Week 27

1 Week 27, Day 1: Monday, 6 July 2009 1 Chronicles 27-29 Why does the Bible invest so much space to identifying by name the leadership of the Israelites? (27) What does this imply concerning the importance of Christian leadership today? What was David’s first and primary command to Israel? (28:8) What was David’s charge to Solomon and how was Solomon instructed to serve the Lord? (28:9) Where did David get the plans for the Temple? (28:12) Is God concerned with how specifically we worship Him? (28:13-19) What Command did David give Solomon that had been given to the leaders of Israel since the time of Moses? (28:20) Why did the Israelites rejoice? (29:9) What pleases the Lord? (29:17) What was David’s prayer for his Son Solomon? (29:19) Proverbs 6 Compare 6:1-5 with Romans 13:8. What reveals what is in a person’s heart? (6:12-14, 16-19) What does God use daily to keep you from sin? (6:23) Where does temptation start? (6:25; compare with Matthew 5:27, 28 and Job 31:1) Philippians 2 If you are united with Christ and in fellowship with the Spirit, how should your relationships with others be affected? (2:1-4) What attitude should we share with Christ? (2:7) How should we do everything? (2:14) Why? (2:15, 16)

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How should Christians be different? (2:21) Week 27, Day 2: Tuesday, 7 July 2009 2 Chronicles 1, 2 How did Solomon establish firm rule? (1:1) Why did Solomon choose Gibeon to speak to the whole assembly? (1:3) What did Solomon desire from God that set him apart from other rulers? (1:10) Was Solomon a witness before a watching world? (2:11, 12) Proverbs 7 What do young men often lack? (7:7) What is giving in to temptation like? (7:22) Philippians 3 Do we gain righteousness from following the law? (3:9) What should our attitude be toward our daily process of spiritual development? (3:12-14 What motivates the ungodly and with what are they primarily concerned? (3:19) Week 27, Day 3: Wednesday, 8 July 2009 2 Chronicles 3, 4 What was significant about where Solomon built God’s temple? (3:1; see also 1 Chronicles 21) How much care and attention to detail did Solomon place in the construction of God’s temple? (3, 4) Proverbs 8 Is truth “self evident” as America’s Founding Fathers claimed? (8)

3 What does wisdom detest? (8:7) To whom do words of wisdom make sense? (8:9) How does 8:13 relate to 8:7? What does it mean if a person does not hate the evil around them? Philippians 4 When should we rejoice in the Lord? (4:4) What should we be known for? (4:5) How should we respond to the worries of the world? (4:6) What should we think about, and how does that standard compare with what is regularly on your mind? (4:8) What secret had Paul learned from which we could also benefit? (4:12) Week 27, Day 4: Thursday, 9 July 2009 2 Chronicles 5, 6 How did the Levites carry the ark? (5:9) What was in the ark? (5:10) Is it important for a leader to communicate purpose and vision to his followers? (6:4-10) With whom does God keep a covenant? (6:14) How is it possible to be that sort of servant? What was the condition and requirement of God’s promise to David? (6:16) What did the Israelites think caused disaster to fall upon them? (6:24-28) Who alone knows the hearts of men? (6:30) Solomon calls for both punishment and forgiveness for individual sins for what purpose? (6:31) What role was to temple to play for the foreigner? (6:33)

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How did Solomon hope God would deal with a sinful people? (6:36-42) Proverbs 9 Why don’t mockers respond to the calls of wisdom? (9:7-8, 10) What are the traits of the unwise? (9:13) What sort of person wants something for nothing? (9:17, 18) Colossians 1 What were the Colossians know for? (1:5) What was Paul’s hope for the Colossians? (1:10) What is Jesus Christ’s role in creation? (1:16) Who is the head to the church? (1:18) What was Jesus Christ’s purpose? (1:19, 20) If you are a Christian, how has Jesus Christ’s reconciliation changed your condition? (1:21, 22) Week 27, Day 5: Friday, 10 July 2009 2 Chronicles 7, 8 What did the Israelites know about God’s love and was different than their love for God? (7:6) What does revival look like? (7:14) What choice did God place before the Israelites and Solomon? (7:17-22) Proverbs 10 How does 10:2 relate to 9:17, 18? Compare 10:8 with 9:13. What does love do? (10:12)

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How many verses in Proverbs 10 relate to how people speak, and what is the difference between the speech of the wise and the foolish? (10) Colossians 2 What facilitates complete understanding? (2:2) How will false teachers deceive? (2:4, 8) What are we to do after we receive Jesus? (2:6, 7) What is the circumcision of Christ? (2:11, 12) What are some of the characteristics of false teachers? (2:18, 19) Can sin be defeated with will power? (2:23) Week 27, Day 6: Saturday, 11 July 2009 2 Chronicles 9, 10 Did Solomon glorify God before a watching world? (9:8) Was generosity an important part of Solomon’s witness? (9:12) Where did Solomon get his wisdom? (9:23) Who benefited from Solomon’s wisdom? (9:27) How important is it to listen to sound counsel? (10:6-19) Proverbs 11 What is required to become wise? (11:2) What destroys the unfaithful and wicked? (11:3, 5, 6) Who suffers for the sins of the wicked? (11:9, 11) How does 11:14 relate to the account of Rehoboam’s rein in 2 Chronicles 10? Does the Lord take joy in everyone? (11:20)

6 What is the fruit of wisdom? (11:30) Psalm 76 What is the only thing you should fear? (76:7) Week 27, Day 7: Sunday, 12 July 2009 2 Chronicles 11, 12 How does a nation respond to the church when it turns away from God? (11:14) Compare this verse with 2 Timothy 4:3. Compare 12:5-8 with 2 Chronicles 6. What did God want His people to understand when He made them subject to Shishak? (12:8) Despite God’s forgiveness, does God allow practical consequences of sin to remain? (12:9-16) Proverbs 12 How hard is it for a sinner to stop sinning? (5:6, 22, 23) What do we know about crafty people that they need to know? (12:2) How important is it for a man to marry the right woman? (12:4) Can the wicked be truly kind? (12:10) Can fools save themselves? (12:13, 15) What did ancient Jews know about righteousness? (12:28) Psalms 77, 78 What should you do when you are consumed in sorrow and fear? (77:11, 12) What must God’s people pass on to the next generation? (78:4-7) Why must God’s people carefully instruct the next generation? (78:8) What can be said of the life of the unbeliever? (78:33)

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When do people often seek the Lord? (78:34) What patterns do you seen in the relationship between God and His people? (78)