GodSpeak Group: Week 50
Week 50: Proverbs 10-21
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Monday, August 23 Proverbs 10-11 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. For many years the sign-off line of a news commentator was “That’s the way it is.” Many of the proverbs in Proverbs 10-11 are like that. Choose a few proverbs and discuss how what is said is just how it works out in life, for good or ill. Select your own proverbs to discuss, but try these also: Proverbs 10:7, 32; Proverbs 11:10, 12. Now look at a few proverbs that specifically talk about God. For example, look at Proverbs 10:22, 29; Proverbs 11:1, 20–21. How would you summarize the messages of these proverbs concerning God? What might the Apostle Paul say concerning Proverbs 11:21? See Romans 3:10–12, 21–24; 6:18; Galatians 5:1. (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 47
Week 47: Psalm 83-118
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Monday, August 2 Psalm 83-89 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Its Wednesday – the day appointed for reading Psalms 83–89. Some people call it “hump day” – the day we get over the hump and head for the weekend. Are you longing for the weekend? Or, are you longing for going to church here in the middle of the week? What’s the difference? In Psalm 84 the psalmist longs to go to church. Identify some of the things that the psalmist anticipates. What are some of the blessings you receive from your participation in worship (Acts 2:42; Acts 5:42; Acts 11:28–30; Acts 20:7; Colossians 3:12–17; 2 Thessalonians 1:3–4)? Thank God for the blessings of and the opportunities to worship with fellow Christians.
Tuesday, August 3 Psalm 90-95 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. How many pictures of security in God can you find in Psalm 91? Identify and explain them. Which one is most meaningful to you? Why?
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GodSpeak Group: Week 46
Week 46: Psalm 48-82
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Monday, July 26 Psalm 48-53 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. What?s your favorite riddle? The psalmist presents a riddle in Psalm 49: Why should I fear when evil days come and the wicked surround us (verse 5)? What are his reasons for not fearing that he presents in the rest of the psalm? One answer to the riddle comes in Psalm 52:8. How would you state the psalmist’s answer of faith? What support do you find for your answer in Psalms 48-53 and elsewhere in Scripture?
Tuesday, July 27 Psalm 54-60 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Many people are weighed down by misfortunes – several serious health issues, broken relationships, job related difficulties – and the load seems to get heavier by the day. What difficulties weigh down people you know? David felt that he was surrounded by enemies and evildoers (See especially Psalm 59.). He was weighed down by his own sin. Which sections of Psalms 54–60 indicate that God was his source of strength and hope? Which verses give you hope and strength when you are surrounded by difficulties? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 45
Week 45: Psalm 12-47
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Monday, July 19 Psalm 12-17 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Elections are upon us this week. Concerns for what lies ahead are to be expected. What hope can you draw from these promises of God in Psalms 12 through 17: Psalm 12:5–7; Psalm 13:3–5; Psalm 16:5–6; Psalm 17:6–7?
Tuesday, July 20 Psalm 18-22 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Psalms 18 and 19 seem to form one great song in which David praises God for using His might and strength to protect and care for His people. Identify and explain to your group several pictures of God’s strength in these two psalms that bring you comfort and joy? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 43
Week 43: Job 15-31
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Monday, July 5 Job 15-17 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Job’s words, recorded in Job 16:19–22 remind us of Romans 8:26–27. Who promises to intercede for the people of God when we, like Job of old, feel weak and incapable?
Tuesday, July 6 Job 18-19 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Explain Job’s confession of faith, recorded in Job 19:25–27. (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 42
Week 42: Job 2-14
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Monday, June 28 Job 2-3 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Explain Job’s words recorded in Job 2:10 in light of Hebrews 12:5–11.
Tuesday, June 29 Job 4-5 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Why do you think Christians sometimes face periods of hardship, illness, and disappointment with the same type of reasoning as Job’s friend Eliphaz explains in Job 4:3–8? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 41
Week 41: Nehemiah 11, Esther, Job 1
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Monday, June 21 Nehemiah 11-13 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Read again Nehemiah 12. Imagine the beautiful celebration of God and His goodness. Note especially the scene described in verse 43. Of what future occurrence may this event remind us? See Revelation 7:9–17).
Tuesday, June 22 Esther 1-2 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. What evidence does Esther 2:19–23 provide that Esther and Mordecai sought to obey God with respect to the Fourth Commandment? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 40
Week 40: Ezra 9-Nehemiah 10
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Monday, June 14 Ezra 9-10 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Relate the following segment from Ezra’s prayer to yourself and God’s other faithful people around you, “O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in Your presence” (Ezra 9:15).
Tuesday, June 15 Nehemiah 1 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Upon learning of the deplorable conditions in Jerusalem, Nehemiah comes before God in repentant prayer. According to Nehemiah 1:10, what is the relationship between God’s people and God? How was this relationship established? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 39
Week 39: 2 Chronicles 34-Ezra 8
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Monday, June 7 2 Chronicles 34-35 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Review 2 Chronicles 35.One recurring sign that Israel was falling away from the Lord was that they neglected the celebrations of the Old Testament festivals, such as Passover. That is why the renewals of the Passover celebration under Hezekiah and Josiah were so significant. Why are celebrations so vital in the lives of God’s people? What particular features of your church’s celebrations help you recall God’s promises and the message of salvation through Jesus our Savior?
Tuesday, June 8 2 Chronicles 36 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Viewing the Babylonian exile from a time after the exile, the writer of Chronicles sees the exile as a time of Sabbath rest (2 Chronicles 36:21) for the land and the people. What were the benefits of Sabbath rest (Leviticus 25:1–7; 26:2; Hebrews 4:9)? How might you observe the Sabbath so it is a time of refreshment? (more…)
GodSpeak Group: Week 38
Week 38: 2 Chronicles 25-33
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Monday, May 31 2 Chronicles 25-26 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. As you think about true prosperity in connection with your reading of 2 Chronicles 25–26, the question frequently is asked, Why do the wicked prosper? Even the psalmist in Psalm 10 raises the question. Does it seem to you that the wicked prosper? Some religious leaders teach that when you trust the Lord you will be rich. Is there a difference between being prosperous and being rich? If so, what is the difference? Look at these Scripture passages for more insight into prosperity: Deuteronomy 5:33; Ezra 6:14; Proverbs 28:25; and Isaiah 45:7. Then thank the Lord for your prosperity in Christ.
Tuesday, June 1 2 Chronicles 27-28 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. How do you respond when you are reprimanded for doing something wrong? Look at the experience of the victorious Israelite soldiers (2 Chronicles 28:6–15). They had won a battle and plundered the losers. Oded confronted them, however (2 Chronicles 28:9–11). Why did he object to this plundering? What did he say should be done? What does this incident in God’s Word say to us? (more…)
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