Old Testament: 2 Samuel 13 - 24
How did Absalom become a fugitive?
In 14:14, the wise woman of Tekoa said that God "devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him." Is this true?
How did Absalom steal the hearts of the people of Israel? Politicians do these kinds of things regularly. Why would Scripture refer to this as stealing?
Why did David put up with Shimei cursing him and throwing rocks and dirt at him?
Why did Ahithophel hang himself?
Why do you think Ahimaaz was so eager in chapter 18 to run and tell David only part of the story?
In 19:29, David said to Mephibosheth, "I order you and Ziba to divide the land." Either Ziba or Mephibosheth had lied to David. Why did David decide to give each half, rather than find out who was telling the truth and who was not?
Why did the people of Abel Beth Maakah kill Sheba in chapter 20?
In chapter 21 God forced David to let the Gibeonites be avenged for Saul breaking the treaty with them. The treaty had been made by Joshua approximately 400 years earlier. The Gibeonites had made the treaty through deception. Joshua would not have made the treaty if he had prayed about it. What does this tell you about how God looks at the commitments we make to each other?
In 22:28 David said, "You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low." This is consistent with many other verses in the Bible, including James 4:6, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." Why does God help us when we're humble? What do you need to do to remain humble before God?
Why didn't David drink the water his warriors brought him in chapter 23?
In chapter 24 David bought the threshing floor of Araunah, which later became the site of the temple (2 Chronicles 3:1). Why did David need to offer sacrifices in this chapter?
Psalms 53 - 55
53:3 says, "Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one." Why has everyone turned away?
Why would David ask God to destroy his enemies in 54:5?
David wrote in 55:17, "Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice." How does "evening, morning, and noon" compare with your prayer life?
New Testament: 2 Corinthians 8 - 13
Paul says in 8:21, "For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man." Why should he care about doing right in the eyes of man?
In 9:7 Paul wrote, "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." Are you able to give cheerfully obeying what God has put in your heart?
What does 10:4 mean, saying, "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds"?
Why does Paul warn in chapter 11 about false apostles?
God told Paul in 12:9, "my power is made perfect in weakness." What opportunities do you have to see God's power revealed in your weakness?
Paul told the Corinthians in 13:5, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves." How would you do this?
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