To help prepare our hearts for the Christmas season, you can start December 1st and spend the next twenty-four days journeying through the Gospel of Luke together. Each day, you will read a chapter, reflect on devotional materials written by members of the Beijing International Christian community, answer questions relevant to your life, and spend time in prayer.

We hope this devotional reminds you of the true reason we celebrate Christmas and becomes something you can share with family, friends, or co-workers as you gather to study God’s Word together.

Advent Devotional: The Gospel of Luke

One of the things that is vital for us during the Christmas season is to make sure we really understand the impact of Jesus' coming, His advent in our lives. This devotional will help you to focus on God’s greatest gift of all, Jesus, and the true meaning of His birth for our present lives and for all eternity. Walk with us through this 14-Day Christmas Devotional and experience your best Christmas yet!

14 Days Christmas Devotional

As Bible teacher Dr. R.C. Sproul observes, the Christmas story is so familiar to many that “the words just slip over us.” 

These profound Advent readings, taken from Sproul's sermons, delve into the details of the first Christmas and reflect on how they impact our lives now, combining scholarly detail with heartwarming application.

Each day includes a prayer written by a well-known Bible teacher of our own day.

The Advent of Glory by R.C. Sproul: 5 Days Exploring the First Christmas

He Shall Reign is a two week Advent study from New Life Church of Arkansas. Throughout this plan, we look at the anticipation of Christ's birth and how He came to establish His kingdom on earth. Our prayer is that this study would remind you of the unshakable reign of our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. 

He Shall Reign

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

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 

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

Christmas is a story of coming and going. Everyone is heading somewhere.  We are drawn to Bethlehem, to see a baby who came to save the world. But, as we rejoice at our Savior’s birth, we can’t help but go out into the world, changed, telling others of the good news. This Advent study was crafted to remind us of God’s most precious gift: Jesus

The Most Important Journey

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

Many of us will not travel to every corner of the world except through stories. Stories transport us into countries, communities, churches, and homes we may never visit. 

In this global Advent, you are invited into the stories of children around the world who have experienced God with them. In their stories, you will see how Christ's hope, peace, joy, and love are still vibrantly expressed in our world. 

A Global Advent: 25 Stories of God With Us Around the World

So often, the holidays come and go before we have a chance to focus on preparing our hearts for Christmas. Advent is our way of remembering that God came to be with us, is still with us, and will come again. Over the next 5 days, we’ll examine the four Advent themes: hope, peace, love, and joy. 

Anticipating Christmas: A 5-Day Advent Plan

The hope of Jesus was prophesied and earnestly expected for generations. One day, that promise of hope was fulfilled right in Israel’s midst. Everything changed for the entire world at that moment when that dream became a reality. Join us this Christmas as we look at both the promises and their fulfillment through the scriptures surrounding Jesus’ birth!

Long Expected Jesus

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"

Seven hundred years before Christ was born, Isaiah prophesied the Messiah would be called a Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Only in the divine foreknowledge of God could all of these titles be perfectly fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ. This Advent, be awed and amazed at the Wonderful Counselor who’s a wonder of a counselor. Oh, come, let us adore him! 


He Shall Be Called

Waiting is part of life… At times it's beautiful, at times it's challenging, but there is always waiting. As we wait expectantly for Christmas, allow this plan to help prepare your heart for the beautiful gift of God's promise that is to come. 

Advent: Waiting on God's Promises

In the beginning, God dwelt with human beings. The relationship was close, direct, without intermediaries, and without impediments. Everything went wrong because of sin, we went astray, we moved away from home, but then He came. Jesus came to bring light into our lives, He brought us closer to the Father again. And now God is with us, He is Immanuel.

Immanuel, God With Us

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 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

In this 7-Day video Plan, Kevin Olusola from Pentatonix shares how Jesus’ arrival paved the way for all things to become new. So if you’re looking for rest or longing for change—discover what new thing God wants to do in you. Come for some encouragement, and stay for Kevin’s exclusive musical performances.

All Things New With Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix

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.

The Songs Tell the Story: An Advent Devotional

Christmas is truly the greatest story ever told: one of God’s perfect faithfulness, power, salvation, and unfailing love. Let’s take a journey over the next 25 days to discover God’s intricate plan to save the world from sin and the promises fulfilled in the birth of His Son.

Advent: The Journey to Christmas

For too many people, Christmas has become a long to-do list that leaves them weary and wishing for Dec. 26. In this series of messages, Pastor Rick wants to help you remember the reason you celebrate Christmas and why it should change not just the way you celebrate the holidays but the rest of your life as well.

The Hope Of Christmas

The Christmas story is filled with a wide cast of human characters who were each visited by an angel. The angels' messages were true not just 2000 years ago but also today. Read, listen, and learn from this most beloved of ancient stories.

Christmas Angels: Messages of Truth for Each Day

Year after year, millions of people do their best to make the excitement and festivities of Christmas Day match the anticipation that precedes it. But what about the first Christmas? Why did it happen? And was anyone disappointed? This plan focuses on the wonder, mystery, and purpose of the first Christmas—challenging us to praise God for His goodness as we receive and remember His gift of salvation.

The Wonder and Mystery of Christmas

“Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, born to set Thy people free.” These words from a beloved hymn capture the heart of Advent: longing, waiting, expectation. Scripture builds our anticipation of our Saviour, God Himself who would dwell among His people and set them free from sin and death. Celebrate Jesus’ first coming as the baby born in Bethlehem and anticipate His second as the glorious King over all.

Horizon Church Christmas Advent Bible Reading Plan: The Joy of Every Longing Heart

At Christmastime, Advent calendars serve as tangible reminders of expectation slowly moving toward fulfillment. Likewise, the Old Testament records how the failures and weaknesses of God’s people created a longing and a need for a perfect King to come. This four-day plan reminds us that Jesus’ birth wasn’t an isolated event but the fulfillment of God’s promise to establish His kingdom forever. In Christ alone we find our long-expected, perfect King.

Born a Child and Yet a King

As we anticipate Christmas and remember the arrival of Jesus, come and see how the Light of the World changes everything. So wherever you need light most in your life this Advent season, we pray this 23-day plan through the Gospel of John will remind you of the hope, safety and belonging found in Jesus — the Light in the darkness.

Light in the Darkness: An Advent Devotional

The glory of God is something we have heard about but something we take for granted by virtue of its familiarity. This Christmas we hope that you will revisit this familiar yet poignant truth about God while allowing it to change some or all of your perspective.

Capturing Glory Again

Shepherd, Prince of Peace, King of Kings, Emmanuel, Light of the World… Jesus is called all these names, but what do they really mean? Each name shows us a different aspect of the heart of Jesus, and how it all leads back to the love He has for us. Come be encouraged this Christmas season as together we draw closer to who Jesus is.

Names of Jesus by Change Conference

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.


Postures Of Advent: A Daily Christmas Devotional

In this seven-day plan for teenagers and young adults, you’ll get to read all about the gift of peace that comes through Jesus and how we can experience it. 

Christmas: 7 Days of Peace 

As we lean into this season of celebration with the intention of tuning into the heart of God, join us for four 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 Family Advent, Week 3

In this eye-opening three-day devotional, you will learn that the goodness of God explains EVERYTHING. And His goodness is looking for YOU. You don’t have to chase it down. God designed “goodness” to follow you ALL the days of your life! This devotional will shape your expectations and free you from negative emotions caused by a misconception of God’s truly good and loving nature.

The Ten Miracles of God's Goodness

During Advent, we remember that Jesus is God’s Star, heralding God’s love and forgiving power to us. Each devotional in this series is for one of the Sundays leading up to Christmas. The fifth, and final devotional, is for Christmas Day. Use these short reflections around a meal table, or on your own. More than anything, lift your eyes to God’s Star –Jesus – as your Hope this season. 

Adore Him: One Star One Hope 

During Advent, not only do we anticipate an event that has already taken place – Jesus’s first coming – but we also look forward to and anticipate his second coming! In this plan, designed to be used during any of the days of the Advent season, we will reflect on 1 Thessalonians as we prepare our hearts to celebrate Christmas.

Waiting on the World to Change

Get ready for the adventure of Christmas as a family! Through this devotional, you and your family will go through the story of The Bible and how it leads to the destination of Christmas and the invitation of adventure on all of our lives. 

ADVENTure: The Loud, Noisy, Roaring, Life Changing, Not So Silent Night

This Christmas, take time each day to slow down and focus on the joy of the season. In this 5-day Advent reading plan, best-selling author and pastor Greg Laurie shares wisdom, Scripture, and prayers designed to help you connect with God and find hope and peace amid the holiday rush. Adapted from his brand-new 25-day Advent devotional 'Heaven's Light Breaking.' 

Heaven's Light Breaking: A 5-Day Advent Devotional

Jesus came because God wants to be WITH people. All people - that's you and that's me. Join John Ortberg for a journey toward Christmas, walking through the Advent story and learning how to be WITH God in our every day, normal lives. This plan also features special visual graphics prepared by artist, Matthew Custar.

WITH : A 10-Day Christmas Bible Plan

Christmas is a time where we as believers celebrate God’s heart to write himself into our story. 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. May these four days be filled with joyful worship as we celebrate our newborn King.

The Wonder of Christmas: 4 Day Devotional

This three week plan walks us through the timeless wonder of how God came to us through His son, Jesus. The plan is designed to begin on a Monday so that each weekend will include shorter content meant for rest and reflection during the holiday season. Join us as we study what the birth of Christ means for our future, present, and past.

Timeless Wonder | a Christmas Reading Plan From New Life Church 

Anticipate and celebrate the joy of Christ's birth by taking a closer look at Isaiah's prophecy regarding the coming Messiah in Isaiah 9:6-7. There is no more extraordinary Christmas gift than the gift of Jesus Christ. Joy to the World, the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace has come! 


For Unto Us a Child Is Born 

Christmas is supposed to be a season of joy –– but what exactly is joy and how do you choose it when the world is filled with hurt and hardship? Discover what “joy to the world” really means by immersing yourself in the Christmas story with this special, 7-day Christmas Plan. 

Joy: A Countdown to Christmas

Advent is a word full of anticipation, preparation, and celebration – the Latin word means “coming” or “to come.” Christ has come as a babe, is coming to each heart that invites Him, and will come again to bring you home. Our 25-day Advent plan includes short daily devotionals based on Scripture and focused on Light, Peace, and Hope. Prepare your heart for Jesus as you prepare to celebrate Christmas!

Light, Peace, & Hope for Your Christmas

Amidst all the hustling to get stuff done during the Christmas season, we invite you to pause daily and meet 25 Bible Characters (some well-known, some not-so-well-known) that Jesus brought healing to. Just as He has brought healing into the lives of those in the Bible, He is ready to bring healing to you today.


The Healing Jesus: An Advent Devotional to Encourage Anybody and Everybody

Since the beginning of time, humanity has yearned for love that is short of perfect. The kind of love we want and which we spend a lifetime pursuing. But there’s a kind of love that we need, and that love has pursued us all along. A love fully demonstrated by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. This Bible plan will help readers draw closer into God’s everlasting love.

Everlasting Love

Advent serves as a season of both reflection and anticipation. Though the traditional Advent season begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, this 5-day plan can be done over any five days during the Christmas season. We’ll dive into various Scriptures, each corresponding to spiritual themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. These themes deepen our understanding of how we are called to await the coming of the Lord.

Advent: Celebrating Christ's Arrival

Do you long for a deeper, more meaningful Christmas celebration? This year, rediscover the gifts of HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE that God extends to all of us during this busy season. Rediscovering Christmas in the Chaos explores these Advent themes through scripture and readings meant to prepare us to step away from the craziness of the holiday season and truly celebrate Jesus’ birth!

Advent: Rediscovering Christmas in the Chaos

One of the many Christmas traditions for families is to set out a nativity scene depicting the birth of Jesus.  Usually, we see Mary, Joseph, shepherds, sheep, and wise men surrounding a tiny baby in a manger.  It’s a picturesque scene to remind us of Jesus’ birth.  But our familiarity with the nativity scene can cause us to forget the humanity of each person present on that special night. 

The Nativity Scene

Christmas is a season of wonder. So, let’s lay aside our lists, distractions, and cares to receive refreshment by reflecting upon a few of the nativity’s highlights. Reminding ourselves, that the story we love so well speaks directly into our lives today by pointing us to Lord Jesus. Realizing that in this lifetime, we will only begin to scratch the surface of Who He is and what He has done.

A Week of Christmas Wonder

It seems we’re all in need of a good hug, real connection, and something delightful to celebrate right now. Our prayer is that this Advent devotional will offer you and your family a way to connect, learn about the real Christmas story, and celebrate Jesus’s birth with new traditions, dinnertime stories, bedtime conversations, and family activities. 

We hope this Christmas “hug” brings beautiful memories to your home this Advent season!



7 Days of the Christmas Story: An Advent Family Devotional

He Shall Be Called is a 5-Day Bible plan that looks deeper into the names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6 announcing the coming Messiah as our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. 

In this 25-day Advent devotional, we'll look at the story of Christmas, starting with Genesis all the way through Matthew and Luke 1 and 2 and explore what it means that Jesus is Immanuel, "God with us."



Christmas: God With Us

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 Good Gift: A 5-Day Advent Devotional

In Our Christmas Stories, dozens of women share memories of past Christmases. From inspiring to bittersweet, these personal stories may have different details, but they all ultimately reveal the same story of Advent, of waiting for the “good news of great joy” of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:10). Janet Denison also provides short devotional thoughts with each story, ensuring that the greatest story of Christmas is never just a memory.


Our Christmas Stories: A 26-Day Advent Devotional

For many people, the Christmas season is filled with cultural traditions that make it a memorable time of year. Yet, these traditions can sometimes distract from the biblical reasons for celebrating Christ’s birth, no matter the time of year. This 5-day study points to the ultimate meaning of the incarnation, as outlined in Scripture, and encourages Christians to worship the Savior who was born in Bethlehem.

The Messiah Is Born

In this seven-part study, you and your family can dive deeper into the true meaning of Christmas and study Scripture, explore ways to love those near and far in a greater way, and just have fun experiencing Advent together—a celebration of God’s love, joy, hope and peace.

Join us and experience Christmas differently...with a renewed sense of anticipation for God’s greatest gifts!

Advent is a season of waiting, hope and expectancy. As we prepare for Christmas day, we both celebrate the birth of Christ and look forward to the day He returns again. For the next 7 days, prepare for the celebration of our Savior by reading the Christmas story from a different perspective each day!

Waiting for the Savior

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 four 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 Family Advent, Week 2

The most important moment in the history of the world was when Jesus, the Light of the World, became flesh to dwell among us.  Angels announced his arrival, poems were written, shepherds ran and Mary sang! Come with us on a five-day journey as we examine His light, how it inspired those around Him and how it impacts us today.

The Promised One

Christmas is a great time to look closer at ourselves and see how the reality of Jesus coming to earth changed our lives. Heaven invaded earth and forever changed it. Our lives may be hard and complicated but in no way is it pointless with Jesus in it. Will you allow heaven to invade your life and live with a greater awareness of God’s presence and purpose for your life?

When Heaven Met Earth

Christmas is filled with wonder. Yet under the twinkly lights and piles of paper and ribbon, all its promise can be lost in our must-do lists, noisy distractions, or dreams dismantled by the stuff of life. Instead, let’s journey to the manger where Jesus came for our rescue. Realizing that we will only begin to scratch the surface of Who He is and what He has done in this lifetime.

Christmas Journey: Ten Days of Wonder 

In "The Songs Tell the Story," Janet Denison covers 25 carols in 25 days, leading you to marvel at the gift God gave us at Christmas. Each devotional tells an origin story and features an insightful spiritual reflection. You’ll sing these timeless carols with new life, knowing that the God who inspired their words still meets us in the miracle of Christmas.

The Songs Tell the Story: A 25-Day Advent Devotional

Slow down and savor time with the Savior this season. Choose to pause and ponder as Mary did, to get lost in the wonder of Immanuel, of God with us. This year, let it be simply Christmas.


Simply Christmas a Five-Day Reading Plan to Reclaim the Peace of the Holidays by Tama Fortner

Revive your heart and rescue your dreams this Christmas while reading through the Advent themes: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love.

Unswerving Hope, Unfailing Love: Advent Devotional

As the people in the story of Jesus’ birth are transformed by God’s salvation, we are also challenged to receive his salvation. God’s message is working its way out through us: through our humanity, and our yearnings and longings, and God’s presence in the midst of them. So, lean in and listen. Make room for God, and as he dwells within you, the world will see Jesus in the flesh.

Making Room in Advent

From Compassion UK to you: Give yourself a moment at the start of each week in Advent to pause in wonder at the Lord Jesus Christ coming to Earth as a human baby. We pray that by doing so, you will experience the true and lasting joy of knowing the fullness of God’s love for you this Christmas and always. 

God Is With Us | Advent Sunday Devotional Series

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke introduce us to a whole cast of Christmas characters with whom we’ve grown quite familiar: Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, the wise men, and so on. But have you ever stopped to ponder Christmas from Jesus’ vantage point? In this five-day plan, Alistair Begg will help you consider Christmas like never before.

Christmas According to Christ

“Immanuel. God with us.” We know that God sent His Son, but what does that mean for our lives now? In this plan, Ronnie Martin walks us through in five days what it means for God to be with us. Use this plan to help prepare your heart during the Advent season and for the new year.  

The God Who Is With Us: A Five-Day Advent Devotional

At the end of each year, we have the chance to reflect on everything that's happened and all of the people around us. There’s so much we can be thankful for every year — even if things didn’t work exactly how we planned. God has given us so much, and the birth of Jesus is a great way to focus on all of the gifts we’ve received this year. 

Grateful

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.

Emmanuel: God With Us, an Advent Devotional

It was the most significant birth in the history of the world. The longed-for Messiah, the Savior, had come. And He was wrapped in cloths lying in a manger. Helping you reflect on these glorious truths is the goal of this Advent reading plan. Each day offers a Scripture reading, a brief reflection and summary of the passage, and a suggestion for prayer.

To Us a Son Is Given

Why was Jesus born? This may seem like a simple question, too familiar to ponder. But as you prepare for Christmas this year, take time to reflect on the deep meaning and purpose of Jesus's birth for your life, and for the whole world. This 5 day series was written by Scott Hoezee, and is an excerpt from the Words of Hope daily devotional.


Why Jesus Was Born

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. 

Advent: A Weekly Devotional

Do you look forward to Christmas with eager anticipation… but then the season flies by in a flash? Do you intend to be present and focused… only to find yourself pulled every direction? Do you long for a meaningful celebration… yet feel like you’re missing something? Embracing Advent includes daily readings to encourage you to step away from the chaos and hold on to HOPE this first week of Advent. 


Embracing Advent: Hold on to HOPE

In this 25-day plan, you’ll get to read all about the gift of peace that comes through Jesus and how we can experience it as we look at the familiar story of Christmas through a different lens. Journey through the Christmas stories found in Matthew and Luke, as well as a variety of passages explaining the true peace Jesus came to give us!

Christmas: 25 Days of Peace

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 Advent Season.

Infinitum Family Advent, Week 4

Fix your eyes on Jesus. Explore the story of His birth through the eyes of the people caught up in the first Christmas. Take a 14-day journey through the Christmas story captured in the Gospel of Luke: examine your life, pray for yourself and others, and recommit yourself to following Jesus again this Christmas.

Journey to Christmas

There is no better season than Christmas to dwell on the reason for the season. Over the next 25 days, we will look back at some key prophecies relating to the promised Messiah. We will also observe the lives and circumstances that surrounded the birth of Jesus. Above all, we will see how Jesus makes a difference in our lives both now and forever.

Twenty Five Days of Christmas Devotions

Count down to Christmas with the first seven days of a 26-day Advent Activity Calendar from Words of Hope. Each day includes a Bible reading, devotional, and short activity—acts of service, fun, and reflection to fill your life and others with the joy of our Savior. 

Waiting With Joy: An Advent Activity Calendar

Jesus came to change the world that first Christmas. And he did. This perennial Advent guide, written by Janet Denison, will help you understand the world Jesus chose to enter and chose to change. As you read, ponder, and pray through each of the days of devotionals, may Jesus change you as well.

He Came to Change the World: 7 Day Advent Guide

Are you celebrating Christmas the way you long to? With all the holiday hustle and bustle it's easy to lose track of the true heart of Christmas. Give yourself the gift of peace and joy as you rediscover the hope of Christmas. This 5-day series gives you quick prayers and scripture to refocus your holiday on what really matters. 

Quick Christmas Prayers for Your Heart

Sydney Jane had a plan for Christmas. It included spending time with her mother in their cozy home—drinking cocoa, wearing matching pajamas, and opening presents on Christmas Eve. But Christmas was going to be officially ruined. Sydney learned she must travel with her mother all because of her Aunt Jane. Join Sydney as she learns about the “not fair” Christmas in this Advent devotional for children. 

Sydney Jane And The “Not Fair” Christmas (For Children)

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus's life and ministry. This 5-day series traces John's testimony through readings from the Gospels. Just as John was sent to prepare the way for Jesus and point people to him, we have the privilege of also pointing others to Christ. As you prepare for Christmas, these devotionals will help you see how you can be a vessel of God’s love.

Prepare the Way: John the Baptist and Jesus

Provident Label Group, home to Christian music’s premier artists, presents a nine-day Countdown to Christmas Reading Plan inspired by Christmas music from Casting Crowns, Zach Williams, Tenth Avenue North, Matt Maher, Matthew West, and more! 

Countdown to Christmas Reading Plan by Provident Label Group

A four-part series for Advent featuring Isaiah's prophecy of a coming Messiah. Together, we remember that Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor with Supernatural Wisdom. He is our Mighty God, unlimited in His Ability to do what He wills. He is the compassionate Everlasting Father, the Giver of good gifts, and Jesus is the Fountain of deep well-being, our Prince of Peace. 

Advent Scripture Challenge: Memorize and Meditate on Isaiah 9:6 

A Hope Fulfilled - Advent Devotional explores the prophetic fulfillment of Jesus' birth as foretold in the Old Testament. Each week will have an introductory devotional on Sunday, followed by paired devotionals from the Old (promise) and New Testaments (fulfillment). Journey with Regent University School of Divinity’s faculty and staff as our hearts are once again recaptured by the beauty of Jesus' incarnation and how, through Christ, our hope is fulfilled.

A Hope Fulfilled - Advent Devotional

When Jesus was born into human existence, it was the most epic interruption to human history that has ever happened. God loves us enough to punctuate history in human skin; not as a king, president, or noble warrior, but as a helpless newborn. This reading plan studies the people surrounding Christ’s birth and their response to (or role in) this divine interruption on the timeline of history.

Christmas: The Divine Interruption 

At Christmastime it can be easy to get carried away with materialism and focus on extravagant gifts and lavish dinners. In this 5-day reading plan, Trevor Hudson reminds readers to consecrate their lives to God and to focus on Him. Each day features Scriptures, a reflection for the day and a “daily practice”. The content for this reading plan is based on Trevor Hudson’s “Towards a Closer Walk with God”.

Closer To God This Christmas By Trevor Hudson 

In these devotionals, I pray you’ll discover the true Cost of Christmas. On Christmas Day, when we’re surrounded by
family, the tree lighted and the gifts scattered around the
living room, give thanks to the One who gave Himself for you. -Jack Graham

Cost Of Christmas

Spikenard designed The Tapestry of Christmas to inspire individuals, small groups, and families to celebrate the women in the Christmas story. This five-day plan incorporates character discussions, reflective questions, and prayers to help participants explore biblical examples of blessing, humility, faithfulness, and thankfulness. Choose this plan to discover how these virtues prepare the way for Christ’s entrance into the world.

The Tapestry of Christmas: A Woman's Story

Jim Cymbala’s five-day Christmas devotional series, Sent by God, digs deeper into the reason why Jesus was sent to a world that desperately needed him. This series will encourage your heart, no matter what difficult situation you may be facing in this holiday season. 

Sent by God

In this series, we read and reflect on 14 names of Jesus – various titles he is given, and ways he his described. See from both Old Testament prophecy, and the Gospel accounts of his life, just who Jesus is through his names. Be encouraged as we approach the celebration of Jesus’ birth by reflecting on who he is – the marvellous complexity and depth of Jesus’ purpose and his character. 

Names of Jesus for Advent

Push pause on the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and take the time to prepare your hearts for the Christmas season as a family. With reflections on Christmas songs, meaningful activities, and meditations on the prophecies about Jesus, "the wonders of His love" will wash over you anew as you read this plan. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Devotionals For Families

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

At Christmas, we remember how God brings peace and joy to the world. The first Christmas was challenging for a young Jewish girl named Mary. God asked her to do something that seemed hard—to give birth to a baby who would become the Savior of the world. Are you ready to say yes to God this season?

Holy Night and Little Star: A 5-Day Reading Plan

Experience the Christmas story like never before with video tours that take you to the exact locations where it happened. Marvel with the prophets who foretold the Messiah and journey with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem—and more. It’s all here! This five-day reading plan gives you relevant Scriptures, practical devotionals, and daily, stunning HD videos to help you connect the Bible and its lands to your life.

Christmas in the Holy Land

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 Advent Season.

Infinitum Family Advent, Week 1

The celebration of Christmas is less about Jesus being born in a manger and more about Him being born because we matter. God came to be with us because He didn’t want our world to be without Him. He intentionally chose the name Immanuel because He was no longer simply watching us, warning us, and waiting for us to get it right. He was with us. In this devotional, you will be challenged with a fresh perspective as you prepare for the Christmas season.

400 Years of Silent Nights

In Charles Wesley’s famous Christmas hymn, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus,” we sing that Jesus is the joy of every longing heart. This Advent, discover how the divine orchestration of human events and various responses to his coming, exposes the longing of our hearts. From kings and rulers to shepherds and expectant virgins, Jesus’ advent reveals what we treasure. Find him the joy of your heart this Christmas.  


Every Longing Heart

Don't get lost in the holiday shuffle! As we deck the halls, let's not forget the real reason for the season. Christmas is about celebrating the arrival of the one and only Jesus Christ. While we cozy up to the sound of carols and tales of His life, let's also soak up seven thoughtful devotions that honor His many titles and roles.