Advent Devotional: Unlocking the Joy of the Season with Daily Readings

JZ: John Piper is a great author. This is a thought-provoking piece to help anyone prepare their heart for Christmas.

United States on Jan 22, 2023

JackKaufman: I began reading this daily before Christmas. It was very inspiring and insightful. Piper did an amazing job. It put me in the spirit of Christmas for the entire month leading up to Christmas Day. I'll read it again next year!!!

United States on Jan 02, 2023

1946AB: The only bad thing that I can say about this book is that has come to an end. Everyday this Christmas season it has brought me closer to God and the true meaning of today Christmas Day.

United States on Dec 25, 2022

M &/or G Spatol: Thoughts that focus the mind and affections on the only One who is worthy of them. Thankful for this short series!

United States on Jan 01, 2020

Katie C: We used this instead of an advent calender last year and we loved it

United Kingdom on Apr 01, 2019

ReadingInBC: I really enjoyed this during Advent. Suitable for the entire family.

Canada on Oct 27, 2018

Timothy Nissly: We read this with our family this year and my heart was so led to see the glory of the incarnation and all that it meant for those who believe. If you want to read something with some substance but only takes a few minutes a day, this is the advent reading for you. But really, it would be good to reread it at certain times during the year. Is a treasure

Canada on Dec 26, 2017

D Glover: These were really good meditations on the Christ-centeredness of Advent, one for every day of Advent. The daily meditations are short enough to get through in a few minutes of reading out loud and they foster good discussion afterwards. With some younger children, parents will need to boil some things down to simpler terms on occasion but that is not hard to do as each meditation focusses in on a particular passage of Scripture and Advent related implication. The book also includes an introductory chapter to set the direction, a meditation for Christmas itself, and a longer concluding chapter which sums everything up nicely and reminds us that Advent and Christmas are all about glory to God and peace to us and they are inseparable in God's redemptive plan. Our family read through this book over the Advent season and really appreciated it. Along with Piper's other Advent book which we read last year, Good News of Great Joy, this is a very reverent and gospel-focused Advent meditation.

Canada on Jan 08, 2015

Alan Travis: In a society that more and more wants to take Jesus out of our celebrations at Christmas it is refreshing to take s few moments each day to put him at the centre and ponder on the amazing love of God. A book I will use each December to remember and rejoice in the meaning of Christmas. Well worth buying.

United Kingdom on Dec 26, 2014

Hinton Clark: Jesus Christ is exalted from the introduction to the end of this great piece of literature. And justifiably so! The glories and majesty of Christ are infinite, unprecedented, unparalleled, and awe-inspiring. Each daily devotional brings you into the presence of the living, sovereign Lord of the universe. Some days I was left almost breathless as my heart was saturated with the excellence of the Living God who lived, suffered, and died in the flesh for the sins of the world, was buried, and was raised from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures. This Christ, who is God the Son, is ready to make Himself known during this Advent season through the Holy Bible. This powerful devotional is Scripture-driven. I believe that the Lord will use it to revive, reform, and redirect your life and your goals before Christmas, during the Christmas season, and beyond this Christmas season. These daily devotions can be used throughout the year because the world needs to know that Jesus is the greatest Gift from God the Father and He is sufficient for mankind every day. The sustainability of a joy-filled life in these perilous times depends on being totally saturated with the Risen...

United States on Nov 10, 2014