· If someone asked you why you believe, what would you say? How comfortable are you answering this question?
· Read Matthew 1:19-23.
· When have you been asked to make a sacrifice for the well-being or success of another? What made it easy? What made it difficult?
· Who has made sacrifices for your well-being and success? How has that impacted your relationship with them?
· When have you been challenged to stand by someone at the risk of being outside social expectations? What happened?
· When have you participated in a whispering campaign? How has that impacted trust in those relationships?
· Where are you experiencing a crossroads? What and/or what are the voices in this space of decision-making? Where does the voice of Christ fit in?
· How do you cultivate your relationship with Christ and how has it helped you hear his voice in times of decisions?
· In what way do you find hope in Jesus’ name Immanuel (God with us)?
· When have you been grateful that God ran after you? That you cannot run from God?
· What is your crossroads right now? How can you listen for and hear the voice of Christ?