Sunday
As you look at your life or the world around you, where does
it seem like God is hiding his face? How do you hold onto
hope in those situations?
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Monday
What are you looking or hoping for in this Advent season?
Consider bringing those things to God.
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Tuesday
How have you experienced God’s consistent,
dependable love in the past? How does that ground
your hope for the future?
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Wednesday
Consider the parts of life that feel most exhausting right
now. What could it look like to put your hope in God for
strength and direction?
Thursday
How does Jesus’ resurrection from death shape your hope
for both the future and life today?
Friday
What will life be like in God's fully liberated and healed
world? What will be the best part of that world?
Saturday
What does it look like for you to actively but patiently
wait for God right now?
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday
What situations of conflict are you currently facing?
Where are you struggling to find internal peace?
Consider inviting God into those situations.
Monday
As you reflect on your relationships with others and the
state of the world, how does God’s promise to bring
unending peace among all humankind make you feel?
Tuesday
How is God’s promised king different from the rulers of
this world, who often bring “peace” through domination
and violence?
Wednesday
What do you think Jesus means when he says that he has
"overcome the world?" How might that understanding bring
peace during times of trouble?
Thursday
When Paul says “all things” here, he means everything God
created, including you. How does it feel to know that God is
reconciling everything to himself?
Friday
Where in your world are peacemakers needed right now?
What might it look like to bring Jesus’ kind of peace to
these places?
Saturday
What might it look like for us to “keep the unity of the Spirit”
as agents of God’s peace today?
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday
The ancient Israelites experienced inexpressible joy when
God brought them out of slavery in Egypt. When in your life
have you experienced moments of inexpressible joy?
Monday
What would it be like for all of the broken-down, desolate
places in your community to be made new, like a
flourishing garden?
Tuesday
How do you think you would feel if your people had been
suffering under foreign rule for centuries and you saw an
angel appear, announcing that your long-awaited king
had finally come?
Wednesday
What’s the difference between commanding people with a
motivation to control them and commanding people with a
motivation to bless them and fill their lives with joy? How do
Jesus’ commands bring joy?
Thursday
What’s your first impulse when you’re insulted or
persecuted? Why do you think Jesus tells us to rejoice
when people mistreat us for following his ways?
Friday
When we face difficult circumstances, how can we hold
both joy and grief together?
Saturday
As God fills us with hope, that hope spills out onto others.
What words or actions could you offer in order to give
hope to others?
DAY VERSE REFLECTION QUESTION
Sunday
What do you think it looks like to love God with everything
you’ve got, including your strength, affection, intellect, and
entire being?
Monday
How does loving your neighbor as yourself relate
to loving God?
Tuesday
When you read about God being kind to ungrateful and
wicked people, how do you feel?
Wednesday
What do you think it means when the Bible says
God not only acts in love but is love?
Thursday
How would you describe the difference between Jesus’
way of love and the common understanding of love as
something you can fall in or out of?