Parents,

Let’s take this advent season as an opportunity to lead our families well. God has given us a great responsibility and privilege to lead our families. I know the challenges that we face in regards to this all to well. We work long hard hours, we get home and we are tired and exhausted.  We run through our checklist of things that need to get done before dinner, and we find our selves scrambling to play catch up on everything else after dinner before we go to bed just repeat the same thing tomorrow. In this process many of us, myself included, neglect leading our families in Bible study. Somehow, the most important thing we can do as parents becomes the most neglected. There is nothing more important that I can think of than opening up the beauty of God’s Word and sharing this marvelous Christ with our family.

It’s Time To Change Things

Rather than waiting for next year or for our “busy season” to die down lets take this Advent season as our opportunity to intentionally lead our families and enter into eager anticipation of the celebration of the coming of the promised messiah. I know some of the objections that may come up. Things like:

• I’m not a Bible scholar
• I don’t have any formal training in theology or studying the Bible
• We don’t have the time to add something else, this will definitely take a serious time commitment that I don’t have

There’s good news! You’re not on your own and there are some incredible resources that can walk you through the process of leading your family regardless of your knowledge, training, or time availability. This is something that we all can do!

My Commitment To You

During Advent I am planning on sending out a weekly Advent Bible study that can be a help to you as you lead your families through this season. Each week expect to see an Advent study that you can repurpose and use to teach your family or engage in conversation. These studies will build on each other and include some great visuals, background history and information, and discussion questions. Getting this each week is incredibly simple! Just sign up to my advent newsletter and you will be all set!

Further Resources

I’d recommend that you also invest in some resources to help you dig deeper and encourage you along the way. I’d highly encourage you to check out and dig into the following resources:

Good News Of Great Joy: Daily Readings For Advent (John Piper)

Prepare Him Room: Celebrating The Birth Of Jesus Family Devotional (Marty Machowski)

The Adventure Of Christmas: Helping Children Find Jesus In Our Holiday Traditions

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