Dec. 1, 2025

Advent Begins With Hope Day 1

Send us a text When the world speeds up, we choose to slow down. Our Advent journey opens in an unexpected place—Genesis 3—where a whispered lie fractures trust, shame rushes in, and humanity starts to hide. Yet even there, a seed of hope appears: a promise that an offspring will crush the serpent’s head. We sit with that promise and let it shape how we prepare for Christmas and how we live as people who await Christ’s return. We walk through the reading of Genesis 3:1–15 and talk about Adve...

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When the world speeds up, we choose to slow down. Our Advent journey opens in an unexpected place—Genesis 3—where a whispered lie fractures trust, shame rushes in, and humanity starts to hide. Yet even there, a seed of hope appears: a promise that an offspring will crush the serpent’s head. We sit with that promise and let it shape how we prepare for Christmas and how we live as people who await Christ’s return.

We walk through the reading of Genesis 3:1–15 and talk about Advent as more than candles and carols. It’s a posture of anticipation, a daily decision to listen for God’s voice over the noise, and a commitment to watchfulness that changes how we move through our days. We unpack the protoevangelium—the first gospel hint in Scripture—and connect the garden’s ache to the manger’s joy and the future restoration of all things. Along the way, we name the subtle ways distrust creeps in, how shame pushes us into hiding, and how grace calls us back into the light.

This is a short, steady invitation to breathe, reflect, and practice holy readiness. Expect clear Scripture reading, honest encouragement, and a simple path to begin the next 25 days with intention. If you’ve been craving a quieter heart and a brighter hope, this series meets you right where you are—between Eden and eternity, waiting well for the One who came and the One who returns in glory.

Join us for Day 1 and share the journey with someone who needs hope. Subscribe, leave a rating or review, and send this episode to a friend so we can watch, pray, and stay renewed together.

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Rick

Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!

Chapters

01:21 - Welcome To Renewed Mindsets

01:29 - Advent’s Meaning And Purpose

02:40 - Introducing Ashton And Day One

03:08 - Reading Genesis 3:1–15

05:27 - Reflection And Call To Watchfulness

06:25 - Closing Exhortations And Resources

Transcript

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Hey, welcome to Renewed Mindsets.

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I'm Rick, and I'm so glad you're here.

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Now, this is something special.

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For the next 25 days, we're gonna slow down, we're gonna quiet our hearts, and we're gonna turn our eyes towards Jesus as we walk through Advent together.

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Now every day we'll take a few minutes to breathe and reflect and remember the hope that came into the world and the hope that's coming again.

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So, what exactly is Advent?

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Advent simply means arrival or the coming.

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For Christians, it's a sacred season of preparation, preparing our hearts for two things.

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It was for the first coming of Jesus, born in Bethlehem, the light entering our darkness, and the second coming of Jesus, when he'll return in glory to restore all things.

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Advent isn't just candles and carols, it's a daily posture of anticipation and expectation and preparation.

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We look back with gratitude and we look forward with urgency.

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All right, we've got Ashton here with us today.

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She's gonna do day one, she may do day two, she may do day three.

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Who knows?

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Ashton, how are you today?

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I'm great, Rick.

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How are you?

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Good, good.

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I'm so glad that you um you suggested this.

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I'd thought about doing it and didn't really have any motivation to do it, and then I saw you put it on the church page, and I said, Well, I guess now I know I have to.

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That was my second witness.

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Confirmation.

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All right.

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Well, if you want to go ahead and start us off, let's go.

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Sure.

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We're in Genesis chapter three, verses one through fifteen.

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The man and woman sin.

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The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made.

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One day he asked the woman, Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?

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Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, the woman replied.

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It's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat.

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God said, You must not eat it or even touch it.

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If you do, you will die.

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You won't die, the serpent replied to the woman.

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God knows that your eyes will be opened, and as soon as you eat it, you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.

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The woman was convinced.

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She saw the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious.

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She wanted the wisdom it would give her.

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So she took some of the fruit and ate it.

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Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too.

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At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness.

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So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

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When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden.

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So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.

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Then the Lord God called to the man, Where are you?

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He replied, I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid.

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I was afraid because I was naked.

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Who told you you were naked?

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The Lord God asked, Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?

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The man replied, It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit and I ate it.

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Then the Lord God asked the woman, What have you done?

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The serpent deceived me, she replied, That's why I ate it.

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Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild.

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You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live, and I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring.

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He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

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All right, thanks for joining me today on Renewed Mindsets.

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As we walk through Advent, let's stay expectant.

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Let's stay watching, praying, and keeping our hearts ready for the one who came and the one who's coming again soon.

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I love you.

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Let's keep our minds renewed and our eyes on Jesus.

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The executive producer of Renewed Mindsets is Christy McCurry.

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That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy.

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The time to wake up is now.

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If today's episode challenged you, don't keep it to yourself.

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Tell someone, please.

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Text them a link.

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Share the truth while there's still time.

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Visit renewedmindsets.com to stay connected and to listen to past episodes.

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And check out our merch at renewedmindsets.store.

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Jesus is coming soon.

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Stay watchful.

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Stay holy.

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Stay renewed.

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Until next week.

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I'm Rick.

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Be an encourager, not a discourager.

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I love you.

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See ya.

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The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindsets podcast is Are You Ready by Floodgate.

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From the album Are You Ready?

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Copyright 2002, Offbeat Ministries Incorporated.

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Floodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes.

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Music used with permission.

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