Old Testament: Daniel 1 - 12
Was the diet of vegetables and water that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah had in chapter 1 actually better for them or did God intervene to make them healthier even while eating an inferior diet?
What was God's purpose in having the dream in chapter 2 interpreted for Nebuchadnezzar?
Why were Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah) not willing to bow down to the image Nebuchadnezzar had built?
In chapter 4, what needed to change in Nebuchadnezzar before his sanity could be restored?
In 5:22, Daniel reminds Belshazzar that he knew how Nebuchadnezzar had been humbled. "But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this." Why did Belshazzar fail to learn the importance of being humble before God?
Why wasn't Darius able to repeal his own decree in chapter 6?
Chapter 7 describes a dream that depicts four great kingdoms on the earth. What is the final outcome in this dream?
What do the ram and the goat in chapter 8 represent?
What was Daniel asking for in his prayer in chapter 9?
In chapter 10, why was the response to Daniel's prayers delayed for 3 weeks?
Some refer to chapter 11 as the most detailed prophecy in the Bible. Much of it refers to the conflict between the "King of the North" and the "King of the South." The Jewish people who returned from exile were in the middle of the rivalry between Egypt and Syria, so this conflict impacted them. Verse 35 says, "Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end." What are the most important things for a believer to do in times of great conflict?
Daniel didn't fully understand his own book, "because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end." (12:9) However, he was given this promise, "As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.” (12:13) What should our attitude be toward things we don't fully understand?
Psalms 132 - 134
How has God fulfilled the promise of 132:11?
In Psalm 133 David says it is good and pleasant when God's people live together in unity. What is needed for God's people to be in unity? Do they all have to agree about everything? Do they have to agree about some things? How should they settle their differences?
Psalm 134 is written to those who attended the house of the Lord during the night, encouraging them to praise the Lord. What would your attitude be if you were assigned to work nights in the temple when the crowd was gone and it was mostly quiet?
New Testament: James 1 - 5
Why does James tell us to consider it joy when we face trials?
What is the source of temptation, according to 1:14?
How can you become a person who is "quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" (1:19)?
Why does James say, in 2:10, that if you stumble in one point you are guilty of breaking the whole Law?
James says that faith without works is dead, but Paul says in Ephesians 2:9 that our salvation is "not by works, so that no one can boast." How can both of these statements be true?
James says, "Not many of you should become teachers." (3:1) Paul says in Romans 12:7 "if it [your gift] is teaching, then teach." How do you know whether you should be teaching?
In 4:2 James says, "You do not have because you do not ask God." Why would God wait to be asked if there was something He was willing to do for you?
4:7 says, "Submit yourselves, then, to God." What does that mean and how do you do it?
Why does 5:1-6 rebuke the rich? Is it wrong to be rich?
5:16 says, "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." What do you need to do to have a powerful and effective prayer life?
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