- Prayer Requests
The Christmas Story Teaching Outlines map to the chapters you are about to read - Start with page 17 "It's A Boy . . . We Will Name Him John!!!" and continue to page 27 "And All Who Heard Were Amazed"
Read Chapters 5 and 6 in your book
Read Luke 1:57-79 and Matthew 1:18 - 25 in your Bible (for Ch. 5) and Luke 2:1-20 (for Ch. 6)
Review the Study Guide at the end of the book - there are 3 in-depth questions per chapter (6 questions to discuss next week).
Be prepared to discuss these simple questions:
- Was there something in Chapter 5 that impacted you?
- How does the act of praising God, especially in the hard times, change your attitude or perspective.
- Was there something in Chapter 6 that really spoke to you?
- In what ways could you become more childlike in your faith?