Family Devotional - week 1

For those of you looking for something to guide your devotions through the four weeks of advent, we are producing a weekly devotional for you and your family. Like our Advent sermons, these all center around names of Jesus. Take some time this week to look at these names of Christ and answer the questions below. We'll have new studies for you each week of Advent!


Hope
Read Jeremiah 17:13; Romans 15:13; and 1 Timothy 6:17
Who are some people around you without hope?
Discuss ways in which you can bring hope to those around you without hope.

Light of the World
Read John 1:4-5, Isaiah 9:2
Turn the lights out and talk about how it feels to be in darkness.
Light a candle and discuss the benefits light offers.
Read Ephesians 5:8-14
Discuss ways in which you can be light in the dark places of this world.
Pray and thank God for sending Jesus as light in a dark place.
Ask God to show you how you can be light in this world.

Savior; Redeemer
Read Psalm 103:1-5
We learned from Matthew 1:21 that Jesus is our savior/redeemer.
Discuss what things Jesus has saved you from.
Pray and thank God for saving you from these things.

Emmanuel (God With Us)
Read Psalm 46:1-11. Note verses 7 and 11, “The Lord Almighty is with us.”
Reflect on ways our lives are different because we know God is with us.