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Prepare yourself to celebrate the real reason for the season—Jesus! Enjoy 5 Advent devotions to start the month of December off right. These short, engaging reflections focused on hope, combined with the beauty and relevance of The Passion Translation—a fresh, faithful translation of the Bible—provide the inspiration you need to celebrate the true reason for the season.

This six-part advent devotional is a call to rediscover the meaning of the Christmas story and to prepare your heart for Christmas. The study goes through the themes of hope, peace, joy, love, trust, and rejoicing. Each section connects part of the Christmas story to a biblical passage and approaches the text with thought-provoking questions.

Give a gift to yourself this Christmas. With our eyes turned to Christmas, it’s easy to overlook the days leading up to it: Advent. That’s why Dr. Ed Young developed The Gift devotional series. This series helps you… • Better understand what Christ’s birth means • Experience true peace • Give God the only gift He wants: you! The Gift may be the best gift you could give yourself this Christmas. Sign up for it today!

On Good Friday, the executioners tormented Jesus with a crown of thorns, a robe and a staff, feigning worship in a mock ceremony. In the upside-down Kingdom, what was intended to cut Jesus down, merely reflected what was really taking place: Christ’s Coronation Ceremony as the King of Kings. Come and explore the scriptures and heartbeat of CalvaryWorship.Global’s new album, ‘Coronation (Come & See)’ in this 10-day devotional.

This Little Light Is a 5-day devotional loosely based on the song of the same name. It focuses on the idea that every creative act is a light signaling to future generations the power of hope amidst the dark. Each day I will provide you with an opportunity for reflection along with a visual meditation from my own time reflecting on the advent season.

As the Christmas season begins, we usually find ourselves more stretched for time than the rest of the year. We get caught up in the frenzy – and forget to focus on what’s truly important. This devotional will help you clear the clutter so you can make more room for Christ this Christmas.

A Hope Eternal – Advent Devotional explores the biblical themes of hope, joy, love, and peace as we celebrate the first coming and await the final return of Christ Jesus. Journey with Regent University School of Divinity’s faculty and staff as our hearts are once again recaptured by the Holy Spirit, focused on the eternal hope found in the incarnation of God’s Son, our Prince of Peace.

More than a name, Emmanuel is a declaration of heaven meeting Earth: God with us in despair, struggle, and brokenness. At Christmas, God came to redeem people in need of a Savior and light the darkness with His love. As we remember and celebrate His coming, HOPE International—a global nonprofit accelerating the end of poverty—explores how Jesus’ followers can bring His holy, healing presence into a broken world.

The Advent season typically brings joy and Christmas carols, but maybe this year has been hard for you. In this 5-day plan, you’ll discover how those present at the nativity scene responded to God in the midst of their circumstances, and how their stories can give you hope.

If you or a loved one are touched by a special medical need, you have faced many questions. In this study, the story of Mephibosheth is used to address some of those questions from the view of the Father. May it bring you peace and joy on your journey. The content in this devotional is taken from the book, Come To The Table, by Drs. Amir and Bergina Isbell.

There are many hymns that express the wonderful promises that surround our Savior's birth. These devotions are based on several of those hymns.

For some, Christmas time can be full of grief, tragedy, hurt, and division. Yet Christmas celebrates that God became a human and stepped right into the middle of our hurting, angry, chaotic world to bring us peace—peace among people and, even more importantly, peace with God. Join us this Advent season in looking at the peace brought by Christ.

Christmas is coming! With it comes Advent – preparing for and celebrating Jesus’ birth. But does that fact get lost by the busy holiday schedule, shopping for the perfect gift, or hosting family gatherings? In the steady rush of the Christmas season, experience new ways to engage with God’s Word, ultimately drawing you closer to Him. Awaken your soul in this 4-day reading plan from Thomas Nelson's Abide Bible Journals.

Do you need to hear Truth? With all of the chaos around us, it’s important to consistently realign our hearts with Truth. Join this 4 session devotional, one for each Sunday of Advent, to be reminded of what is true and actively prepare your heart for the season ahead.

Feeling washed up, burnt out or overwhelmed? Take heart! God has a wonderful plan for your future. In this study guide, ‘Your Best is Yet to Come’, you’ll discover: the gifts God has given you, the motivation you need to keep pushing forward and hope for your future. Author Berni Dymet leads you through the inspiring story of Moses in Exodus to help you see that God has not finished with you yet!

How we posture ourselves in the Christmas season makes all the difference in our experience of the miracle of the Advent. Be inspired to surrender to Jesus, refocus on Him, and embrace the grace of our King in this 4-week daily devotional as you move through five different postures: Eyes Fixed, Head Up, Knees Bent, Hands Open, and Arms Wide.

Watch this video devotional to find out how to keep the right perspective during the Christmas season by remembering the promise of Jesus' return.

It’s our hope and prayer that knowing more about these Christmas songs will increase your appreciation of their lyrics and, more importantly, deepen your love for our Savior this Christmas.

Experience the greatest story ever told, the birth of Jesus, through the lens of the timeless Christmas carol, "O Holy Night." This advent devotional is great for the whole family to read together!

Christmas is a chaotic time of year. With so much focus on material gifts and the anticipation of a certain jolly visitor, parents may easily feel their children are missing the true meaning of Christmas. The Way to the Manger engages families with the biblical truth of Christmas through devotions that redirect children and families to their need for a Savior and the amazing gift of Jesus Christ.

Join us during the Advent season on a 5-day journey to explore every good gift that God has given through Scripture and stories from around the world. Walk through the themes of a good life, the good news, good deeds and good gifts found in the book of James.

Every Christmas, Christians all over the world observe Advent, a season that reminds us of the love, hope, joy, and peace found only in Jesus Christ. Through this short and sweet family devotional (especially helpful if you’re teaching little ones with short attention spans), Scott James brings to light the many promises of Christ―from birth to ascension―that demonstrate His love for us during this Christmas season.

Does the Christmas season always feel rushed and chaotic? In a season that celebrates peace and joy, it is often anything but peaceful and joyful. Spend five days reading through key passages in the Gospel of Luke focused on Jesus’ life. Meditate and reflect on His birth, His death, and His resurrection, and enjoy a renewed sense of joy and peace as you celebrate Christmas this year.

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.

For generations, churches and families have used Advent wreaths to help prepare for celebrating the Lord's birth at Christmas. The evergreen wreath symbolizes eternal life and includes four candles—typically three purple and one pink, with a white candle in the middle that symbolizes the purity of Christ. Various traditions assign different topics to each candle, and the candles are usually given names to remind us of the good news of Christ's birth.