Advent Season 12/11/2016 What is Advent? An advent is “an arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. At Christmas we celebrate Advent where we count down the days until Christmas. How many of you go shopping and then drop hints that you are done shopping and love it when people start guessing, “what did you get me?” And your response is, “It is something awesome!” “You’re gonna love it!” God did something very similar some 700 years before Christ was born through the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah 9:6 God is telling the prophet, I have this awesome gift coming! These passages show Jesus as a Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.Mark 2:17; Mark 2:5-12; Luke 19: 9-10 How amazing to see that prophecy fulfilled in your sight! How amazing it would have been to witness Jesus in the flesh doing these things. But how much more amazing to be a part of the most important event in history! Matthew 1:18-23 Parents imagine your child today coming to you with this story. Instead of looking for God in the situation we would have been trying to figure out how to cover it up. We don’t even think about the aunts, uncles and other extended family that was wrapped up in this, “scandal!” Yet God was using them too! Luke 1:39-56 As we pass through this Advent Season, stop for a moment. Put yourself there. How are you doing now? How are you preparing your hearts and home to receive your King? Is the arrival of the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty King, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace buzzing in your heart? In just a few days, we will celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Have we prepared Him room?