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Jesus said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
the First and the Last,
the Beginning and the End.”
Rev 22.13
CELL GUIDE No 6 – Autumn (but really Winter) 2003 – Praying for Christmas
Welcome
Everyone writes down three things relating to Christmas (be varied – not lights, presents, food!) (If you know you will only have 2 or 3 people – put in extra ones)
Put them in a hat – then one by one take them out and draw the item so that everyone else can guess what it is.
Worship
Write down / draw all the things that God, Jesus and heaven had to do in readiness for first Christmas.
Be thankful – not only for what God did but also for the fact that Jesus was born in a cowshed, visited by stinky shepherds, kept safe from Herod etc.
Be thankful – not only for the details around that first Christmas – but also for all that Jesus’ coming achieved.
Word
What makes something important or significant?
Read Luke 2:1-20
Go through the story again and note down all the insignificant things…
The places:
Bethleham
Manger
Fields
Is there any place you go that is too insignificant for God?
The people
Mary & Joseph
Shepherds
Innkeeper
Are you or anyone you now too insignificant for God?
Event
Just the payment of taxes / census
Just the birth of a baby
Just the low/dangerous job of looking after sheep
Is any task too insignificant for God to use?
Witness
Talk about what you will be doing around Christmas – ie the places / people you will be with.
Pray for each other:
Firstly – that in amongst whatever each person is doing they will remember Jesus, not fall in to traps of greed, envy or jealousy
Secondly they will be a positive witness to whoever they are with and that they will be able to have a positive impact on every non-believer they spend Christmas with.