Jesse Tree Advent Reading Plan

“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots” (Isaiah 11:1)

A Jesse Tree is a way of celebrating Advent by journeying through the stories on Jesus’s family tree — from creation to the Christmas Story. The Jesse Tree tradition is rooted in Isaiah 11:1: “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” Jesse was the father of David, Israel’s greatest king. And Jesus is descended from the line of David. He is the branch God promised would grow from Jesse’s family tree.

Join us this Advent season as each day we read through scripture and discover God’s promises for us, leading up to the Greatest Gift.

December 1	The promise	Isaiah 11:1-2, 10
December 2	Created by love	Genesis 1:1-5, 26-27
December 3	The fall of man	Genesis 3:1-7, 23-24
December 4	The flood	Genesis 6:9-22, 7:5-10, 8:13-19
December 5	Count the stars	Genesis 12:1-3, 15:1-6
December 6	The gift of laughter	Genesis 21:1-7
December 7	Birth of two nations	Genesis 25:7-11, 19-26
December 8	Stairway to heaven	Genesis 28:10-17
December 9	God intended it for good	Genesis 37:2-4, 23-28, 45:4-11, 50:16-21
December 10	Here I am	Exodus 2:1-10, 3:1-12
December 11	The red rope	Joshua 2:1-18
December 12	Your people will be my people	Ruth 1:6-22
December 13	Don’t judge by appearances	1 Samuel 16:1-13
December 14	An understanding heart	1 Kings 3:3-15
December 15	A great light foretold	Isaiah 9:2-7
December 16	The one true God	1 Kings 18:16-39
December 17	The small village	Micah 5:2-5
December 18	He will prepare the people	Luke 1:6-17
December 19	Greetings favored woman	Luke 1:26-38
December 20	They will call him Immanuel	Matthew 1:18-25
December 21	The time came	Luke 2:1-7
December 22	I bring you good news	Luke 2:8-20
December 23	We have come to worship him	Matthew 2:1-12
December 24	The return to Nazareth	Matthew 2:13-33
December 25	The glory of your people	Luke 2:21-35