Hope: An Advent Reading Plan

The schedule

Every day opens a full study — context, key verses, application, and prayer.

Day 1
Isaiah 9:2-7
A child given, a government on his shoulders.
Day 2
Isaiah 11:1-10
A shoot from a cut stump.
Day 3
Isaiah 7:10-16
A sign given to an unwilling king.
Day 4
Isaiah 40:1-11
Comfort, and a road made straight.
Day 5
Isaiah 53:1-6
Wounded for our transgressions.
Day 6
Isaiah 55:1-13
Come, all who have no money.
Day 7
Isaiah 61:1-4
Good news for the poor, beauty for ashes.
Day 8
Micah 5:2-5
Bethlehem, small among the clans.
Day 9
Jeremiah 23:5-6
A righteous Branch, a king who acts justly.
Day 10
Zechariah 9:9-10
A king who comes humble, riding a donkey.
Day 11
Malachi 3:1-4
A refiner's fire, purifying not destroying.
Day 12
Psalm 89:1-18
Steadfast love sung over generations.
Day 13
Psalm 130
Out of the depths, waiting for the morning.
Day 14
Luke 1:5-25
An old priest, a long silence, an answered prayer.
Day 15
Luke 1:26-38
An announcement, and a quiet yes.
Day 16
Luke 1:39-45
Two women, and joy that leaps.
Day 17
Luke 1:46-55
Mary's song: the proud scattered, the humble lifted.
Day 18
Luke 1:57-80
Zechariah's tongue loosed in blessing.
Day 19
Matthew 1:18-25
A quiet man asked to trust an impossible word.
Day 20
Luke 2:1-7
Empire counts heads; God keeps a promise.
Day 21
Luke 2:8-20
Shepherds first, as always.
Day 22
Luke 2:21-38
Two elders who waited and were not disappointed.
Day 23
Matthew 2:1-12
Foreigners kneel; the powerful are troubled.
Day 24
John 1:1-18
The Word dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory.