If you read about 15 minutes each day, you can read through the entire Bible in a year. In this blog we'll provide suggested passages each week from the Old Testament, Psalms, and the New Testament. We'll offer questions each week to help you think about what you're reading.
Week 1, January 1 - 7, 2017
Old Testament: Genesis 1 - 18
Since God spoke everything into existence, what does it mean in chapter 2 to say that He rested?
Why did God forbid Adam to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Are you able to obey the Lord when you aren't sure of the reason for it?
Why do you think God made the woman from the rib of the man rather than out of the ground as he had the man and the animals?
What tempted Eve to eat the fruit God said not to eat?
Why do you think Cain wanted to kill Abel when God didn't approve of Cain's offering?
According to 5:27, how long did Methuselah live?
In chapter 6, why did God come to regret that He had made mankind?
Did the animals come to Noah or did he have to go out and round them up?
In chapter 9, what did God say would never happen again?
Why did God confuse the language in chapter 11?
In chapter 12, what did God tell Abram to do? What promises did He make to Abram?
God told Abram to go to a new land without telling him where he was going. To be followers of Jesus, we need to obey Him without knowing the future. How well are you able to obey the Lord when you aren't sure of the outcome or where He is leading you?
Abram was Lot's uncle. He had specific promises and direction from God concerning the land. Why do you think he allowed Lot to choose in 13:9, saying, "If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right; if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left," instead of Abram choosing and letting Lot go the other direction?
In chapter 14, what percentage of the goods Abram recovered did he give to Melchizedek? What percentage did he keep for himself?
In chapter 15, Abram still had no children of his own. Yet God took him outside and said, "Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be." Are you able to believe God for things that seem impossible?
Ishmael was the result of Abram and Sarai not seeing how God could fulfill His promise. They devised a plan of their own. What is the danger of relying on your own plans rather than trusting God?
Why did God change Abram's name to Abraham in chapter 17?
In chapter 18, why did God want to let Abraham know what He was about to do to Sodom?
Psalms 1 - 4
Do you see the fruit in your life that Psalm 1:3 speaks of?
What is the Lord laughing at in Psalm 2:4?
Why is David able to be free from fear, even when being assailed by tens of thousands of enemies (3:6)?
What does it mean in 4:3 that "the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself"?
New Testament: Matthew 1 - 4
In the genealogy in chapter 1, more than 40 men are listed, but only five women are mentioned. The women are Tamar, who pretended to be a prostitute to get pregnant by her father-in-law, Rahab, a prostitute who was commended for her faith in Hebrews 11:31, Ruth, a Moabite, Bathsheba, who David committed adultery with, and Mary. Why do you think these specific women are mentioned?
Why do you think the Magi were able to see a star that convinced them that a king of the Jews had been born?
Why was John the Baptist reluctant to baptize Jesus?
What can you learn from the temptation of Jesus in chapter 4 that will help you be victorious over temptation?
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