1 Week 49, Day 1: Monday, 7 December 2009 Hosea

1 Week 49, Day 1: Monday, 7 December 2009 Hosea 6, 7 How many days were appointed for the restoration process? (6:2) What does God desire more than religious activity? (6:6) Do sinners understand the depth of their depravity and the seriousness of their deeds? (7:2, 9, 11) What does God long for? (7:13) Is sorrow the same as repentance? (7:14) Proverbs 7 Are there places that you should avoid to prevent being tempted by sin? (7:8, 9) How often do you here adultery and promiscuity justified as acts of love? (7:18) Revelation 3 Does God see things the way the world does? (3:1) Is hearing enough? (3:3) How important is obedience to God? (3:8, 10) Week 49, Day 2: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 Hosea 8, 9 Do cries for forgiveness always signal repentance? (8:1-3) What does God desire more than sacrifice? (8:13; see also Psalms 40:6, and 51:16). How does God feel about the sacrifices of the wicked? (9:4; see also Proverbs 15:8) How does a wicked society view God’s faithful witnesses? (9:7) Is there any future for the godless? (9:11-16) Proverbs 8 What does the Lord hate, and if you fear the Lord, what should you hate? (8:13)

2 Who does wisdom love? (8:17) Revelation 4 What occurs continuously in heaven? (4:8) What is the only attribute of God repeated three times in the Bible? (4:8) Week 49, Day 3: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 Hosea 10, 11 A society full of law suits reveals what about that society? (10:4) When will God punish? (10:10) What should be our response to the Lord’s discipline? (10:12) What do the wicked place their trust in? (10:13) What was Israel’s problem? (11:5) Proverbs 9 How do the wise and foolish respond to rebuke differently? (9:8) Will you reap what you sow? (9:12) Revelation 5 Who is the Lion/Lamb? (5:5, 6) Why is the Lion/Lamb worthy to read the scroll? (5:9) What has God made us to be? (5:10) Week 49, Day 4: Thursday, 10 December 2009 Hosea 12-14 How should we live? (12:6) What happens to a people that reject the Lord? (13:3) Why did Israel forget God? (13:6)

3 What leads to downfall? (14:1) Proverbs 10 Compare 10:8, 17 with 9:8, 12. Revelation 6 Does God know exactly who will be persecuted for their faith? (6:11) Week 49, Day 5: Friday, 11 December 2009 Joel 1-3 Do the godless understand the relationship between faithfulness and circumstances? (1:5) How does God punish nations? (1:16, 2:2) What should be the response to sin? (2:12-14) How should religious leaders respond to a nation’s sins? (2:17) Can the Lord completely restore you after sin? (2:25) Why does God bless and punish? (2:27) What does war do to the productivity of a nation? (3:10) Who decides? (3:14) Proverbs 11 How does 11:2, 31 relate to what you have read in Hosea? Revelation 7 How many come out of the great tribulation? (7:9) Week 49, Day 6: Saturday, 12 December 2009 Obadiah 1 What is at the root of our sin? (verse 3) What is God’s general rule for justice? (verse 15)

4 Proverbs 12 Who receives favor from the Lord? (12:2) Psalm 143 What should be our prayer to the Lord? (143:8, 10) Week 48, Day 7: Sunday, 13 December 2009 Amos 1, 2 How does God respond to a nation’s injustice? (1) What often happens to the church in a sinful nation? (2:12) Proverbs 13 What is the mark of wisdom? (13:10) Why does God discipline His children? (13:24) Psalms 144 Who is blessed? (144:15)