LUKE 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel had been sent 530 years earlier to Daniel (Daniel 9:21). What is the relationship between prayer and the arrival of angels? What factors in this story encourage you to more devoted prayer? The angel Gabriel had been sent six months earlier to Zechariah (Luke 1:11-20). After over four centuries of…
JOHN 6:66-69 Sometimes, the hard teachings of Jesus thinned the crowd (John 6:66-69). What does it say about us when we allow hard sayings to turn us away? How can we develop a heart that realizes that He alone has the words of life? The required level of commitment thinned the crowd (Mark 10:17-22). What…
COLOSSIANS 4:12-13 Epaphras was always wrestling in prayer for his congregation (v.12). Of all the ways he could have struggled, why is this behavior complimented? How do things change when we wrestle in prayer for our brethren? Epaphras prayed for them to stand firm, be mature and have assurance (v.12). How does his ‘prayer journal’…
Galatians 4:1-7 Immature children are under authority as are servants (v.1-3). How mature are you if you see God as a Master rather than a Father? How much assurance should a child of God possess? Jesus came to redeem us so that we could become Sons (v.4-5). Why was redemption necessary before we could become…
Luke 6:27-36 God makes us vulnerable as we learn to love our enemies (v.27-28). Why does God want us to be vulnerable to our enemies? What practice in our lives will help us love our enemies? God makes us vulnerable as we practice kindness not revenge (v.29-30). Why does God want us to turn the…