Family Christmas Sunday!
This weekend, Restoration Kids are leading us in worship! Our message focuses on Jesus as the light of the world – and how we are called to shine into the darkness through a life of love.
As we walk through the Christian year together, each season will be accompanied by a guiding question – a question to wrestle with, pray through, and bring to God. During the season of Advent, as we give our attention to our longing for a Savior, we’re asking together: “What are we waiting for?”
How does John connect Jesus being “the Word” with light and life, and what does that tell us about God’s response to darkness in the world?
Why do you think Jesus calls his followers “the light of the world,” and how does that identity shape both personal faith and public actions?
What are some ordinary places in your daily life (school, home, online, friend groups) where being a “light” might matter the most, and what could that actually look like there?
What makes it hard to let your light shine sometimes (fear, fitting in, discouragement), and what might help you choose light anyway?
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:2 NIV
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
John 1:1-4 NIV
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 NIV
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 8:12b NIV
You are the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14a NIV
In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16 GNT
What are some of the ways you can be a light?
Remember: the Light is winning.