Luke 1: 26-45
READ
Luke 1:26-45
EXPLORE
What stands out to you in the text?
What did the angel Gabriel mean by saying that Mary had “found favor with God?”
What was Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel’s news? What was the promise Gabriel gave to reassure Mary?
What does Elizabeth mean when she says “blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord?”
APPLY
Both Elizabeth and Mary experience a joy that has either come from or comes with grief. Why do you think the relationship with joy and grief is so often intertwined? How do we find joy in the midst of our griefs and what does that look like?
The joy Mary experienced from God’s promise through her being fulfilled led her to sing a song of praise to The Lord (see v.46-55). True joy from God is not just a feeling of happiness but also a practice of gratitude and contentment that we foster daily. What ways do you steward and savor the joy found in Jesus regularly?
PRAY
For the needs of each other
For our CG’s to continue to be witnesses for the gospel to our communities