May 26th - Proverbs 26

v. 1-12 – What do we learn of foolishness?

v. 13-16 – What do we learn of laziness?

v. 17-28 – What do we learn of our tongue?

May 31st - Proverbs 31

v. 1-9 – What is required of leaders?

v. 10-31 – What is the most important verse in this chapter? Why?

May 30th - Proverbs 30

v. 1-4 - Is Agur humble?

v. 5-6 - What is Agur’s view of God’s revelation?

v. 7-9 - What is Agur looking for?

v. 11-14, 20 - Where does arrogance fit into each verse?

v. 15-16 – What is wrong with a leech?

v. 17 – How are we to look at our parents?

v. 18-19 – What makes each of these things amazing?

v. 21-23 – Why are each of these things bad?

v. 24-31 – What do we learn from each of these illustrations?

May 29th - Proverbs 29

v. 1, 23 – What do we learn about pride?

v. 2, 6, 7, 16, 22, 27 – sin?

v. 3, 5, 17 – family?

v. 4, 14, 21, 24 – integrity?

v. 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20 – the mouth?

v. 6 – joy?

v. 7 – money?

v. 10 – violent?

v. 13, 25, 26 – God?

v. 18 – the Law?

May 28th - Proverbs 28

v. 1 – What do we learn of bravery?

v. 2, 10, 12, 13, 24, 28 – sin?

v. 3, 15, 16 – injustice?

v. 4, 9 – the Law?

v. 5, 14, 25 – God?

v. 6, 18 – integrity?

v. 7, 24 – family?

v. 6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 25, 27 – money?

v. 11, 26 – pride?

v. 17 – violence?

v. 19, 20 – work?

v. 21 – justice?

v. 22 – the mouth?

v. 26 – wisdom?

May 27 - Proverbs 27

v. 1-2, 21 – What do we learn about humility?

v. 4 – jealousy?

v. 3, 13, 20, 22 – foolishness?

v. 5-6 – a rebuke?

v. 7-10, 11, 14, 15-17 – friendship and family?

v. 12, 23 – prudence?

v. 18-19 – integrity?

v. 23-27 – money/belongings?

May 25 - Proverbs 25

v. 2-7 – What wisdom can we glean from the kings?

v. 11-14 – What wisdom do we see in regards to what we say?

v. 15 – What do we learn about tact?

v. 16, 17, 27, 28 – self-control?

v. 18, 20, 23, 25 – the tongue?

v. 19 – evil?

v. 21-22 – grace vs. revenge?

v. 26 – courage?

May 24 - Proverbs 24

v. 1-2, 8-9, 21-22 - What do we do with evil people?

v. 3-7, 13-14 - What does wisdom bring?

v. 15-20 – What is the wise way to look at vengeance?

v. 24-27, 28-29 – Why is integrity important?

v. 30-34 – How does laziness affect us?

May 23rd - Proverbs 23

v. 1-18 – What does wisdom do around people of power? Family?

v. 19-21 & 29-35 – Is alcohol and food bad?

May 22nd - Proverbs 22

v. 1, 5 – What do we learn about integrity?

v. 2 – equality of man?

v. 3 – prudence?

v. 4 – fearing God?

v. 6 – family?

v. 7, 9, 16 – money?

v. 8 – injustice?

v. 10 – fighting?

v. 11 – purity?

v. 12 – knowledge?

v. 13 – laziness?

v. 14 – lust?

v. 15 – discipline?

v. 19 – What does wisdom lead us toward?

v. 22-29 – What are listed here as principles of wise living?

May 21st - Proverbs 21

v. 1 – What do we learn about God’s sovereignty?

v. 2, 3, 30, 31 – God?

v. 4, 24 – humility?

v. 5 – planning?

v. 6, 28 – lying?

v. 7, 10, 14 – injustice?

v. 8, 21, 29 – righteousness?

v. 9, 19 – family?

v. 11 – instruction?

v. 12, 13, 15, 18 – justice?

v. 16, 22, 30 – wisdom?

v. 17, 20 – self-control?

v. 23, 28 – the mouth?

v. 25 – work?

v. 26 – giving?

v. 27 – sin?

May 20th -

v. 1 – What do we learn about alcohol?

v. 2, 8, 26, 28 – leaders?

v. 3 – fighting?

v. 4, 13 – work?

v. 5, 12, 15, 18, 29 – knowledge?

v. 6 – faithfulness?

v. 7, 11, 16 – integrity?

v. 9 – sin?

v. 10, 14, 23 – injustice?

v. 17, 19 – lying?

v. 20, 21 – family?

v. 22 – vengeance?

v. 24, 27 – God’s sovereignty?

v. 25 – vows?

v. 30 – discipline?

May 19th - Proverbs 19

v. 1 - What do we learn about integrity?

v. 2 - knowledge?

v. 3, 28, 29 - sin?

v. 4, 7, 17 - money?

v. 5, 9 - lying?

v. 6 - generosity?

v. 8 - understanding?

v. 11 - patience?

v. 12 - favor?

v. 13, 14, 18, 26 - family?

v. 15, 24 - work?

v. 16, 20, 25, 27 - teaching?

v. 19 - self-control?

v. 21 - God's sovereignty?

v. 22 - love?

v. 23 - God?

May 18th - Proverbs 18

v. 1 - What do we learn about isolation?

v. 2, 4, 6-8, 20, 21 - the mouth?

v. 3, 19 - sin?

v. 5 - justice?

v. 9 - work?

v. 11, 16 - money?

v. 12, 23 - humility?

v. 13 - thinking?

v. 14 - the downtrodden?

v. 15, 17 - knowledge?

v. 18 - God's sovereignty?

v. 22 - family?

v. 24 - friends?

May 17th - Proverbs 17

Monday, May 17

Reading – Chapter 17:

v. 1 – What do we learn about peace?

v. 2, 16, 24 – wisdom?

v. 3 – God?

v. 4 – ears?

v. 5 – mocking?

v. 6, 21, 25 – family?

v. 7, 20, 28 – mouth?

v. 8, 18 – integrity?

v. 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23 – sin?

v. 10 – instruction?

v. 13 – revenge?

v. 17 – love?

v. 19 – strife?

v. 22 – joy?

v. 26 – injustice?

v. 27 - patience?

May 16th - Proverbs 16

Reading – Chapter 16:

v. 1, 2, 4, 9, 33 – What do we learn about God’s sovereignty?

v. 3 – giving to God?

v. 5, 18, 19 – humility?

v. 6, 7, 20 – fear of God?

v. 8, 17, 31 – righteousness?

v. 10, 13, 23, 24, 27, 28 – the mouth?

v. 11 – justice?

v. 12, 14, 15 – leadership?

v. 16 – wisdom?

v. 21, 22 – discernment?

v. 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 – sin?

v. 26 – work?

v. 32 – patience?

May 15th - Proverbs 15

v. 1, 2, 4, 7, 28 – What do we learn about the mouth?

v. 3, 11 – God’s sovereignty?

v. 5, 14, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33 – instruction?

v. 6, 9, 26, 29 – righteousness?

v. 8 – worship?

v. 10 – discipline?

v. 12, 21 – wisdom?

v. 13 – sorrow?

v. 15, 30 – happiness?

v. 16, 33 – fear of God?

v. 17 – love?

v. 18 – patience?

v. 19 – work?

v. 20 – family?

v. 24 – prudence?

v. 25 – humility?

v. 27 – money?

May 14th - Proverbs 14

v. 1 – What do we learn about family?

v. 2, 26, 27 – fear of God?

v. 3, 5, 25 – the mouth?

v. 4, 23 – work?

v. 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 33, 35 – wisdom?

v. 9 – repentance?

v. 10 – bitterness?

v. 11, 19, 22, 32, 34 – righteousness?

v. 12, 14 – sin?

v. 13 – grief?

v. 15, 18 – prudence?

v. 17, 29 – patience?

v. 20, 21, 31 – money?

v. 28 – leadership?

v. 30 – contentment?

May 13th - Proverbs 13

v. 1, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 24 – What do we learn of instruction?

v. 1, 24 – family?

v. 2, 3, 5, - the mouth?

v. 4 – hard work?

v. 6, 9, 21 – righteousness?

v. 7, 8, 11, 22 – money?

v. 12, 19 – hope?

v. 15 – sense?

v. 16 – prudence?

v. 20 – wisdom?

v. 23 – injustice?

v. 25 – contentment?

May 12th - Proverbs 12

v. 1 – What do we learn of wisdom?

v. 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 21 – of righteousness?

v. 4 – marriage?

v. 6, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28 – mouth?

v. 8 – sense?

v. 9 – humility?

v. 10 – animals?

v. 11, 24, 27 – work?

v. 15, 26 – advice?

May 11th - Proverbs 11

v. 1 What do we learn of justice?

v. 2 Humility?

v. 3, 15, 20, 27 Integrity?

v. 4-6, 8, 10, 11, 18, 19, 21, 23, 30, 31 Righteousness?

v. 7, 28 Money?

v. 9 Knowledge?

v. 12, 13 Our mouths?

v. 14 Guidance?

v. 16 Grace?

v. 17, 24-26 Kindness?

v. 22 Discretion?

v. 29 Wisdom?

May 10th - Proverbs 10

v. 1, 8, 13, 14, 17, 23 - What do we learn about wisdom?

v. 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28-32 - the righteous?

v. 4, 26 - diligence?

v. 9, 18 - integrity?

v. 12 - love?

v. 15, 22 - money?

v. 5, 19 - prudence?

v. 27 - the fear of God?

May 9th - Proverbs Chapter 9

v. 7-12 - How does the wise man respond?

v. 13-18 - What does the way of folly have on it? What does it lead to?

May 8th - Proverbs 8

v. 5 - What do we need?

v. 8-11 - Why is wisdom valuable?

v. 12-16 - Who uses wisdom?

v. 22-32 - How long has wisdom been around?

v. 34-36 - What do we see when we compare wisdom with folly?

May 7th - Proverbs 7

If we miss wisdom, and fall into adultery, what is the end result?

May 6 - Proverbs 6

v. 1-5 - How important is our word and integrity to ourselves? Others?

v. 6-11 - What is the wise work ethic?

v. 12-15 - What makes a man worthless? What is his end?

v. 16-19 - What does God hate?

v. 20-23 - Why is teaching important?

v. 24-35 - Why should we avoid adultery?

May 5 - Proverbs 5

v. 1-3 - What does wisdom help us avoid?

v. 4-6 - Why is adultery bad?

v. 7-14 - How do those who have committed adultery look back on their actions?

v. 15-23 - What is the wise coarse of action?

Day 4 - Proverbs 4

v. 1-9 - How important is wisdom?

v. 10-27 - Why is wisdom important?

Day 3 - Proverbs 3

v. 3-4 - What brings us favor with God and man?

v. 5-8 - What should we do with God? Why?

v. 9-10 - What do we do with our money? Why?

v. 11-12 - How should we look at God's discipline? Why?

v. 13-18 - Why is wisdom important?

v. 19-20 - How did God use wisdom?

v. 21-35 - How does wisdom help us live with confidence and right living?

Day 2 - Proverbs 2

v. 2-4 - How shall we find wisdom?

v. 6 - From where does wisdom come?

v. 9 - What does wisdom help us with?

v. 12-19 - What does wisdom keep us from?

Proverbs Challenge Day 1 - May 1

Proverbs 1:

v. 2-6 - What is the desired outcome of the book of Proverbs?

v. 7 - What is the beginning of knowledge?

v. 8 - From whom should we be learning?

v. 18-19 - What is the result of sinful and greedy living?

v. 23 - What is wisdom screaming?

v. 28 - Who does wisdom sound like?

Important Announcement Sunday

Sorry for the lack of upkeep on the blog. We are going in a different direction, and that announcement will come on Sunday. Don't worry, the blog is still going to play a big part in Centerpointe's plans, we're just tweeking some things to make it more accessible for all the members of Centerpointe. See you back here soon!

April 4: Mark 8-9

8.2 Are we just out to soul win?

8.12 What should we be seeking?

8.15 What is this leaven?

8.32 What did Peter do wrong?

8.34-38 What is Jesus commanding from us?

NOTE***If you are confused by 9.1, check a study Bible, or ask a question in the comments and we can deal with it together.

9.6 What was this experience like?

9.24 How is this possible?

9.29 What's the point?

9.39-40 Does this include the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses?

9.42-48 How does Jesus want us to react to sin?

April 3: Mark 6-7

6.2 - What do we see from Jesus here?

6.6 - What does this tell us of Jesus?

6.8-9 - Why?

6.43-44 - This certainly shows Jesus' power. What else does it show?

6.51 - What is the main problem for the disciples?

7.3-4 - What are the Pharisees basing everything on?

7.20-23 - What should be our greatest concern?

April 2: Mark 4-5

4.4 - Who is the the path?

4.5 - Who is the rocky ground?

4.7 - Who are the thorns?

4.8 - Who is the good soil?

4.12 - Did Jesus want the Pharisees to repent?

4.20 - What comes from the good soil?

4.21 - Is this about the gospel or integrity?

4.34 - What was the purpose of the parable for Jesus?

5.10-13 - What does this say about demons and their relationship to Jesus?

5.34 - What is the vehicle of the healing here?

5.36 - What is expected of the synagogue ruler?

The great catch-up

I've fallen horribly behind because of my week of vacation last week. I'll be working hard over the next few days to catch up!

Day 1: April 1, Mark 1-3

1.2-3 - What is John the Baptist's job?

1.7 - How does John the Baptist compare to Jesus?

1.10-11 - What is the significance of this?

1.15 - What is Jesus telling people?

1.17 - Without giving Sunday School answers, what does this idea of being a "fisher of men" illustrate?

1.22 - What is the first difference we see about Jesus?

1.34 - What is special about this verse?

1.35 & 38 - What was important to Jesus?

2.5-6 & 9-10 - What does Mark want us to understand?

2.17 - What is Jesus saying?

2.20 - Is fasting expected from us?

2.22 - What is this saying about Jesus and Christianity?

2.27-28 - What is Jesus teaching here?

3.5 - Is this a kindler, gentler Jesus?

3.14 - What's the job description of the apostles?

3.23 - What is the problem with the scribes' argument?

3.29-30 - What does it seem is the unpardonable sin?

3.34 - Does this mean we abandon our family if they are not following Jesus?

Day 89: March 31, Deuteronomy 33-34

33.26-29 - What is the last image of God Moses gives?

Day 88: March 30, Deuteronomy 31-32

31.6 - Where does the strength and courage come from?

31.16-18 - What is God promising will happen?

32.4 - Who is Moses' God?

32.10 - How did God find Israel?

32.15 - What was Israel's sin like?

32.36-39 - How will God react when Israel is at the lowest point?

Day 87: March 29, Deuteronomy 29-30

29.10-15 - Why is it a big deal that the sojourner is mentioned here?

29.19 - How does this reminder serve us?

29.29 - What do we have to hold onto?

30.6-8 - What will God do to their hearts? What is our response (v. 8)?

30.14 - What's the meaning behind this passage?

Day 86: March 28, Deuteronomy 27-28

27.10 - What is made equivalent with the voice of God?

27.26 - What is Israel's relationship with the Law?

28.1 - What is Israel's benefit for obedience?

28.14 - What is God's greatest concern for Israel?

28.36 - If Israel turns to idolatry, what will God give them?

Day 85: March 27th, Deuteronomy 25-26

25.13-16 - What is God concerned with here?

26.5-11 - What should drive our giving to God and others?

26.16-19 - What happens to God and us when we are obedient?

Day 84: March 26, Deuteronomy 23-24

23.21-23 - Why is God so concerned with vows in general, but especially vows in His name?

24.5 - So what is really important?

24.16 - Who has to own up for individual sin?

24.19-22 - Why encourage gleaning?

Day 80: March 22, Deuteronomy 15-16 through Day 83: March 25, Deuteronomy 21-22

15.4 - No poor among us? What about Deuteronomy 15.11 and Matthew 26.11?



15.7-8 - What does this mean for Christians?



15.14 - How are slaves to be treated?



16 - Why remind the people again of Passover, Weeks, and Booths?



16.18-20 - How should we define righteous judgment?



17.2-7 - What of grace? Aren't we all guilty of idolatry?



17.13 - What's the point of the purge?



17.17 - Foreshadowing, anyone?



17.19-20 - What is the King of Israel's foremost concern?



18.9-14 - What are the abominable practices?



18.18-19 - Who is the ultimately fulfilled by?



18.20-22 - Why is the office of prophet guarded so sincerely?



19.15 - What does this ensure?

19.19 - Just?

20.4 - What is God here pictured as?

20.5-9 - Why?

20.18 - Why not apply v. 14 here?

21.1-9 - What does this say of God and death?

21.20 - What makes this young man rebelious? Does this put sin in perspective for us?

21.23 - What does this passage mean to Christians?

22.5 - No pants for the girls?

Day 77: Friday, March 19, Deuteronomy 9-10 through Day 79: March 21, Deteronomy 13-14

9.1-3 - Who is going to win this battle, Israel or God?

9.5 - Is works-righteousness (I am made right before God by how good I am) the reason Israel is getting their land?

9.16-21 - How does God react? How does Moses react?

9.26-29 - What does Moses remind God of?

10.8-9 - What is the job description of the Levites?

10.12-13 - What is the job description of the all Israelites?

10.21 - What does it mean that God is our praise?

11.1 - What two things are tied together in this verse?

11.11-12 - Does this mean God plays favorites?

11.16-17 - Again, what are they not supposed to do? What will happen if they do it?

11.18-25 - Has Moses forgotten he already touched on this?

12.4 - Why?

12.8 - What does living like this imply?

12.30-31 - Does this apply to how we interact with modern day religions?

13.1-3 - Who gives the power to false prophets and dreamers?

13.5 - Why must he die?

13.11 - Why all the violence?

14 - Why remind us of the importance of clean foods and tithing?

Day 76: March 18, Deuteronomy 7-8

Deuteronomy 7-8:

7.2 - Isn't mercy good?

7.5 - What was the problem with the natives of the Promised Land?

7.6-8 - What is God's reasoning for choosing Israel?

7.9-10 - How does God interact with those who love Him? Those who hate Him?

7.12-16 - NOTE: I struggle with passages like these, but I think I'm starting to get a handle on them. I really believe what God is saying here is this, if you as a people are living completely perfect, sinless lives (which they won't and can't) then disease and sin will not have a place among you. I think (and I could be wrong) that disease and barrenness are not necessarily a sign of sinfulness among the person who is barren (look at Hannah in 1 Samuel for an example), but the sinfulness that exists among the people.

7.16 - Why is pity here a bad thing?

7.17-19 - What is God telling them here?

7.25-26 - Again, what is the real evil here?

8.2-6 - What was taught during the 40 years in the desert?

8.17 - What is this?

8.19 - What does idolatry bring?

Day 75: March 17, Deuteronomy 5-6

Deuteronomy 5-6:

Chapter 5 - Why repeat the 10 Commandments?

5.15 - Can we as Christians draw a parallel here about what we are to do on the Sabbath (NOTE: this hit me like a ton of bricks!)?

6.4-5 - Why are these verses important?

6.7-9 - Why should we teach it, wear it as jewelry, and write it on our walls?

6.12 - What are we to take care about?

6.20-25 - How does this transfer to Christians? What experiences should we constantly remind our children about?

Day 71: March 13, Numbers 32-33 through Day 74: March 16, Deuteronomy 3-4

Numbers 32-33:

32.6 - What's the problem?

32.16-19 - Does this remedy the problem?

33.52 & .55-56 - Why are the other people being driven out? What does God tell Israel not to do?

Numbers 34-36:

34 - Why is this chapter important?

35.1-8 - Why is God doing this?

35.9-29 - What does this mean as we look at death and murder?

35.30 Why the caveat at the end?

36.7-9 Why the big deal?

Deuteronomy 1-4:

1.10 - What does this show of God?

1.17 - What is this common theme?

1.29 - Do we respond in similar ways to our great and mighty God?

2.5 - Why were they not to fight?

2.6-7 - How were they to act?

2.9 - Why are the not to fight?

2.25 - Should Israel had been feared?

3.21-22 - Who is the ultimate warrior (not from the WWF :) )?

3.23-29 -What does Moses prayer reveal about him, God, and God's vision for Moses' role?

4.2 - Why is this important?

4.5-8 - What would Israel get out of following God's statutes and rules? Any wisdom for us in this?

4.9-14 - What is Israel to remember and teach their children? What does this tell us about experiencing God?

4.15 - Why the constant reminders to watch themselves?

4.19 & 23-24 - What can become an idol? Why should we fight against idolatry in our own lives and help others fight it as well?

4.28-31 - Why are idols a bad idea?

4.35 - Why has Israel experienced all of this?

4.39 - What is Israel to remember?

Day 70: March 12, Numbers 30-31

Numbers 30:

v. 2 What is most important here?

v. 3-16 Does this invalidate women or show the call of leadership on men?

Numbers 31:

v. 17-18 Is this easy to read?

Day 65: March 8, Num. 22-23; Day 66: March 9, Num. 24-25; Day 67: March 10, Num. 26-27; Day 69: March 11, Num. 28-29

Numbers 22-23:

22.3 - Who is Moab afraid of? Is their fear in the right place?

22.7-8 Is what the Moabites looking for the same as what Balaam is offering them?

22.20 - What is God essentially telling Balaam?

22.28-35 - The talking donkey aside, what strikes you about these verses?

23.11-12 - What is Balaam doing right?

23.19 - What is our God not like?

Numbers 24-25:

24.11 - Can you relate?

24.23 - Who is the fate of Israel, Moab, and the rest of the nations resting on?

25.1 - Why use the word whore here?

25.10-13 - Are you uneasy with Phinehas being a hero?

Numbers 26-27:

26.51 - If this is the number of males over 20, how many people were in the nation of Israel?

27.11 - What is the ultimate goal here?

27.18-23 - What is Joshua's new role?

Numbers 28-29:

Why go over the sacrifices again?

Day 64: March 6, Numbers 18-19; Day 65: March 7, Numbers 20-21

Numbers 18-19:

18:5 - The priests are to keep what away from Israel?

18:24 - Should this passage transition to the church and the pastor?

18:26 - Should this passage transition to the pastor and God?

Numbers 20-21:

20:2-9 - Should the people of Israel have learned by now?

20:12 - What? Why?

20:18-21 - Why the transition between 1st person plural and 1st person singular?

21:2-3 - What does it mean to "devote to destruction?" Is this hard to swallow?

21:5 - What is the root sin?

21:8-9 - What is God showing amidst his judgment?

21:22 - What are the people of Israel promising?

Day 63: March 5, Numbers 16-17

Numbers 16:

v. 8-11 What do these verses say to people in the church today?

v. 31-35 What did they just witness?

Numbers 17:

When it looks like anarchy is about to take place, what does God do for Moses and Aaron?

Day 62: March 4, Numbers 14-15

Numbers 14:

v. 1-4 Do the people of Israel really want to return to slavery? What is the lesson for us as Christians?

v. 8 Who is it really up to?

v. 16-19 What's at stake here?

v. 21-23 What's the consequence?

Numbers 15:

v. 17-21 Is the teaching about tithing, thankfulness for God's provision, both, or neither?

v. 30-31 Do we take from this God being ungracious?

v. 37-41 The tassels are for what?

Day 55: February 25, Leviticus 26-27 through Day 61: March 3, Numbers 12-13

Leviticus 26-27:

26:1 What is God's concern?

26:12-13 Who does God want to be for Israel?

26:17 What will happen if Israel is disobedient?

26:27-28 What is going to happen?

27:28 How important are the devoted things?

Numbers 1-3:

2:2 What is represented when the tents face the tent of meeting?

3:10 Why is the priesthood to be guarded?

Numbers 4-5:

5:7 What does God want from those who sin?

Numbers 6-7:

6:24-26 What is this blessing asking of God?

7:84-88 What did the people of Israel give up?

Numbers 8-9:

8:21 Why?

8:25-26 What is expected of retired priests? Is there a message in there for us?

9:11-12 What does this show us of God?

9:23 What can we say about the Israelites here?

Numbers 10-11:

10:32 Is the nation of Israel about race?

11:14 What is Moses doing here?

11:18-20 Is this provision or judgment?

11:28-30 What is Moses saying here?

Numbers 12-13:

12:14 What does this say of God's justice?

13:19-20 What does God want to show the nation of Israel?

13:27-33 Who should Israel trust?

Day 51: February 20, Leviticus 18-19; Day 52: February 21, Leviticus 20-21; Day 53: February 22, Leviticus 22-23; Day 54: February 23, Leviticus 24-25

Leviticus 18:

v. 1-5 Whose rules are Israel (and we) supposed to follow?

v. 21-23 What is prohibited here?

Leviticus 19:

v. 2 What is expected of Israel (and us)?

v. 10 What does this show us?

v. 13-14 What does the last part of v. 14 have to do with the rest of this paragraph?

v. 18 What is our calling in dealing with other people?

v. 33-34 Why the big deal about sojourners?

Leviticus 20:

v. 4-5 Why?

v. 6 How do people look at mediums and necromancers?

v. 24 and 26 What has God done with Israel?

Leviticus 21:

Why the extra stipulations for the priests?

Leviticus 22:

What's the sin behind the sin? (Meaning, what is the root of the problem for the people of Israel to relate to God.)

Leviticus 23:

v. 3 To whom is the Sabbath a solemn rest?

v. 4-8 What is to be done during the Passover?

v. 9-14 What is to be done during the Feast of Firstfruits?

v. 15-22 The Feast of Weeks?

v. 23-25 The Feast of Trumpets?

v. 26-32 The Day of Atonement?

v. 33-44 The Feast of Booths?

Leviticus 24:

v. 1-9 What is supposed to be always present for the people of Israel?

v. 10-16 What happened and what was the punishment?

v. 17-23 Is this revenge or retribution?

Leviticus 25:

v. 1-7 What is this? What does this teach Israel?

How are we to look at our brothers and his property?

Day 50: February 19, Leviticus 16-17

Leviticus 16:

This is the great day of atonement (Yom Kippur, if you look at your calendar in September/October).

How do the two goats act for Israel like Jesus acted for us?

Leviticus 17:

v. 7 How does God describe idol worship? Is this fitting?

v. 10-11 Does this mean no rare steaks?

Day 49: February 18, Leviticus 14-15

Leviticus 14:

v. 18-20 Was the person's disease a sin?

v. 34 Who does God say is behind this disease?

Leviticus 15:

Does unclean mean sinful?

v. 31 Why must the tabernacle be clean?

Day 48, February 17: Leviticus 12-13

Leviticus 12:

Does this mean something is wrong with the birth of a child?

Leviticus 13:

Does this chapter seem cruel?

Day 44, February 13: Leviticus 4-5; Day 45, February 14: Leviticus 6-7; Day 46, February 15: Leviticus 8-9; Day 47, February 16: Leviticus 10-11

Leviticus 4:

What types of sins are we talking about?

v. 20 What does the priest do?

v. 31 How does God feel about this?

Leviticus 5:

v. 6 What is God interested in here?

Leviticus 6:

v. 4-7 What is God seeking?

Leviticus 7:

v. 17-18 What does God expect from the priests?

v. 34-36 (This question is not in self-interest) What does God expect from the people of Israel?

Leviticus 8:

v. 32-36 What does this ceremony show us about God?

Leviticus 9:

v. 5-7 What must be done for the glory of the Lord appear?

v. 24 What does this show of God?

Leviticus 10:

v. 1-3 What happened? Why?

v. 10-11 What are the priests supposed to do?

Leviticus 11:

Why the long list for what the Jews should eat and should not eat?

Day 43: February 12, Leviticus 1-3

Leviticus 1:

v. 2 Where should your offering come from? Why?

v. 4 What does the burnt offering do for the person?

v. 9 How does God look at this?

Leviticus 2:

v. 1 What is the offering to be of?

v. 3 What does this provide and for whom?

Leviticus 3:

What are the people searching for in the offerings of this chapter?

Day 42: February 11, Exodus 38-40

Exodus 38:

v. 24-31 Why was it important that Israel gave their very best for the tabernacle?

Exodus 39:

v. 14 What's the importance of the stones acting as signets?

Exodus 40:

v. 1-15 What's with all the annointing?

v. 34-38 How is Israel's relationship with God?

Day 40: February 9, Exodus 33-34 & Day 41: February 10, Exodus 35-37

Exodus 33

v. 2-3 What's promised? What's taken away? Why?

v. 7-11 What is the tent of meeting? Why is it important?

v. 16 What is Moses' argument?

v. 19-23 What does this show us of God?

Exodus 34

v. 5-9 What do we see here?

v. 13-16 What is God's great concern with the other nations?

Exodus 35

v. 2 What type of rest? What does this mean?

v. 20-29 What is happening in Israel?

Exodus 36

v. 1-2 What are we to do with our skill? Where should I our heart be in this process?

v. 5 Can others say this about me?

Exodus 37

Why such detail?

February 7-8: Exodus 29-32

Exodus 29:

v. 4 and 7 - What seems to be happening in these verses?

v. 11 Why is this necessary (hint, see v. 14)?

v. 29-30 What must be done?

v. 42 Why is the tent important?

Exodus 30:

v. 9-10 What are they not to do? Why?

v. 20 What must they do? Why?

Exodus 31:

v. 1-11 Are the priests the only ones God has equipped to do special work? What do these verses say about "secular" work?

v. 15 How do we follow this command?

Exodus 32:

v. 1-6 What is happening? Why is this wrong?

v. 9-10 What is God saying? Is this deserved?

v. 11-14 What does Moses bring to God's attention?

v. 20 What did Moses do? Why?

v. 27-35 Can sin go unpunished?

February 6 Exodus 27-28

Exodus 27

v. 20 What is expected of the people? Why?

Exodus 28

v. 12, 21, and 29-30 What is the priest's important role in the tabernacle?

v. 40-41 What does God want for the priests?

February 5 Exodus 25-26

Exodus 25

v. 2 and 8 - What does God want?

Why so much gold?

Exodus 26

Why such intricate work?

v. 33 What's up with the Holy Place?

February 4 Exodus 23-24

Exodus 23

v. 1-3 What does God want from His people?

v. 8 Why is this bad?

v. 9 Why?

v. 14-17 What is Israel to celebrate?

v. 20-22 What is commanded? What is offered?

v. 23-33 What is the root problem of this paragraph? What is God offering?

Exodus 24

v. 5-8 What is going on here?

v. 10 and 17 Lead you to woship?

February 3 Exodus 21-22

Exodus 21

v. 12-14 What do we see God saying about human life?

v. 22-24 What do we see God saying about the unborn?

Exodus 22

v. 21-24 What is God concerned about?

v. 28 Why this verse?

February 2 Exodus 19-20

Exodus 19

v. 5-6 What is expected? What is promised?

v. 16 What do they experience?

Exodus 20

v. 3-7 What are these commandments centered around?

v. 6-11 What is this commandment centered around?

v. 12-17 What are these commandments centered around?

v. 22-26 Why the big deal?

February 1 Exodus 17-18

Exodus 17

v. 11-13 What is happening?

Exodus 18

v. 8-12 What is Moses doing? Why?

v. 21 What kind of men should be judges?

January 31 Exodus 15-16

Exodus 15

v. 2 How is God described? Why?

v. 11 Who is God being measured against? Do you take this same inventory with the gods around you?

v. 26 What is expected of Israel? What is the promise?

Exodus 16

v. 3 For what are the Israelites asking?

v. 6 What does Moses and God want to prove to the Israelites?

v. 29 Is man for the Sabbath, or the Sabbath for man?

January 30 Exodus 13-14

Exodus 13

v. 2 What is this? What does this show?

v. 3 Remember is a key word in Exodus, why?

v. 9 Is the Lord in my mouth?

v. 21-22 What is happening here?

Exodus 14

v. 4 What is happening? Why?

v. 12-14 Do we look at slavery to sin in the same light? Do we have this faith?

v. 31 What does Israel find?

January 29 Exodus 11-12

Exodus 11:

v. 3 Could Moses have written this verse?

v. 9 Why?

Exodus 12:

v. 11 Why?

v. 12 What's this really about?

v. 24-27 What does God want from me with this story?

January 28 Exodus 8--10

Exodus 8:

v. 7 How do the magicians keep pulling this off?

v. 10 What is being proven?

v. 15 Who hardens Pharaoh's heart in this instance?

v. 18-19 What is happenening?

Exodus 9:

v. 11 Again, what is being proven?

v. 14-16 To whom is God proving Himself? Does this drive you to worship?

v. 24 What is being displayed?

v. 27 What is this?

v. 30 Can this be said about me (and you)?

Exodus 10:

v. 2 Who is God concerned with now?

January 27 Exodus 6-7

Exodus 6:

v. 1 Why the emphasis on strength?

v. 7 Why is this verse important?

v. 8 Why does God keep mentioning Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?

Exodus 7:

v. 3-5 What are the reasons God harden Pharaoh's heart?

v. 11-12 What do we take away from this?

v. 23-24 What does this show us about Pharaoh?

January 26 Exodus 4-5

Exodus 4:

v. 1 What is Moses doing here? Does he have reason?

v. 14 What does God show here?

v. 21 Why?

v. 24-26 What?

v. 31 How did Israel respond?

Exodus 5:

v. 2, 7-9 What is Pharaoh's response? Are you surprised?

v. 22-23 Is Moses right?

January 25 Exodus 1-3

Exodus 1:

v. 7 What is this a sign of?

v. 12-14 Why is this happening to God's chosen people?

v. 16-17 Compare Pharaoh with the midwives.

Exodus 2:

v. 1-5 What is God doing?

v. 11-15 Is Moses supposed to be the hero of the book of Exodus?

v. 23-25 Does God not hear things and forget things?

Exodus 3

v. 5-6 Do I understand this holiness?

v. 7-12 What is God using Moses to do?

v. 14-15 Important?

v. 19-20 What showdown is about to take place?

January 24 Genesis 49-50

Genesis 49

v. 4 What do we see hear?

v. 8 Why will Judah be praised?

v. 10 Who is this?

v. 24-25 Again, who is this really about?

Genesis 50

v. 20-21 What do you think of this passage?

January 23 Genesis 47=48

Genesis 47

v. 6 Why did Pharaoh put them in charge of his livestock?

v. 9 What do we make of this response?

v. 23-26 Is Joseph a shrewd businessman or a merciful leader?

Genesis 48

v. 15-16 Who is the main character here?

January 22 Genesis 45-46

Genesis 45

v. 8 Who should this verse be harder on: Joseph or his brothers?

v. 18 What does this tell us of God's plan?

Genesis 46

v. 3 What is God planning to do in Egypt? Will this be a bed of roses for the nation of Israel?

January 21 Genesis 43-44

Genesis 43-44

What has happened to Joseph's brothers since he's been in Egypt?

January 20 - Genesis 41-42

Genesis 41

v. 9 Why does the cupbearer use the word offense?

v. 16 What is Joseph showing?

v. 37-45 Does this teach us that if we remain faithful in tought times God will make us the VP of the United States?

v. 57 What was God using Joseph to do?

Genesis 42

What's going on here?

January 19 - Genesis 39-40

Genesis 39

v. 2-3 What does God show us?

v. 20-23 Could we blame Joseph if he doubted God?

Genesis 40

What does this chapter show us?

January 18 - Genesis 37-38

Genesis 37

v. 4 Problems?

v. 18-24 Can sin take us this far?

Genesis 38

What in the world is this passage about?

January 17 - Genesis 35-36

Genesis 35

v. 2 Why the emphasis on this stuff?

v. 10 Again, why the name change?

Genesis 36

Why could Jacob and Esau not live together?

January 16 - Genesis 33-34

Genesis 33

v. 4-11 What is happening?

Genesis 34

v. 7 Can you blame Dinah's brothers?

v. 14-17 Who is absent from this conversation?

v. 30-31 Who is right?

January 15 - Genesis 31-32

Genesis 31

v. 3 Even after all of his sin?

v. 7 Should Jacob judge?

v. 19-21 What's wrong here?

v. 42 Does Jacob believe this?

Genesis 32

v. 9-12 Has Jacob learned anything?

v. 28 Why the name change?

January 14 - Genesis 28-30

Genesis 28

v. 3-4 Would you react like Isaac?

v. 9 Can you blame Esau?

v. 10-17 Does Jacob deserve this experience?

v. 18 What is Jacob doing?

v. 20-22 What is wrong with Jacob's vow?

Genesis 29

v. 25 What is Jacob tasting?

v. 31-35 What does Leah finally discover?

Genesis 30

v. 1-13 Are any of these moves correct?

v. 17 What does this say about God?

v. 34-43 Why?

Genesis 26 and 27

Genesis 26:

v. 2 Why not Egypt?

v. 7 Not Isaac too!

v. 24 Why does Isaac need to hear this?

v. 35 Why?

Genesis 27

Should we be confused by God using deceit and thievery to accomplish His will?

v. 41 Can you blame him?

Genesis 24 and 25

Genesis 24

v. 3 Is this racism?

v. 8 What is most important to Abraham?

v. 14 What is the servant doing?

v. 26-28 What has God proven?

Genesis 25

v. 6 Why is this important?

v. 18 Where is this?

v. 21 Why do we keep meeting barren women?

v. 23 Why is this a big deal?

v. 28 What's wrong?

v. 31-34 What do you think of Jacob?

Day 11: Genesis 22-23

Genesis 22

v. 1 Why?

v. 7-8 What is Abraham showing?

v. 13-14 What is God showing?

v. 18 Why is this a big deal?

Genesis 23

v. 14-16 What does Ephron show? What does Abraham show?

Day 10: Genesis 20-21

Genesis 20

v. 1-7 Why does Abraham do this again? What does God show us here?

Genesis 21

v. 1 What does this show us about God?

v. 10-11 Who is in the wrong?

v. 15-21 What does this show us about God?

v. 33 What is Abe doing here?

Day 9: Genesis 18-19

Genesis 18:

v. 8 What is Abraham doing?

v. 14 Do I believe this?

v. 19 What is Abe to do?

v. 22-33 What do we learn from this conversation between Abraham and God?

Genesis 19

v. 3 What is Lot doing?

v. 8 How is this better than the alternative?

v. 12-14 What does this teach us about God?

v. 23-26 How do we respond to this?

v. 30-38 How do we respond to this?

Day 8: Genesis 16-17

Week 2 begins! If you've fallen behind, don't fret. Keep going, keep posting, keep asking questions, and keep contributing to the conversation. It's not the same without you!

Genesis 16

v. 3 What's wrong here? Can you argue with their conclusion?

v. 4 Are you surprised this happened?

v. 11 What does this say about God?

v. 13 What does this say about God?

Genesis 17

v. 1 What is God's command?

v. 7 "to be God to you and to your offspring after you." Why is this important?

v. 10-11 What is the point of this?

v. 19 Why is God doing this?

Day 7: Genesis 14 and 15

Genesis 14

War Chart

Team Elam vs. Team Sodom

Amraphel king of Shinar Bera king of Sodom

Arioch king of Ellasar Birsha king of Gomorrah

Chedorlaomer king of Elam Shinab king of Admah

Tidal king of Goiim Shemeber king of Zeboiim

The king of Bela

v. 12 We've been told of Sodom's wickedness, why does this narrative matter?

v. 13 Why does the end of this verse matter?

v. 18-20 Who is this guy and why is he important? (In the context, he's also important for Jesus' role as priest, since Jesus was not a Levite but from the tribe of Judah. He is a priest in the line of Melchizedek rather than in the line of Levi.)

v. 20 What is Abram doing at the end of this verse? Why?

v. 21-24 What is Abram doing here? Why?

Genesis 15

v. 1 - God is Abram's shield?

v. 6 - Why is this verse a big deal?

v. 13-16 Why is the captivity and Exodus necessary?

v. 19 What is the covenant?

Comment on the Holy Spirit

"The Spirit is given as much to create life in the kingdom - conversion, transformation, and relationship building - as for the numerical growth of the kingdom - through prophetic ministry and missionary outreach." David Peterson

Day 6: Genesis 12-13

Genesis 12

v. 1-3 How much of this is on Abram?

v. 7 What is Abram doing? Why is this appropriate?

v. 8 Why is it a big deal that Abram "called on the name of the Lord?"

v. 13 Is Abram the perfect hero?

v. 17 Why is Pharaoh punished rather than Abram?

Genesis 13

v. 2 Does this mean we should be to?

v. 13 Why tell us this?

v. 16 Why does your pastor want to remind you at this verse that Sarai is barren?

v. 18 What does Abram do? Why does he keep doing this?

Day 5: Genesis 10-11

Genesis 10:

Why are genealogies important?

Genesis 11:

v. 4 - What's wrong here?

Day 4: Genesis 8-9

Genesis 8

v. 1 - Did God forget?

v. 21-22 - What does this say about God? Us? Our relationship with Him?

Genesis 9

v. 1 and 7 - Why is this important?

v. 5 - What does this say about the value of human life?

v. 11 - Why is this covenant important?

v. 20-21 - Is Noah the perfect hero?

v. 22 - Why is this bad?

Day 3: Genesis 6-7

Genesis 6

v. 5 - Is this relevant?

v. 6 - Does this seem uncharacteristic of God?

v. 17 - Why is this important?

v. 19 - Why save the animals?

v. 22 - Why is this important?

Genesis 7

v. 4-5 - What is the story of Noah really about?

v. 21 - Does this make you cringe?