Advent

Christmas is one of those holidays that feels timeless. It's a season that invites us to be nostalgic and think about memories from Christmases past. In this 4-week devotional series from Grow Curriculum, we'll take a look at the Christmas story to see how something we may have heard long ago can still help us grow today. 

Remember When

In this short Infinitum Christmas series reading plan, we make space for awe. Infinitum is a way of life centered on following Jesus by loving God and loving others through an emphasis on the habits and disciplines of surrender, generosity, and mission. We aim to see the Bible and also the world through these Jesus-colored lenses.

Week 1 Christmas Challenge, Space for Awe.

Advent is a season of waiting, remembering, and rejoicing. We wait for Christ’s return, celebrating His first coming even as we wait and long for His return. We remember the brokenness of our world and how He will bring restoration and wholeness when He comes. And we praise Him, remembering the joy we have as we place our hope in Christ. The God Who Restores Bible study journal leads us through the season of Advent, a season of waiting and great expectation of our coming by through our eternal King.

Love God Greatly - the God Who Restores: Advent

The greatest gift God has given humanity, besides salvation, is His only son! Welcome to our children's Christmas Devotional. As you journey through the wonder of God’s amazing plan and provision we pray you have fun while discovering more about God’s heart for everyone. We pray that every truth that you learn through this plan, will be remembered and carried through life, as you journey with and always follow Jesus.

The Greatest News (Week 2)

Christmas presented humanity with the joyous revelation of God Incarnate with us. Prophecies, miracles, angels, Magi, seen and unseen evil forces and shepherds permeate this grand event. Through this Christmas Bible plan you will meditate upon the perennial meaning of the extraordinary birth of the Messiah while exploring answers to probing questions raised by sceptics about the historicity of Christ’s birth. Merry Christmas!

Christmas: The Epiphany

On a quiet night 2,000 years ago, angels brought news of the Savior’s birth to shepherds tending their flocks—and after hearing the news, those same shepherds left everything to seek a baby in Bethlehem. All these years later, the invitation has not changed. Join Dr. Charles Stanley as he helps you draw near to the Savior, encouraging you to make time to rest in the Father’s love this season.

Journey To The Manger

Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture & the Arts is pleased to share the annual Advent Project, a daily devotional series celebrating the beauty and meaning of the Advent season through art, music, poetry, prayer, Scripture, and written devotions.  The project starts on the first day of Advent and continues through Epiphany. Our goal is to help individuals quiet their hearts and enter into a daily routine of worship and reflection during this meaningful but often hectic season. Our prayer is that the project will help ground you in the unsurpassable beauty, mystery and miracle of the Word made flesh.

The Advent Project: Week 3

Advent is a four-week plan meant to draw our attention to the humble commencement of the Savior of our lives. This study includes four stories from Matthew and Luke. We learn God’s divine plan for the birth of Jesus Christ and experience what it was like to be present at these events. The question and answer format can be used for family devotions, group discussion, and self-study.

Advent - Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him!

St. Francis once prayed all night, “God, who are you and who am I?” In many ways the Incarnation is God’s answer to that question and the focus of these reflections. The Incarnation is love with skin on it. It is God’s “yes” to a world that has long since forgotten its belovedness, its blessedness. As you celebrate the Incarnation during this advent season, may you know your own blessedness.