Discussion Questions

• What has God been teaching you through a season of silence, waiting, or limitation, even if nothing has changed yet?
• When prayers are answered or blessings arrive, what helps you remain oriented toward God rather than becoming preoccupied with the gift itself?
• Where do you currently need hope, clarity, or peace, and how does seeing Jesus as the Sunrise from on high reshape the way you wait, suffer well, or repent?

Discussion Questions

• What are a few things that bring you joy?
• How does your joy in God compare with other joys?
• In what ways can you foster more joy in God?

Discussion Questions

• Can you name a time when God’s plan did not make sense in the moment, but later you could see his goodness?
• Mary said yes to God, knowing it would cost her. Where has God called you in the past, or where is he calling you now, to an obedience that may come with a cost?
• What would it look like, practically, to say, “Let it be to me according to your word,” in a specific area of your life this week?

This Advent, we turn from David, the shepherd-king who stumbled, to Jesus, the Shepherd-King who stood faithful. We look at Mary, Zechariah, and Simeon, and their responses of faith, trust, and joy. Through the songs and announcements in Luke’s Gospel, we see how God fulfills his promises to David by sending his Son, the true King. In him we find hope, peace, joy, and love.