Matthew 5
- What does it mean to be "poor in spirit"? (Matthew 5:3)
- In Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus calls his followers salt and light. What do you need to do to be salt and light in your generation?
- In Matthew 5:21-22, why does Jesus speak of anger and insults toward others as such a serious matter?
- In Matthew 5:44 Jesus taught us to love our enemies. How do you do that?
- Why did Jesus instruct us to give to the needy in secret?
- In Matthew 6:7 Jesus said, "And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans." What would cause someone to "keep on babbling" in prayer?
- Jesus told us in Matthew 6:20 to store up treasures in heaven. How do you do that?
- Jesus warns us against being the type of person who tries to show someone their small fault while having a larger fault of our own. He describes someone pointing out a speck of sawdust in someone else's eye while having a plank in their own. What do you need to do to heed Jesus' warning?
- Matthew 7:12 is sometimes called the "golden rule." How can you consistently treat others the way you'd like to be treated?
- How did Jesus say we could recognize false prophets in Matthew 7:15-20?
- Why was Jesus willing to touch a man who had leprosy?
- In Matthew 8:8 why didn't the centurion want Jesus to come to his home?
- How would you answer the question Jesus asked in Matthew 9:5, "Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?"
- What does Matthew 9:15 show you about the purpose of fasting?
- Jesus said in Matthew 9:38, "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Are you praying for workers?
Hosea 1 - 14
- Why did God tell Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman in chapter 1?
- Hosea 2:16 says, "In that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘my husband’; you will no longer call me ‘my master.'" In what ways should our relationship with God be like the devoted relationship between and husband and wife?
- Why did Hosea have to buy back his own wife in chapter 3?
- What does Hosea 4:6 mean saying that the priests had rejected knowledge?
- Scripture teaches us that if we seek the Lord with our whole heart we will find Him. Why does Hosea 5:6 say, "When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them"?
- Hosea 6:1-2 promises healing, revival, and restoration if the people would return to the Lord. What does it mean to return to the Lord?
- Hosea chapter 7 describes sins of Israel that were causing them to suffer. The chapter also shows the root cause was an unwillingness to turn to God. Verse 14 says, "They do not cry out to me from their hearts"? What keeps people from turning to God with their whole heart?
- What does it mean in Hosea 8:7 to "reap the whirlwind"?
- Hosea 9 describes punishment coming upon Israel for their sins. Verse 10 describes a turning point in their history, "But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved." This refers to what happened about 700 years earlier in Numbers 25:1-3, where sexual immorality was combined with idol worship. What would have prevented this great sin?
- Hosea 10:12 says, "break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you." What was Hosea calling the people to do?
- In Hosea 11:3 God says, "they did not realize it was I who healed them." How can we keep from taking for granted things God does on our behalf?
- Hosea 12:6 says, "But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always." What does it mean to wait for God?
- Hosea 13:4 says, "You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me." Why does God insist that we acknowledge Him as the only God and Savior?
- Hosea 14:2 says, "Take words with you and return to the Lord." Why should words be part of repentance?
Psalms 135 - 137
- Psalm 135:6 says, "The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths." What does this say about God's power?
- Psalm 136:16 says, "to him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever." When have you been led by God in times that felt like you were in the wilderness?
- Psalm 137:4 says, "How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?" Why would someone in captivity be reluctant to sing the songs of the Lord?
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