Christmas Cast

Advent is a time of preparation. It is a time during the church year that really has two focuses. One, we prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Two, we prepare our hearts for Jesus' second coming. It is real easy to do the first. It is exciting to decorate and set up the nativity and plan ways to include the birth of Jesus narrative in our devotions and activities. The second one is a little more difficult. We do not think about this one as much as we should. In fact, our minds and lives are so busy with everything else that we very seldom think about Jesus' return.
The Christmas Cast Series will help us focus on our lives as Christians in the world. We will be looking at the individual cast members in the Biblical narrative of Jesus' birth and focus on a character trait that will help us live our lives in the world as a Christian. Jesus' birth is certainly something to celebrate because His life, death and resurrection is what makes His return special for us. Because of the forgiveness and life that we have through Jesus, we want to live our lives for him.