Advent is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas (or sometimes from the 1st December to Christmas Day!). Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.

There are three meanings of 'coming' that Christians describe in Advent. The first, and most thought of, happened about 2000 years ago when Jesus came into the world as a baby to live as a man and die for us. The second can happen now as Jesus wants to come into our lives now. And the third will happen in the future when Jesus comes back to the world as King and Judge, not a baby.

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Clinton C. Cox declared this about the deliverance thankfulness can give us, “John Henry Jowett said,

‘Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.’ This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of fault-finding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic.”

what are you thankful for this day? It takes less muscles to smile than to frown. It is healthier to be thankful rather than unthankful. May God bless you today

Name something your thankful for beginning with each letter:

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for me this is my answer:
Timely help from my Saviour
Happiness in my heart
all my family
new traditions
keeping old traditions
instant support from friends
new food dishes to try
going to thanksgiving parties