Advent Calendar 2025 and Prayer Diary
Wise Men/Kings
My servant will make nations worthy to worship me.
kings will be silent as they bow in wonder.
They will see and think about things
they have never seen or thought about before. Isaiah 52 v15
When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. Matthew 2 v11a.
You are God’s children. He sent Christ Jesus to save us and to make us wise, acceptable, and holy. 1 Corinthians 1 v30.
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Three kings from Persian lands afar
Daily Prayer: The wise men were well-educated; they were wealthy in worldly terms; they were influential and respected. They must have been accustomed to other people bowing down to them. But when they came to Jesus they recognised a greater king, the King of Kings. They worshipped him, young as he was.
Let’s come before God in awe and humility, putting aside our money, possessions, accomplishments, education and offer our prayers of adoration.
Pray for the kind of wisdom that recognises God’s wisdom above all.
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[Tap here] Daily Bible reading: Matthew 2 v1-12
Daily Bible reading: Matthew 2 v1-12
1 When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem. 4 Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
5 They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
6 ‘Bethlehem in the land of Judea,
you are very important among the towns of Judea.
From your town will come a leader,
who will be like a shepherd for my people Israel.’ “
7 Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star. 8 He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I want to go and worship him too.”
9 The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 They were thrilled and excited to see the star.
11 When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him. 12 Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.
All-Age Activity: Crossword: Wise Men
Clues and instructions are below.
(Answers will be given tomorrow – Dec 17th)
ACROSS
1 PRECIOUS METAL
4 SCENTED OINTMENT
6 WHERE THE WISE MEN CAME FROM
7 HOW THE WISE MEN FELT WHEN THEY SAW THE STAR
8 THE WISE MEN FOLLOWED IT
9 WHERE THE WISE MEN FOUND JESUS
12 HOW THE WISE MEN FELT WHEN THE STAR STOPPED
DOWN
2 WHAT MADE THE WISE MEN GO HOME A DIFFERENT WAY
3 BURN IT TO MAKE A NICE SCENT
5 THE WISE MEN PROBABLY RODE ON THEM
10 THE CRUEL KING WHO PRETENDED TO BE GOOD
11 WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SOMETIMES CALLED
Use the clues to fill in the words above.
Words can go across or down.
Letters are shared when the words intersect.
Answers to yesterday’s (Dec 15th) activity:
1 True. 2 False, it is called a ram. 3 False, it is called a lamb. 4 True. 5 False, it gives us wool. 6 True. 7 False, 99 were safe and one was lost. 8 False, it is called mutton or lamb. 9 True. 10 True.
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