12-20-06 - Jonathan Alexander

Small Group Questions

1. What do you want for Christmas?

2. Has there been a time in your life that you desperately wanted something, only to find that when you got it, it didn’t satisfy? Describe that time.

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:21
3. How is God’s act of inflicting the disease of sin upon His son Jesus important to humanity? Why is it important to you personally and how does that change the way you live today?

Read: Isaiah 53: 4-6
4. How have you personally been rescued by Christ? How does this rescue change the way you live daily?

5. This Christmas, how will you direct your desires toward Jesus—who He is and what He has done?

Sermons

• Desperate Days: The Book of Job
• True Prosperity
• Christmas at the Movies
• Contending: The letter of Jude
• This Is War: The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
• Vertical: Aligning our Hearts with God’s
• Proverbia—Where Life & Wisdom Intersect
• Urban Legends: Debunking Christian Myths
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• Generosity: Choosing a Life of Overflow
• Captured by a Compelling Vision
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• New Creation
• Christmas Behind The Seen
• The Gospel of Mark: Servant-hearted & Kingdom-minded
• Ecclesiastes - The Meaning of Life
• Three to Thrive: Faith, Hope, Love
• Declaration of Dependence
• Hebrews-The Supremacy of Christ
• You Asked For It
• Divine Rescue
• A Classic Christmas
• Living in the Grip of the Gospel
• After God's Own Heart
• The Story of God