Advent Hope

Advent

1 Hope 

Group Questions 

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

• What is a good gift for a Father on Christmas?

• What is your favorite Christmas movie?

Text Questions                       

1. What does God want us to know about the gift of hope?

2. Read Romans 6:23

3. What stuck out to you?

4. What is the gift and what does it teach us about our need?

5. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

6. What stuck out to you?

7. Who has no hope and why?

8. Read Luke 1:5-20

9. What stuck out to you?

10. What is the problem?

11. What is the promise?

12. How does Zechariah respond?

13. How does Gabriel respond to Zechariah?

14. Read Luke 1:26-38

15. What stuck out to you?

16. What does Gabriel tell Mary?

17. What is Mary’s question?

18. What is Gabriel’s response to Mary’s question?

19. What is Mary’s final response to the news?

20. Read Luke 1:67-80

21. What stuck out to you?

22. What does Zechariah do when he is filled with the Holy Spirit?

23. What is the change in his hope?

24. Read Luke 1:46-55

25. What stuck out to you?

26. What is Mary revealing about her knowledge of the Hope of Jesus?

27. What do we learn about the gift of Hope?

Questions to consider 

• What is your hope in today?

• Have you received the gift of hope?

• How has the gift of hope changed how you live and think?

Application 

• Thank God for the gift of hope

• Confess your sins

• Ask the Holy Spirit for understanding

• Share the gift of hope with others