Isaiah 9:6-7
We experience peace with God through Jesus
Icebreaker:
Can you think of time in your life when you experienced true peace? What made it truly peaceful? Was it
internal or external?
Introduction
Alongside other powerful names such as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father, Jesus holds
the title Prince of Peace. Before His death, Jesus told His followers that He would leave His peace with them
(John 14:27). When we are under the authority and care of Christ, we can experience the comforting peace that
surpasses human understanding.
Read Isaiah 9:6-7:
1. How did Jesus usher in peace for Israel and peace for us?
2. How do you think the kind of peace Jesus inaugurated confounded the Israelites’ expectations?
Read John 14:27:
3. How does Jesus leave us His peace? How do we experience that kind of peace?
4. How is His peace different than what the world offers?
5. How is the peace of Christ possible even in hardship?
Read Ephesians 2:8-9:
6. How is Jesus Himself our peace?
7. How does His being our peace affect our relationship with God?
Taking it Home:
8. Where do you most need to experience the peace of Christ in your own life? In what ways is it difficult to
trust God and therefore experience His peace in this season? What might you need to surrender to lean
into His peace?
9. How do you need to pursue peace with those around you? How is God calling you to be a peacemaker or a
representative of His peace?
10. How might living as one who experiences God’s peace in the world give opportunity to share the gospel
with others?
Other Scriptures to engage with this week:
Psalm 72, Colossians 3:12-17, Ephesians 2:11-22