Week 1 · Hope · Day 1 of 25
Tuesday, December 1
Light in the dark.
Read together: Isaiah 9:2-7 (NKJV) ›
The people who walked in darkness
Isaiah 9:2
Have seen a great light;
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and tried to find your way to the kitchen? You bump into a chair. You stub your toe. Everything is harder in the dark. Then somebody flips on a light, and suddenly you can see where you are going.
About seven hundred years before Jesus was born, God’s people were living through a dark time. Enemies were attacking. Leaders were making bad choices. Many people had stopped listening to God. It felt like the lights had gone out.
That is when God gave the prophet Isaiah a promise: a great light was coming. A Child would be born who would change everything. That light has a name, and His name is Jesus.
Maybe your family is walking through something hard right now. A move, a sickness, a tight budget, or a sad memory that shows up every December. God sees that. The same God who sent light to His people then is close to you now. This Christmas, we are going to look for His light together.
Talk about it
What is something that is hard to do in the dark? What helps?
Why do you think Isaiah called Jesus a “great light”?
Where do you see people around you walking in darkness today? What would light look like for them?
Isaiah spoke this promise centuries before it came true. What does that tell you about how God keeps His word when the waiting is long?
Pray together
God, thank You for sending Jesus, the Light of the world. Shine in our home this Christmas and help us see You clearly. In Jesus’ name, amen.

















































