One Crazy Christmas: Making Room

Christmas can be crazy for all of us! Each holiday season, our goal should be to slow down to experience the real gift of the season. That gift is the greatest gift ever given because it gives us peace and welcomes a new Kingdom that will never end; one that we can truly trust! Today, we take a look at Herod's reign and how Mary and Joseph were still able to find peace in the turbulent times. We think that our Christmases are crazy? That first one was even crazier!

Small Group Questions:

1. Jesus is our peace. Find a few verses that talk about God being your peace and how those help you in times that you feel you are falling apart.

2. Based on what you have known, what was Herod's method of leadership to the people at the time of Jesus' birth?

3. Who spoke to Joseph about escaping to Egypt and why was that significant? How did Joseph respond to the warning he received? (Matthew 2:13)

4. What event allowed Joseph to depart to Egypt with his family? (Matthew 2:15)

5. How might life be different if Herod's plan had succeeded?  

6. According to Isaiah 9:6-7, there is a list of titles given to the coming Messiah (prophecy fulfilled by Christ's birth). What do those titles mean to you and to the Kingdom that Jesus established when he was born?

7. Do we fill our time with misguided information more often than we should? Part of growing is making room for more truth. To do so means we have to get rid of some things to make room for others. What can we purge to make more room for the Prince of Peace?

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