Room at the Table - Week Four
December 21, 2025
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Making room
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As we head to Christmas day itself we reflect on the incarnation — God becoming flesh and blood as room is made in humanity for God.
Seeds to sow: Do we squash Jesus to fit into the space that’s left over in our lives, or do we make room for Jesus?
Additionally the group could reflect on the Advent short story that will be released each week of the theme at sanctuaryfirst.org.uk/blog
Read John 1: 1-14
Making room for rejection!
This story of Jesus’s incarnation goes way back to the beginning of everything.
In the heartbreaking verse 10 Christ is willing to make room for recognition AND rejection, an offering of grace for our world.
Q: Verse 10 is one of the saddest verses in the Bible. Why would someone say such a thing about this verse?
Q: What makes verse 14 such an outstanding endorsement of Jesus?
Q: Does making room for people always mean making room for rejection?
Read Isaiah 52: 7-10
Making room for good news! The good news is that the birth of Jesus ushers in God’s Kingdom.
Q: Who do you think the writer is referring to in verse 7?
Q: Are we making room for those carrying good news? Or are we more often making room instead for the doomsayers, naysayers and soothsayers? Why are we often drawn more to bad news than good?
Read Isaiah 9: 2-7
Making room for the Lord!
Q: Which of the names given to the son in verse 6 resonates with you the most this Advent and why? Wonderful Counselor? Mighty God? Everlasting Father? Prince of Peace?
Q: How can we use hospitality and compassion to make room for the Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace?!
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