LUQA 2:12

What would it have been like to be in Bethlehem on the night that Jesus was born? Imagine being a shepherd and hearing a sky-full of angels singing! This three-day plan takes children to the town and hillside to dwell for a while in the Bible story. The plan complements the free children’s game app Guardians of Ancora.

God is The Promise Keeper and the birth of Christ is the fulfillment of promises as foretold through prophecies of the Old Testament. The aim of this devotion is to encourage you in your faith as you study some of God’s promises which are a glimpse into the events related to the arrival of Jesus which we celebrate during Christmas.

Often times Christmas seems to be a time for rushing, anxiety, and forgetting what it’s all about. Let this reading plan show you what Christmas truly is.

Regarding Jesus, Luke 2:51 (NLT) says, "Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart." Joseph and Mary were responsible for parenting Jesus. They modeled how to train up a child in the way he should go. In this plan, Temi Michael-O shares lessons from Joseph and Mary's journey to parenthood.