A beautiful prayer gathering I attended last night and our host brought true reminders to “Advent AGAIN” – yes – to pray for a new meaning or revelation or rekindling and certainly a new surrender of anything blocking our view of Jesus our Savior.

To ADVENT fresh and new is something the Holy Spirit always wants, and “Advent-ing” the NEWNESS is the Lord’s Way to approach each day, let alone each year. Advent-ing new as a gifted clue…

I saw this beautiful nested nestled wooden Nativity scene of Joseph surrounding Mary surrounding baby Jesus, precious and true. Advent-ing again, my insight saw Jesus being born within each of us. I have now known this born again as coming from within for almost 10 years now awakened. A marvel to me. 

Yes, Jesus placed in our hearts by the Holy Spirit God Himself. Jesus, the Word, created everything through God, as the Light that can never be overcome (as our host brought the book of John scriptures to surrender and surround our thoughts in).

I also felt in this wooden Nativity portrayal of Joseph and Mary and Jesus as an Advent-ing-again INSIGHT of the unique portrayal of Adam and Eve people (as if they came from the same origin being from one piece core of wood), having the blessings of beginning the Re-Beginning New Beginning of Jesus and the new Covanent of God with the people (us) beginning salvation inside from within.

Another insight was of Jesus being the vine and us the branches, as surely this wooden set was carved from a tree branch. We need only to just look within, during this Advent Christmas and always, to find new good reconnection to our Lord. 

We may surround ourselves or we can be overtaken by the Christmas rush. We may notice a new ornament, too much glitter, but if we stop looking out to look inside, we can see something new that has been newly revealed. 

Let us ADVENT a NEW BEGINNING today, and carry that LIGHT with us always. 

Amen 

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John 1:1-5 KJV[NIV]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended [or overcome] it not.

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From Psalm 1 NIV

Blessed is the one…

* whose delight is in the law of the Lord,

* who meditates on his law day and night.

 *That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither… 

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John 15:1-11 NIV

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.“