As we lay the foundation for where we are going in December, use this study to discuss how you and your group think of their place in the story. Everyone "likes" the Christmas story if they know it. But few of us understand that we are invited to be more than observers or merely "liker" of it. We are invited, regardless of our merit our lack thereof, to be participants. This is our story. Christmas isn't about the King being born in lowly circumstances. It is about the King being born to us, the lowest of the low, and our living our lives in response to and in participation with that fact. We sinners, rejects and heathens are the reason for the season!
- What were the key points OF Sunday's message for you?
- What was the "one thing" you took away?
- What surprised you?
- What bothered you? Why?
- Have you ever heard or come across a similar teaching or idea? Have you ever been taught something that was contradictory?
- What is/was already part of your thinking on this subject?
- What did you learn that was new to you?
- *About God?
- *About yourself?
- *About others?
- What changes of thought are necessary in light of what you learned?
- What changes of action are needed?
- How would life be different if you/we applied this teaching fully?
- What are the hindrances, and what do we do about those?
- What role can this group play to help you take steps this week and beyond?
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