Grateful Men
Luke 2:8-20
What an amazing time they got to have

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...#3 Sketch how you imagine the nativity scene (stick figures are OK; make sure you stick to the Bible story). Which character (not Jesus) do you identify with in the story & how? Add yourself to your picture. Show & tell about your illustration to someone else. This might be a fun & interesting activity for that after-Christmas-dinner “Now what?” time.
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A New Man
Luke 2:1-20
His life brings the gift of life

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...#3 Sketch how you imagine the nativity scene (stick figures are OK; make sure you stick to the Bible story). Which character (not Jesus) do you identify with in the story & how? Add yourself to your picture. Show & tell about your illustration to someone else. This might be a fun & interesting activity for that after-Christmas-dinner “Now what?” time.

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A Righteous Man
Matthew 1:18-25
He brings his gift of “doing the right thing” even if it means reappraising his principles & other’s opprobrium
 

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...#6 As a righteous/just man St. Joseph intended to do what was right by God’s Old Testament law, yet with mercy, compassion, gentleness, humility, even kindness (v19; cf. Deuteronomy 22:23-24). How does your following Joseph’s example make your community a better place? See Proverbs 21:3; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:8; Matthew 9:13, 12:3

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A Wild Man
Matthew 3:1-12
He brings his gift of full-throttle, full-throated, two-fisted faithfulness

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...#2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near…Bear fruit worthy of repentance!” (vv2, 8). What might these fruits look like? See Matthew 7:15-20, 21:28-46; John 15:1-8-, 16; Romans 7:4-5; Galatians 5:22-26; Ephesians 5:6-11; Colossians 1:4-14; Hebrews 12:11, 13:15; James 3:17; 2 Peter 1:3-11

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