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(Monday) Nahum 1: Enemy Justice

How can you reconcile the statement in verse 7 with the rest of the chapter?

What charges against Ninevah are found in verses 9-14?

This book was not written directly to Ninevites, but to Jewish readers. What might Nahum have intended the Jews to gain from hearing these words?

How should you respond today in the context of situations that anger God?

Prayer Focus: Ask God to help you be as horrified by sin and wickedness as he is

Family Devotional: Read verses 5-7. What angers God? How can Jesus take God’s anger away from our sin?

(Tuesday) Zephaniah 3: Rotten Ruling Class

What characterized Judah’s officials at this time (v. 1-5)? Was God’s judgment justified?

How did the people respond to God’s warning (v. 7)?

What did God promise his people for the future (v. 8-20)?

Which promise from this passage are you looking forward to the most? Why?

Prayer Focus: Using verse 2 to prompt you, confess any sins God is warning you about.

Family Devotional: Read verses 9-13. One day God will physically rule over the entire world. How will the earth be better when God purifies everyone on it?

(Wednesday) 2 Kings 22: Boy Wonder

What steps led to finding the book of the Law (v. 1-8)?

What is the proper response to revelation about our own disobedience (v. 9-13)?

What can be known about Huldah from verses 14-20?

What relationship do you see between our response to God’s law and our concept of God?

Prayer Focus: Ask God to give you the same sorrow over your sin as King Josiah displayed.

Family Devotional: Read verses 9-13. Most people don’t like rules, but King Josiah was sorrowful that they didn’t have rules. How can God’s rules be good to have?

(Thursday) Jeremiah 2: National Adultery

What signs of faithfulness did Israel show in verses 1-4? What changed in verses 5-8?

The Lord asks a very pointed question in verse 11. Why is it so common for God’s people to take up the worship of other idols?

How is the ridiculousness of idolatry brought out in verses 26-28?

What kinds of idols do you worship? How are they as ridiculous as the wooden idols the Israelites worshiped?

Prayer Focus: Ask God to point out your idols and give you strength to destroy them.

Family Devotional: Read verse 27. What are some things in this world we depend on to survive? How can we show God we depend on him even more?

(Friday) Jeremiah 15: Balky Prophet

Just a century earlier, Israel was the most powerful nation in the region under King Solomon. How does God change that as punishment for their sin (verses 1-4)?

God’s people don’t respond well to this message. How does this affect Jeremiah (verses 10, 15-18)?

How does God respond to these concerns (verses 11-14, 19-21)?

When was the last time you felt God leading you to deliver a difficult message? How did you respond?

Prayer Focus: Ask for strength to faithfully represent God’s love AND justice

Family Devotional: Read verses 19-21. Why won’t some people listen when we talk about God? How will God protect us when that happens?