Love Incarnate Advent Reading Plan

We encourage you to join our church family in advent readings during this Christmas season. We are doing a special sermon series focused on the theme of love incarnate on Sundays, and during the week our readings are connected to this theme. Our reading plan is found below; click on a Scripture passage to view it on biblegateway.com. It will show up in the Christian Standard Bible, but you can easily switch to a different translation if you prefer.

Week of November 27
Song of Victory (Exodus 15:1–21)
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1–17)
The Name of God (Exodus 33:1–34:8)
Laws of Holiness (Leviticus 19)
The Greatest Command (Deuteronomy 6)

Week of December 4
God’s Covenant with David (2 Samuel 7)
God’s Wisdom for Solomon (1 Kings 3)
Depending on God’s Love (Psalm 25)
God’s Loving Forgiveness (Psalm 103)
God’s Eternal Love (Psalm 136)

Week of December 11
The Promised Immanuel (Isaiah 7)
The Promised Counselor (Isaiah 9)
The Promised Comforter (Isaiah 40)
The Promised Servant (Isaiah 52:13–53:12)
The Promised Ruler (Micah 5)

Week of December 18
The Word Made Flesh (John 1:1–18)
The Birth of John Announced (Luke 1:1–25)
The Birth of Jesus Announced (Luke 1:26–38)
Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39–56)
The Birth of John (Luke 1:57–80)

December 24
Joseph’s Story (Matthew 1)

December 25
The Birth of Jesus (Luke 2:1–20)