Christmas Hope - Your Story
Jesus is the Hope of the World!
Do you decorate for Christmas early, or are you a strict not-until-after-Thanksgiving person? Defend your decision!
Read: Isaiah 9:1-7
What are the evidences that our world desperately needs of hope?
How can hopelessness can rob one of his or her identity?
Where do you see hope in these seven verses?
Action: Take the rest of your time as a small group and make a plan for your group to develop a plan to provide hope for someone this Christmas.
Identify someone who is struggling with hopelessness. This can be someone inside your group, or someone a person in your group knows.
What is contributing to that person’s hopelessness?
What can your group do to shine the light of hope in that person’s life, so their gloom is dispelled.
Make your plan specific, realistic and actionable.
Assign roles and deadlines so you’re certain to follow through, then …
Prayer: Pray that God will give you the conviction and energy to carry out your plan, and that it will provide hope in a real and tangible way to someone who has become hopeless.