Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Luke 2:11

Celebrating Christmas is a tradition many of us look forward to all year. We play music, decorate trees, and throw parties all through December. This Advent reading plan aims to help in those celebrations by exploring the themes of the Christmas story. This plan can be read with friends or as a family (kids too!). Use the “Application Questions” for groups to center the conversation on Jesus. And, for families, use “Next Steps”, to find creative ways to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

This Advent season, anticipate the celebration of Christmas with oral Bible stories. Listen to a story based on Scripture, reflect on its themes and journal with the Lord. May you be encouraged as you prepare your heart to celebrate the birth of our King Jesus!

Don’t lose the true meaning of Christmas in the holiday hustle. Take 5 days to refocus and center your heart on the peace, love, and joy of the season!

This five-day plan explores various angelic encounters that announced the arrival of the Messiah. We’ll consider Zechariah's doubt, Mary's humility, Joseph's obedience, and the shepherds' exuberance. Angels should not be worshiped, but they model true worship when they sing, “Glory to God in the highest!” This Christmas, marvel with the angels at the Savior born in the city of David who is Christ the Lord.

Christmas comes each year with a flurry of activity. We buy, we decorate, and we plan—but do we stop to consider the real meaning of Christmas? Have you opened your Christmas gifts year after year after year without ever opening the one gift that matters—the only gift that really matters? Take time this year to understand, perhaps for the first time, the most life-changing news you'll ever hear.

We all know how easy it is to get swept up in Christmas planning, shopping, decorating, and countless gatherings. These things are exciting and festive, but they can sometimes pull us away from what Christmas is truly about—the arrival of Emmanuel, “God with us.” The Good News is that, in a world filled with so much uncertainty, He is our Hope. He is our Love. He is our Peace, our Joy, our Light. This is the gift of Christmas, for each and every one of us.

The story of Christ's birth is central to our celebration of Christmas. This reading plan chronicles the humble beginnings of a Savior the world had been anticipating for centuries. This short collection of readings connects us to the arrival of Emmanuel, a God who is with us.

Mary was a mom, like you and me.  What can we learn from the  heart of the woman chosen to bear the Messiah? Read along as Robin Meadows, wife of one, mom of many ,  shares from her experiences of launching seven children, and living to tell about it. 

Christmas is a wonderful time of year. The story of the birth of a Savior is all around. Even the mall plays songs about Jesus. But have you looked at the journey it took to get there? Each day of this six-day devotional contains a short (1-2 minute) audio message from a guest that ties into the theme. May you have a more significant and reflective Christmas as a result.

Jesus truly was born on that first Christmas, and that’s good news for you and for all people. This six-part reading plan shows you why.