Peace Has Come 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 peace 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 26
God's Covenant with Abraham (Genesis 15)
The Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22:1–18)
The Passover (Exodus 12:1–28)
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17)
The Name of God (Exodus 33:1–34:8)

Week of December 3
The Nazirite Vow (Numbers 6)
God's Covenant with David (2 Samuel 7)
Sleeping in Peace (Psalm 4)
The Blessing of Peace (Psalm 29)
The Restoration of Peace (Psalm 85)

Week of December 10
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 17
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)