Listen, answer the questions, and then discuss with either a parent or the teens group after!

Christmas is a time when many will gather with family, and, despite us being from very different places and having very different experiences of ‘normal’, there are certain things that happen in most, if not all, family gatherings, aren't there, and today we’ll talk about 3:

Plans often go wrong, don't they, what plans have you had that didn't go how you thought they would?

Click on 'add your notes' below and answer!

Before Joseph gets going with his plan to fix his problem, he really thinks about it first, he meditates on it, he prays on it, he thinks deeply on the problem.

Are there any problems in your life at the moment?

What do you plan to do about them?

Click on 'add your notes' below and answer!

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

(Abraham Maslow)

Every problem is an opportunity to prove God's power. Every day we encounter countless golden opportunities, brilliantly disguised as insurmountable problems"

(C. Swindoll)

This is all going to happen, Joseph is told, as are we, to fulfil Scripture.

Where do you need God’s help in your life right now?

Click on 'add your notes' below and answer!

Christmas is our annual reminder that our gatherings, our lives, have plans, have problems, but that we are living, breathing examples of providence, the Divine care that God works out over His creation.