Isaiah | A Promise of Peace Week 1
A Promise of Peace
Discussion questions to help you unpack the message with others.
- Do you hate waiting like Paco, or are you someone who prefers to take their time with things?
- Paco asked “what are you really waiting for?” What are the things you are hoping for, that you believe will fulfill you or change your life for the better?
- Read Isaiah 40:28-31. How does it feel to think about peace not as the elimination of suffering, but hope in the midst of suffering? How does it change (or confirm) what you’re hoping for or placing your hope in?
- Read Isaiah 9:3. What steps can you take this week to find hope in the dark like Isaiah and Desmond Tutu this week? Is it a prayer walk like the one Chuck described? Something else?
Prayer
Now close your time in prayer. Here’s an example: "Thank you Jesus for coming to us as a human, for humbling yourself to save us from our sins, to give us freedom from sin and shame and to bring us hope for the future. Give us the strength to not rely on ourselves but to place our ultimate hope in you. Amen.”
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We all know the Christmas story—Jesus, Mary, the manger, some shepherds, and so on. But what if we told you that the Christmas story started way earlier than that nativity scene? Turns out that we aren’t the only ones waiting for Christmas. Join us today as Paco talks about the good things we can find in the waiting.
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