Bible Exploration
\nRomans 8:28: How has your view of Romans 8:28 changed over the years, or has it? How
\nexactly does this verse bring hope?
\nTitus 2:11\u201313: What does Paul say is our instructor, teaching us to turn from godless living and
\nsinful pleasures? Have you ever considered this as a \u201cteacher\u201d? What are we instructed to do
\ninstead do? What, according to this passage, should we hope for?
\nRomans 8:31\u201339: According to this, what can separate us from God\u2019s love? How does knowing
\nthis truth affect your confidence? How does it inform your gratitude?
\nPhilippians 4:8\u20139: How does this verse address this important command?
\nWhat, in this world, is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy?
\nHow different is that list from the social media you participate in? Why does it seem easier to
\ndwell on negative, scary news?
\nPsalm 73: Asaph, the author of the psalm, begins by demonstrating faith in God\u2019s provision and
\nblessing, but then despairs as the wicked increase. In the end, what does he ultimately choose?
\nHow do verses 25\u201328 encourage you today? How does knowing that God is ultimately all we
\nneed bring deep comfort?
\nEphesians 1:15\u201323: What do these verses reveal about hope? Which verse is the most
\nencouraging to you today?
\nWhat is one trial you\u2019re facing where you\u2019re finding it hard to rejoice?
\nAfter each of the following adjectives from Philippians 4:8\u20139 write down one or two things that
\nexemplify each word:
\nTrue:<\/p>\n
Noble:<\/p>\n
Right:<\/p>\n
Pure:<\/p>\n
Lovely:<\/p>\n
Admirable:<\/p>\n
Excellent:<\/p>\n
Praiseworthy:<\/p>\n
Deeper walk
\nSelect at least one activity below to complete during the next week.
\n\u2022 Personal Action: Re-visit the media fast from week one. Choose a different avenue of fasting.
\n(If you fasted TV, consider fasting social media). Be sure to tell a friend or a group member what
\nyou\u2019ll be fasting.
\n\u2022 Mentoring: Ask one person who is older than you and one who is younger this question: What
\nkeeps you hopeful in this crazy world? Note if their responses are different. Bring their responses
\nto share with the group the next time you meet.
\n\u2022 Conversation: We often learn about the faithfulness of God and the hope he provides when we
\nhear someone\u2019s story. Ask someone you know (or if you\u2019re bold, a stranger) about a time in their
\nlives when they learned that God is bigger than any trial we face.
\n\u2022 Memorization: Write down Philippians 4:8\u20139 on a post-it note, and fix it to your television as
\na reminder. Every time you turn on the TV, work on memorizing the verse.
\n\u2022 Pray: Ask God to help you concentrate on His goodness rather than the bleak aspects of this
\nworld. Ask Him to empower you to become a person of gratitude instead of someone who gives
\ninto despair.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Read: For deeper study on the topics we talked about this week, read book of Daniel.<\/p>\n
9 And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs,
\n10 and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food
\nand your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are
\nof your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.”
\n11 Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel,
\nHananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
\n12 “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink.
\n13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king’s food be
\nobserved by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.”
\n14 So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
\n15 At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than
\nall the youths who ate the king’s food.
\n16 So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them
\nvegetables.
\n17 As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and
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