Series – Christmas Don’t Be Late

It’s Christmas time! This season can be full of so much fun, excitement, busyness and celebration. Think about the plans, parties, get togethers, gifts, food, and all of it. At the same time, in the midst of everything going on we can often experience longing, grief, waiting, anxiety and anticipation. The way of Jesus isn’t just to press in and power through. Instead Advent is an invitation to slow down, to listen, to wait and anticipate the best gift the world has ever received — the incarnation of Jesus, God become human in the form of a baby. Let’s not just stay busy. Instead, let’s take some time to slow down, to listen, and to see what we can learn as we wait and anticipate the birth of our Savior.

Group Questions

1. What place or scenario do hate to wait the most?
2. How would you describe waiting as it relates to the Christmas story?
3. Gods people had to wait a long time before Jesus came. Do you have a story where you had to wait for something and it finally came? Or did something happen that was unexpected that answered your waiting?
4. Hope in the waiting can be hard. What characteristic of God reminds you that there is hope in the waiting?
5. Jesus came to deliver us. What is one way you can remember Jesus’ salvation this Christmas season?
6. We don’t have to have all the answers while we wait. How does Jesus calm our fears and worries in a season of waiting?
7. Write down or share one prayer request where you are waiting for an answer.