"Preparation Prevents Poor Performance"

THE PREPARATION YOU GIVE TO CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE IMPACTED BY WHAT YOU DO BETWEEN TODAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.  THIS IS ADVENT WEEK #4 ENTITLED, PREPARATION.  USE THIS TIME TO PRAY; TO READ THROUGH LUKE CH. 2 WHICH, IF YOU TAKE YOUR TIME TO THINK CLOSELY ABOUT EACH PART OF THIS CHAPTER, WILL SET YOU UP FOR A VERY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF I; DO SOMETING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.  PREPARE WITH JESUS AND THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN YOUR MIND ... THIS WHOLE WEEK.  IF YOU WERE IN CHURCH YESTERDAY, YOU HAVE A EXCELLENT BEGINNING OF ADVENT FOCUS ... THE CHRIST-CHILD IS BORN!  HE IS COMING AGAIN!  RECEIVE HIM IN HIS COMING BIRTH AND RECEIVE HIM IN HIS RETURN TO CLAIM HIS OWN.  PLACE THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN LUKE CHAPTER 2 IN YOUR MIND THROUGH EACH DAY LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS DAY.  PREPARE! ... PREPARE! ... PREPARE!    THE BEST EXPERIENCES IN YOUR CHURCH LIFE WILL BE A RESULT OF YOUR PREPARATION WITH ANTICIPATION OF RECEIVING SOMETHING FROM THE LORD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.