Emanuel’s consolation is the final message of our Advent series. Have you been waiting on God to do something? Are you anxious, fearful, or lonely? Is it possible you are looking to the wrong things to console you? What should we expect from God? Join us as we open the word to discover how the coming of Christ answers these questions and more.


Discussion questions:
1.What is Luke trying to tell us about how a believer is to wait for God as we observe the lives of Joseph, Mary and Simeon?
2.How does this story comfort us in our own longing and waiting for God?
3.What expectations have I placed on God to answer, that he never promised to answer?
4.What is the primary need of every person that only God can fix?
a.How does that answer free us from the tyranny of fear, loneliness, and many worries of this world.