Prayer Watch Bible Studies: Week 49, December 2

Sunday, December 2, Joel 1 - 2, 1 John 1

Joel chapter 1 describes an invasion of locusts. Verse 14 says, "Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord." What circumstances should cause people to fast and gather together to cry out to God?
God says in Joel 2:25, "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten." Why would the damage that the locusts caused be measured in years? How would God repay that?
In Joel 2:28-29 God promises to pour out His Spirit on all people, young and old, male and female, and on servants. What do you need to do to receive this outpouring?
In 1 John 1:3, what purpose does John say he has for proclaiming what he has seen and heard?
What are we promised if we confess our sins?

Monday, December 3, Joel 3, Psalm 138 - 139

Joel 3:16 says, "But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel." What does the Lord do to act as a refuge and a stronghold?
David says in Psalm 138:3, "When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me." How does calling on God give you boldness?
David wrote, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb." (Psalm 139:13) What attitude should we have toward someone with a birth defect?
David prayed, "Search me, God, and know my heart." (Psalm 139:23) Are you willing to invite God to search your heart?

Tuesday, December 4, Amos 1 - 2, 1 John 2 - 3

What does Amos say his occupation was when he had the vision described in his book?
In pronouncing judgment on Israel in Amos, chapter 2, God says in verse 12 that Israel, "commanded the prophets not to prophesy." What would motivate someone to want to silence prophets?
What does 1 John 2:1-2 say happens if someone sins?
What does 1 John 2:9-11 say about someone who hates his brother?
Why are we commanded not to love the world?
1 John 3 says now we are the children of God, but the world doesn't know us. Who are the children of God and who is the world?
1 John 3:16 says, "we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters." How will you obey this?

Wednesday, December 5, Amos 3 - 4, Psalm 140

Amos 3:7 says, "Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets." Why would God choose to reveal his plans before doing something?
Five times in Amos 4 God says, "yet you have not returned to me." Why would people stubbornly refuse to turn to God?
David wrote in Psalm 140:12, "I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy." What then should your attitude toward the poor and needy be?

Thursday, December 6, Amos 5 - 6, 1 John 4 - 5

Why would God say in Amos 5:21, "I hate, I despise your religious festivals"? What did He want to see in Israel that He wasn't seeing?
Why does God rebuke the complacent in Amos 6:1-7?
How does love drive out fear? (1 John 4:18)
1 John 4:20 says, "For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen." Why would this be true if God is more lovable than people?
According to 1 John 5:11-12 who has eternal life?

Friday, December 7, Amos 7 - 8, 2 John

In Amos 7 how does Amos say he became a prophet? Why couldn't he just go prophesy somewhere else when Amaziah told him to?
Why did God say there would be a "famine of hearing the words of the Lord"? (Amos 8:11)
What is the command that John says "we have had from the beginning" in 2 John, verse 5?

Saturday, December 8, Amos 9, 3 John, Jude

What does God promise to Israel in Amos 9:15?
3 John, verse 6, tells Gaius, "Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God." How does the way we treat others honor God?
Jude urges believers to "contend for the faith." How do you do that?
Jude speaks of "building yourselves up in your most holy faith." How do you build yourself up in faith?

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