Advent

Gain a better understand of God's love for you this Christmas season with devotions centered around Jesus, the promised Messiah. These five readings from The Jesus Bible, NIV Edition will prepare you for Christmas, a season filled with the joy, hope, and love of the eternal promise of Jesus the Messiah.

The Promised Messiah - 5-Day Advent Reading Plan

With the birth of Christ began the story of our new birth. The birth of our new hope. A Savior, all-powerful and yet willing to take on the form of a baby to make a way for us to come to the Father. A perfect plan for our rescue and redemption.

Focus on Christ

Embark on a transformative 4-week journey with this Nativity Fast devotional. Delve into themes of anticipation, preparation, and joy as we approach Jesus' birth. Drawing from Scripture and the Early Church Fathers, this 4-week devotional following the liturgical readings of the Coptic month of Kiahk inspires spiritual growth, illuminates Nativity's significance, and guides us to encounter God Incarnate's profound love.

Journeying With Christ: The Coptic Month of Kiahk of the Nativity Fast

A myth is a traditional story or a widely held but false belief or idea. Was Jesus born on December 25? Were there three kings who visited Jesus? Did the shepherds and the wise men come together to worship Jesus in the manger as is often shown in nativity plays?
In this five-day devotional, find answers to these questions and get to know the truth about Christmas.


Debunking the Myths of Christmas 

Often when Christmas is over, I feel as tightly wound as those strings of lights I vowed to put away neatly this year. But recently I experimented in relishing Christmas—bumps, budget, and all. Whatever stress or grief you are facing, I pray that this guide to advent and Christmastide helps you relish the Christmas you have. May your heart be refreshed as you let it linger on the story where this season began. 

Loving My Actual Christmas: An Advent Devotional By Alexandra Kuykendall

A high school devotional designed to help students discover the way Jesus changed everything. In this devotional, you’ll find guidance to see Jesus as the Kid from nowhere whose arrival on that first Christmas thousands of years ago changed everything for all mankind, both then and today. 

The Kid: An Advent Devotional for High Schoolers

This devotional is written to be used in the 25 days leading to Christmas. Commonly referred to as “Advent,” meaning “coming,” these readings look at the arrival of the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ, and anticipate his coming again.

Advent Reading Plan

Holy Week is an incredibly important time in the Bible. It includes Jesus’ final days here on earth, his arrest, his crucifixion, and his resurrection. This 7 day reading plan walks you through the events of the Holy Week and concludes with Jesus rising from the dead defeating death and sin in Victory!

Before the Cross: Events of the Holy Week

Anticipation fills the air! And we start using words we never use. What even is figgy pudding, and who is Yuletide Carol? Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love appear everywhere as we count down to the birth of a savior - who promises that even in this imperfect world, we can experience and embody these four things, even now in the chaos of life.