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SG: Characters of Christmas: Simeon & Anna
Opening When was a time that you found yourself outside the norm in your family, community, or friend-group? Context Most of the Jews and the Romans missed Jesus the Messiah when He was on the earth. From the obscure birth in the small town of Bethlehem to the...
Devotional: Simeon & Anna 2021-11-28
Reflection Luke 2:21-38 Discussion The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. As the third member of the trinity He is co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Son. He inspired men to write the Scriptures and enables us to understand them. The Holy Spirit...
Sunday Notes: Simeon & Anna 2021-11-28
Luke 2:21-38 2:21 According to the ____________ Law, males were circumcised in the temple on the 8th day following birth. At this time they are also named. Jesus, like ____________ the ____________, broke custom in not being named after his father. Genesis 17:12-13...
Characters of Christmas: The Innkeeper 2021-11-21
Surely if he had known who was on his porch, the Innkeeper would have made room. Surely if he knew that the Messiah was to be born he would have opened his home to them. But he didn't. God revealed His son to Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and a select few but the masses...
Devotional: The Innkeeper 2021-11-21
Reflection John 14:1-6 (Jhn 14:1 ESV) "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. (Jhn 14:2 ESV) In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? (Jhn 14:3 ESV) And if I go...
Sunday Notes: The Innkeeper 2021-11-21
Micah 5:2-4 The Romans issued the census but the plan was ____________ all along. That is would move Joseph and Mary to ____________ At the exact time ____________ was to be born That was not the agenda of the Romans God is greater than the Romans. Luke 2:1-7 (Luk 2:1...
SG: Characters of Christmas: The Inn Keeper
Opening Share of a time that you were so close to something, yet just not close enough. Maybe 4 of five numbers in the lotto or a massive pileup on the highway you were one minute shy of. Context The Innkeeper was so close to not only seeing Jesus the Messiah, but...
Characters of Christmas: Mary and Jospeh
Mary and Joseph are tasked with possible the heaviest parenting role in human history: birth and raise the Messiah. What qualifies or prepares them for such a role? Nothing by our standards, yet God favored them and their faithfulness is a shining example to us...
SG: Characters of Christmas: Mary and Joseph
Opening What in your life did it seem time slowed down for? This might be In a good way in cherishing the moment or in an impatient way in taking far too long. Context Israel had waited four hundred years for a Word from God. That word comes in two parts: The...
Devotional: Mary and Joseph
Reflection Read Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1:46-55: (Luk 1:46 ESV) And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, (Luk 1:47 ESV) and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, (Luk 1:48 ESV) for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all...
Sunday Notes: Mary and Joseph
Mary Luke 1:26-56 The angel __________ comes to Mary with a Word from __________. She is __________, engaged, to a man named Joseph She is said for be __________ by God Which says more of God than it does of Mary God’s will and desire is unconditional on our status...
Characters of Christmas: John the Baptist 2021-11-07
John the Baptist is the promised prophet, the herald to announce the Messiah. He is also one set apart for the word of God and shows us an unwavering character for the mission God placed on his life. From top to bottom, JTB preaches the same message to everyone -...
SG: Characters of Christmas: John the Baptist 2021-11-07
Opening What does this phrase mean? “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Context The apostle Paul wrote those words to the church at Philippi. They were true of Paul’s as they have been of so many Christians throughout history. When Christ takes hold of...
Devotional: John the Baptist 2021-11-07
Reflection Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Discussion Jesus came eating and drinking with sinners, tax collectors and those detestable to the Jews of His day. For this, they denounced Jesus. John the Baptist came in the highest...
Sunday Notes: JTB (John the Baptist) 2021-11-07
Identity: Luke 1:13-17 JTB is the long awaited son of ____________ and ____________ A family of the tribe of ____________ in the nation ____________ His father was a ____________ in the Jewish religion. JTB was related to ____________, the Messiah, and sent as the...
Characters of Christmas: Elizabeth and Zechariah
Opening What is something you are most thankful for? Context Zecheriah and Elizabeth had waited decades for a child, yet none had come. The nation Israel had waited centuries for a word from God and more over, a Messiah - yet none had come. When the prayer is...
Characters of Christmas: Zechariah and Elizabeth
Zechariah & Elizabeth are blessed to being the first prophet in over 400 years to Israel - John the Baptist. He came to be the forerunning for Jesus the Messiah - all of this promised in the final words of the Old Testament some 400 years before. In these two we...
Devotional: Elizabeth and Zechariah
Reflection Malachi 4:1-6 Luke 1:5-25 Luke 1:39-45 Luke 1:57-80 Discussion On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your level of patience? 1 being practically none, 10 being a lifetime-long ability to wait it out. From the closing of the Old Testament there is a...
Sunday Notes: Elizabeth and Zechariah
Malachi 4:1-6 A promise is made to the nation ____________ God will send not one, but two There will be a prophet like ____________ who will be sent first There will be one to come after that as well: A Messiah who will restore all things ____________ years...
Characters of Christmas: The Angels
The news of the coming Messiah is delivered by God's angels to different people in different situations - and the angels come to each of them in a different way. What are angles and why do they show up in the story of Christmas? Why is it significant that they show...