A Sacrifice that Brings Hope | Christmas Time Week 2

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! From the music, to Christmas baking, to festive home decor, to cutting down a Christmas tree like the Griswolds, we love to create memories with traditions. Share your favorite Christmas tradition and why.

Read Romans 5:12-21 — it’s a lil’ long, so three volunteers help us out. We are all affected by sin (missing the mark of God’s perfect holiness and design), our own sin and each other’s. Brainstorm ways you see this play out in your daily lives.

Read John 1:29. We get to experience a full life we don’t deserve because Jesus took on our sin. Discuss what it means that Jesus died for you, specifically, and what it looks like to receive that gift of life.

Christmas is a celebration of God’s love that makes a way to have a fresh start, because Jesus took on the sin of the world. Take two minutes to think of an area in your life that you can live more fully by receiving the freedom Jesus gives. What’s a practical way you can step into the life Jesus died to give you this week? Share that with the group.

Close your time taking turns praying for each other, or read this over the group. “God, thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you for not leaving us to our mistakes, but for making a way to have a relationship with you. Make us aware of sin in our lives, and help us accept your love and freedom. Help us live out of that love today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.”