God Is Faithful to His Promises

God Is Faithful to His Promises
Luke 1:57-80

LOOK BACK

• How can we pray for each other?

(Each person shares one short prayer request.)

• What is the Holy Spirit saying to you?

  • What did you obey since the last meeting?

  • How are you responding?

(Keep answers simple and honest.)

LOOK UP

Verse to Memorize and Meditate on Day and Night

Joshua 1:8 "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful".

Luke 1:68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.”

Key Truth

(Say together)
God always keeps His promises and brings salvation to His people.

Story to Memorize

Luke 1:57-80
57 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.
58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah,
60 but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

62 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child.
63 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.”
64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things.
66 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David
70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
71 salvation from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
and to enable us to serve him without fear
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation
through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
79 to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

Act it Out

(Choose volunteers. Use simple actions.)

Roles:

• Narrator

• Elizabeth

• Zechariah

• Neighbors / relatives

• Baby John
  

Actions:

• Baby being born
  

• Naming the child
  

• Zechariah writing
  

• Zechariah praising God
  

• People wondering about the child
  

  (After acting, retell the story together.)
  

Questions for Discussion

(Ask and let people answer from the story.)

1. What happens when John is born?
   
   

2. Why is the name “John” important?
   
   

3. What happens when Zechariah obeys God?
   
   

4. What does Zechariah praise God for?
   
   

5. What kind of salvation does God bring?
   
   

6. What is John’s mission?

   
   

7. What does this story teach us about God?
   

(Key discovery: God keeps His promises, shows mercy, and brings salvation.)

LOOK AHEAD

1. How can you or those you discipled make 5 more disciples?

• Who needs forgiveness and hope?
  

• Who is living in darkness?
  

• Who can you tell about God’s salvation?
  

(Name people and pray.)

2. As a simple church, how can you start 5 more simple churches?

• In whose home can this story be told?
  

• Who can retell this story this week?
  

• Who can explain God’s salvation to others?
  

(Choose one simple obedience step.)

COMMISSION / PRAY

Prayer (Simple and Oral)

Father God,
You are faithful.
Thank You for salvation.
Help us serve You without fear.
Send us to prepare the way for others.
Amen.

Commissioning

Go in peace.
Praise God.
Tell others about salvation.
Walk in the path of peace.

Leader Reminder

• God’s promises are sure
  

• Salvation is God’s work
  

• Disciples prepare the way for others