Filled with the Fullness of God

Saturday, May 30, 2015
Ephesians 3:14-21 KJV

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What were the reasons that the Apostle Paul prayed for those believers who would read this epistle? (v.14-19)
2) What is our Lord Jesus able to do? (v.20)
3) What was the apostle's benediction for this passage of Scripture? (v.21)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Are you filled with the fullness of Christ and do you have any idea how much the Lord loves you?

LIFE LESSONS
5) To share the love of Christ with others, we must be filled with His love for us.

Love and the Knowledge of God

Monday, May 25, 2015
Hosea 6:1-6 KJV 

1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After the Lord's declaration of impending judgment on Judah, how were the people of God to respond? Why? (v.1-3)
2) What does the Lord declare about His people? (v.4)
3) Why did God send the prophets to them? (v.5-6)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) How receptive are you to repent when the Lord corrects you?

LIFE LESSONS
5) Father God corrects His children to draw us closer to Himself as we seek to know and serve Him.