For 92% of Americans, the day after Thanksgiving kicks off the Christmas season filling homes with new decorations, gifts, and family traditions. This year, we decided to start a new tradition to celebrate Advent. Every sunday of Advent, we will light a candle at dinner and read a bible verse together. Although there are 44 messianic prophecies in the Old Testment, I narrowed the list down to four I feel are most appropriate for children at Christmas. As I read the bible verse, our Little People set helps the story of Jesus's birth come to life for our toddler. She just holds baby Jesus in her hands while the glow of the candle reflects off her sister's face. I just love it. Here are our favorite Advent verses for ChildrenA voice of one calling: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.’ Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 40:3-5 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” Micah 5:2 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 What is your favorite Advent Verse?
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