Home Study February 10^th to 15^th

Monday – Read Genesis 1:26-27
How does your perceived identity affect your everyday life?
From what are you prone to get your identity, other than Jesus? (I. E. Items, duties, others, longings, sufferings?)
What does being made in the image of God mean to you?

Tuesday –Read Ephesians 1:1-14
What is the difference between biography and testimony?
What does it mean to you to be "in Christ"?
How does understanding your identity in Christ help you battle false identities?

Wednesday – Read Acts 20:17-38
How does Paul describe his ministry in Ephesus?
How does the Holy Spirit guide Paul's steps?
What emotions do you see from Paul toward the elders, and the elders toward Paul?

Thursday – Read Ephesians 2:11-22
What does it mean to be in Christ?
How is Christ Jesus your Cornerstone?
This week memorize verse 22.

Friday- Read Acts 19:23-41
How did Paul's preaching the gospel of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit opening people’s hearts to the Word of God, affect the people of Ephesus?
Why did Demetrius object to Paul's teaching?
What did Demetrius and the Ephesians riots love?
Who protected Paul?

Saturday – Read Ephesians 3:14-21

Monday – Read Proverbs 3:5-8
What does it mean to trust in the Lord and not our own understanding?
What does it mean to acknowledge God in all our ways?
Why is this kind of submission crucial to knowing God’s will?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Proverbs 3:33-35
How does God feel about human pride?
Why is He so emphatic about this?
How can pride damage our relationship with God and with other people?
How strongly should we deal with pride in our lives?
How does this passage challenge you? What will you do?

Wednesday – Read Proverbs 16:18-19
What are some pitfalls of pride?
What are some benefits of humility?
Think of a time when pride got you into trouble, how could humility have helped you or protected someone from you?
Why is humility better than riches?

Thursday – Read I Peter 5:5-7
Why do you think humility is so important to God?
How does pride get in the way or receiving God’s grace?
How does pride keep us from experiencing God’s care?
How does this passage challenge you? What will you do?

Friday – Read James 4:1-3
What are some reasons we don’t see more answers to our prayers?
How does pride play into this?
How can humility open us to pray more effectively?
What is Jesus saying to you? What will you do?

Saturday – Read Ephesians 2:1-10

Monday – Read II Corinthians 7:8-10
Why does worldly sorrow bring death?
Why does Godly sorrow lead to forgiveness, salvation and life?
If we are living in worldly sorrow and shame, what should we do?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Titus 3:1-8
How are we saved?
What does the washing, rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit mean in our lives?
Are you living in the truth of this work of the Holy Spirit?
What is Jesus saying to you? What will you do?

Wednesday – Read John 13:34-35
Who set the example of the love we are to show to one another?
What stands out to you about this love?
What does Jesus intend for our love for each other to do in the lives of other people?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read I Corinthians 12:12-26
How is the church like a sports team?
What happens if someone isn’t using their spiritual gift?
What is your gift and how does God want to use it in the work of our church?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read Philippians 3:12-14
Do you find yourself spending more time looking backwards or forwards in your relationship with Jesus?
What is He doing in your life and our church in these days?
Is there anything from your past that is hindering your present?
What do you need Jesus to do in you? Ask Him.

Saturday – Read Matthew 9:1-8

Monday – Read Ephesians 1:18-23
How complete is Jesus’ victory over the forces of evil?
What does it mean that God placed everything under Jesus’ feet?
What hope does that give us as we trust in Him?
What do you need Jesus to do in you today?
Invite Him to bring His power to work in you.

Tuesday – Ephesians 6:10-18
According to this passage who is our struggle with?
Why is it important to understand that?
As you read through this listing of the armor of God, how does each part work to protect us from attack?
Take time daily to prayerfully put this armor on.

Wednesday – Read II Corinthians 10:3-6
Besides the armor of God, what weapons has God given us to oppose and defeat our enemies?
What happens if we try to defeat evil with the weapons of the world?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read Colossians 3:1-11
What jumps out at you in this passage?
What does it mean to “put to death” whatever belongs to our earthly nature?
How do we do that?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read Colossians 3:12-17
What jumps out at you in this passage?
How easy is it to live as described here? Whose help do we need?
Which of these attitudes or actions do you find to be hardest to do?
Invite the Holy Spirit to be working in that area of your life.

Saturday – Read Matthew 9:1-8

Monday – Read I Peter 3:8-12
How are we called to treat our Christian brothers and sisters?
How are we to repay insults and evil in our lives? Why?
How are we to live so God’s ear is attentive to our prayers?
What is God saying to you? What will you do?

Tuesday – Read James 2:14-17
How do these verses about faith also apply to love?
Is love to be static or should it result in action?
What kind of action should accompany our love?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Wednesday – Read I Corinthians 13:4-8a
When it comes to the actions of love, how are you doing?
In what areas of your life is it hardest for you to show love?
How can you better show love in that area?
How does this passage challenge you? Encourage you?
What will you do?

Thursday – Read Romans 5:1-5
How do we receive peace with God?
How does God work through our hardships?
How does hope allow us to love more completely?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read Psalm 68:1-3
How does the overcoming love we show to others reveal and lift up God?
Why can’t God’s enemies stand up to Him?
How does that apply to your life?
How does this passage encourage you? What will you do?

Saturday – Read Matthew 8:28-34

Monday – Read John 3:16-21
Why does God save us?
If someone has not experienced God’s salvation whose choice is that – God’s or their own?
How can you more fully shine the light of Jesus so that others may see Him and come to know Him?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read I John 4:7-11
What does God’s love in us say about us?
Since God loved us first, how should we respond?
How does our love show, or not show, God to the world?
What is God saying to you? What will you do?

Wednesday – Read Romans 5:6-11
What is significant about Jesus’ death for us?
If Jesus died for us while we were still sinners, what does that say about God’s love for us?
What does this say about how we should love and relate to those who do not yet know Jesus?
How is this different from how some in the church act towards people who do not yet know Jesus?
How does this challenge you? How will you respond?

Thursday – Read I Corinthians 2:6-16
According to verse 14, why do the people who do not follow Jesus not understand His truth or ways?
How should we respond – with judgment or patience?
How does love help us to respond appropriately?
What do we have to help us live according to the ways of Jesus?
What is God saying to you? How will you respond?

Friday – Read Galatians 5:1-5
Are you living in the freedom Jesus gives you?
What robs you of that freedom? How can you respond?
How is our faith to be expressed?
How does this challenge you? Encourage you?
What is God saying to you? What will you do?

Saturday – Read Romans 12:9-21

Monday – Read I John 3:1-3
How great is God’s love for us/you?
What does it mean to be a child of God?
How should that understanding change and transform our lives?
How does this passage bless you? Challenge you?

Tuesday – Read Romans 5:1-8
Did Jesus die for the righteous or the ungodly?
What does this tell us about the depth of His love?
How should this impact how we view ourselves? Others?
How does this passage encourage you? Challenge you?
What will you do?

Wednesday – Read Luke 2:1-20
Allow the beauty of the birth of Jesus, and this demonstration of God’s immeasurable love, speak to your heart today.

Thursday – Read John 10:1-5
How can we recognize the voice of Jesus in our lives?
What does it mean that Jesus goes on ahead of you when you follow Him?
What confidence can that give us?
What hope does that give us?
Where is Jesus leading your life in these days?
Are you following Him?

Friday – Read I John 4:7-12
If we don’t love others what does that say about our relationship with God?
How did God show His love to us?
How is the love we show a testimony to who God is?
To love like God is a real challenge for us, how can we grow in our ability to show that kind of love?
How does this passage challenge you? How will you respond?

Saturday – Read Revelation 3:7-8

Monday – Read Galatians 4:4-7
How does it make you feel to know that God had both a plan and a time to make it possible for us to become His children?
What does it mean to us that we are children of God?
How important is it to continue to seek God’s plan and timing in our lives today?
What is Jesus saying to you? How will you respond?

Tuesday – Read Luke 1:5-23
What was wrong with Zechariah’s question?
How was God’s timing different from Zechariah’s and Elizabeth’s?
How does this encourage you? How does it challenge you?

Wednesday – Read I Corinthians 1:26-30
Why does God choose to work in such a vastly different way than the World does?
How are God’s values different from the values of the world’s system?
What does this tell us about the importance of living God’s way?

Thursday – Read Romans 3:21-24
Why is it important to realize that we have all sinned and we cannot save ourselves?
How should being saved by grace through faith in Jesus influence the way that we relate to others as we share Jesus with them?
How does this passage encourage you? How does it challenge you?
How will you respond?

Friday – Read I Corinthians 9:30-33
What is the risk of pursuing righteousness by works?
How does our pursuit of works blind us to who Jesus is and what He is doing?
What challenge does this passage set for us as we seek to live for Jesus? As we seek to share the truth of Jesus?

Saturday – Read Matthew 1:18-25

Monday – Read Luke 8:40-48
What did this experience tell the disciples about Jesus?
Why was this important for them to know?
How does this help to increase your faith?
How does it encourage you?
What will you do?

Tuesday – Read Luke 8:49-56
What did this experience tell the disciples about Jesus?
Why was this important for them to know?
How does this help to increase your faith?
What does it mean to your life?

Wednesday – Read Ephesians 1:18-23
What did Paul for the believers in Ephesus?
Why did he want them to see the power of God in their lives?
Why is it important for you to understand the power that God brings into your life?
Take time to pray this prayer for yourself, your family and our church.

Thursday – Read Colossians 1:9-14
What did Paul pray for the believers in Colosse?
Why was this important?
Why is it important for us to fill us with the knowledge of His will?
Take time to pray this prayer for yourself, your family and our church.

Friday – Read Acts 12:1-17
What do you suppose the believers at the house of Mary were praying for?
How did they respond when the answer to their prayer showed up?
Why did they almost miss this miracle of God?
What did they learn about God through this difficulty?
What has God been teaching you through the difficulties you are facing in these days?
Ask Him to reveal Himself to you.

Saturday – Read Luke 1:26-38

Monday – Read Psalm 96:1-13
For what does the Psalmist praise the Lord in this psalm?
How should we respond to this call to praise?

Tuesday – Read Psalm 100:1-4
What reasons for joy does the psalmist mention here?
What are some ways of expressing our joy does he mention here?
Take time to express your thanks to God.

Wednesday – Read Psalm 98:1-9
For what reasons does the psalmist praise the Lord in this psalm?
What are some ways that the psalmist calls people to praise the Lord?
What are some ways that you can praise the Lord today?
Take time to praise Him.

Thursday – Read Psalm 103:1-22
What are some things for which the psalmist praised the Lord?
Which apply to our lives today?
Which of these things gives you the greatest hope?
Take time to praise the Lord.

Friday – Read Romans 8:28-39
What hope does this passage give us?
Think of a time when God was able to work a difficult situation for good in your life. How did that build your faith? How did it give you hope?
What does it mean that nothing can separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus?
Take time to give God thanks for His love and his work in your life.

Saturday – Read Matthew 8:18-22