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Today’s Reading: Deuteronomy 18:15–19; John 1:1–14

Before you begin, pray together and ask the Holy Spirit to help your family hear God’s voice and recognize Jesus as the One who speaks God’s truth perfectly.

Today’s Big Truth:

Jesus is the promised Prophet who shows us God’s heart.

Long before Jesus was born, God made a promise through Moses—one that gave hope to His people for generations.

Moses told Israel:

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me… You must listen to him.”

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Today’s Reading: Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:13–15

Before you begin, pray together and ask the Holy Spirit to help your family understand how God cares for His people and keeps His promises.

Today’s Big Truth:

God protects His Son—and He protects us too.

In the Old Testament, the prophet Hosea wrote a short but powerful line:

“I called my son out of Egypt.” — Hosea 11:1 (NLT)

When Hosea first wrote this, he was talking about how God brought Israel—the whole nation—out of Egypt during the time of Moses....

Today’s Reading: Exodus 33:14

Before reading together tonight, pray and invite the Holy Spirit to help your family understand how God stays close to His people.

Today’s Big Truth:

God is always with His people—and Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of that promise.

In today’s passage, Moses is meeting with God while the Israelites are in the wilderness. Moses knows that leading God’s people is impossible without God’s help. So he asks God to stay with them.

And God answers with a beautiful promise:...

Today’s Reading: Exodus 12:1–13

Before you begin, pray together and ask the Holy Spirit to help your family see Jesus in today’s story.

Today’s Big Truth:

God rescued His people through the blood of a lamb—just like He rescues us through Jesus.

In today’s reading, God is preparing His people to leave Egypt after many years of slavery. On this special night, called Passover, the Israelites were told to take a perfect lamb, sacrifice it, and put its blood on the doorposts of their homes.

God...

Family Advent – Day 4

Today’s Reading:

Genesis 49:8–12

2 Samuel 7:12–16

Luke 1:26–38

Revelation 5:4–5

John 1:10–13

Before you begin, pray together and ask the Holy Spirit to help your family understand God’s Word and see Jesus clearly.

Today’s Big Truth:

God promised a King—and Jesus is that King!

1. Jacob’s Blessing (Genesis 49:8–12)

Jacob (also called Israel) spoke blessings over his sons. Sometimes these blessings were also prophecies, which means God was speaking through him about things that would...

Today’s Reading: Genesis 22:1–18

Today we move forward in Abraham’s story. By this point God has changed his name, blessed him with a son through his wife Sarah (whose name was also changed), and continued to lead him step by step.

In this passage, Abraham hears God speak and responds with trust. God asks him to take Isaac—the very son God had promised, the child through whom God said He would bless the whole world—and offer him as a sacrifice on the mountain. This was a moment that tested...

Family Advent Reading Guide – Day 2

It’s time for the next nightly reading as we look forward to the coming of our Messiah. As you read with your children, invite them to notice how each passage shows us who God is and how the whole story of Scripture points toward Jesus.

A great question to ask each night is:

“Who did Jesus come for?”

The answer is “everyone,” of course—but encourage your children to take it one step further:

“Jesus came for me.”

Help them see that God’s rescue plan is big enough...

Tonight's reading: Genesis Chapter 3:1-21, Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1-5

I encourage you to always ask the Holy Spirit to teach you when you open the Word, and to ask Him to help you do the Word, live it, and be transformed by it. He wants to impart spiritual wisdom to us if we seek Him.

We read Genesis 3:1-21 first and discussed sin and how God had a plan and revealed the coming Savior in His first encounter with Adam and Eve after the fall. And, as a loving Father, while there were...