It’s Spring in the Church, though it is Winter in the World. Jesus the King is coming again into the darkness of our hearts, Church, and nation.

We prepare our hearts, casting off the desires of the flesh. We examine ourselves and long for Him wrapped up in the simple means: His forgiveness, baptism, Supper, and Word.

Jesus looses/unties us from our Old Master, the Devil, over and over as we prepare for the Lord’s Return. He does this through His Means of Grace: Word and Sacrament.

Jeremiah 23:5-8; Romans 13:11-14.

Advent 1. First Sunday of Advent.