Advent Daily Reading

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Advent Daily Reading – December 19 (English)

December 19, 2022 Matthew 1:22-25 NIV All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 15 (English)

December 15, 2022 Luke 1:67-75 NIV Zechariah’s Song His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 14 (English)

December 14, 2022 Luke 1:65-66 NIV All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 13 (English)

December 13, 2022 Luke 1:61-64 NIV They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.” Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote,...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 12 (English)

December 12, 2022 Luke 1:56-60 NIV Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.   The Birth of John the Baptist   When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 9 (English)

December 9, 2022 Luke 1:46-49 NIV Mary’s Song   And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 8 (English)

December 8, 2022 Luke 1:42-45 NIV In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 7 (English)

December 7, 2022 Luke 1:39-41 NIV Mary Visits Elizabeth   At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 5 (English)

December 5, 2022 Luke 1:34-36 NIV “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 4 (English)

December 4, 2022 Luke 1:29-33 NIV Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 3 (English)

December 3, 2022 Luke 1:26-28 NIV The Birth of Jesus Foretold   In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name...
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Advent Daily Reading – December 1 (English)

December 1, 2022 Luke 1:18-20 NIV 1Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you...