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?