October 3 | Jesus Grew Up! - Brentwood Baptist

Today’s Reading:

Read Matthew 2:1-15; 19-23; Luke 2:39-52

Grab some paper and crayons. Challenge each member of your family to draw their best picture of the manger scene. Use Luke 2:1-20 to help guide you in your drawing. Give each person a chance to share their drawing. If you used Luke 2 as your guide, you might notice some traditional members of the Christmas story not present. Did you draw the wisemen? Guess what? They weren’t there!

In today’s reading, we read about how the Wisemen heard about Jesus’ birth and traveled to Jerusalem first to look for him. From there, they followed the star and traveled to Bethlehem. Most likely, Jesus was a toddler by the time the wisemen came to see him. Regardless of when they arrived to meet Jesus, we know that the wisemen knew who Jesus was and that they came to worship Him. King Herod was not as excited that Jesus had been born and he had a plan to kill Jesus if he found him. An angel came to Joseph in a dream and told him to take Jesus and Mary to Egypt. Jesus being born in Bethlehem was a fulfillment of a prophecy from Micah (Micat 5:2-5) but also Jesus living in Egypt was also a fulfillment of a prophecy. (Hosea 11:1) When it was safe for Jesus’ family to return to their home, an angel came again and told Joseph. Jesus grew up in Nazareth.

Application/Prayer:

Spend some time discussing what you think Jesus’ childhood might have looked like. The Bible doesn’t give us details about Jesus as a child. Luke 2:52 says that “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and people.” What do you think that means? Ask God to help you also grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and people- just like Jesus!

October Memory Verse:

“When I am afraid, I will trust in you.”

Psalm 56:3

Using the daily reading prompts from George H. Guthrie’s Read the Bible for Life, here’s how to use this devotional:

Bring your Bible! Your kids need to see that everything you are reading to them or learning about comes from an actual Bible!
Each day starts with a reading prompt. Read the selection as a family. If your kids are readers, encourage them to read along with you.
After you’ve read the passage, read the short devotional thought that goes along with each passage.
Prayer and application are important any time we read God’s word! After each devotional, there is a challenge to help apply what your family has read that day.
There is a reading for six days of the week. The last reading of the week is a Gospel Conversation Prompt to help you connect the reading from the week with God’s plan for salvation.