Devotion Booklets for Seasons of the Church Year Advent-Christmas Devotional - 2017 - single page | Page 4

Advent Meditation
For use individually or as a family. (If using an Advent wreath, light the appropriate candles)
Comfort, comfort my people says your God.
(Isaiah 40)
Speak tenderly (speak of peace) to Jerusalem
Say to those with fearful hearts- Be strong, do not fear (Isaiah 35)
Your God will come, he will come to save you
A virgin will be with child and give birth to a son,
(Isaiah 7)
And will call him Immanuel.
Read the day’s devotion and prayer.
(Optional—After the prayer at the end of the devotion, have everyone share a short special prayer—
thanking God for something, asking God for help or healing for someone, or a simple word of praise that
the Lord comes to save you!)
Complete the day’s “Activity.” Then read the closing prayer and blessing:
Support us, Lord, all the day long, until the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, the busy world is
hushed, the fever of life is over, and our work done; then Lord, in your mercy, give us safe lodging, a holy rest
and peace at the last.
Amen.
May our Lord Jesus come quickly by his grace, with his power, in his glory.
Amen.
OTHER DEVOTION OPTIONS:
• Sing a verse or two of your favorite Advent or Christmas hymn during your devotion time (perhaps at
the beginning or as a closing)
• If you have children, seek to include them in the devotion—have a child read the Bible passage or the
closing prayer.
• In your prayers, include the weekly advent prayer listed at the beginning of each week. Or use Luther’s
Morning / Evening Prayer as a closing prayer after the blessing.
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