advent 2022

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Mark 1:1-4

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 

Matthew 1:21-23

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Genesis 3:1-15

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Micah 5:1-5

Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore, he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Romans 13:11-14

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Isaiah 2:2-5

It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Hebrews 6:19

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Psalms 122

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!” For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, “Peace be within you!” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Nov. 27 – Isaiah 9:2, 6-7, Isaiah 62:10-12

Nov. 28 – Psalms 122

Nov. 29 – Isaiah 2:2-5, Hebrews 6:19

Nov. 30 – Romans 13:11-14

Dec. 1 – Micah 5:1-5

Dec. 2 – Genesis 3:1-15

Dec. 3 – Mark 1:1-4; Matthew 1:21-23

Hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel

Week 2 – The Angels (Peace)

Dec. 4 – Psalms 148:1-6

Dec. 5 – Hebrews 13:1-2

Dec. 6 – Isaiah 26:3,12-14

Dec. 7 – Psalms 91:11

Dec. 8 – John 14:27

Dec. 9 – Psalm 29:11; John 16:33

Dec. 10 – Luke 2:1-14

Hymns: Away in a Manger, O little Town of Bethlehem, Angels We Have Heard on High

Week 3 – The Christ Child Emmanuel (Love) 

Dec. 11 – Psalms 145:1-8, Jeremiah 33:15-16

Dec. 12 – Philippians 2:6-7

Dec. 13 – John 3:16-17, 1 John 4:10

Dec. 14 – Zephaniah 3:15-17, Galatians 4:4-5

Dec. 15 – Romans 5:5-8

Dec. 16 – Psalms 100

Dec. 17 – John 13:34-35

Hymns: O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Do You Hear What I Hear

Week 4 – The Shepherds (Joy)

Dec. 18 – Isaiah 40:11

Dec. 19 – Psalms 5:11-12

Dec. 20 – Isaiah 35:1-10

Dec. 21 – Luke 2:15-20

Dec. 22 – 1 John 1:1-4

Dec. 23 – John 10:10-11

Dec. 24 – Zechariah 9:9

Hymns: Joy to the World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Rise Up Shepherd and Follow

Dec. 25 – Christmas Day – The Birth of Christ – John 1:14; Psalms 96; Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-40; Titus 2:11-14

Hymns: O Come, All Ye Faithful, Go Tell It On the Mountain

Family devotions and personal worship are great spiritual disciplines to embrace in this Advent season and continue year-round.

1. 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).
2. Have someone read the passage for that day.
3. Discuss what it means in light of Jesus. What does it say about Him or His coming?
4. 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.
5. Sing a hymn or carol of the season.

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Week 1 – The Prophets (Hope)

Isaiah 9:2, 6-7

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 62:10-12

Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a signal over the peoples. Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” And they shall be called The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Suggested hymns: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, Silent Night, The First Noel