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Looking Forward with Hope

Posted in Jeremiah, tagged , , on November 9, 2020|

Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord. Jeremiah 17:7 (Amplified)

The key words in this passage are “believes,” “trusts in,” and “relies on.” These words set up a progression of sorts. That is to say, one must first believe in God before one can trust God, and one must learn to trust God before one can fully rely on God. This verse reminds us that walking with God is not a one-day affair. Rather it requires an ongoing, committed relationship with God, marked by daily diligence and intentionality. The verse itself encourages us how to press on–with hope and confident expectation in the Lord. He will never fail.

We shouldn’t lose sight of the author of this passage, Jeremiah the Prophet of God, who knew some pretty serious adversity in his time and preached his message of God’s impending judgment to a people hostile toward him and unwilling to turn from their sin. In times like these, looking forward in hope is what keeps us focused on God and allows us to overcome the adversity we are facing.

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Minor Prophet Jonah (Chapter 2)

Posted in Jonah, Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 5, 2020|

Read Jonah Chapter 2

1. Where is Jonah at the opening of Jonah chapter 2?

2. What does Jonah say of God in Jonah 2:2?

3. What is Sheol?

4. Who does Jonah say cast him into the sea in Jonah 2:3?

5. When did Jonah remember God according to Jonah 2:7?

6. Copy Jonah 2:8-9 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

7. How did God respond to Jonah’s prayer according to Jonah 2:10?

8. What do you learn about from the following passages?
Judges 6:11-18; 36-40

Judges 16:23-31

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Minor Prophet Jonah (Chapter 1 – Part 2)

Posted in Jonah, tagged , , on October 29, 2020|

Read Jonah Chapter 1

1. What do you learn about the storm in Jonah 1:4?

2. What is the response of the mariners on the ship according to Jonah 1:5?

3. What is the response of Jonah according to Jonah 1:5?

4. What does the captain say to Jonah in Jonah 1:6?

5. What do the men on the ship decide to do according to Jonah 1:7? What is the result?

6. What question do the men ask of Jonah in Jonah 1:8?

7. How does Jonah respond in Jonah 1:9?

8. What was the mariner’s response to Jonah’s statement according to Jonah 1:10-11?

9. What does Jonah tell them to do in Jonah 1:13?

10. What do the men do instead in Jonah 1:13? What is the result?

11. What do they do in response in Jonah 1:14-15? What is the result?

12. What is the response of the mariners to the events?

13. What do you think the mariners know of God based on what you read in this passage? Explain.

14. Copy Jonah 1:17 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

15. How does this passage in Jonah 1 related to Matthew 12:38-41? Why is that important?

16. What application can you make from this chapter of Jonah to your own relationship with God? Do you find yourself running away from God? 

Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel
Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel

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Minor Prophet Jonah (Chapter 1 – Part 1)

Posted in Jonah, tagged , , , , on October 22, 2020|

Read Jonah Chapter 1
1. Who was Jonah according to Jonah 1:1?

2. Who told Jonah to go to Ninevah? Why was he to go there?

3. Where was Ninevah?

4. Why was Ninevah a “great city?”

5. Where was Tarshish?

6. From Whom was Jonah fleeing according to Jonah 1:3?

7. What do you learn from the following verses?
Psalm 139:7-10

Jeremiah 23:24

Amos 9:2-4

8. Where did Jonah go to catch the ship to Tarshish?

9. Where is Joppa (Jaffa) located in Israel?

 

Old Jaffa – Israel
Jaffa (Joppa) – Israel
Seaport of Jaffa (Joppa) – Israel

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Minor Prophet Jonah (Background)

Posted in Jonah, tagged , on October 15, 2020|

Background
1. Who is the author of the book of Jonah?

2. When was this book written?

3. Who was the original intended audience for this book? How do you know?

4. To which Kingdom did Jonah prophesy, Northern or Southern?

5. What does the name “Jonah” mean?

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Minor Prophet Amos (Chapter 8-9)

Posted in Amos, tagged , , on October 8, 2020|

Read Amos Chapter 8
1. What does Amos see in a vision in Amos 8:1-2?

2. What does the fruit represent?

3. What does God say will happen to His people Israel in Amos 8:2-3?

4. What does God say will happen to those who take advantage of the poor and needy in Amos 8:4–10?

5. What does God say will happen in Amos 8:11-14?

Read Amos Chapter 9
1. What does Amos see according to Amos 9:1?

2. What is the message God gives in Amos 9:1-4?

3.What do you learn of God from Amos 9:5-6?

4. What prophecy is given about God’s people in Amos 9:7-10?

5. Copy Amos 9:11-12 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

6. What great promises does God give His people and the land in Amos 9:13-15?

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Minor Prophet Amos (Chapter 7)

Posted in Amos, tagged , , , on October 1, 2020|

Read Amos Chapter 7
1. What did Amos see in a vision according to Amos 7:1-2?

2. What does Amos do in response? What does God so?

3. What does Amos see in a vision in Amos 7:4?

4. What does Amos do in response? What does God do?

5. What do you learn about prayer from the following verses?
James 5:16

1 Peter 3:12

6. What does Amos see in a vision in Amos 7:7-9?

7. Who is Amaziah?

8. What does Amaziah tell King Jeroboam about Amos and what he said in Amos 7:10-11?

9. What does Amaziah say to Amos in Amos 7:12-13?

10. What is Amos’s response to Amaziah in Amos 7:14-17?

11. What do you learn about false prophets and teachers from the following?
Ezekiel 3:9

Matthew 7:15

Matthew 24:11, 24

2 Peter 2:1-3

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Minor Prophet Amos (Chapter 6)

Posted in Amos, Old Testament, tagged , , on September 24, 2020|

Read Amos Chapter 6
1. What is the point of Amos 6:1-2?

2. Where was Calneh? Hamath? Gath?

3. The sin that God is addressing in these first two verses of Amos is the sin of complacency. They were trusting in their military strength, their fortresses on Mt Zion (Judah) and Mt Samaria (Israel). Their focus was on how they were in comparison to the other nations around them. They showed no concern for where they stood with God. Record the dictionary definition of complacency you find here.

4. What additional insight do you gain about complacency from the following verses?
Psalm 20:7

Isaiah 31:1

Revelation 3:14-17

5. What is God accusing them of in Amos 6:3-6?

6. What do you learn of self-indulgence from the following verses?
Proverbs 21:17

Matthew 23:25

7. What does the LORD say will happen to them in Amos 6:7-8; 11-14?

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Minor Prophet Amos (Chapter 5)

Posted in Amos, Old Testament, tagged , , on September 17, 2020|

Read Amos Chapter 5
1. What does Amos prophesy of the house of Israel in Amos 5:1-3?

2. What does the LORD say to the house of Israel in the following verses?
Amos 5:4-5

Amos 5:6-7

Amos 5:10

3. What do you learn of the LORD from Amos 5:8-9?

4. What punishment does the LORD promise the house of Israel in Amos 5:11?

5. What sins does God say Israel committed in Amos 5:12?

6. Copy Amos 5:14-15 here. Meditate on this. How is this exhortation applicable to your life today?

7. What do you learn about the day of the LORD from Amos 5:16-20?

8. What additional insight do you gain about the day of the LORD from the following verses?
Isaiah 2:5-22
Zechariah 14:1-15
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
2 Peter 3:10

9. Summarize what you learn about the Day of the LORD?

10. What application can you make to your own life of these chapters in view of what you learned about the Day of the LORD?

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Minor Prophet Amos (Chapter 4)

Posted in Amos, tagged , , on September 10, 2020|

Read Amos Chapter 4
1. Who is being referred to in Amos 4:1 as the “cows of Bashan?”

2. What prophecy does Amos make in Amos 4:1-3?

3. Re-read Amos 4:4-5. What is the point of this passage?

4. What does God say He did to try and get Israel to turn back to him in each of the following verses?
Amos 4:6
Amos 4:7-8
Amos 4:9
Amos 4:10
Amos 4:11

5. What does God tell them to prepare for in Amos 4:12?

6. Copy Amos 4:13 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

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