The Weary World Rejoices - Joy (Advent 3)

Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Church, North Gower, Ontario. 

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The Passage: Isaiah 40:1-6

The One Thing: Joy transforms praise into proclamation

• Why do you think so many of us are afraid of “proclaiming” Jesus to others? 
• How might joy be the missing component in transforming us from loving God IN HERE (privately) to loving others OUT THERE (publicly)? 
• Should we share the gospel if duty or guilt it our only motivation? (Use scriptures to support your answer) 
• Have you ever had an experience of God that has led to you not caring what others think of you? If so, share what that was like? 
• Look at the “evangelistic message” of the woman at the well in John 4:29 (“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”) How does this differ from the stereotypical evangelistic message? Why do you her message was compelling?
• If you were to take this message as a template for you, how would you complete it: “Come, see a man who told me / showed me (fill in the blank). Could this be (fill in the blank)?” How could you see yourself using this “Come / could” model in your own context?