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Advent Week 1 • HOPE
Announcements:
Be watching social media and your email to see if there will be an in-person Sunday service option next Sunday.
We will be doing some Christmas song mashups this December. All ages are invited to participate.
C.C. Kids video is online at cornerchurch.tv.
Sunday, December 27 will be online only.
All 2020 contributions must be in by December 31 in order to receive 2020 giving credit for tax purposes.
Christmas Mashup Songs:
Silent Night
Rudolph
Away in the Manger
O Holy Night
and/or your favorite Christmas carol
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Prayer Focus
Hope for Brian, Christa, and Tori Isidore, missionaries to Denmark.
Hope in our country, state, city, neighborhood, home, and hearts.
Hope for Corner Church multiplication.
First Dialogue Question:
When you are asked about Christmas traditions, what comes to mind?
What did you do?
What do you do?
What would you like to do?
Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Romans 15:13
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 11:1
1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Isaiah 40:31
31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Second Dialogue Question:
What is hope?
Third Dialogue Question:
What is added to life when hope is present?
What is missing from life when hope is absent?
Fourth Dialogue Question:
Think about something you have hoped for in your life. How did hope come to be?
Matthew 21:1-11 NIV
Fifth Dialogue Question:
Why can waiting sometimes be so difficult?
What is the difference between waiting with hope and waiting with despair?
Isaiah 9:2-7 NIV
Romans 5:1-5 NIV
Romans 13:11-14 NIV
Isaiah 2:2-5 NIV
Sixth Dialogue Question:
How can someone consistently cultivate anticipatory hope instead of despair?
Final Dialogue Question:
What does it look like for you to cultivate hope?
Take It Deeper Questions:
Read Jeremiah 29:11.
What are your plans for this Christmas season?
How has COVID impacted your plans?
How can hope and challenging circumstances be a reality?
What is God-given hope?
How do the words in Jeremiah challenge you, frustrate you, focus you, and/or encourage you?
Bible Reading Plan:
Revelation 11
Revelation 12
Revelation 13
Revelation 14
Revelation 15