Home Study

Monday – Read I John 2:1-6
Why does Jesus speak to the Father in our defense even when we sin?
What is an indication that we have come to really know Jesus?
How can we walk as Jesus walked?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Hebrews 7:23-28
Why is Jesus so fully qualified to meet the needs of our lives?
Needs doesn’t always refer to what we think we need, but also what Jesus knows needs to be done in our hearts and lives. What is Jesus revealing to you that needs to be done in your life?
How will you respond to Him?

Wednesday – Read Colossians 1:21-23
What has Jesus done in our lives?
So much of the way that Jesus works in our lives is through the transforming of our minds (Romans 12:1-2), why is this so important?
What will God do if we grow and remain rooted in our faith in Jesus?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read Ephesians 1:18-23
What hope has Jesus called us to?
What kind of power does He want to set loose to work in your life?
What can stand against that power?
Take time to pray and ask Jesus to open your eyes to all that He has done and wants to do in and through your life.

Friday – Read Ephesians 3:14-21
What is Jesus able to do in our lives?
Why does He want to do it and how can He do it?
What is our part in the work that Jesus wants to do in us?
Invite Jesus to work in your life to accomplish His plan and purpose for you.

Saturday – Read Matthew 10:40-42

Home Study

Monday – Read Psalm 66:17-18
How does unconfessed and unforgiven sin damage our relationship with God?
How might our lack of communication with God increase our sense of fear?
How can we remove this barrier? (See I John 1:9)
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Philippians 4:6-7
How does making our requests to God help alleviate our fear?
Why can we experience God’s peace when we turn our fears over to Him.
How does this passage encourage you? How does it challenge you?
What will you do?

Wednesday – Read Psalm 18:1-6
How does David describe God here?
How did his understanding of God impact his response to the difficult circumstances he faced?
What does this say to you? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read Jeremiah 1:1-8
God called Jeremiah to speak His word against his people. What might Jeremiah have been afraid of?
What was God’s response to Jeremiah’s fear?
Is there anything God is asking of you that you are afraid of?
What is God saying to you about your fear?

Friday – Read II Timothy 1:6-10
What fears are you facing?
What encouragement do these verses give you?
What is God saying to you?
What will you do?

Saturday – Read Philippians 1:3-11
What hope does this passage give you?

Monday – Read I John 1:5-7
How is God light?
What does it take for us to walk in fellowship with Him?
When we experience fellowship with God who else can we have fellowship with? Why does it work this way?
How is God challenging you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Proverbs 2:1-8
What is our part in knowing God’s commands?
Why is God’s wisdom like a treasure to our soul?
What does God’s wisdom do in our lives when we apply it?
What can you do to better apply God’s wisdom in your life?

Wednesday – Read Romans 15:1-7
According to verse 4, what is one reason God has recorded and preserved His word for us?
How does God use His word to give us endurance and encouragement? How does it create unity among believers?
What is God trying to teach you in these days? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read Acts 1:4-8
What did Jesus tell the disciples here? Why?
What would have happened had they said, “We know what Jesus wants us to do, why wait, let’s get to it now?”
Why does God sometimes have us wait even when we know what He wants us to do? What can happen if we don’t wait?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read I Corinthians 2:9-16
How might you describe what God has planned and prepared for His people?
How can we know and follow the mind of Jesus?
In what area do you need to know the mind of Jesus? Ask Him to reveal it to you.

Saturday – Read Mark 14:43-72

Monday – Read Deuteronomy 6:4-9
According to this passage, what place should God hold in our lives?
Why are we to talk to our children/family about this?
How can we live to show our love for God to the people around us?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Matthew 22:34-40
What did Jesus say was the greatest commandment in the Law?
Which is harder, to love God whom you can’t see or to love your neighbor whom you do see? Why?
How do loving God and loving our neighbor as ourselves put the rest of life into perspective and order?

Wednesday – Read Joshua 24:14-15
Living for Jesus and putting Him first in our lives is all about the choices we make. What choice did Joshua make?
Why do we need to make this choice each day?
How does making this choice bring order and peace in our lives?
Who do you choose to serve today?

Thursday – Read Matthew 19:16-26
Jesus gave this man a choice, at what point did he chose to not follow Jesus?
What other kind of things besides wealth can get in the way of us choosing Jesus?
What happens when we choose anything besides Jesus?
What is this passage saying to you? What will you do?

Friday – Read Galatians 5:1-6
Paul is responding to people who insisted that a person is justified by obeying the Old Testament Law. In verse 4, what does Paul say that does to our relationship with Jesus? Why this important to understand?
According to verse 6, how should our faith by expressed?
How can this help others to see Jesus?
How does this passage challenge you? Encourage you?

Saturday – Read Matthew 10:40-42