This week's Life Group Questions

  1. Conversation starter: what was the key insight you gained from Sunday’s sermon? 
 
  1. In Luke chapter two, we are introduced to three different eyewitness experiences surrounding the birth of Jesus:  
 
  • The shepherds. These men, who did not belong, were the first ones to hear the news about Jesus and to meet Him. Outsiders became insiders, finding their belonging in Jesus. 
 
  1. How do you relate to the experience of the shepherds? 
  1. What does it mean to you that you have found your belonging in Jesus? 
 
  • Simeon. He trusted in God’s promises as the solid basis for his hope: when God says something will happen, it will happen! Because of Jesus, our hope turns into reality  
(2 Corinthians 1:20). 
 
  1. God is a promise-keeper (Psalm 145:13). How have you experienced this to be true?  
  1. Which of God’s promises are you still eagerly waiting for to be fulfilled? 
 
  • Anna: Despite a tragic loss early on in her life, she chose a life of devotion to God over a life of bitterness. Waiting is not wasting when you know that your Redeemer has come. 
 
  1. In God’s presence there is fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore (Psalm 16:11). How have you noticed the reality of this in the past few weeks? 
  1. What have been times in your life where you have experienced Jesus’ redemption while you were waiting on God? 
 
  1. Close your time together in prayer. Suggested prayer points: 
 
  1. Lift up your praises and give thanks to God for giving us Jesus. 
  1. Ask God to:  
  • Restore hope to those in your group who feel hopeless.  
  • Reveal His redemptive power to those in your group who are waiting or suffering. 
  • Draw you deeper into His presence during this Christmas season.