· What do you think of when the word weakness comes up?
· When asked in an interview what your weaknesses are, what do you say?
· When has God met you in your time of weakness? When has He used others to help you?
· What makes it difficult to admit weakness? What emotions are attached to weakness?
· What does it mean to be adopted into the family of God? What can God in Christ do and be for you that your earthly family never could?
· What are you groaning for? Where does hope fit in to your longing?
· Luke 1:26-38. How was Mary called to hope? How did she step in?
· What did it cost those around her to step into this hope?
· How do you create space for those around you to step into a new hope?
· For what are you, your family, your friends longing this Advent that only the Holy Spirit can give?
· How can you spend time this season to nurture the longing of Christ in the midst of the busyness of December?
· How can you be open and vulnerable this season? What is at stake?
· Who in your life needs to be carried? How can you participate in bringing hope to them?
· What might God be asking you to receive from Him?