1. Make Room For Hope

During the month of December we all make room for Christmas. We make room for a tree and decorations. We make room in our schedules for buying and wrapping presents. We make room for parties and family get togethers. We make room for Christmas cards and delicious treats. However, this question does need to be asked: Is anyone, making room for Jesus? As much as we should enjoy all the extra events of Christmas, the truth is none of what we invest all of our time on ultimately gives us the hope our souls desperately crave. The Christmas trees die and shed their needles, food is eaten, gifts are broken or forgotten, decorations come down and the bills begin to arrive only to bring on the "blues" of January. That is unless you have made room for Jesus.  With this sermon we are going to embark on an Advent Christmas series designed specifically to help you make room for Jesus. If we aren't intentional with how we use our time and resources, it doesn't take long for the important things in life to be quickly forgotten. So what's the plan? Advent.  If you aren't familiar with the concept of Advent, the term comes from the Latin word, adventus---which means coming. It's been used by the church over the centuries as a discipline to prepare for the coming of King Jesus; both his first coming and his second coming (click here if you want to learn more) For the month of December we are going to practice some of the disciplines of Advent by worshiping together, working through a Bible reading plan together, practicing prayer and fasting...all with the expressed goal of making room for more of Jesus in our lives. To be a part of the journey, get started by listening to part one of Make Room.