1 Week 31, Day 1: Monday, 3 August 2009 Nehemiah

1 Week 31, Day 1: Monday, 3 August 2009 Nehemiah 9, 10 Why did the Israelites separate themselves from all foreigners to worship God? (9:2) What is the longest amount of time you have spent in confession before the Lord? (9:3) What is usually one of the first things God’s people proclaim about Him? (9:6) What commandment is singled out for mention by the Israelites? (9:14) What begins the path to destruction? (9:16, 17) What is the result of following men as leaders? (9:17) Why aren’t God’s people totally destroyed? (9:19) What instructs God’s people? (9:20) What is the first sign of rebellion? (9:26) How and why does God punish? (9:27) What is God’s instrument for spiritual development and sanctification? (9:29) What does every man need to understand about God? (9:33) What commitment did all the Israelites reconfirm? (10:29) How did the Israelites’ commitment to honor the Sabbath impact the whole world? (10:31) What helped the Israelites prevent the temptation of usury? (10:31) Proverbs 3 What brings health to the body? (3:8) Who does the Lord discipline? (3:12) Who does the Lord take into His confidence? (3:32)

2 Luke 6 What did Jesus teach concerning the Sabbath? (6:1-10) How did Jesus pray? (6:12) How will the world characterize God’s people? (6:22) How are we to treat our enemies? (6:27-36) How is the “judging” we are forbidden from related to “condemnation?” Is a Christian in a position to condemn anyone? (6:37) Does God forgive you in the same manner you forgive others? (6:38) What does what you do and say reveal about your heart? (6:43-45) Did Jesus consider obedience to be vital to a healthy relationship with the Lord? (6:46-49) Week 31, Day 2: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 Nehemiah 11-13 Are there many ways to serve the Lord that may not be considered by most to be spiritual? (11:19) How much planning, organization, training, discipline, and attention to detail went into the ceremonial Worship of the Lord? (12) What does God due to evil directed at His people? (13:2) What happens without the continual supervision of godly, committed leadership? (13:4-12) Why are laws and regulations required for God’s people? (13:19-22) Are God’s servants always peaceable? (13:23-25; see also John 2:15) What led Solomon to sin? (13:26) Proverbs 4 How does Proverbs 4 relate to Luke 6?

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Luke 7 What did the centurion understand apparently better than anyone else in Israel? (7:1-10) Why did Jesus help the widow? (7:13) Was John’s faith weakened in prison? (7:19) Can the proud of spirit and the arrogant be reached by any approach? (7:29-35) Can any man make amends to God for His sins? (7:42) Did Jesus mince words in order to avoid conflict or an awkward situation? Did Jesus speak to the Pharisee out of compassion for him? (7:44-47) Week 31, Day 3: Wednesday, 5 August 2009 Ester 1, 2 What was occurring culturally in Xerxes’ kingdom the so greatly troubled the wise men? (1) How terrible was Xerxes’ command to captive Jews? (2:8) Does God work through circumstances, transparent to most, to bless His people? (2:19-23) Proverbs 5 What does a lack of discipline and obedience lead to? (5:14) Is there such thing as secret sin? (5:21) Luke 8 Who supported Jesus’ ministry financially? (8:3) What impact does God’s Word have on you? (8:11-15) Does God expect a response to His Word, and does your spiritual growth depend on how you respond to what you currently understand? (8:18, 21)

4 Can anything foil God’s plans? Should you worry about what you cannot control but what God does control? (8:25) What should be our response to God’s blessings in our life? (8:39) What was the impact of the healed man’s testimony and witness? (8:40) How did Jesus know the woman had touched him? (8:46) Why was the woman scared to admit that she had touched Jesus? (8:47; see also Leviticus 22:3, and 15:19, 25) Over what did Jesus prove to have power? (8) Week 31, Day 4: Thursday, 6 August 2009 Ester 3, 4 How did Mordecai’s civil disobedience compare with that of the kings first wife? Was civil disobedience of any kind to be tolerated in the kingdom? (1) How did Mordecai’s obedience to the Lord bring trouble to all of God’s people? (3:16) How dangerous can absolute power become in the hands of men? (3:12-14) What did Mordecai know about his God? (4:14) Will God accomplish His purposes with our without your obedience? What is the only thing that changes if you fail to respond to opportunities with obedience? (4:12-14) Proverbs 6 What does the Lord hate? (6:16-19) How does God feel about adultery? (Proverbs chapters 5-7) Luke 9 What does it take to follow Jesus? (9:23, 24) Can a person walk a straight path while looking backwards? (9:62) Week 31, Day 5: Friday, 7 August 2009

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Ester 5, 6 How does Proverbs 16:18 speak to Haman? (5:9-14) How does God work to accomplish His purposes in a way that reveals His glory to those who have eyes to see it? (6) Proverbs 7 How does God feel about adultery? (Proverbs chapters 5-7) Luke 10 Does God know that His people will suffer persecution as they spread God’s Word to a sinful world? (10:3) Who reveals the Father to others? (10:22) What was the motive behind the expert of the law’s questions to Jesus? (10:29) What is the one thing that matters in life? (10:42) Week 31, Day 6: Saturday, 8 August 2009 Ester 7, 8 How does Proverbs 26:27 speak of Haman’s fate? (7) How quickly can God completely reverse a seemingly helpless situation? (8) Proverbs 8 What does it take to become wise? (8:17) Psalm 88 Have you ever felt as if God has rejected you? (88) Week 31, Day 7: Sunday, 9 August 2009 Ester 9, 10 Is it important for God’s people to commemorate God’s blessings for generations?

6 (9) How does God use His servants to glorify His name before a watching world? (10) Proverbs 9 What is the difference between how wise men and fools respond to rebukes? (9:8) Psalms 89, 90 Do you declare the Lord’s faithfulness to the world? (89:2) How does God respond to the sins of His people? (89:30-33) How should consideration of our mortality affect our hearts? (90)