უფასო საკითხავი გეგმები და დევოციონალები, რომლებიც დაკავშირებულია Luke 2:25-თან

The gospel of Luke has been beautifully adapted to film and takes you on the road with Jesus. Experience all the highs and lows of his life, starting with the journey towards Christmas. Experience the story through the eyes of Luke and writer Jan-Willem Bosman.

Part 3 of Relating with Women of the Bible focuses on New Testament women and shows how an encounter with Jesus transforms lives and brings about fresh starts. Let this devotional lead you to a place of healing, encouragement, affirmation of God’s love, restoration, and a new beginning.

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.

Do life’s greatest joys take root in great pleasures, or is there something deeper going on? In this compelling 7-day plan, discover a surprising truth within the Christmas story. Emmanuel, God with us, enables true joy to grow in the soil of our pain.

Do life’s greatest joys take root in great pleasures, or is there something deeper going on? In this compelling 7-day plan, discover a surprising truth within the Christmas story. Emmanuel, God with us, enables true joy to grow in the soil of our pain.

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 for Christmas is hard! We want to make the month of December more joyful for you and your family. This plan features the first seven days of a 26-day Advent Activity Calendar from Words of Hope. Each day gives a Bible reading and short activity to fill your month with the joy of our Savior. You can find the full version, along with a printable calendar and crafts, online.

God always preserves a remnant of true believers in an unbelieving world. They are his faithful witnesses who stand against the world’s systems, fleshly appetites, and devilish schemes. Often they stand alone facing floods, fires, lions, and giants, in order to faithfully follow God. In this seven-day plan, reconsider some of your favorite biblical stories through the eyes of the believing and courageous remnant.

A reflective look into our created purpose and God's remaking and redeeming us. Each day you will be guided to Read, Reflect, Respond, Repent and Resolve on a particular topic. Go through it with a friend or reflect on your own.

During the holiday season, Christmas carols are everywhere. They play on the radio, in grocery stores, on television shows and movies, and on social media. It makes sense, then, that we should look at these carols. What are the stories behind them? What scriptural truths do they hold? Do they conflict with the Bible? This seven-day study will answer those questions and acquaint you with some of Christianity’s most beloved songs.

Advent isn’t passive waiting—it’s an invitation to meet Jesus in ways that transform us. In this seven-day devotional, you’ll explore how encounters with Christ—from Mary and the shepherds to Zacchaeus and Simeon—rewrite stories and renew hearts. Live this season with active faith, renewed hope, and worship that responds to the God who still changes lives.

Two thousand years ago, a baby named Jesus was born in a small village called Bethlehem. The Bible says this child is where you can find a hope that overflows. In a world that desperately needs hope, finding a hope that overflows almost seems too good to be true. This week, we will explore how Jesus is the way to experience a hope that transcends the highs and lows of a man’s life. Written by Kirk Giles

Biola University's Center for Christianity, Culture & the Arts is pleased to share the annual Advent Project, a daily devotional series celebrating the beauty and meaning of the Advent season through art, music, poetry, prayer, Scripture, and written devotions. The project starts on the first day of Advent and continues through Epiphany. Our goal is to help individuals quiet their hearts and enter into a daily routine of worship and reflection during this meaningful but often hectic season. Our prayer is that the project will help ground you in the unsurpassable beauty, mystery, and miracle of the Word made flesh.

If you want to know who Jesus is, look at how he entered the world. Who did he show up for? How did he arrive? Who got the invitation? Every detail matters—because who Jesus was at the beginning still shows us who he is today.

Women in the Gospels invites you to slow down and encounter the women who played vital roles in Jesus’ life and ministry. Through Scripture and reflection, this plan highlights women as prophets, disciples, witnesses, and proclaimers of God’s promises. From Mary’s song of praise to Mary Magdalene’s resurrection witness, each day offers biblical context, devotional insight, and practical application. Whether you’re new to the Bible or revisiting familiar stories, this plan encourages you to see how God works through faithful women—and how He still speaks through their stories today.

Who is Jesus? What is his character like? Must we be afraid as God approaches us? Is he truly who he claims to be? Is Jesus accessible to everyone? In this devotion we will explore all of this and more.

How did it all begin? Where did we come from? Why is there so much misery in the world? Is there any hope? Is there life after death? Find the answers as you read this true history of the world.

Journey through the book of Luke with Christian author Mike Raiter and meet our Lord Jesus, His birth and the start of His ministry. Be amazed at His authority over disease and death and hear His call to surrender, repent and be forgiven of our sin, following Him into a renewed relationship with God our Father.

Aging is often seen as slowing down - but what if it's just the beginning of your most purposeful season? This 9-day devotional challenges cultural views on aging and highlights how God continues to call, empower, and use people in their later years. Through the lives of biblical figures like Moses, Caleb, and Anna, you’ll see that purpose doesn’t fade with age. In God’s Kingdom, every season matters—and maturity can bring momentum.

One of today’s most influential worship leaders and songwriters, Paul Baloche (Open The Eyes Of My Heart/A New Hallelujah) aims to make Christmas more than a season of nostalgia. He wants to make it a season of worship. With his albums, Christmas Worship (Volumes 1 & 2), Paul combines beloved carols with modern worship songs. With this plan, he examines the scriptural truths behind those songs, pointing our hearts to Jesus.

Who was this man Jesus? Maybe you have read about Him, heard of Him, or follow Him. No matter what you know or don't know of Jesus, He is so profound, mysterious, and wonderful, I guarantee you have not discovered all that He is, and He longs for you to discover more. He invites you to draw closer, to follow him to places unexplainable.

Learn how to get wisdom for ourselves by examining what the Bible has to say about it and by providing practical steps for acquiring it.

The following devotionals were written to help you in your spiritual journey. Each article has been selected to help you understand more about God's love for you, and we hope that through these pages you will find encouragement, comfort, and true joy this Christmas season.

Over the course of 10 days, we will consider the events in the arrival of our Saviour. How the word became flesh, the virgin teenager who became the mother of our Saviour King, her husband’s wrestle with heart and mind, the birth of their son, the one who would rescue us all, the prophesies of Anna and Simeon, the heartbreak of a nation and the Saviour King becoming a refugee.

What does the story of Jesus’ birth teach us about living in today’s world? How can it inspire our own relationship with God? Based on the UCB podcast series 'Jesus, Then and Now – In 30 Minutes' (with UCB’s David Taviner and Bible teacher Mike Beaumont), these readings, written by Mike Beaumont, will help you explore the Christmas Story and gain fresh insights into what it means for us today.