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{SEVEN CHURCHES} #1

  The Lord Who Speaks_   Revelation 1:9-20   We  don’t  tend to get many letters these days. We get emails, text messages,  WhatsApp  and other electronic messages, but rarely  a handwritten, pen-and-paper letter.    I tend to save any good ones I get... notes from when Leah was little. Letters that encourage or bless me.   I’ll keep them in my  bedside  drawer or  tucked  into books on our shelves. Then I get to read them again and feel loved and blessed by their words. ..     [Discussion starter]    Tell the group about a significant letter you have received and why it meant so much to you.     Revelation 2-3 records seven letters written by Jesus to seven churches.   It must have been a thrill for an early church congregation to receive a letter from the apostles Paul, Peter, or James... but here were letters from Jesus himself . And we all get to read everyone else’s ma...

[Advent 2025] THE COMING KING

  {part two} PEACE: PREPARING OUR HEARTS   Mary’s response to the angel - “Let it be to me according to your word” - is a model of trust and surrender. Advent invites us to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming  by receiving God’s peace even when His plans surprise us...     Luke 1:26-38   Isaiah 40:1-5   Philippians 4:6-7     What part of Mary’s response to God challenges or inspires you the most?       How does God’s peace differ from the world’s peace?       What keeps you from experiencing the peace of Christ during busy seasons?       What is one area of your life where you sense God inviting you to trust Him more deeply?