Lord God, I praise you that you have turned your anger away from me, and you have placed it on your Suffering Servant. Grant me joy this day in knowing that you are my salvation, and you promise comfort. Amen.

Adonai Yahweh, thank you for calling me to faith in Jesus who gives me life. Drown the old nature in me daily that a new person would rise to live with you, in innocence and blessedness. Amen.

This is our privilege to share with people on the Navajo reservation, this is our rock-solid promise built on the very blood of Christ.  Our sins have been paid for, we have received a quadruple comfort. 

Our ruined sinful condition could not stop the more powerful force of God’s love to save us.

All this “Christmas creep” with its joyous festivities can obscure the fact that Advent is similar to Lent; a season of repentance.  In Advent though, it is not repentance because of sin that led to Jesus being crucified, but repentance in preparation for the Lord’s first coming and His return. 

Summer greetings from Navajo.