We are thrilled to share that our Christmas Devotional for Teenagers is now available for preorder! Purchase your copy of Longing for Christmas today at New Growth Press or wherever you buy books. Don’t miss the opportunity to buy in bulk for a discount on the New Growth Press website — a perfect gift for your youth ministry students, or all the kids or grandkids in your family!
We are loved by a God who always keeps his promises. Nowhere is his faithfulness more evident that in the life of Jesus. The Old Testament is rich with promises concerning our coming Messiah, and from the opening lines of Matthew, we begin to see those promises perfectly fulfilled, starting with the most intimate details of Jesus’ birth.
Back in 2019, we invited you and your teenagers to join us for a 16-day Christmas devotional series centering around Messianic prophecies – promises – from the Old Testament, and the wonder that each one was fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. This year we will round out that series with eight more posts, one for every day of the Christmas (or, depending on your tradition, Advent) season. Over the next three weeks we will be sharing these on the blog, but we wanted to give you the original 16 devotions so that you can easily share one per day with your students or children. Each day includes a few short questions for discussion, so hopefully this will spur conversation over the dinner table or in youth group. You’ll also find PDF links at the bottom if you like to go old school and print these out, and we will add each one to this list as it posts so you can access them all in one place.
We pray your heart will be encouraged and your faith strengthened as you and your teenagers meditate together on the game-changing truth that our God says what he means and means what he says. O Come Let Us Adore Him!
A God of Promises Chris Li
Forever Is a Long Time Kendal Conner
It Doesn’t Have to Be All Merry and Bright Mark Howard
The Promise of Being “Too Little” Rebecca Heck
The Only Remedy for Our Spiritual Sickness Katie Polski
A Light That Breaks In Liz Edrington
The Once-Rejected Cornerstone Connor Coskery
When Christmas Leaves You Cheerless Rebecca Lankford
Night Vision Seth Stewart
They Love Me, They Love Me Not Mac Harris
The Weight of the World Chelsea Kingston Erickson
What Thirty Pieces of Silver Buys Carolyn Lankford
The Invitation of Immanuel Ben Birdsong
Rescued by the Good Shepherd Cameron Cole
He Will Not Faint or Grow Discouraged Joey Turner
Take Heart, Jesus Has Overcome Ben Sciacca
The One Who Blesses the Nations by Chelsea Kingston Erickson
The Redeemer of Our Lives (And Our Worst Days) by Anna Meade Harris
Thank you for joining us on this journey to the manger. We pray you experience rest in the God who keeps all His promises during this Christmas season and in the new year to come.
