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Week 14, Day 1: Monday, 6 April 2009

Deuteronomy 29, 30

What have you seen the Lord do in your life? (29:2)

How enables your understanding? (29:4)

Does God hold us accountable to His Word? (29:19-29)

Does God anticipate your sin? (30:2)

Is God merciful? (30:4)

Does God use your failures to draw you closer to Him? (30:6)

Are God’s commands and desires hard to understand or mysterious? (30:11-14)

Proverbs 6

Can the discerning see God’s truths revealed in God’s creation? (6:6)

Does God expect you to work hard? (6:9)

What does God hate? (6:16-19)

What is God’s plan for the family unit? (6:20)

What is the way to life? (6:23)

Can a Christian live on the edge? (6:28)

Mark 10

What is God’ plan for marriage? (10:5-9)

Does God require total surrender? (10:20-23)

Can man receive salvation by effort? (10:27)

Is there a risk of approaching worship for selfish purposes? (10:37)

Was the blind man calling to Jesus for selfish reasons? Does God accept imperfect
worship? (10:46-52)
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Week 14, Day 2: Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Deuteronomy 31, 32

God commanded His people to be _____ and _____. Why? (31:6)

God commanded His people not to be ______ or _______. Why? (31:8)

Who did God want to hear His Word and why? (31:12)

Does God know the sins you will commit? (31:15-18)

What techniques does God use to help His people resist sin? (31:19)

What does God know about His people? (31:27)

Vengeance belongs to whom? (32:35)

How foolish is it for you to trust in something other than God? (32:37)

Why should you know God’s Word? (32:46, 47)

Are there consequences for sin? (32:51)

Proverbs 7

How does God expect you to approach Bible study? (7:1, 2)

Mark 11

Did Jesus always avoid conflict? Was he always peaceable? (11:12-17)

What can hinder your prayers? (11:24, 25) Compare with Luke 11:4.

Why couldn’t the teachers of the law acknowledge Jesus’ power? (11:27-33)

Week 14, Day 3: Wednesday, 8 April 2009

Deuteronomy 33, 34

How seriously should you take obedience to God’s Word? (33:9)

Does God deal with His people different ways based on His unique relationship with
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them? (33)

What kind of relationship did Moses have with God? (34:10) Did God still hold Moses
accountable and discipline him?

CONGRATULATIONS ON FINISHING ANOTHER BIBLE BOOK!

Proverbs 8

Is it hard to understand what is right and wrong? (8:1)

What does God hate? (8:13)

Compare 8:17 with Matthew 7:8.

Where does much of our pain come from? (8:36)

Mark 12

Did the Pharisees and Herodians mean what they said about Jesus? (12:14, 15)

Why were Jesus’ critics in error? (12:24)

Jesus proved the Sadducees wrong by pointing out the tense of a verb in God’s
Word. How many Christians know God’s Word that well? (12:26)

Is there a wrong way to diligently study Scripture? (12:38-40)

Week 14, Day 4: Thursday, 9 April 2009

Joshua 1, 2

What is the title given Moses? Is this what you are called by others? (1:2)

Do the Jews live in the Promised Land today? (1:4)

Does God abandon His children (1:5)

God wants His people to be ______ and _______ (1:6, 7)

Is there practical value for obeying God? (1:7) Should this be our primary motivation
for obedience?

How does God want you to treat His Word? (1:8)

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God commands you to never be _______ or _______ (1:9) Why?

Rahab lied. Does God condone this? Is there ever a time when deception is allowed?
(2:4-7)

Was God being glorified among the unbelievers? (2:8-11)

Did Jericho’s fear of God and knowledge of Him cause them to surrender to God and
worship Him as God? (2:11)

Do you think the scarlet cord is an anyway symbolic of blood? (2:18 see also Exodus
12)

Proverbs 9

How do you become wise? (9:6)

What is one attribute that distinguishes the wise from fools? (9:8, 9)

What is the foundation of wisdom? (9:10)

What is the connection between discipline and wisdom? (9:13)

Mark 13

What are people impressed with? (13:1)

What are the two questions asked of Jesus? (13:4)

What should be our attitude concerning strife in the world? (13:7, 9, 11)

Will God keep His people from persecution? (13:11)

Who are you to rely on during persecution? (13:11)

What happens to the closest of relations among nonbelievers during trials? (13:12)

Are Christians called to be on guard? (13:22)

When will Jesus gather His elect? (13:26)

Who is Jesus referring to when he says “this generation?”

God commands everyone to ________. (13:36)

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Week 14, Day 5: Friday, 10 April 2009

Joshua 3, 4

Did the flood waters part so the priest could step in, or did the priest have to step in
first? (3:15)

How does this story compare to the crossing of the Red Sea (4:23, 24)?

How do you think this event affected the psyche of the Israelites’ enemies?

What is the first thing God demanded of His people when they entered the Promised
Land? (4:3)

Who was to benefit from the erecting of a monument? (4:6)

Why did God part the Red Sea and Jordan River? (4:24)

Proverbs 10

What does God desire the family unit to consist of? (10:1)

Who do the wicked resist against? (10:3)

How does work ethic relate to wisdom? (10:4, 5)

What type of people are known for violence? (10:6; compare with Genesis 6:13)

What do most people remember today about Pharaoh and Herod? (10:7)

What type of person like to run his mouth? (10:8, 19)

How much more complicated, stressful, and painful is a deceiver’s life? (10:9-11)

What do Christians do? (10:12)

Where do many foolishly place their confidence? (10:15)

What is the way to life? (10:17)

Does your sin affect others? (10:17)

What destroys to fool? (10:21)

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How many times are the mouth, tongue, lips, and speech mentioned in Proverbs 10?
What do you think God is trying to say?

Mark 14

Who did the priests fear more than God? (14:2)

Were the people really thinking about the poor? (14:7)

Will God reveal to you the weaknesses you don’t see in yourself? (14:29-31)

Despite knowing that Peter would deny Him, who did Jesus ask to be with him in
Gethsemane? (14:33)
Did Jesus feel that God’s sovereignty could include alternatives? (14:36)

Compare Mark 14:61 with Isaiah 53:7.

Week 14, Day 6: Saturday, 11 April 2009

Joshua 5, 6

How many that originally left Egypt made it to the Promised Land? Why? (5:4-7)

Was circumcising the men in enemy territory a seemingly risky move? (5:5:8)

How long did the Israelite nation eat manna? What were the characteristic of
manna? When did manna stop? Is there a natural explanation for this? (5:12; see
also Exodus 16)

Who is the commander of the Lord’s army and who does he favor? (5:13-16)

Who defeats Jericho? (6:2)

Why would God give this command? (6:21)

When was the book of Joshua written? (6:25)

Remember the curse Joshua pronounces. This will likely become important later.
(6:26; see 1Kings 16:34 if curiosity is killing you)

Proverbs 11

Does God delight in your honesty? (11:1)

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What does humility bring? (11:2)

What destroys the unfaithful? (11:3)

What brings down the wicked? (11:5)

Are unbelievers trapped in sin? (11:6)

What happens to the wicked when they die? (11:7)

What is a source of protection against the godless? (11:9)

What does a person with understanding do? (11:12)

What happens to a nation when the godless are in charge? (11:11, 14)

What is more valuable, respect or riches? (11:16)

What sort of righteous man obtains life? (11:19)

Who is free from God’s punishment? (11:21) Psalm 14:3 says no one is good, so how
can anyone have hope?

Compare 11:28 with 10:5

Who is wise? (11:30)

Psalm 40

Is God’s timing your timing? (40:1)

How does a Christian’s life glorify God? (40:3)

Are we to keep our religion to ourselves? (40:9, 10)

Consider how 40:12, 13, and 16 relate with Proverbs 11:21.

Week 14, Day 7: Sunday, 12 April 2009

Joshua 7, 8

Do individual sins affect the group? (7:1) Do we comprehend the ripple effect of our
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Are we often quick to lose faith in times of failure? Does God’s discipline equal total
rejection? (7:7)

How does God view compromise? (7:11-26)

Proverbs 12

How should we feel about God’s discipline in our lives? (12:1)

Can genuine kindness come from the godless? (12:10)

Compare 12:13 with 11:6

Are your conversations healing? (12:18)

Compare 12:22 with 11:1. Why do you think God’s Word says certain things over
and over?

What happens to lazy people? (12:24) Is this the position best suited for Christ’s
ambassadors?

Compare 12:25 with 12:18.

Righteousness leads to ________. (12:28)

Psalms 41, 42

Does God treat you the way you treat others? (41:1, 2)

What did David attribute to his illness? (41:4)

How do Christians and unbelievers respond differently to those undergoing trials?

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Do you thirst for God? (42:2)

Does it sometimes seem like God has forgotten you? (42:9)

When you feel downcast, what should you do? (42:5, 6, 11)