November 27, 2022: "Advent - Incarnation" - Daniel Wagner

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Sermon begins at 26:55

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Sunday Setlist

Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee x Henry Van Dyke

A Thousand Hallelujahs x Brooke Ligertwood

Simple Kingdom x Bryan & Katie Torwalt

Behold Him x Paul Baloche

Every group is different. Please choose the questions that relate best to your group, and don’t feel like you have to get to every question.

Connect 

• What is one of your favorite traditions that helps you get ready for the arrival of the Christmas season? 

• When you read any of the “Christmas Story” accounts in the Bible, do you speed read or glaze over? Why do you think we’ve “lost the wonder” associated with Jesus’ birth? 

• Do you often buy the lie that God is distant, cold, and unconcerned with you? When do you feel the most vulnerable to believe this lie? 

Engage & Apply 

Read Luke 2:1-7

• What stands out to you as the most miraculous element of Jesus’ birth? 

• How do the humble circumstances Jesus’ was born to help you value people different than you and strive for humility in your own life? How does your view of people change when you remember the depth of Christ’s coming? 

Read Luke 2:8-20

• “Bound up in Christ’s Coming is the Power for Peace - in ourselves internally and in the world around us.” 

  • What are you doing currently to seek God’s peace for your internal world?

  • What are you doing currently to seek God’s peace for the world around you? 

Read Luke 2:21-38 

• Daniel outlined five ways we see the Angels, Shepherd, Prophets, and Parents respond to the wonder of the Incarnation. 

  • We Anticipate What He Wants to Do

  • We Worship

  • We Make Known 

  • We Trust His Ways

  • We Treasure

• Which of these areas are you the strongest in and why?

• Which of these areas are you the weakest in, and what can you do to grow this week? 

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