Devotion - God Kept His Promise - JESUS IS BORN!

Bible Memory Verse:

Luke 2:10-12

This Devotion is adapted from Matthew 1:18 - 2:11 and Luke 2:6-20.

It is paraphrased in simple language to make it easy for young children to understand.

Mary and Joseph were in Bethelem, in the town of David when it was time for their baby to be born. They went to find a place for Mary to have the baby. They asked the man at the inn if they could stay there because Mary was about to have her baby. But, the man told them there were no rooms left at the inn. They were all being used already. So they went over to the stable. (A stable is sort of a house for animalst.) So that is where Mary had her first baby. The baby was a boy. His name was Jesus! She wrapped him in pieces of cloth, which was how people dressed babies in Bible times. Then she placed him in a manger (A manger is a big box where the animals come to eat. Their food is put inside the box).

That same night, some shepherds were watching over their sheep in a field nearby. All of a sudden, they saw an angel of the Lord! The bright glory of the Lord was shining all around them. The shepherds were afraid. The angel said to them, "Don't be scared. I have good news of great joy! In the town of David a Savior has been born to you! He is Christ the Lord. You will know all this is true when you find a baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a manger." Then all of a sudden, a whole group of angels joined them. What a glorious sight! They were praising God, saying, "May glory be given to God in the highest heaven! And on earth, may peace be to those God is pleased with!" Then the angels went back up to heaven.

The shepherds were very excited about what they had just seen and heard. They said to each other, "Let's go see what has happened, which the Lord has told us about! Let's go to Bethelem, to the town of David." So away they went. They found Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus. Just as the angel had said, the baby was lying in a manger! After the shepherds saw the baby, they told everyone all about the angels who had come to them; And, they told them what the angel had told them about baby Jesus. These special things were precious to Mary. They meant so much to her! She kept thinking about them over and over.

Then the shepherds went back to their fields, praising God. Everything they had seen and heard from the angels happened just like they said. That is how we know that this is a true story, not something that was made up. It really happened. A long time before it ever happend, it was also told by the prophets.

After Jesus had been born, some kings in the East saw the star in the sky. This was the star that showed where baby Jesus was born. When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! So they went to visit baby Jesus. The star went ahead of them and stopped right over the place where baby Jesus was. When they got there, they asked, "Where is the baby who has been born to be King of the Jews? When we were in the East, we saw the star. We have come to worship him." When the Kings saw baby Jesus with Mary, they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened the special gifts they had for him. they gave him gold, incense and myrrh.

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Lesson

I hoped you liked this most special true story of how Jesus was born. Now we have some fun things for you do to help you remember how Jesus was born, and how much he loves you.

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Have a blessed Christmas!

PRAYER:

Dear God,

Thank you for loving me so much.

Thank you for sending your one and only Son, Jesus, to save me.

Thank you that it all happened just as you told us it would many years before it happened.

Help me to understand everything about your Son Jesus.

Thank you for helping me.

In Jesus Name,

Amen.

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