The Lord will infuse us with love and grace, and claim us as his own. And God will give us rest and lighten our load and lift our burdens.
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Mary inspires us to see who we will become
Each day in preparation for the nativity of Christ we say “YES” to God. We say, “We are your servants. Do with us whatever you will.”
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Jesus invites us to Get up and walk!
Is this Advent faith our faith? Have we been freed from our many ways of being paralyzed — spiritually, socially, within our relationships, intellectually, emotionally?
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It falls to us to announce the second coming of Jesus Christ
And even though we cannot pinpoint a day or exact time, nevertheless, we continue to proclaim the kingdom that is here and now, and the fullness of that kingdom to come.
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God sends us forth to do his holy work
He has called all of you reading this to be his disciples so that you could become apostolic, and he could train and form you in faith and love and send you forth to do his holy work.
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Celebrating a tiny bit of faith
Tiny faith that is real faith causes the amazing and the miraculous to occur.
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God offers us a spiritual foundation
So build it on rock. Build it on him who is a rock and a stronghold. And don’t build it alone.
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Spiritual strength is the most powerful thing we’ve got
When we become convinced that our God wants to feed us where we are most hungry and thirsty and will pour out into and over us every spiritual blessing, we will begin to see the world with God’s eyes.
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We’re invited to bring about the kingdom of God
And then the gifts of the Spirit will be poured all over and into that tiny, tiny, tiny shoot and blossom. The effects, though, are what is astounding.
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How beautiful the feet
Our feet carry us, and they are the first step in allowing us to be able to be bearers of the word and give that word to others.
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