HEBREWS 2:1-4 When we don’t pay attention it is easy to drift (v.1). What happens in our marriages when we don’t give our attention? What happens to our example when we don’t pay attention? What happens to our walk with God when we don’t pay attention? They had good reason to pay close attention to…
ACTS 10:1-48 Cornelius was a pre-covenant believer (v. 1-8). How do we see sincere seekers who are not yet born in Christ? How can we encourage sincere seekers to continue their search? Peter had to be persuaded to see Cornelius as a potential brother (v.9-23). What mental gyrations did Peter have to make to receive…
EPHESIANS 2:1-10 We used to follow the prince of the power of the air (v.1-3). How was your life when you followed the prince of the air? What happens when we choose to live among those who follow him? Why is it important to know that Satan is only a prince of the air? But…
II TIMOTHY 3:1-5 God’s people should expect terrible behavior in the world (v.1). How does a long-lasting rejection of Jesus manifest itself? (v.13) For what reasons would God share this news with His people? Unbelievers will display increasingly selfish sins (v.2-4). What central attitude links all of the sins in these three verses? How can…
Galatians 5:16-23 The morality of the flesh is opposed to the morality of the Spirit (v.16-17). How does walking by the Spirit keep us from wanting to sin? Which opposing desire should we be choosing? Why is walking by the Spirit better than doing what we desire? The morality of the Spirit doesn’t need rules…
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…
II Corinthians 5:14-6:2 The nature of the revolution begins with the truth that we have died (v.14-15). How does the love of our dying Savior compel us to die so we can live for Him? What is motivating you not to live for yourself, but for Jesus? The nature of the revolution gives us a…
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’…