December 20: The Cross

*Wrap a cross for today's gift. We have a cross ornament that I use every year for this day's activity.

• Read Hebrews 10:9-10.

"Then he said, 'Here I am, I have come to do your will.' He sets aside the first to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."

• Give your children the wrapped cross to open.

• Talk about why Jesus was born as a baby (found in today's verse: "to do your will").

• Ask your children what God's will was for Jesus' life.

• Share the gospel with your children again.

• Look at the cross with your children and discuss the importance of this symbol to us today.

• Place the cross in a place where your family will see it for the next several days. (Ours gets placed on the Christmas tree because it is a cross ornament.)

• Pray, thanking God for His perfect will. Thank Jesus for carrying out the will of God. Ask God to remind you of the sacrifice given on the cross.