Christmas and Advent Plans

When was the last time you did a really deep dive into the Christmas story? From King Herod to the shepherds, Mary and Joseph, to the wise men and Zechariah, there is much to learn from the events surrounding the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Over the next 10 days, we’ll look at truths from the Christmas story we should live all year long. 

10 Days of Christmas Truths to Live All Year

The Greatest Gift will take you through the Christmas story in ten days, reminding you of the reason why you can have hope, joy, and peace in a world filled with turmoil and despair. 

The Greatest Gift

This year and last year have felt chaotic, stressful, uncertain, but God (I love those two words!) is unchanging, faithful, and our source of peace. Christmas is a time of remembrance, to reflect on what our God really did when Jesus was born in a manger. Follow along as we meditate on Christmas, joy, peace, love, and hope this Advent season. -Matthew West

We Need Christmas With Matthew West 

What if this Christmas, we were to remember the miracles that Jesus performed in the lives of those who came to Him? This Advent season, I pray you enjoy these 25 compelling stories based on the New Testament characters from The Chosen series. May their diverse, powerful testimonies inspire you to experience and become a miracle of God for others! Are you ready? You are a Miracle! Christian Misch

Chosen to Be a Miracle! Advent Plan Based on “The Chosen"

In Isaiah 9:6, we see that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. In this 5-Day Plan, we'll celebrate the arrival of Jesus by learning about His different names, and how they apply to our lives today.

Unto Us: Celebrating the Arrival of Jesus

Is it really possible to experience peace when life is painful? The short answer: yes, but not in our own power. In a year that has left us feeling overwhelmed, many of us are left with questions. In this 7-day Bible Plan, accompanying Pastor Craig Groeschel’s message series, we’ll discover how to find the Missing Peace we all crave.

Missing Peace

Christmas is a time when we as believers celebrate God’s heart to write himself into our story. Prior to Jesus, we had no real picture of God’s love. All we had to know him by was through stories of old and commandments written into law. But only in Jesus was a pathway created whereby we could walk in intimacy with the Father again. Only in Jesus was the veil torn, allowing God’s manifest presence into the earth. We owe all that we have to Jesus. We owe all that we have to Christmas.

Emmanuel

One Baby For The World takes you on an unforgettable Advent journey seen through the eyes of missions. Author Shari Tvrdik offers a unique perspective through Advent. She connects the powerful story of the nativity to her experiences with life among the suffering poor of Mongolia's ger district. Adapted from the book, One Baby For The World.


One Baby for the World: 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 

The celebration of Jesus' birth during Christmas time is about much more than a single event. Long before the Son of God took His first breath here on earth, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit determined a plan that would provide the greatest gift to all humanity: Jesus, the perfect sacrificial Lamb of God. Join us in this 5-day devotional as we celebrate the Gift That’s Freely Given.

The Gift That's Freely Given

In all the holiday hustle and bustle, it can be easy to lose sight of why we’re celebrating. In this 5-day advent plan, we’ll dive into the promises fulfilled by the birth of Jesus and the hope we have for the future. As we learn more about who God is, we’ll discover how to live through the holiday season with hope, faith, joy, and peace.

Living Changed: At Christmas

In a brand new devotional series titled, The Reason for the Season, Pastor Jim Cymbala provides fresh insight into the Christmas story. As he addresses the unspoken sadness that many carry at this time of the year, Pastor Jim Cymbala challenges us to think about what would mean the most to Jesus this holiday season.

The Reason for the Season

Celebrate Christmas with 10 personal meditations, and remember that Christ’s love shines for us all.

Our Daily Bread: Jesus Light of the World

We will reflect on Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments that all point towards the coming of Christ. As we look at the story of Christ’s anticipated arrival over this Christmas season, our prayer at New Life Church is that you would remember that Jesus came to be the embodiment of God’s promises for salvation and redemption. 


King of Kings: An Advent Plan by New Life Church

What if you encountered God this Advent season? Prepare Him Room invites you to give God sacred space in your holiday season as you ponder the miracle of Christ within you. God invites you to be still and let Jesus radically transform you this sacred season. Let earth receive her King! 

Prepare Him Room

The holiday season can surface many emotions. Making decisions, shopping, and preparing to host family members can be stressful. As you enter this season, it is essential to make peace a priority. This 5-Day Bible plan will guide you toward having a peaceful season. We believe there is the peace God promises everyone, and we can access it through scripture and self-care. 



A Peaceful Season: A 5-Day Bible Plan on Having Peace During the Holiday Season

Who doesn’t love a present? Christmas especially is a time when we love to indulge and lavish our loved ones with gifts and tokens of our affection. This year, why not take some time out to reflect on 12 gifts that our Saviour has given us through His death and resurrection? 

Christmas Presence

We have come to the most awaited time of the year, ‘Christmas’. In this plan, Sam and Mildred share from Isaiah 9:6, focusing on the titles given to Jesus. Well, if you look back we have journeyed through a turbulent 2020. But a prayer and desire for all of us is, ‘this Christmas, Just give me Jesus’. Please read this four day plan and be blessed.


This Christmas Just Give Me Jesus

26-days of ADVENT devotional thoughts to help you pursue an intimate, abiding relationship with our Lord and Savior as we approach the celebration of His birth.  

Abiding in Christmas

Stories of the nativity are important, but the story of why Jesus came should involve so much more than a manger scene. Focusing on one chapter a day through the book of John will reveal the beauty of who Christ is and why His birth was so important. In the flurry of Christmas, keep 
your eyes on Him. Come and see why Jesus is our greatest gift.

Come and See

We’re filled with anticipation as we lean into this season of celebration with the intention of tuning into the heart of God. Join us for 4 weeks as we: Behold Beauty, Break Barriers, Make Room, and are Surprised by God. Like all the best stuff in life, this journey is best taken with others—so grab a friend or two and your sense of wonder and roll into the Advent Season.

Infinitum Advent Suprised by God, Week 4

Christmas is coming. Join me as I prepare for this special holiday and reflect on the meaning of Christmas, what it really means to ‘go tell it on the mountain,’ how actions and words can work together, and how we can celebrate Jesus’ birth long after Christmas has come and gone. -Zach Williams

Go Tell It on the Mountain Three-Day Reading Plan by Zach Williams

Join us as we explore what it means to feel the ‘Christmas Spirit’ this Christmas, how God celebrates with us when we return to Him, and how celebrating isn’t just about the finish line, but about remembering the journey and seeing victory in each step.  -Taylor, Madison, and Logan Cain of the band CAIN

Celebrate Me Home - A 3-Day Devotional by CAIN

There is Hope! In this 5 day plan we don’t ask the question, "Is there hope?" We point to Jesus as the statement of Hope. Join us to be faith-filled during this Christmas season. 

There Is Hope

The Christmas season has an extraordinary ability to bring out feelings of joy and appreciation in people all across the globe. It’s as if humanity’s deepest desire is to express love through kindness and selfless actions. As people embrace the Christmas season, they are saturated with compassion and tenderness, which reflects the life of Jesus. Join us over the next 3 days as we examine Miraculous Jesus.

Miraculous Jesus: A 3-Day Christmas Devotional

In this 7-day plan, you'll be encouraged and reminded of the great love of God for you! As you read and study through one of the main names that God uses to reveal Himself to us, you will understand that "Immanuel" means God is with us!


Immanuel | God Is With Us!

Christmas Plans

This four-week series is an introduction to the Advent season and the things that the people watching and waiting for Jesus found when He came to Earth. You will learn that the birth of Jesus is just the beginning of the hope, peace, joy, and love He brought to the world. And the best news is—we don't just get to experience it on Christmas.

Not Just on Christmas: A 4-Week Devotional About Advent

The very rich parables of the virgins and the talents are grounded in the same context, in which Jesus uses them to speak about obedience, commitment, and loyalty.
Jesus is speaking about His coming, the condition in which human beings will be, and the condition in which He expects to find His disciples on earth when He returns.
I want to invite you to dive into what Jesus intended to say with the parable of the ten virgins and, subsequently, with the parable of the talents, understanding in depth their real application in our daily lives and in the church.

The Virgins and the Talents

Spark awe and recapture the wonder of Christ’s birth in this 4-day Plan. Join Bible teacher Jen Weaver and explore Isaiah’s ancient prophecies, revealing the beauty and majesty of Jesus nearly 700 years before His arrival. Let these timeless truths inspire worship in your heart and draw you closer to Christ.

In Awe of Jesus: Christmas Foretold in Isaiah

No trips on donkeys. No angels singing. Not even a baby in a manger. Yet, there are still 25 gifts God wants to give you for Christmas. We can find them in a little, six-chapter book halfway through the New Testament. These are The Greatest Gifts, as revealed in Ephesians. Along the way, you'll find the gift of love, the gift of salvation, the gift of unity, and many more. Prepare your heart in a special way this Christmas season by receiving, and giving, God's greatest gifts.

The Greatest Gifts

In this 19th installment, Who Do You Say I Am? explores how Scripture answers Jesus’ question, “Who do you say that I am?” Through Job, we wrestle with God’s wisdom amid suffering. 1–3 John and Jude call us to love, discernment, and faithfulness, while Revelation points to Christ’s ultimate victory. During Advent, weekly readings from the nativity story draw our hearts to the wonder of Christ’s coming. May the Spirit strengthen our faith, deepen our hope, and lead us to boldly confess: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Who Do You Say? Reading With the People of God #19

The birth of Jesus is the best news ever!
His birth brought great joy in Heaven and on Earth, a joy that still remains today since that special day.
Why not take the time to discover or rediscover this good news and share in this great joy?

CHRISTMAS - ADVENT - Good News, Great Joy - Jean-Luc Trachsel

During a season that often feels busy and stretched thin, we invite you to pause and remember what matters most: following Jesus. The birth of Christ is more than a story we tell in December. It's the beginning of our Savior's life on earth — and the pattern for our own life with Him. Our prayer is that these 25 days prepare your heart to celebrate His birth, deepen your walk with Him today, and stir your hope for His return. We’ve also created a companion worship playlist –  search “Following Jesus Through the First Christmas” on Spotify to listen. 

Following Jesus Through the First Christmas: 25 Days of Advent Truths

Advent is the season when we prepare our hearts for the arrival of Jesus - the Word made flesh, full of grace and truth. In these five reflections, we’ll look at how Jesus reveals the fullness of God’s love and challenges us to live in that same balance of mercy and conviction. Each week offers a Scripture reading, a short devotional, and questions for reflection to help you draw closer to Christ. As you read, may you come to know that God’s grace meets you in truth, and His truth always leads you back to grace.

Grace & Truth

Need help and ideas for savoring this Christmas season and enjoying each day with your family and friends? Join the Help Club for Moms community for encouragement and helpful tips for taking in each moment and focusing on what's really important this year!

Christmas Encouragement for Moms

This Advent, spend time in the opening verses of John’s Gospel reflecting on what these verses reveal to us about who Jesus is. 

Who Is Jesus?

Advent is not only the anticipation of Christmas. It’s a time when we’re facing the darkness of this world and at the same time seeing the rise of the Light. The Light that no darkness can ever overcome. 
For the next seven days, we’ll reveal that Christ has not just come once but that He comes to us today. 
This plan will help you feel Christmas not merely as an event from the past but as a living hope that renews your personal heart, family, and the nation.

Advent: The Light That Rises in the Darkness

Immanuel, Prince of Peace, The Humble Servant, Promised Messiah, Our Coming King – Jesus!

Join us in this 7-day series as we explore the uniqueness of Jesus’s character as revealed through the Christmas narrative. Let us give Him glory and praise this Christmas!

The Uniqueness of Jesus

As you rediscover Christmas in these devotions, you will find your heart opening to the wider field of God’s Love, empowering you to participate in the new Creation Story launched at Christmas and extending far beyond the Christmas season. 

Rediscovering Christmas

Immanuel in My Story is a 4-day Christmas devotional that helps you see the birth of Jesus as more than a distant event. Through the lives of Joseph and Mary (primarily based on Matthew 1), you will explore God-given dreams, carrying purpose, and trusting a story He has already written. By the end of these four days, you will be clearer about your part in God’s Christmas plan and the next step of obedience He is calling you to take.

Immanuel in My Story: Finding Your Part in God’s Christmas Plan.

Exploring the four angelic appearances found in the Christmas story and what they can teach us about our own call this Advent season.

Angels We Have Heard on High

Forgiveness is a big word, but what exactly does forgiveness mean? And what are the consequences if we don't forgive? And what is the difference between forgiving, pardoning and reconciling? This reading plan is structured like an Advent calendar: 24 “doors” and behind each one a little treasure awaits you about the incredible gift that Jesus gave you for Christmas.

Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Do you feel like you're sitting in a waiting room waiting for a door to open? All of us are going to end up in a waiting room at some point. The problem is very few of us wait well. After all, waiting can make us feel powerless or even hopeless. However, the Advent season reminds us that God does some of His best work in the waiting room. Learn how to wait with God today!

The Waiting Room

This Advent reading plan guides you through the key themes of hope, love, joy, and peace, helping them connect God’s promises to their everyday lives. Each day includes a scripture passage, a brief reflection, and practical application, encouraging deeper faith and meaningful moments of reflection. As you prepare for Christmas, you will grow in understanding and experience the Advent season in a personal and impactful way.

Radiant YTH Advent

In the Christmas special “Holy Night,” the creators of The Chosen have told the Story of the first Christmas really well. And this 6-day reading plan lets you peek in on some of the most powerful moments from “Holy Night,” setting the stage for deep reflection as you prepare room in your heart for the arrival of Jesus this Christmas.          

Christmas With the Chosen

An Audacious Advent: Setting the Table invites you to look at the story of Jesus’ coming through the lens of equity, welcome, and belonging. Each day explores a different facet of God’s heart for inclusion and what it means to make room for others, just as He made room for us. This five-day journey challenges us to prepare differently this season—to open our hearts, homes, and communities to reflect the Kingdom table Jesus came to set.

An Audacious Advent: Setting the Table

Advent is a season of anticipation and hope. This 12-day journey through the Christmas story will remind you that when Jesus stepped into our world, everything changed. From shepherds in fields to wise men following stars, from a humble virgin to anxious parents, God broke into ordinary moments with extraordinary purpose. As you walk through these devotions, may you discover anew that the Light of the World has come… for you.

Light Has Come

Advent

This 5-day devotional explores the hope, peace, joy, love, and light found in Jesus. Use it daily or as an Advent guide for the four Sundays before Christmas and Christmas Eve. This Christmas, don’t just celebrate a season — spend some time with the Savior who stepped into our story. Once distant, now among us, God came near so we could draw near. 

Light of the World

Christmas isn’t simply about celebrating what God did thousands of years ago but what He is doing for you when you trust His Son. Jesus is Immanuel, God-With-You, right here and now. Embark on this journey to unwrap the greatest gift. 

Christmas: The Greatest Gift

What have we missed about the Christmas story?
Through brand new Salt + Gold artwork, scripture, and real-life stories, explore the people, interactions, moments, and objects often unnoticed within the familiar Christmas story. From messy mangers to wild dreams, come and see the things you may have missed about Emmanuel - and the God who never misses you.

Christmas: The Things We May Have Missed

When hope feels distant—buried in silence, barrenness, or delay—Jesus is quietly at work, bringing life where we least expect it. 

In this five-day Advent journey, uncover fierce hope: hope that waits with expectation, trusts God’s work in the silence, chooses joy in uncertainty, believes against all odds, and prepares Him room. 

Each day offers Scripture, a short devotion, and a prayer to steady your heart with fierce hope this Advent season.

Fierce Hope: An Advent Journey of Waiting and Wonder

Jesus is not merely a path or a principle; He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. In this 25-day Spirit-filled devotional by Marcus Mooki, you will encounter Christ as Savior, Redeemer, and Lord. Each day will draw you closer to His love, truth, and eternal promise through the Word, deep revelation, bold confessions, and prayers for transformation. Rooted in John 14:6 and John 3:16, this journey invites you to walk daily in intimacy with Jesus, to be led by the Holy Spirit, and to live out the fullness of eternal life now and forever.

JESUS

This devotional explores the heart of Christmas: Hope In Darkness. Set against the real struggles of the first century, it reminds us that Jesus didn’t arrive in comfort or power, but in hardship, humility, and waiting—just like many of us experience today. Through the story of shepherds, Mary, and the birth of Jesus, we’re invited to see that God notices the overlooked, meets us in our brokenness, and brings hope when it’s needed most. This plan invites you to slow down, reflect, and rediscover Jesus as living hope, not just for Christmas, but for everyday life.

Hope in Darkness

The Christmas story reminds us that hope is not found in perfect circumstances but in our faithful God. Over the four weeks of Advent, journey through the readings of this devotional plan to help you reflect on the promise of Immanuel, God with us, and discover how He meets us in every season of waiting with faithfulness and hope.

Advent: Hope in the Waiting by Wycliffe Bible Translators

When life is hard, hope can seem out of reach. But God meets us right where we are. This 5-day Christmas plan offers unexpected hope in the messy middle of our ordinary lives. Through gentle reminders, honest prayers, and fresh glimpses of the first Christmas, you are invited to pause, hope, and trust again. Written by author and spiritual director Kim Avery, this devotional helps you draw close to Christ this Christmas.