Advent

In the midst of a busy, often stressful holiday season, these short Advent reflections, questions, and prayers will bring hope to parents like you and help you stay rooted in anticipation of Christ’s arrival. Advent is an invitation to reexamine how God has worked and will work in our lives as we wait for the light of Christ to illuminate every shadow.

A Thrill of Hope: 5 Advent Reflections & Prayers for Weary Parents

The most important thing that we can prepare for Christmas is our heart. This video series will help you prepare for Jesus' coming.

Advent Prophecies

This three-day Christmas reading plan invites you to shift focus from earthly to eternal treasures. Reflecting on Biblical teachings about generosity, the plan encourages giving with a Kingdom mindset, reminding us that true rewards lie in heaven. Each day explores how aligning our hearts with God’s purpose brings lasting joy, peace, and impact—revealing the deeper meaning of Christmas beyond material gifts.

Christmas Treasures

Fear touches every life—whether through childhood worries, family anxieties, or mistakes we try to avoid. But Advent invites us to hope for a new reality ruled by peace, not fear. The Son of God entered our broken world to comfort us, overcome fear, and bring lasting peace. May His gospel of peace fill your heart throughout this Advent season!

This month’s reading plan follows the lectionary pattern with daily passages from the Psalms, Old Testament, and New Testament, accompanied by Advent devotionals in partnership with 1517.org on the theme of Peace.

Reading With the People of God #8 Peace

God prepared the world for Jesus the Messiah right from the very beginning.  He made sure His world knew ahead of time that the Messiah was coming.  This is the first of three devotionals that give the prophetic pronouncements of the Messiah – and how they were fulfilled.  This devotional shows the prophecies of the lineage of Jesus starting from the garden of Eden right to Mary.

Jesus' Lineage - Preparing For Christmas Series #1

As we look towards Christmas, can you feel that festive feeling building on the inside? This devotional is an advent based devotional, as we look with anticipation towards the birth of Christ. All of the Christmas festivities we know and treasure are founded on our expectation and hope in Christ, and what joy it is to celebrate his coming on Christmas Day!

That Festive Feeling

This plan follows the prophecies about the Messiah and then the life of Jesus. During this advent season as MyLocal church, we want to look at the life of Jesus and his incredible message to humanity. We believe Jesus is the Messiah prophesied about in the Hebrew Bible: Emmanuel, 'God with us'. In this winter season we remember hope despite the circumstances. 

The Advent of Jesus

Guided by faith and the rising of a distant star, the Magi searched for a God who had become flesh. These guided audio meditations will first help you contemplate the dream of Joseph when an angel appears to him. Then a reflection on the gift of God’s one and only Son. And finally, a meditation following the Magi in search of this Child who had come to save the world.

The Word Became Flesh

The Christ Tree contains countless sprigs of fir, representing each of us.  
No two sprigs are the same and they come together to form a magnificent sight. Each one is unique, yet an essential part of the whole, just as we are described in 1 Corinthians 12.  
We hope you will join us as we read The One Advent plan and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.