Date: 7 Sep 2011
Passage: Hebrews 4:14-16
What about Jesus’ priesthood is most encouraging to us (vv14-15 cf. 2:7-9; 3:1)? What do we find at God’s “throne of grace” that will help us to approach Him with confidence (v16)?
Date: 6 Sep 2011
Passage: Philippians 4:4-7
What has presenting “your requests to God” “by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving” to do with the peace of God (v7)?
Date: 5 Sep 2011
Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-7
For whom are “requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving” requested (vv1,4,6,7)? How does this relate to Jesus’ command in Matthew 5:43-48 to “pray for those who persecute you”?
Date: 3 Sep 2011
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:1-20
How do we view the importance of sound doctrine in us individually and in the church (vv10,11)? What change/s in our daily practices and habits should we make to reflect this?
Date: 2 Sep 2011
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:18-20
How should our response differ towards those who act in “ignorance and unbelief” (v13) and those who “had shipwrecked their faith” (v19)? Why?
Date: 1 Sep 2011
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
How had Christ changed Paul? How would Paul’s example (v16) affect others? How can what Christ had done keep Timothy (and us) on the right course in the face of opposition from false teachers?