Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 2:1

Over the next 12 days, we’re going to take a fresh look at the Christmas story and discover that we don't have to be perfect or have it all together to come to Jesus because our perfect Savior came to us!

Advent is a time to celebrate and walk deeply with the Lord as we reflect on the significance of the greatest gift ever given, Jesus. Amidst the craziness of the world, take some time this season to center yourself back on the hope we have in Jesus with The Gift Advent Bible Plan.

Join us for a 12-day experience through the original Christmas story. As we consider the people, places, and events from more than two thousand years ago, we hope you will experience this Christmas in a new and perhaps unexpected way.

🎁Christmas is the time of the year when we give gifts to those we love. 🎄This Christmas, I want you to re-imagine the wonder of Christmas by thinking about all the gifts you have been given because you belong to Jesus. Join us each day as we “unwrap” a special gift that is given to us from above. 🎄✨🎁 Devotional by Dr. Timothy Brown.

Join us on a journey through the Christmas Story in Matthew & Luke, focusing on 12 characteristics of God himself. May you be encouraged this holiday to dive deeper into a relationship with Him!

Christmas is a time of vision, a time to consider the landscape of human life, what it means, and why it’s valuable. The mental image of Christmas is the Nativity, the crude circumstances that surrounded the moment when God reinforced the dignity of Humanity by clothing Himself as a human. But He did not stop there. Christmas brings into focus the only two sacred things in this world—God and People. Christmas is about Life. The Author of Life. Your Life. My Life. And the Life of the world. This 12-day Plan celebrates Life.

The false gods invented by humankind to give definition to a god they knew must exist, were, unsurprisingly, very much like humankind. They had to be cajoled and bribed by acts of devotion to take notice of us. But the one true God has taken the initiative and seeks us out––to rescue us back to himself. And that is the Christmas story.

Go Tell it on the Mountain! This 14-day Christmas Advent reading plan follows Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and the wise men as they obey, trust, worship, and go tell the good news of Jesus. Each day will help you notice God in ordinary moments, say “yes” to His leading, and carry the hope of Christ into your world.

This year, as we face a different kind of Christmas following a very hard year, we all need reminders that our joy begins (and ends) with the love displayed from the manger to the cross. Jesus’ birth on that seemingly unremarkable Bethlehem night is our hope for today. Even as there’s pain in the night, joy still comes from a baby born that first Christmas morning.

Through the mysteries of the messengers, the manger, and the star, we discover that Christmas is not just about gifts. It’s about the birth of Jesus, that God is with us, and Christmas is a time to worship Him.