MERRY CHRISTMAS! The Christmas story is more than just a few paragraphs in Luke 2 that Linus recites in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Reading Luke 2 on Christmas morning is like opening to the last page of a book to see how the story ends. But this story is too good, too amazing to miss out on each and every step of the journey!
We want to invite you and your family on a journey for the next 25 days through God’s amazing story of Christmas. As we count down the days to Christmas, our hope is that God would allow you to see the stories of His faithfulness from Scripture with fresh eyes, grow your family’s faith in the God whose faithfulness continues in our lives today, and ultimately fix your family’s eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2).
A few thoughts on how to use this Family Advent Guide:
First, just use it. Our hope is that you would make a commitment to, at the very least, read through the Scripture each day for the next 25 days. Be encouraged from the truths of God’s Word because they will never return void. We want this to be easy yet impactful, so do whatever is best for your family, but do something.
Second, the daily Scripture readings are accompanied by short devotion written to help your family see that the Bible is a bunch of smaller stories that point to one big true story: the story of God and His rescue plan through Jesus. There are discussion questions intended to help spark conversation around your dinner table, in the car, or at your child’s bedside each day. We hope they help you look deeper into the ancient story of Christmas, and see how God’s redemption story continues even today.
