Old Testament: Genesis 34 - 50
How do you think Jacob's sons should have responded to their sister being raped in chapter 34?
Why did Jacob and Rachel call their youngest son by two different names?
What three things are mentioned in chapter 37 that caused Joseph's brothers to hate him?
Why did Tamar want to become pregnant, so much that she resorted to deception?
In chapter 39 Joseph was put in prison unjustly. This was after his brothers had sold him into slavery. But verse 21 says, "the Lord was with him." What does this mean when he was in such difficult circumstances?
What gave Joseph confidence in chapter 40 that he could interpret dreams?
Joseph's circumstances changed completely in chapter 41. But Joseph was ready for the new responsibility because God had been preparing him for it for years. Jesus taught, "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much." (Luke 16:10) What responsibility has God given you and what are you doing with it?
In 42:36 Jacob said, "Everything is against me!" This wasn't true because God was at work providing for Jacob's family and fulfilling God's promises. Are you able to trust God when your circumstances seem to be against you?
In chapter 44, why did Joseph want to make it look like Benjamin had stolen his cup?
In 45:8 Joseph said, "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God." How do you think this perspective affected his ability to forgive his brother?
In chapter 46, why did Joseph want his family to tell Pharaoh they were shepherds when he said, "all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians"?
Where did Jacob want to be buried?
Why did Jacob cross his arms when he was blessing Ephraim and Manasseh?
In 50:20 Joseph said, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." Are you able to look for good that God wants to bring out of hard times that you have gone through?
Psalms 8 - 10
David wrote in 8:2, "Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies," What does this mean?
9:9 says, "The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble." When and how have you found this to be true in your own time of trouble?
10:1 says, "Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?" but 10:17-18 says, "You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed." How can these seemingly contradictory views of God appear in the same Psalm?
New Testament: Matthew 9 - 12
How did Jesus answer in chapter 9 when He was criticized for eating with tax collectors and sinners?
In 9:38 Jesus commanded us, "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Are you obeying this command and praying for workers?
In chapter 10, when Jesus sent his disciples out to preach, heal the sick, and cast out demons, He told them, "Freely you have received; freely give." How does the principle of freely giving what you have freely received apply to you?
If John the Baptist's job was to announce the coming of the Messiah, why was he having his disciples ask in 11:3, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
In 11:28 Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Do you have the rest Jesus was talking about?
What does Jesus refer to in chapter 12 as the sign of the prophet Jonah?
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