Prayer: God of Hope, please show us what we most need and how Jesus will meet that need. Amen.
Icebreaker: Name one gift you would really love to receive, and one gift you really need…are they the same thing?
Icebreaker: Name one gift you would really love to receive, and one gift you really need…are they the same thing?
What verse tells us why Jesus is called Jesus?
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Questions: What will Jesus save us from, what need did Jesus come to meet? (Vs. 21). Why was Joseph worried? How important was the angel to Joseph?
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18 18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
Questions: What did Christ suffer once for? Was does righteous mean? And what does Jesus’ righteousness bring us? How can we make sure we are helping our family and friends understand the gift they need is Jesus?
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. 20But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Questions: What will Jesus save us from, what need did Jesus come to meet? (Vs. 21). Why was Joseph worried? How important was the angel to Joseph?
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18 18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
Questions: What did Christ suffer once for? Was does righteous mean? And what does Jesus’ righteousness bring us? How can we make sure we are helping our family and friends understand the gift they need is Jesus?
Prayer: God of Hope, thank you for making a way for our sin against you to be forgiven. Thank you for always giving us exactly what we need, and help us to realize we don’t need things, but only you.