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Printable Advent Bible Reading Plan For Christmas

Are you wanting to read the Scripture to walk you through the Christmas story to keep your eyes on Christ during the holidays?

Here’s a 25-day Advent Bible reading plan that can guide you through the Christmas season this December, helping you focus on the story of Jesus’ birth and the anticipation of His coming.

How To Get The Most Out Of This Reading Plan

1 – Download and print the reading plan below

The holiday season can be very busy, so get the plan ready so it’s waiting for you to start on December 1st!

Keep it in a place that is easily accessible like posted on your fridge or folded in your Bible. Somewhere you will see it and use it each day!

2 – Plan a specific time of day you will do your reading.

  • Perhaps you will use these daily Bible readings during the month of December as you go through your Advent calendar this year (we use the magnetic Kurt Adler Advent calendar with our 2 and 4-year-old and it is our absolute favorite! We add special notes inside with the nativity pieces throughout the month for fun Christmas surprises like a visit to our zoo’s Christmas celebration, hot cocoa, a drive to see lights, or a Christmas movie night).
  • If you are going through this plan by yourself, maybe you want to read through the Scriptures during your morning quiet time in front of the Christmas tree (I do this in the mornings then read them again with the whole family at dinner time).
  • Maybe you want to do the readings as a whole family around the dinner table each night or as you put the kids to bed at night.
  • You can use these verses to read with your small group, Bible study, women’s ministry, or other group from your church.

When I start something new, I almost always set a reminder notification on my phone because, despite my best intentions, my brain is very prone to forget my new plans!

3 – Say a prayer.

You can use this sample short prayer below or use your own:

Lord, use these Bible verses to draw me nearer to You this Advent season. I want to know You more. Amen.

Advent Bible Reading Plan

The Bible verses in this reading plan are just the beginning.

With all of my Bible verse posts and reading plans, I invite you into a deeper study of the story of Jesus’ birth by diving into the context of these verses and seeing who they were spoken to and why.

Read them, write them, say them, sing them, journal them.

I am always amazed at the neverending “layers” of understanding God’s Word offers and I pray you experience the same as you read through the verses below.

Get Your Printable Reading Plan

Advent Bible Verse Wallpapers To Use For The Christmas Season

I have made some of the individual verses in the reading plan into phone wallpapers you can use as you go through the reading plan this month.

Saving these photos to your phone and glancing at them throughout your day is a great way to memorize Scripture and keep these verses at the forefront of your mind during the holiday season.

Week 1 : Great Expectations For A Coming Messiah

During the first week of December, you will be reading Scriptures from the Old Testament that foretell the coming of the Messiah, our Savior, long before the journey to Bethlehem.

Day 1: Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 – The promise of a Savior

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Day 2: Isaiah 11:1-5 – The Righteous Branch

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Day 3: Micah 5:2-5a – The birthplace of the Messiah

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Day 4: Jeremiah 23:5-6 – A King who will reign wisely & justly

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Day 5: Malachi 3:1-4 – Preparing the way for the Lord

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Day 6: Zechariah 9:9-10 – The King comes humbly

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Day 7: Psalm 72:18-19 – A prayer for the Messiah’s reign

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Week 2 : Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

This week, the Bible verses will lead us closer to Jesus’ birth by guiding us through John the Baptist’s role in preparing the way for Jesus and the angel of the Lord, Gabriel, coming to Mary.

Day 8: Luke 1:5-17 – Gabriel’s visit to Zechariah

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Day 9: John 1:6-9 – A witness to the light

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Day 10: Luke 1:18-25 – Zechariah’s doubt and silence

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Day 11: Luke 1:26-33 – Gabriel’s visit to Mary

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Day 12: Luke 1:34-38 – Nothing will be impossible with God

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Day 13: Luke 1:39-45 – Mary visits Elizabeth

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Day 14: Luke 1:46-56 – Mary’s song of praise

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Week 3 : A Newborn King

In this third week of Bible readings, we will read about the birth of John the Baptist, journey to Bethlehem, and experience the joy of the newborn King, Jesus, born in a manger, and rejoice with the angels and shepherds.

Day 15: Matthew 1:18-21 – Joseph’s dream

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Day 16: Matthew 1:22-25 – The prophecy is fulfilled

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Day 17: Luke 1:57-66 – The birth of John the Baptist

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Day 18: Luke 1:67-80 – Zechariah’s prophecy

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Day 19: Luke 2:1-5 – The journey to Bethlehem

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Day 20: Luke 2:6-7 – The birth of Jesus

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Day 21: Luke 2:8-14 – The angels and the shepherds

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Week 4 : Heaven & Nature Sing

In week 4, our last section of verses in the Advent reading plan, we will see the wise men and shepherds visit Jesus and end in John, celebrating Jesus bringing His true light into the world.

Day 22: Luke 2:15-20 – The shepherds visit Jesus

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Day 23: Matthew 2:1-6 – The wise men search for Jesus

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Day 24: Matthew 2:7-12 – The wise men worship Jesus

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Day 25: John 1:1-14 – Jesus, the Word made flesh

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Merry Christmas!