Getting Started
Discuss these questions before watching the video:
What is the best gift you’ve ever been given? What made that gift so special? What did receiving the gift tell you about the person who gave it to you?
Watch the Video Together
Read & Discuss
1. Read John 3:16 (NLT) together as a family and discuss the questions below.
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Discussion Questions:
God loves you so much that He gave you the greatest gift in the world, His Son Jesus.
What does God promise to everyone who believes in His Son, Jesus?
How does it make you feel to know you are loved this much by God?
2. Read the Christmas Story Together – Luke 2:1-20 (NLT)
Say out loud: This is how God brought the greatest present into the world for you and for me:
2 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. 4 And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. 5 He took with him Mary, to whom he was engaged, who was now expecting a child.
6 And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born.7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.
8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. 11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David! 12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in highest heaven,
and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, 19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often. 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.
Pray as a family
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for loving us and giving us the greatest present in the world, your Son Jesus. Thank you for giving us faith to trust in Him and for the forgiveness, eternal life, and salvation that He won for us. Bless our family this Christmas and let each present we open be a reminder of the greatest present of all. Amen.