What is the message of John to us as we prepare for the faith-deepening experience of the Birth of Jesus, the Christ? The message is the same as John preached to the Jews: “Prepare by seeking forgiveness.” What gets in the way of our appreciating God’s gift of Jesus as Savior is that we have let idols clutter our lives as the Jews of old did. Does our abundance, our need for recognition, and our longing for security become ends and not means? Have they become the little idols we worship? So John is inviting us to transformation of heart by acknowledging and confessing our sins so we can be attentive to the true “reason for the season.”
Adults: What is cluttering your life that is keeping you from preparing for the coming of Christ?
Children: What is getting in your way of fully loving Jesus?
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