Podcast — Kindsey Pentecost

Cindy Pentecost

Cindy Pentecost is the author of **“I get to prepare my heart, a Christmas devotional.”** She shares how to focus on the little joys in life when our attention is being pulled in every direction all at once during the holidays.
Christmas is supposed to be **a time of year filled with joy, love, generosity, and goodwill.** But for many people, their favorite holiday season is instead bogged down by **stress and unreasonable expectations** of others and, more often, themselves.
Join me as we hear from Cindy how to prepare our hearts for Christmas.

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THANK YOU Cindy for pouring in to us and sharing some ways we can prepare for Christmas. I love ADVENT and how important it is for us to stop and recognize Christmas is coming and we can usher in peace and joy or chaos and noise.

I don’t know about you but I want all the joy and peace I can get this Christmas. This was an extra special podcast for Christmas. Make sure to subscribe to the balanced girl so you don’t miss one episode. Thanks everyone.

-Key Points-

Advent - means coming, baby Jesus is coming, getting ready for His coming.
Getting Advent Devotional helps to live this season, a daily habit, it helps to shift the spirit, be intentional in connecting with God
A time to focus on Whom should be my focus
We get to be, don’t fall in a trap of getting too busy
It’s not easy to be in this state, you need to make a deliberate decision to be - I get to, not I have to…
Don’t want many of the Christmas tasks to take away the Joy
I enjoy baking in it’s simple format, this gives me joy
We talk our favorite childhood traditions, current family traditions
I love Candle Light Service - the simplicity of it, one light changes the entire room, He is the Light of the World
Christmas equals family
Share Advent with someone else, it is like planning a surprise birthday party, spending time together makes us better friends
Cindy talks about how she wrote her first book -Advent Devotional - ‘I get to prepare my heart’
Being up in a middle of the night to spend special time with the Lord
Cindy shares tips on how to start doing Advent in this Special Christmas Season
Merry Xmas!