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“Fear”              Luke 2:8-17           December 7th, 2025 

1. If you were asked about good news or bad news first, how would you evaluate your answer?

2. What are some common fears that plague people in our day that did not exist years ago? What common fears from years ago are no longer of much concern?

3. Look at Luke 2 and read over the encounter between the shepherds and the angels in verses 8-17. What stands out to you?

4. What different kinds of fears would have been on the shepherds minds that night? How would the angels announcement bring some relief to those fears?

5. Look next at Deuteronomy 31:6-8. What is the fear-inducing situation here? What is God’s remedy for their fear? How would you help someone who said that is a simplistic or cliched solution?

6. Turn to David’s Declaration in 1 Samuel 17:45-47. What phrases show David’s confidence in God rather than in himself? How does David compare Goliath’s weapons with God’s power?

7. What does David’s Declaration say to our modern ideas of strength and security? Give an example of what this would look like today.

8. What is David’s purpose beyond personal victory? How might your own battles serve as a testimony to others?

9. How do you see Jesus reflected in David’s Declaration? How does viewing understanding Jesus as Immanuel “God with us” (Matthew 1:23) change how we face our fears?

10. With what fear do you need to trust God today? What step will you take, knowing God is at the wall of fear with you and on the other side of the wall?