Old Testament: Proverbs 1 - 16
What does 1:19 say happens to those who go after ill-gotten gain?
1:20-23 pictures wisdom in plain view calling out to everyone and then describes what will happen to those who ignore wisdom. Why do people choose to ignore wisdom?
2:12 says, "Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men." What do you need to do to live based on God's wisdom?
3:3 says, "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart." What do you have to do to obey this command?
3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Whose responsibility is it to direct your path? What is your responsibility?
4:23 says, "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." How do you guard your heart?
Proverbs 5 warns of the consequences of adultery and advises on how to avoid it. 5:8 says, "Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house." Avoiding potential temptation protects a person from sinful choices. To what other situations does this principle apply?
What does 6:6-8 say was can learn from the ant?
Why does 7:22 compare a man committing adultery to an ox going to the slaughter?
8:11 says that wisdom is more precious than rubies. How should you live if you place a high value on wisdom?
Chapter 9 pictures wisdom and folly both crying out from the highest point in the city. In what ways does folly try to compete with wisdom? Why are people sometimes drawn to folly?
11:24 says, "One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty." Why does this happen? (Note the next verse, "A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.")
12:11 says, "Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense." For you personally, what would it mean to work your land? What fantasies are you tempted to chase?
12:16 says, "Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult." What makes a person easily annoyed and quick to feel insulted?
13:3 says, "Those who guard their lips preserve their lives." What do you need to do to guard you lips?
14:1 says that a foolish woman tears down her house with her own hands. How does this happen? Why does it?
15:1 says, "A gentle answer turns away wrath." Are you able to give a gentle answer to someone who is speaking to you in anger?
15:10 says, "Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path." How do you know when you are on the path and when you are leaving it?
16:7 says, "When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them." Is there anyone who you would like to make peace with? What can you do to cause this to happen?
Psalms 91 - 93
91:1 says, "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty." What do you need to do to dwell in the shelter of the Most High?
92:4 says, " I sing for joy at what your hands have done." When and why do you sing for joy?
93:1 says that God is robed in majesty. What does this mean?
New Testament: Galatians 1 - 6
Why does Paul warn the Galatians in chapter 1 about anyone preaching a different gospel? How can you be assured that you have believed the truth?
What does Paul mean in 2:20 when he says he has been crucified with Christ?
According to chapter 3 how did Jesus redeem us from the curse of the Law?
What does 3:28 mean saying, "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female"?
What is the point Paul makes in chapter 4 using Hagar and Sarah as an illustration?
What do you need to do to obey the command in 5:1, "Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery"?
5:22 - 23 says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." What do you need to do to see the fruit of the Spirit in your life?
6:7 says, "A man reaps what he sows." What are you sowing?
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