Opening: When does your Christmas tree go up? Who trims it? How? What other
traditions do you observe from your childhood?
Connect
the Text with Your Life:
- Re-read Luke 1:30-35. In light of these promises, how might Mary feel as she awaits delivery in a stable? How does this tie into God’s plan (see Micah 5:2)?
- How did God take your “hopeless situation” and use it for good? What does that teach you?
- What areas in your life still have a “No Vacancy” sign for Jesus?
Prayer
Focus: That we would open up a place for the Christ Child
in our hearts.
