May 30, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
2 Timothy 3:16-17 Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
What does ‘inspired’ mean to you? Since all scripture is inspired by God it’s important that we understand what separates the Bible from other books written about God.
Profitable of course means to ‘generate an outcome that is advantageous’. Usually this means financial, but not always. Sometimes we can profit by gaining knowledge, or friendship, or experience. So knowing that all of scripture can generate an outcome where we gain knowledge or experience or friendship or some other situation that results in our gain helps us see the importance of interacting with that scripture on a regular basis.
What have you gained from scripture that has helped you teach, or correct, or train those around you who depend on you?
If we need scripture to become complete (vs 17) in what ways can you increase your time spent working with scripture towards that completeness? More time reading? A more regular reading schedule? More time spent THINKING about what you’ve read?
Do you have a regular place/routine that you use for reading your Bible?
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May 28, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
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May 26, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.
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May 23, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
confessing it to God bring relief?
adjust your thinking about your relationship with God?
God’s restoration of fellowship?
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May 22, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
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May 19, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
Praise the Lord
1 Hallelujah!
Praise God in His sanctuary.
Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
praise Him for His abundant greatness.
praise Him with harp and lyre.
praise Him with flute and strings.
praise Him with clashing cymbals.
Hallelujah!
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May 16, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
Ephesians 5:6-14A
6 Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.[b] 7 Therefore, do not become their partners. 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light[c] results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth— 10 discerning what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret. 13 Everything exposed by the light is made clear, 14 for what makes everything clear is
How has redemption made you a light before others?
What areas of “fruitless works of darkness” do you need to expose around you?
In your own life?
How has the light of Jesus made choices and decisions more clear in your own daily walk?
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May 14, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
12 For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart. 13 No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus
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May 12, 2020 Bible Reading & Questions
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.[a] 2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
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May 09, 2020 Bibile Reading & Questions
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