Free prayer guide · Advent 2026
Twenty-six days toward Christmas, from Sunday, November 29 to Christmas Eve. Each day has a Bible reading and one honest question to pray over. Read it here, or print it for yourself, your family or your group.
How it works
Open your Bible to the day's passage. Read it slowly, twice if you can.
Sit with the question. Answer it honestly, in your head or on paper.
Turn your answer into a prayer. The printable guide has room to write it down.
Begins Sunday, November 29
Where in your life does it feel dark right now?
What promise of God are you still waiting to see kept?
What helps you stay spiritually awake during a busy season?
What would it look like to receive hope today rather than produce it?
Is there anything you have written off that God might still bring to life?
What are you waiting for, and how are you waiting?
Where do you most need God to lead you this week?
Begins Sunday, December 6
Which of these names of Jesus do you most need today?
What would it mean to let God comfort you today?
What is one thing you could clear away to make room for God this Advent?
What is weighing on you that you could hand to God right now?
Where could you bring peace this week?
How has God guided you into peace before?
What makes stillness hard for you?
Begins Sunday, December 13
Where have you noticed God's nearness recently?
Is there a dry place in your life that you are bringing into this Christmas?
How does it change your prayer to know that God delights in you?
What is one thing you can praise God for today, whatever you are facing?
What old clothes of shame or failure do you need to take off?
Who could you share some joy with this week?
What has God done for you this year that you want to remember?
Begins Sunday, December 20
What would change if you truly believed God gave his Son for you?
How can you respond to God's love today?
Where is God asking for your quiet obedience?
Where do you most need to know that God is with you this Christmas?
Thursday, December 24
What do you want to say to Jesus tonight?
Print the guide for your family, small group or church: everyone reads the same passage on the same day, and there's a question to talk over when you meet.
In the Altar app, every day of Advent also has a short reflection on the passage and a prayer you can keep on your list, with the reading opened right in your Bible. The journey opens a week before Advent begins. Try everything free for 7 days.
