Celebrate Jesus’ Birth with “The Christmas Story” Plan

One Week to Christmas

Looking for a great way to focus on the birth of Jesus? Try “The Christmas Story” Plan from YouVersion. This simple 5-day plan chronicles the humble beginnings of our Savior, connects us with His arrival as “God with us,” and ends with a celebration of His birth. Today is a great day to start reading “The Christmas Story”!

Share the Christmas Story with Your Kids

Your kids will love exploring the story of Jesus’ birth in “The First Christmas Gift,” just one of the stories they’ll find in the Bible App for Kids. Installed on more than a million devices during just its first week, the Bible App for Kids draws in children of any age, with colorful artwork and fun, touch-activated animations. Download and share the Bible App for Kids now at bible.com/kids.

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The Bible App for Kids Surpasses One Million Installs in First Week

Less than one week after launching, the Bible App for Kids has been installed on more than one million unique devices around the world. We’re amazed at how God has already been using the Bible App for Kids to connect children with the story of God’s love. Here’s what just a few of the people who have downloaded it so far are saying:

“My 4 yr old LOVES the #BibleForKids. Thanks so much for helping to grow in him a love for the Word!”
—Angela

“Walked in on my son tearing up as he watched Jesus die on the cross on @BibleAppForKids. Praying for the call on his life this morning!”
—Wade

“Using the new Kids Bible App with my nephew & I’m fighting tears back from his excitement and seeing him grasping what he’s learning.”
—Desirae

“3 girls on 3 different devices ALL using the @BibleAppForKids!!! They can’t get enough!”
—Liz

“Just downloaded the @BibleAppForKids. It’s so beautiful and so cool! What an experience!”
—David

Part of the Bible App for Kids’ early success came from being visible in app stores. Over the weekend, the Bible App for Kids reached as high as the #2 overall free app for iPad, #3 overall free app for iPhone. It was also the #1 free app in the Kids or Education category on iTunes, Google Play, and the Amazon App Store. Climbing so high on each of these lists means that potentially millions of people who otherwise wouldn’t even know it existed will now see the Bible App for Kids when they’re browsing for new apps to install.

We specifically designed the Bible App for Kids to help children connect with Bible stories not just once, but again and again. And it’s our sincere prayer that exploring the Scriptures will help millions of kids discover a lifelong love for God’s Word.

Throughout the holidays, as you find yourself together with family and friends, whether at home, at church programs, or even at work parties, please keep sharing the Bible App for Kids. You can show it to them on your device, direct them to bible.com/kids, or even offer to install it for them.

You can download the Bible App for Kids for free at:

Website: bible.com/kids

Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-for-kids/id668692393?ls=1&mt=8

Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bible.kids

Amazon Appstore: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GURLC40

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Get ready for Christmas with an Advent Bible Plan

During the Christmas season, so much can pull us away from the significance of what we’re celebrating—the gift of Immanuel, “God with us.” Advent, spanning the four weeks before Christmas, brings us the opportunity to redirect our focus. YouVersion offers several Bible Plans to help Jesus’ birth become a point of your daily reflection. And this year, we have more plans than ever before. Find the plan that’s just right for you—or try one with your family!

It’s not just the calendar, either. Our screens have a way of swallowing whatever stillness we manage to carve out. One volunteer small-group leader at a church outside Nashville mentioned that his evenings used to disappear into a rotation of the same few apps and browser tabs—sports scores, Reddit threads, a metamask crypto casino he’d leave open and half-forget about, YouTube rabbit holes that started with sermon clips and ended somewhere entirely unrelated. None of it was dramatic or destructive; it was just noise, the low-grade hum of a phone that never quite gets put down. When his group started an Advent reading plan two years ago, he said the shift wasn’t spiritual fireworks—it was simply that ten minutes of scripture each morning gave the rest of the day a different center of gravity. The tabs were still there. He just reached for them less.

That kind of quiet reorientation is exactly what Advent is designed for. The season isn’t a sprint toward Christmas morning; it’s a slow, deliberate walk toward the manger, one day at a time. And the beauty of a structured reading plan is that it removes the friction of deciding what to read or where to start. Someone else has already mapped the route. All you have to do is show up.

YouVersion offers several Bible Plans to help Jesus’ birth become a point of your daily reflection. And this year, we have more plans than ever before. Find the plan that’s just right for you—or try one with your family!

Rediscovering the Christmas Season offers a non-traditional twist on Advent, with reflection questions and action steps that help individuals, families, and small groups center each day on Christ. From LifeChurch.tv. 25 days

The Christmas Story chronicles the humble beginnings of the Savior that the world had been waiting for. From YouVersion. 7 days

Good News of Great Joy helps you adore Jesus throughout Advent, with short daily passages directed toward feeding your joy in God. From John Piper and Desiring God. 25 days

Our Daily Bread Christmas Edition features daily devotionals specifically selected to help you find encouragement, comfort, and true joy through God’s love for you. From Our Daily Bread. 10 days

The Songs of Christmas highlights Christmas song devotionals from popular Christian artists like Mandisa, TobyMac, Amy Grant, Colton Dixon, Kari Jobe, and Hillsong. From Capitol Christian Music Group. 14 days

12 Days of Christmas with The Overflow brings you stories about Jesus’ birth through Christmas songs, presented by such artists as Sidewalk Prophets, James Fortune, Jason Castro, and Building 429. From The Overflow. 12 days

Whether you’re someone who already sets aside time each morning or someone who hasn’t opened a Bible app in months, there’s a plan here that meets you where you are. The point isn’t perfection—it’s presence. Advent invites us to slow down just enough to remember what the season is actually about, and sometimes ten minutes a day is all it takes to feel the difference.

You can find even more Christmas and Advent plans on YouVersion!

Share the Love of Jesus this Season

The holidays offer us unique opportunities to share our faith with friends, family, and others. And the Bible App makes it so easy! This season, watch for chances to share your faith simply by showing your Bible App:

When someone receives a new mobile device as a gift
As you attend Christmas services
When you read the Christmas story with your family

Best of all, it’s quick and easy to help others get their own Bible App—no matter what kind of mobile device they have. Tell them they can just go to www.bible.com/app—or even better, install it for them!

Christmas and Advent Plans 2021
Complete an Advent Plan 2019
An Advent Prayer on Hope

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Thank You for Helping Launch the Bible App for Kids

Even though the Bible App for Kids only launched yesterday, it’s already being enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of kids all over the world. On the first day alone, the Bible App for Kids was installed more than 450,000 times! That means the app was installed 5 times every second, all day long.

Within the first 12 hours of launching, the app quickly gained momentum and garnered high rankings within the App Store.

#1 free Kids app
#1 free Education app
#2 overall free iPad app
#4 overall free iPhone app

And there are currently more than one million different apps available in the App Store. Getting so much visibility early on means there is the potential for millions of iPhone and iPad users to discover the app that may have otherwise never even known it existed.

Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, caregiver, or influencer, the Bible App for Kids is a fantastic way you can help the children in your life discover a Bible experience all their own. Designed specifically for children, we’re praying that the Bible App for Kids will help the next generation start engaging now with the grand story of God’s love for them. Thank you so much for your passion to share God’s Word with your kids!

Even as incredible as yesterday was, we’re convinced that it’s only the beginning. God is doing something amazing. We always love hearing your stories on Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget: millions of people haven’t even heard about the Bible App for Kids yet, so keep sharing it as much as you can. Tell people about it, show it to them on your device, even offer to install it for them!

Get the app now at any of these places:

Website: bible.com/kids
Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bible-for-kids/id668692393?ls=1&mt=8
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bible.kids
Amazon Appstore: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GURLC40

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