August 26, 2018

Readings for this week:

26 August                   Ecclesiastes 6-7/Psalms 95-96                 

27 August                   Ecclesiastes 8-9/I Timothy 1                     

28 August                   Ecclesiastes 10-11/I Timothy 2                 

29 August                   Ecclesiastes 12/I Timothy 3                      

30 August                   Song of Solomon 1-2/Psalms 97-98         

31 August                   Song of Solomon 3-4/I Timothy 4 

01 September            Song of Solomon 5-6/I Timothy 5 

 

Things to look for as you read this week:

• Paul cherished a deep affection for Timothy. How does Paul describe his relationship to him?
• When all is said and done, what is the basic thing that people should do, according to Ecclesiastes?

 

Last week's answers:

• Proverbs mentions four things that are small, but wise. What are they? (Ants, badgers, locusts, and lizards—Proverbs 30:24-28)
• How does Paul encourage the Thessalonians who are concerned about their loved ones who have died? (Paul tells them that their loved ones, dead in Christ, will rise to meet Him and will be with the Lord forever.—I Thessalonians 4:16-17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 19, 2018

Readings for this week:

19 August       Proverbs 23-24/Psalms 92-93                    

20 August       Proverbs 25-26/I Thessalonians 4                       

21 August       Proverbs 27-28/I Thessalonians 5                       

22 August       Proverbs 29-30/2 Thessalonians 1                       

23 August       Proverbs 31/Psalm 94         

24 August       Ecclesiastes 1-3/2 Thessalonians 2        

25 August       Ecclesiastes 4-5/2 Thessalonians 3        

 

Things to look for as you read this week:

• Proverbs mentions four things that are small, but wise. What are they?
• How does Paul encourage the Thessalonians who are concerned about their loved ones who have died?

 

Last week's answers:

• What was Luke's occupation? (Physician—Colossians 4:14)
• What psalm does the devil quote in tempting Jesus to throw himself down from the pinnacle of the temple? (Psalm 91—Matthew 4:6)
• Whom did Paul send to Thessalonica to find out how the church he had founded was faring? (Timothy—I Thessalonians 3:2) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 12, 2018

Readings for this week:

12 August       Proverbs 9-10/Psalm 90                  

13 August       Proverbs 11-12/Colossians 3                     

14 August       Proverbs 13-14/Colossians 4                     

15 August       Proverbs 15-16/I Thessalonians 1                       

16 August       Proverbs 17-18/Psalm 91    

17 August       Proverbs 19-20/I Thessalonians 2           

18 August       Proverbs 21-22/I Thessalonians 3           

 

Things to look for as you read this week:

• What was Luke's occupation?
• What psalm does the devil quote in tempting Jesus to throw himself down from the pinnacle of the temple?
• Whom did Paul send to Thessalonica to find out how the church he had founded was faring?

 

Last week's answers:

• In what form does God appear to Job when He answers Job's questions? (God speaks to Job out of a whirlwind.—Job 38:1; 40:6)
• Whom does Paul plan to send to the Philippians to bring back news about them? (Timothy—Philippians 2:19)
• Does God conclude that Job or his friends are more accurate in what they have said about God's ways? (God concludes that Job has spoken more accurately about His ways.—Job 42:7)
• To what Jewish tribe does Paul belong? (The tribe of Benjamin—Philippians 3:5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 5, 2018

Readings for this week:

05 August       Job 37-38/Psalm 88             

06 August       Job 39-40/Philippians 2                 

07 August       Job 41-42/Philippians 3                 

08 August       Proverbs 1-2/Philippians 4            

09 August       Proverbs 3-4/Psalm 89        

10 August       Proverbs 5-6/Colossians 1 

11 August       Proverbs 7-8/Colossians 2 

 

Things to look for as you read this week:

• In what form does God appear to Job when He answers Job's questions?
• Whom does Paul plan to send to the Philippians to bring back news about them?
• Does God conclude that Job or his friends are more accurate in what they have said about God's ways?
• To what Jewish tribe does Paul belong?

 

Last week's answers:

• When Jesus is dying on the cross, who affirms that He is innocent? (A Roman centurion—Luke 23:47)
• Job's "friends" insist that his sufferings must be due to some great sin in his life. Does Job admit their charges? (He does not.—Job 31)