Monday – Read Ephesians 2:1-10

Why is it important to remember that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus and not by works?

However, God has prepared good works for us to do. How can we know what works He created us to do?

Take time to pray for God to reveal or affirm the works He would have you do in His church and kingdom.

Tuesday – Read Romans 12:1-2

What does it mean to “offer your bodies as living sacrifices?”

Why is this important?

To be a living sacrifice implies more than a one-time event, how can we live a lifestyle of sacrifice?

How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Wednesday – Read Romans 12:3-8

By what measure should we consider how we live for Jesus?

Why is it important to use the proper measure?

What can happen if we use the wrong measure?

Why is it important for every believer to know and use their spiritual gifts?

How does this challenge you? What will you do?

Thursday – Read I Corinthians 12:27-31

Who gives us the spiritual gifts that we receive?

How does God intend for all of the gifts to work together?

How do these different gifts make us dependent on one another to fulfill the work that God has given us?

Friday – Read Ephesians 4:11-16

What is God’s purpose for the spiritual gifts He gives us?

How does the operation of each gift allow us to mature in Jesus?

How important is each gift to the Christ’s church and kingdom?

How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Saturday – Read Luke 1:26-38

Monday – Read Isaiah 42:1-9

In Matthew 12:15-21, this passage is applied to Jesus.

What does this passage tell us about the work of Jesus?

How would you describe His approach to those who need His salvation?

Why are we able to put our hope in Him?

What does this say to you about how to share Jesus with others?

Tuesday – Read Isaiah 42:10-12

Why can we praise the Lord?

How far is His praise to extend?

How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Wednesday – Read Isaiah 43:8-13

How can people have ears but be deaf and have eyes but be blind?

How can we be God’s witnesses?

What other savior is there besides Jesus?

Why does the world need to know this?

Thursday – Read Isaiah 43:14-19

God recounts what He had done on behalf of His people, but in verse 18 what does He call them to do?

Why do we sometimes miss the new things that God is doing?

What can we do to see them and join Him in them?

How is God challenging you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read Ephesians 2:4-10

By what are we saved?

Why?

How should we respond?

What impact does our response to being saved by grace have on other people?

How can you better share this truth with the people you know?

Saturday – Read Luke 1:5-17

Monday – Read Romans 10:9-13

Who can be saved by believing in Jesus and confessing Him as Lord?

Would you agree that to be saved is simple but a hard thing to do?

Why is that?

How is Jesus challenging you? What will you do?

Tuesday – Read I Timothy 2:1-7

Who does God want to be saved?

What has God done to make that possible?

According to verses 1-3, how should we live so that people may see Jesus?

How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Wednesday – Read II Corinthians 4:1-6

How has Satan blinded the minds of unbelievers?

How can we as followers of Jesus help them to see Him?

How important is it that we grow in our knowledge of Jesus?

What will you do to continue growing in knowledge and faith?

Thursday – Read Romans 15:13

What do we receive when we grow in trust in God?

How do we grow in trust?

Take time to examine your life and ask God to show you the areas of your life where you need to trust Him more.

Friday – Read I Corinthians 16:13-14

What are we called to do here?

Which of these things seems the easiest for you?

Which of these things seems the hardest for you?

If something is hard for us, in whose power and strength may we do it?

Why is it so important for us to do these things, and all things, in love?

How is God challenging you? What will you do?

Saturday – Read Isaiah 42:10-12

Monday – Read John 13:34-35

How are we as believers to love one another? Who is our example?

What did this kind of love cost Jesus? What did it cost us?

Why is the love of Jesus’ people such a powerful testimony to His resence in our lives?

How is Jesus challenging you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Galatians 6:2

What does it mean to “carry each other’s burdens?”

How does prayer factor in?

How does this fulfill the law of Christ? See Matthew 22:34-40

How is God challenging you? How will you respond?

Wednesday – Read Nehemiah 8:1-18

What happened when God’s word was read in public?

Why could this happen?

Can this still happen today? Why?

How does this challenge you? What will you do?

Thursday – Read James 1:19-25

How does God’s word clean sin from our lives?

Why is it important to not just know God’s word but to do it?

What promise is given in verse 25 for those who know and do God’s word?

How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read II Peter 3:18 and Revelation 22:21

How important is it that we know and grow in God’s grace?

How does growing in our knowledge of Jesus help us do that?

How significant is it that the last verse of the Bible involves God’s grace?

What are these verses saying to you? How will you respond?

Saturday – Read Luke 1:1-4