Instead of a rushed holiday season, use a Christmas devotional for families to keep everyone focused on the true meaning of Christmas.
Looking for some meaningful family Christmas ideas?
The holiday season can feel rushed and stressful. But it’s about so much more than presents, events, and just-the-right family photos.
Christmas is about Jesus. It’s about family.
This is a time to come together, enjoy family relationships, and celebrate the reality of the gospel and the birth of Christ.
There are some great Advent calendars, Christmas cookie recipes, and plenty more ideas out there for your family Christmas. But if you want the true meaning of Christmas to be at the center of your family holidays… have you thought about using a family devotional this year?
A Christmas family devotional is a special way to bring everyone together AND keep Jesus at the center of the holiday season.
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Intentionally preparing your family for a Christ-filled Christmas
In the church calendar, Advent is the season leading up to Christmas Day. Some churches celebrate it, and some don’t even mention it anymore. But the language doesn’t really matter.
The important idea is that it benefits us to intentionally prepare our hearts for Christmas.
Because the holiday season is so busy, you have to make an effort to keep your family focused on the things that really matter at Christmas.
Each family has their own special holiday traditions. The events, movies, or foods that really make it feel like Christmas for your family.
Do those traditions include the Bible? Prayer? Church? If you’re looking for Christmas ideas for your family that are deep and meaningful, a devotional is a great idea.
Why is a Christmas family devotional a great idea?
As a family therapist, I focus a lot with helping families build (or fix) their connection. Every mom and dad wants deep family relationships.
The holidays are the perfect time to create memories, teach your kids your deepest values, and enjoy traditions together as a family.
Plus, a Christ-centered tradition will help protect against the stress and conflict that can easily pop up at the holidays.
As you prepare your family for Christmas, consider 3 key reasons why a Christmas family devotional is important and helpful.
(1) A Christmas devotional makes sure you are prioritizing family time at the holidays.
There’s something about snuggling up together on the couch or sitting together around the table that bonds our family together.
Gathering together around the same activity, the same goal, the same task helps you deepen your relationship.
At the Christmas holiday, this can be a great memory-making tradition. Pull out some hot cocoa, put on your jammies – make it your own family thing.
(2) With a Christmas family devotional, you can build a new habit of Bible-reading and prayer as a family.
Sometimes, it’s hard to know where to start with a Bible reading or how to do a family devotional time.
The holidays are a natural time to try this out!
With my family bundle of Christmas devotionals, you can easily do your own independent Bible time and then come together to discuss, or do each day’s study together as a family.
A devotional gets you into the Bible together, and provides the questions or prompts to help you talk about it together in a natural way.
With everyone reading the same thing, it’s so much easier to discuss and talk about what God is doing.
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(3) A family devotional helps your family bond and deepen your connection.
Because a devotional will offer reflection questions and prayer ideas, it is so much easier to start a meaningful family conversation.
Instead of reviewing their wish list again and again as Christmas approaches, your kids can reflect on things that are truly, deeply important.
There can be quantity time with a daily devotional, but also quality time (at least sometimes!) with a devotional opening the door for conversation and reflection.
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Where to find a Christmas devotional for your whole family
As you consider trying out a Christmas family devotional this year, there are a lot of options.
Of course, you can always just open the Bible and start reading! God is always speaking, always working.
But if you want a purposeful devotional, grab my 3-pack set of Christmas family devotionals.
There is one designed for women, one for men, and one for kids – each with the same 25 days of Bible readings, similar reflection questions, and shared prayer prompts.
This Christmas family devotional pack is the perfect blend of individual time with the Lord AND family devotional reading and conversation.
If you want to find a different devotional, there are plenty of options out there.
My top recommendation would be finding a devotional that can accomplish these goals above.
- Does it actually have you open the Bible together?
- Does it provide thoughtful questions or reflections to discuss?
- Is it written in a way that will help YOUR family to read, reflect, and discuss?
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