8 Study Questions On Joy.

“Good news of great joy!” For your small group ministry studying each theme as Christmas approaches; here’s this week’s advent addition, centred on Joy:

Click the following links to view our first week Advent study on HOPE or our second week on PEACE.

Advent Joy

1. What thoughts are stirred when you hear the word, “joy“?

2. What do you know about shepherds and/or sheep herding? What is your experience with sheep?

Read Luke 2:8-20

3. What do you think life and conversation was like for 1st Century Jewish shepherds?

4. How would their life and conversation change after being included in the Messiah’s birth?

Read John. 10:14-16

5. When was your moment of Great Joy? When did you first hear the God Shepherd’s voice? How did your life change after that moment?

Read Luke 15:4-7

6. Does Christmas bring about thoughts of evangelism and people coming to know Jesus? Why or why not?

7. How can we use Christmas celebrations to focus more on lost sheep being found?

8. Who will you be inviting to your Christmas Eve Service, in the hopes that they hear the Gospel for the first time?

Join the Conversation; Share Your Thoughts:

This year, who will you be inviting to your Christmas Eve Service, in the hopes that they hear the Gospel for the first time?