LIVE OAK CONNECTION POINT: A great opportunity to serve this season is with the Salvation Army as part of their Red Kettle Campaign. Grab your friends, family, your small group and join in this effort to support all the great work that the Salvation Army does in our community and nationally. You can register to ring here
DISCUSSION/REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
- What was a favorite Christmas gift you received as a child?
- What are your plans for Christmas this year?
- What are you most looking forward to about your plans and what are stressed about with your Christmas plans?
READ: John 1:1-18
Spend some time SOAPing this passage. You can either spend time SOAPing individually and documenting for a several minutes and then spend time sharing with each -OR- SOAP in real time with each other. Either way make as many observations as you can.
- OBSERVATIONS: What are the things that stand out to you about this passage?
- What are the key words used in this passage? Identify them and give a brief definition for each of the words.
- How would you summarize John 1:18 in one sentence? What is the bottom-line John is telling us about Jesus?
READ these verses and talk how they support the messages of John 1:18:
Genesis 1:1
Colossians 1:15-20
Isaiah 9:2
John 8:12
John 12:46
Matthew 5:14-16
READ: 1 John 1:5-7. How should we respond to Jesus being the LIGHT? What do you think it means to “walk in the light”?
- Jesus is the light of the world, but Jesus taught in Matthew 5:15-16 that we are light of the world? What do you think it means for us to live as a light of the world?
- What else stood out from this week’s sermon?
- What is your big takeaway from this week’s sermon?
- Who are you inviting to Christmas Eve services at Live Oak this year?
NEXT STEPS:
Everyone has a next step to apply what we have learned. What is your next step?Be specific.
MEMORY VERSE: *Challenge yourself or your group to commit this verse to memory:
John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
PRAYER:
Spend some time praying for each other.
Scripture References:
John 1:1-17; Genesis 1:1; Colossians 1:15-20; Isaiah 9:2; John 8:12; John 12:46; 1 John 1:5-7; Matthew 5:14-16