Thursday, November 19, 2015
Psalm 8
1 [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does David write about the name and the glory of God? (v.1)
2) Through whom (or what) has the Lord ordained strength and why? (v.2)
3) Why does the psalmist question the Lord's mindfulness of man? (v.3-5a)
4) What has the Lord crowned man with and given him dominion over? (v.5b-8)
5) What does David proclaim about the Lord, for the second time? (v.9)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What, if anything, has the Lord done for you recently that caused you to wonder why the Lord is so mindful of you?
LIFE LESSONS
7) It is truly amazing that the Lord allows frail human beings to co-labor with Him in establishing His kingdom on this earth.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Psalm 89:11-18 NIV
11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it. 12 You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name. 13 Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted. 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. 15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. 16 They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness. 17 For you are their glory and strength, and by your favor you exalt our horn. 18 Indeed, our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What belongs to the Lord God Almighty? (v.11)
2) What did He create and who (or what) sings at the mention of His name? (v.12)
3) What does the psalmish write concerning the Lord's arm and hands? (v.13)
4) What is the foundation of God's throne and what goes before Him? (v.14)
5) Who is blessed among His creation and how do they demonstrate their reverence the Lord? Why? (v.15-18)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What do you do to reverence and exalt the Lord?
LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord's righteous people rejoice in His Presence and exalt His Person.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Hebrews 3:1-6 KJV
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses [was faithful] in all his house. 3 For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some [man]; but he that built all things [is] God. 5 And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How did the writer of Hebrews address the readers (fellow believers)? (v.1a)
2) Who did the writer of Hebrews tell the readers to take note of (consider)? (v.1b)
3) How did the writer of Hebrews describe our High Priest? (v.2-3)
4) What did he write about God? (v.4)
5) What was written about Moses? (v.5)
6) What did the writer tell us about our Lord Jesus? (v.6)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) What ministry has the Lord appointed you to?
8) Why do you believe that the Lord chose you to fulfill that particular calling?
LIFE LESSONS
9) Every believer is called to the ministry of reconciliation, of restoring the lost to relationship with our Creator.
10) The calling and election of God is not based upon our goodness but upon His.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Isaiah 42:5-9 KJV
5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. 8 I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the prophet declare about the Lord? (v.5)
2) How and why has the Lord called His Servant? (v.6-7)
3) What does the Lord declare about Himself? (v.8-9)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) How would you describe your relationship with the Lord Jesus?
5) From what has the Lord delivered you?
6) What "new things" has the Lord done in your life recently?
PRINCIPLES
The Lord is not only Savior, but the Creator of the heavens and the earth
Our Lord Jesus' ministry was not only to Jewish people, but to the Gentiles
Jesus' ministry was (is) to emancipate all those who were (are) spiritually bound
