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Conventional wisdom suggests that, in order to avoid disappointment, we ought to expect less out of Christmas. God suggests just the opposite. In the centuries leading up to the first Christmas, God revealed the truth about the coming Messiah and taught his people to raise their expectations for his work. This week we learn to ask more from Jesus. Many people are comfortable asking Jesus to round out their lives with some timely blessings. Fewer will ask him to reorder their lives. Yet the advent call of Christ is that we ask more of him—that he do nothing less than save us.