scripture above says, he lavishly gifted us by giving us Jesus Christ. Let’s remember to celebrate the Advent season with God, remembering when we accepted Him into our lives, and remembering why God sent His only son to be with us and for us. He wanted us to be made whole and holy and to enter into his celebration. That is certainly something to celebrate this Advent!
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nPrayer: Jesus our Savior, this Advent season help us to focus on you and remember our love for you. Thank you for coming to the earth for us and for the opportunity to have a personal relationship with you. Amen.
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nKathy King
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