Invited: Elizabeth

Week 1 Group Study Questions

1. What do you know about the story of Mary and Elizabeth? What was new to you this weekend?

2. Read Luke 1:30-42. What sticks out to you about Elizabeth’s response to Mary and why? 

3. If Elizabeth is the first person to hear about Jesus, then what does this blueprint say to you about how you might receive Jesus’ invitation this Christmas?

4. Read and react to this statement from Sunday’s message:

• We often believe that being a Christian in the 21st century is all about defending Jesus…when it seems that it’s about searching for Him!

5. What does it look like to search rather than defend?

6. Read Matthew 25:31-45. What sticks out to you?

7. How might we recognize Jesus in the physical needs of the hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick, and imprisoned?

8. How might we recognize Jesus in the SPIRITUALLY hungry, thirsty, stranger, naked, sick, and imprisoned?

9. What is one thing you will do this advent to prepare yourself for Jesus “unexpected” invitations?