Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.
- Gather with those in your home to set apart a daily time together (15 minutes or more is fine… right after a meal
is ideal). - Have someone read the passage for that day.
- Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
- Pray in response to the passage. Thank God for fulfilled prophecies, answered prayers, renewed hopes, etc. Ask the Holy
Spirit to keep your hearts focused on His Word. - Sing a hymn or carol of the season.
Week 3 – The Christ Child Emmanuel (Love)
John 3:16-17
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
God loved us and gave us an indescribable gift, His Son. A Christian recently told me they didn’t celebrate Christmas because it is too commercialized. My answer you are making the enemy smile. Designating a day promotes unity in the body of Christ and Satan doesn’t want that. John 3:16 is never more poignant for me than at Christmas, a time when believers around the world can unify in worship as they singularly focus on the great gift of Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem. Glory to God in the highest!