Advent Devotional December 15th

Today's Advent reading and devotional are out of Luke 1:57-66, looking at the birth of John the Baptist.

Friday, December 15th family discussion questions:

Have you ever been disappointed by something unexpected or different than you planned?

Parents, talk through how we feel when things are different than we expect, and how we deal with those feelings. Do unexpected things ever turn out better than we hoped?

How did God use the unexpected in the birth of Jesus to be exactly what we need?

The birth of Jesus is full of the unexpected! Jesus’ humble birth in a manger, the first visitors being lowly shepherds, this isn’t what we would expect for the birth of God’s Son! Yet God used the unexpected to bring exactly what we needed into the world. Parents, talk through how we can trust God to use the unexpected for our good.