Episode 162: December 10, 2023 - Preparing with Anticipation

Eternity Church PodCast

A Sunday teaching by youth from Eternity: Chadwick, Kezzie, Daphne, Ruby. This Advent we gather around the fire, listening to the storytellers and watching the children play. There is something so real and refreshing about watching children play. Our days can become so encumbered with hurry and worry. And then, against the glowing light of the fire, we see the children around us. Some are engrossed in the words of the storyteller; some are carefully crafting masterworks of art from that loose thread you’ve been meaning to fix;…still others are off spinning like tops! Ah, the bliss of innocence! This week we have the distinct joy of being led by our young people in worship. The children of our church will direct us in our songs of praise and worship. They will guide us in prayer. They will revitalize our recollection of the nativity story, just as the angel’s song enlivened the shepherds in the fields! Our youth will lead us in the study of God’s Word. They will challenge us to receive the witness of Scripture that testifies of our Sovereign King, our Immanuel, God with us. May we throw off all the cumbersome cares and strife that keep us from worship as we prepare with anticipation to see the Christ child in the manger. Beloved friends, our young brothers and sisters in Christ - still wrapped in youth and childhood - will extend to us the symbols of our Savior as we gather to take the bread and the cup. Friends, as we take Luke’s good news to heart (Luke 2.1-20) and partake of the Lord’s table, may we be overwhelmed with praise. May this be our reverent response: Thanks be to God!