What goes through your mind when you think about Christmas? Luke 1:39-45 records the very first response (other than Mary's) to Christmas. A baby who was still inside his mother's womb leaped for joy. Then his mother, Elizabeth, encouraged Mary that she was indeed carrying the Messiah. Shouldn't we all respond this way--leaping for joy at the birth of Jesus, the Savior, who allows us to have a personal relationship with God?
So far in your life, what's been the hardest thing that God has asked you to do?
Or what's the hardest truth in the Bible for you to obey? What did you learn from that experience?
What would help you trust God more in the tough areas of life?
Spend a few moments with God and tell him how you feel about your relationship with him. Then ask God to develop in you a joy about who he is that will last even when tough times come. (And they will come; that's how we grow.)
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Taken from "Christ" by Student Life Bible Study, copyright 2008 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
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