Advent 3 Joy

Advent

Part 3 Joy

Group Questions 

• What praise or testimony do you have from this past week?

• What is your favorite Christmas food or candy?

• What gives you joy during Christmas?

Text Questions                       

1. What does God want us to know about the joy of His Kingdom?

2. Read Matthew 2:10-11

3. What stuck out to you?

4. Why did they give baby Jesus gold?

5. Read 1 Samuel 8:6-9

6. What stuck out to you?

7. What do we learn about Hebrews here?

8. Read Isaiah 9:6-7

9.  What stuck out to you?

10.  What do we learn about the birth of Jesus?

11.  Read Matthew 2:1-4

12.  What stuck out to you?

13.  What were the wise men looking for?

14.  How did King Herod respond?

15.  Read Matthew 2:16

16.  What stuck out to you?

17.  What does Herod do when he realizes he was tricked?

18.  What do we learn about Herod?

19.  Read John 18:34-35

20.  What stuck out to you?

21.  What is Pilate wanting to know?

22.  How does Jesus respond?

23.  Read Luke 23:6-12

24.  What stuck out to you?

25.  Who does Pilate send Jesus to?

26.  How did they treat Jesus, and why?

27.  Read John 19:19-22

28.  What stuck out to you?

29.  What did Pilate do that made the Jews mad?

30.  Read John 18:36-38

31.  What stuck out to you?

32.  What does Jesus teach them?

33.  Read Revelation 11:15

34. What stuck out to you?

35.  What do we learn about the future Kingdom?

36.   Read Psalms 98:2-9

37.  What stuck out to you?

38.  How do they celebrate the good news of God’s kingdom?

39.  What do we learn about the Kingdom of Joy?

Questions to consider 

• Who is your King?

• How do you know?

• How has King Jesus impacted your thoughts and actions?

• Who do you know that needs to know King Jesus?

• Do you put Jesus first, other second yourself last?

Application 

• Thank God His Kingdom of Joy 

• Confess sin 

• Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your thoughts 

• Share the new of Jesus Kingdom