Table Talk



Table Talk

Spiritual conversation starters for families

Matthew 1:18-24: Week of December 18, 2011

1.What do you enjoy most about the Christmas season?

2.Why is Jesus’ birth the reason for the Christmas season?

3.What does Jesus’ birth mean to our family?

4.Of all the kids who have born on planet earth, why do we talk about Jesus?

5.Tell your children the story of their own birth.

Family Activity:

Make Christmas cookies together and bring them to a neighbor as a family. This act of kindness is a practical way to spread the joy of Christmas to someone next door.

Table Talk

Spiritual conversation starters for families

Matthew 1:18-24: Week of December 18, 2011

1.What do you enjoy most about the Christmas season?

2.Why is Jesus’ birth the reason for the Christmas season?

3.What does Jesus’ birth mean to our family?

4.Of all the kids who have born on planet earth, why do we talk about Jesus?

5.Tell your children the story of their own birth.

Family Activity:

Make Christmas cookies together and bring them to a neighbor as a family. This act of kindness is a practical way to spread the joy of Christmas to someone next door.

Digging Deeper

Sermon follow up study for individuals, couples, and groups

Matthew 1:18-24: Week of December 18, 2011

1.How would you feel in Joseph’s place in verse 19? In verses 20-21? What would you say to family and friends? To God?

2.What reason does Matthew give as to why Jesus was born (verse 21)?

3.What is most striking to you in this story of Jesus’ conception? How have you experienced Jesus as Immanuel in your life lately?

4.What did you learn about faith from Joseph?

5.Read Luke 2:1-20. What extra insights does Luke bring to Jesus’ birth?

6.Pregnant before marriage. Broke. Homeless. If you were Mary and Joseph’s friend, what chance would you give them to make it?

7.Why do you suppose the Savior of the Lord was born in an obscure village and laid in a manger?

8.How would you share the story of Jesus’ birth with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Jesus?

Digging Deeper

Sermon follow up study for individuals, couples, and groups

Matthew 1:18-24: Week of December 18, 2011

1.How would you feel in Joseph’s place in verse 19? In verses 20-21? What would you say to family and friends? To God?

2.What reason does Matthew give as to why Jesus was born (verse 21)?

3.What is most striking to you in this story of Jesus’ conception? How have you experienced Jesus as Immanuel in your life lately?

4.What did you learn about faith from Joseph?

5.Read Luke 2:1-20. What extra insights does Luke bring to Jesus’ birth?

6.Pregnant before marriage. Broke. Homeless. If you were Mary and Joseph’s friend, what chance would you give them to make it?

7.Why do you suppose the Savior of the Lord was born in an obscure village and laid in a manger?

8.How would you share the story of Jesus’ birth with someone who does not have a personal relationship with Jesus?

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