“Behold, Your Light Has Come”
Materials Needed: flashlight, candle and matches (This devotion works best if done at night)
It’s finally Christmas Eve!!! Can you believe it? Tomorrow when we wake up, we will be able to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the love that God gave to us.
But tonight, lets talk about darkness and light. (Turn off all the lights but have the flashlight handy in case if of the kids get scared.)
Turn the lights back on and say something like, “Its scary to be in the dark isn’t it? Are any of you afraid of the dark? (Let them know that even you are a little afraid of the dark). Ask them how it would feel if they had to live their whole life in darkness.
The Bible tells us that mankind was in darkness because of the bad things we had done.
Read John 1:1-5
How are we in darkness? Romans 3:23 tells us that everyone has sinned (disobeyed God). Sin brings to us an eternal separation from God. This means we cannot live forever with God and be in the light of His glory. We are in a spiritual darkness. We cannot even hope to make it back to God on our own.
But God saw you in your sin (darkness) and loved you too much to leave you there.
All mankind was in spiritual darkness, so God sent a light. And John 1 told us that Jesus Christ was that light.
Isaiah 9:2 says of the birth of the Messiah, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
Read John 3:16-21
So the light has come and Jesus is that light. The gift has been given.
(Turn out all the lights again and ask your family to imagine how it would feel to live our whole life in spiritual darkness. Take your candle or if you are using the Advent wreath, light the center “Christ Candle”. Tell them we finally get to light the Christ candle)
As you light the white candle tell your family that Jesus came to bring us light and life. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to live in the light.
But now Jesus wants us to be light. Read Matthew 5:14-16
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our sins (darkness) is forgiven and we have life and light in us. Jesus now wants us to shine His light to the dark world. If we tell people of Jesus’ love and show them Jesus’ love, we can make this a brighter world.
Sing “This Little Light of mine”
If you shine for Jesus, you will make a difference. We can be like the moon. It has no light of its own, but it lights the night by reflecting the light of the sun. We can reflect the Son’s light
Pray
Materials Needed: flashlight, candle and matches (This devotion works best if done at night)
It’s finally Christmas Eve!!! Can you believe it? Tomorrow when we wake up, we will be able to celebrate the birth of Jesus and the love that God gave to us.
But tonight, lets talk about darkness and light. (Turn off all the lights but have the flashlight handy in case if of the kids get scared.)
Turn the lights back on and say something like, “Its scary to be in the dark isn’t it? Are any of you afraid of the dark? (Let them know that even you are a little afraid of the dark). Ask them how it would feel if they had to live their whole life in darkness.
The Bible tells us that mankind was in darkness because of the bad things we had done.
Read John 1:1-5
How are we in darkness? Romans 3:23 tells us that everyone has sinned (disobeyed God). Sin brings to us an eternal separation from God. This means we cannot live forever with God and be in the light of His glory. We are in a spiritual darkness. We cannot even hope to make it back to God on our own.
But God saw you in your sin (darkness) and loved you too much to leave you there.
All mankind was in spiritual darkness, so God sent a light. And John 1 told us that Jesus Christ was that light.
Isaiah 9:2 says of the birth of the Messiah, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
Read John 3:16-21
So the light has come and Jesus is that light. The gift has been given.
(Turn out all the lights again and ask your family to imagine how it would feel to live our whole life in spiritual darkness. Take your candle or if you are using the Advent wreath, light the center “Christ Candle”. Tell them we finally get to light the Christ candle)
As you light the white candle tell your family that Jesus came to bring us light and life. Isn’t it wonderful to be able to live in the light.
But now Jesus wants us to be light. Read Matthew 5:14-16
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our sins (darkness) is forgiven and we have life and light in us. Jesus now wants us to shine His light to the dark world. If we tell people of Jesus’ love and show them Jesus’ love, we can make this a brighter world.
Sing “This Little Light of mine”
If you shine for Jesus, you will make a difference. We can be like the moon. It has no light of its own, but it lights the night by reflecting the light of the sun. We can reflect the Son’s light
Pray
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