1 Corinthians 1

To whom are you bragging about God?

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

Questions

• What aspect of your life will be healthier if 'revived'?
• How are you helping someone experience being revived in God's love?

Isaiah 9

How is your life showing Christ's Light today?

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

Questions

• How does your discipleship express "celebration?"
• For what are your thankful God today?
  

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Questions

• The first readers of Ezekiel related to the imagery of God caring for God's people like a shepherd because many of them had direct direct responsibility for flocks of sheep. In your life context, how do you experience God's protective care?
• Read John 10, noticing how Jesus refers to himself as the "Good Shepherd." How does your discipleship express Jesus' compassion for other people?

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2 Kings 4:1-7

Questions

• What do you "still have in the house" that you are willing to entrust to God?
• How will you share what you have received?

Psalm 123

Psalm 123

Questions

• When and where do you set aside some time to purposefully look to God?
• How are you expressing 'mercy' to others?

Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 25:14-30

Questions

• What resources - including your talents, skills, and expertise - are you using for Christ?
• How can you multiply the impact and effect of your resources? 

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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Questions

• Who will you encourage today?
• What kind of encouragement do you need today?
• Who will you ask to support you with encouragement?

Psalm 76

Psalm 76

Questions

• What promises are you ready to renew, or to make, to God?
• What will be your challenge in keeping them?

Matthew 25

Matthew 25

 

There are still the "least of these." People whom we overlook; the ignored. Sometimes, we actually don't see them because we're preoccupied with our own concerns. Other times, we intentionally look the other way, knowing that, if we do take conscious notice of them,we will feel compelled from a obligation to do something.

Questions

• Who are you ignoring? Avoiding?
• How might the world be different if you deliberately looked for them - the "least" - and did something for the simple sake of sharing Christ's caring with them?
• How might you be different?

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1 Thessalonians 4

1 Thessalonians 4

Our beliefs guide how we live. Believing in Jesus, Christians choose to live in ways that please God. We do this as a loving response to the One who loves us; not from a compulsion that fears punishment if we  disobey. That's an important distinction: We obey God because we want to. We accept God's will that our lives be dedicated to Him.

Questions

• What will you continue to do today that expresses that you are a Christian?
• What will you do better today than you did yesterday?

Joshua 24 Review, then Choose

Joshua 24

Read verses 14-19 again.

After rehearsing what God has done for God's people, Joshua invites the believers, and those who would be God-followers, to consider their options and choose whom they will serve. Joshua leaves no doubt about the One in Whom he and his family believe and trust.

Questions

• Have you and your family made the intentional choice to believe in Jesus? 
• How are you expressing that personal and purposeful decision through your prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness?
• People responding to Joshua's confident witness to his family's faith. How are you and your family sharing your faith with others?