Guide your family into the heart of Christmas with this gospel-focused, four-week Advent curriculum.
Prepare Him Room by children's best-selling author Marty Machowski takes a biblical, theological approach to the Old Testament promises and New Testament fulfillment in Christ in a way kids can understand.
A tool for families hoping to focus on Jesus during the Christmas season, readers will have the resources necessary to counter the commercialism, materialism, and sentimentalism our culture celebrates each Christmas. Prepare Him Room includes an original Christmas short story and thirteen family Advent devotions three for each of the four weeks of Advent and one more for Christmas plus crafts, activities, and carols to sing together.
Prepare Him Room will change the way you and your family celebrate Christmas. A corresponding curriculum, Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Advent Sunday School Curriculum is sold separately. A companion CD, Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus in Song, is also available through Sovereign Grace Music. Challenge your family to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
"If you want to be purposeful about making this December more Christ-centered for your children, then look carefully at this little book. Marty Machowski provides the ideas, the plans, and the details: all you have to do is follow his lead. He will help your family have a more gospel-filled Christmas season."
Donald S. Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY; author of Family Worship: In the Bible, in History, and in Your Home
"Prepare Him Room is a tool to help families focus on Jesus during the Christmas season. Tying together the whole Christmas story from the prophecies concerning Jesus; to his birth, death, and resurrection; culminating in the return of Jesus, Marty Machowski challenges families to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas."
Sally Michael, Cofounder of Children Desiring God; author
"Prepare Him Room is one of the best resources I've seen to counter the commercialism, materialism, and sentimentalism that our culture serves up each Christmas. Through Scripture, creative stories, crafts, songs, prayers, and activities, families will be able to reflect on Christ's birth and the gospel with wonder, gratefulness, and joy. It was a privilege to collaborate with Marty on this project, and I can't recommend it highly enough."
Bob Kauflin, Director of Sovereign Grace Music
"Prepare Him Room is an endearing, well-conceived, and memory-making resource for the Advent season. Do you want a devotional guide that is certain to become a part of your family's Christmas traditions? Then this is it. More importantly, do you want a devotional guide that links the birth of Christ to Easter and the gospel story in a way that will deepen your family's biblical understanding and bid you prepare him room in your hearts and home this Christmas? Then look no further."
Debra Bell, Author of the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling
"Yet again, Marty Machowski gives us a solid, gospel-centered resource in his new book Prepare Him Room. I deeply appreciated the Advent devotionals that consistently pointed to Christ, and my children kept begging me to read the story of Christopher and the Bartimaeus house! In addition, new Advent songs by Bob Kauflin and activities for the children all make this a wonderful resource for every Advent season. Our family will treasure this for years to come."
Deepak Reju, Pastor of Biblical Counseling and Families, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC; president, Biblical Counseling Coalition; author of The Pastor and Counseling and On Guard
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Excellent for family devotions. Mixes Scripture, prayer, short teaching, crafts, and singing. Also weaves in a story about the meaning of Christmas. No pictures of Jesus (for those concerned about such things, but one of the activities involves setting up a manger).
This is a fun book to pull out and use to illustrate the real reason behind Christmas! I love the visuals that the book provides, since they are simple to set up, and yet help to drive home the message. I also like that there is a story woven into the devotions. This is a fun book to pull out and use as a family to help make memories and put the true meaning of Christmas at the forefront of your mind. I received this book from the publisher. This is my honest review and is in no way influenced by receiving a complimentary copy.
This devotional by Marty Machowski keeps families from falling into the trap of commercialism by keeping the Word central in the home during the Christmas season and bringing hope to homes that need to hear the promises of God and witness their fulfillment in Christ. The 4-chapter story at the end of each week is a reminder that the meaning of Christmas is not just something to know from history but to know what it means for your story. If you are a family, especially with elementary-aged children, and are looking to keep Christ the focus this Christmas, then pick up your copy of 'Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional' and prepare your hearts to receive and celebrate Christ in your home this Christmas season!
This devotional by Marty Machowski keeps families from falling into the trap of commercialism by keeping the Word central in the home during the Christmas season and bringing hope to homes that need to hear the promises of God and witness their fulfillment in Christ. The 4-chapter story at the end of each week is a reminder that the meaning of Christmas is not just something to know from history but to know what it means for your story. If you are a family, especially with elementary-aged children, and are looking to keep Christ the focus this Christmas, then pick up your copy of 'Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional' and prepare your hearts to receive and celebrate Christ in your home this Christmas season!
Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional is a great devotional that all families and church groups should add to their Christmas time tradition. I enjoyed it. It includes some fun activities, as well as, reminding readers what the true meaning of Christmas is. I give Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional five plus stars. I can not to use it again year after year. I highly recommend it.
Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional is a great devotional that all families and church groups should add to their Christmas time tradition. I enjoyed it. It includes some fun activities, as well as, reminding readers what the true meaning of Christmas is. I give Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Family Devotional five plus stars. I can not to use it again year after year. I highly recommend it.
PREPARE HIM ROOM is a great Advent devotional for families at Christmas time. It includes instructions on how to make your own advent wreath,words to Christmas carols, activities for each week of advent, and Bible verses, the devotional story and thoughts, discussion questions, a prayer and application. This devotional for be the perfect gift for your favorite young family going into the season of Advent, or even a great gift for your own family. I could even see it working for a children's ministry group as they meet together on Sunday or Wednesday nights. It includes crafts with lists of supplies needed so you could prepare ahead of time. Recommended for young families and church groups. I was given a copy free. All opinions are my own.
PREPARE HIM ROOM is a great Advent devotional for families at Christmas time. It includes instructions on how to make your own advent wreath,words to Christmas carols, activities for each week of advent, and Bible verses, the devotional story and thoughts, discussion questions, a prayer and application. This devotional for be the perfect gift for your favorite young family going into the season of Advent, or even a great gift for your own family. I could even see it working for a children's ministry group as they meet together on Sunday or Wednesday nights. It includes crafts with lists of supplies needed so you could prepare ahead of time. Recommended for young families and church groups.
PREPARE HIM ROOM is a great Advent devotional for families at Christmas time. It includes instructions on how to make your own advent wreath,words to Christmas carols, activities for each week of advent, and Bible verses, the devotional story and thoughts, discussion questions, a prayer and application. This devotional for be the perfect gift for your favorite young family going into the season of Advent, or even a great gift for your own family. I could even see it working for a children's ministry group as they meet together on Sunday or Wednesday nights. It includes crafts with lists of supplies needed so you could prepare ahead of time. Recommended for young families and church groups.
The Christmas season is a wonderful time of family traditions to include putting up decorations, gathering together for a sumptuous meal, and unwrapping presents early on Christmas morning. Much has been said about the commercialization of Christmas and the tendency to forget the true reason we even celebrate the occasion. Marty Machowski in his helpful family devotional aptly titled Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus, returns the reader to the proper focus of Christmas, namely the incarnation of the Son of God and all that entails. As noted, this book is a devotional and thus is written in a manner that allows it to be used over the course of the Advent season as part of family devotions. Each week of Advent has three parts devoted to it by Machowski, each focusing on a particular element of the coming of Jesus. In an effort to maximize family participation in the devotions, Machowski provides suggested activities such as listening to Handel's Messiah or constructing an Advent wreath. Additionally, he outlines a Scripture passage which forms the crux of that week's devotion to include some very helpful commentary. I also appreciated the tips for conversation provided by Machowski such as the example provided by Mary the mother of Jesus and her trust of God's plan. The focus on praying together as a family with suggested prayer topics as well as hymns by which to join together in song and the suggested craft activity round out each week's insightful devotional material. Many may already have well established family traditions while others such as my own family are searching for ways to begin what hopefully will be longstanding traditions. Regardless of which of those spectrums you may reside, I highly recommend Machowski's book as something to either include in what you already do as part of your Christmas traditions or as a great place by which to start a worthwhile tradition. In the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it is very easy to forget the reason for the season. Thus, having a devotional that will help return the focus to its proper place, namely on Christ, will help ensure your family is fully able to "Prepare Him Room".
