Summary
If Advent were a person, it would be that person who attends the family gatherings year after year, wondering if they'll finally make it away from the children's table to the adult's table. The themes of Advent, the text associated with Advent, you've got the in-between time where you're waiting for the first coming of Christ. And then you've got the text where it's the in-between times when you're waiting for the second coming of Christ. It's the in-between time that all of us live as we anticipate, not just the celebration of the first coming of Christ, but we live in anticipation of his second coming. So having set times of devotions, set times of prayer, well that's legalistic prayer, it should be spontaneous those that advocate for this say. In fact, you know what they've studied here on this and they've asked folks in the room to about their prayer life and you know what they've discovered on this, that the more one has set times to pray, the more likely they are to have spontaneous prayer.
Video citations
- "Pray" 12-5-21 — Would you open your Bibles, please, with me, too? First Thessalonians, the fifth chapter for our study today. If you're using a Pew Bible, you're going to find first Thessalonians, chapter 5, page…