Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4
Discuss what these verses say about time of rejoicing and time of sorrows.
Can we experience both at the same time?
What are some of the feelings that you have been experiencing the past several weeks?
Do you have a favorite song that you can sing during those times of pain? Does it help you to rejoice? How?
Share with your group what helps you in your time of grief, is it prayer, music, nature?
Read
Nehemiah 8:10Why were the people grieved? Why did they have reason to rejoice?
Do you grieve when you realize you have not obeyed God's Word? In that time, what can cause you to rejoice?
Read
Philippians 4:4 and
II Corinthians 8:1-2What is the background of these verses? Why did Paul tell them to rejoice?
Jesus in the Garden -
John 15: 9,11
What was happening in these verses? In His time of great sorrow and grief, Jesus tells His disciples to His joy will be made complete? How?
Read and Reflect on the following verses:
Psalm 118: 22-29,
Matthew 21:42,
Mark 12:10,
Luke 20:17,
Acts 4:11Why is Jesus called the stone?
Who rejected that stone and why?
Why did the psalmist say to rejoice (in
Psalm 118)? What day is the psalmist referring to?