Schedule
Part 1 - Isaiah 40:1-2 (Comfort My People)
Reflection Questions
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about how God feels about you? What do you think about what God speaks to you through the passage?
Were there any life situations that led you to have a distorted view of God? If so, how could you deal with it? How did God help you re-shape your view of God and His love through the message?
Have you faced a situation where you decided to figure it out in your own ways instead of relying on the love of God? If you face the same situation what would you do differently?
Part 2 - Isaiah 40:6-8 (Treasure in jars of clay; the word of God stands forever)
Reflection Questions
Read 2 Corinthians 4:7-12. How does 2 Corinthians 4:7 emphasize the love of God over human weakness and limitation?
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.
(2 Corinthians 4:7-12)
When Peter saw wind, he didn’t fix his eyes on Jesus so that he became afraid and began to sink. What makes you not fix your eyes on Jesus?
How does God comfort you through Isaiah 40:8?
Part 3 - Isaiah 40:3-5 (Prepare the way of the LORD)
A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Reflection Questions
Have you ever felt you are in the wilderness? What did you do to get out of the wilderness?
How can we consider the wilderness as the place of God’s blessing? Have you found staying in the wilderness as God’s disguised blessing? What made you see the wilderness as a blessing?
What does God speak to you personally through Isaiah 40:3-5? In what ways can you continue to prepare the way of the LORD in your life?
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