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It's the 4th Sunday of Advent!\xa0\xa0This then is the 4th Sermon in the series on Romans 8, "A Pregnant Creation - Working for the Good"

The text is Romans 8:28-30 from the New International Version of the Bible.\xa0 Dive In\xa0discussion questions are below for further reflection!

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DIVE IN QUESTIONS

1. What is your favourite part of this passage?\xa0 Why?\xa0 What part are you most curious about?\xa0 Why?

2. What wrapped gifts await us from God?\xa0 What gifts do we have already, unwrapped?\xa0 Are some in between, partially unwrapped?

3. Pastor Anthony says that we sit between two great horizons: the beginning of creation and the end when the world will be made new.\xa0 Where does that leave us now, and what\u2019s it like here in the middle?

4. What sort of suffering do you see in the world around you right now and in your own life?\xa0 Have you caught yourself or others attempting to ignore it and move to the end where everything is fine?

5. What if Romans 8:28 says, as Pastor Anthony suggests, that \u201cGod works together with those who love him to bring about what is good\u201d?\xa0 How does that change your understanding of this passage?\xa0 How does it change the way that you might engage with God in times of difficulty or sorrow?

6. How is God working with you to bring about what is good right now?

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