Old Testament: 1 Chronicles 16 - 29
16:3 says that David gave each Israelite man and woman "a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins." Why do you think he did this?
How did David react in chapter 17 to Nathan telling him that David's son and not David would be the one to build the temple?
18:14 says, "David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people." What difference does it make in the life of an average man to have the king doing what is just and right?
What prompted war with the Ammonites in chapter 19?
Who killed the six-fingered man?
Chapter 21 says that Satan incited David to take a census. The account of this event in 2 Samuel 24 says that the Lord incited David to take a census. How are both true?
In chapter 22 David told Solomon that God told him he was not the one to build the house of the Lord because of the wars he had fought and the blood he had shed. Does this mean that David was at fault for the wars he fought?
23:30 says that the Levites "were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening." If this was your responsibility, what would your attitude be each day?
How many men were set apart in chapter 25 to prophesy accompanied by musical instruments?
According to chapter 26 how many guards or gatekeepers were on duty at a time in Jerusalem?
In chapter 28 David assembled all the officials of Israel and told them, "Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever." How does your obedience to God influence the next generation?
In 28:9 David told Solomon, "If you seek him, he will be found by you." Are you diligent in seeking the Lord? What does this mean?
David and the leaders of Israel gave generously to provide materials for the construction of the temple. In 29:16 David said, "all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you." David acknowledged that whatever they gave already belonged to God. Do you have this attitude toward your possessions?
Psalms 72 - 73
Psalm 72 was a prayer of Solomon for the king to live long, to be prosperous, righteous, and just, and to "take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death." How is this prayer ultimately answered?
In Psalm 73, the psalmist explains how he "almost slipped." What is the turning point in this psalm that changes the psalmist from self-pity to gratitude?
New Testament: Luke 21 - 24
Why did Jesus say that the poor widow with two copper coins had put in more to the temple treasury than all the others?
In 21:36 Jesus said, "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." What do you have to do to obey this command?
Jesus told his disciples in 22:27, "I am among you as one who serves." He taught them to serve others rather than argue about which of them was the greatest. What opportunities do you have to serve others?
In 22:44 Jesus was on the Mount of Olives and the Bible says, "he prayed more earnestly." How do you pray more earnestly?
Why did Jesus tell the criminal who was being executed next to him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise"?
Why was the curtain in the temple torn in two?
What did the women in chapter 24 find when they went to the tomb?
In 24:49, what did Jesus tell the disciples to wait for in the city?
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