As we prepare for Christmas you’ll be madly shopping, wrapping, cooking, cleaning and much much more.  But how will you prepare your heart for this wonderful season?  Advent is a great time and Christmas is a wonderful celebration – but its easy to get distracted from the real meaning of Christmas – the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ who has come to bring peace with God through forgiveness of our sins.  Perhaps you could pick up an advent reading plan and spend some time reading the Bible and praying each morning and/or evening to re-orient your heart and your life towards Jesus Christ.

There are lots of free resources to help us prepare our hearts for Christmas during Advent.  Here are three that you can choose from (but there are many more out there):

We had the great joy and privilege of sharing this good news with Wilton Public School SRE students on Wednesday at our Christmas assembly.  Our Scripture teachers have done such a great job all year and it was great to be able to finish off with a bang.  Pray for a refreshing break from teaching and for the message to sink into the hearts of those who heard it.
Ben