discovery extra bible reading plan

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How to Use the ExtraDiscussion Guide

The DiscoveryExtraDiscussion Guide

is a companion to Scripture Unions

Discovery daily Bible reading guide,

published quarterly. The Discussion Guide

features a set of questions based on a

topic arising from the previous weeks

readings. It enables a small group or

Sunday School class to share personal

insights from their readings in Gods

Word that week and then discuss the

topic, using the suggested questions.

Each weeks DiscoveryExtra

discussion page will look like this:

To get the most from your

discussion time, just follow these 5 simple steps:

Prepare to read and discuss God's Word. That may include worship

and/or prayer.

Share insights each has gained from the past week's readings.

Read the passage chosen for your groups

discussion this week.

Discuss the passage, using the discussion questions as a guide.

Pray about what youve learned from Gods Word. You may use the

Prayer Journal on the inside back cover of the Discoverydaily Bible

Reading Guide for personal prayer reminders.

GodofGraceREAD:LUKE7:110

1. WhydidtheeldersthinkJesusshouldhelpthecenturion?2. Whatwasthecenturionsevaluationofhimself?3. Ifnothisownmerit,onwhatbasis

wasthecenturionseeking

help?

4. Comparing the elders and the centurion, how do you

approachGod?Giveexamples(maybesometimesitisone,

sometimestheother).

5. DescribethecenturionsperspectiveofJesusandthenatural

order.Doesthischallengesyou,andifso,how?6. Compare the basis of the elders commendation of the

centurionandJesus.

MyInsights:WhatdidyoulearnfromGodsWordthispastweek?

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About TurnREAD: ACTS 26:1b18

1. What are the elements of your story of redemption?

2. Do you have a story of struggle, doubt or sin before comingto Jesus, or during your walk?

3. How has your life changed as a result of turning to Christ?

4. Do you have even a small part of Pauls vision for the power

of the gospel and our responsibility to take every opportunityto share it?

5. What is Gods call on your life?

6. Where are there opportunities for you to share the gospel?

My Insights:What did you learn from Gods Word this past week?

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One for AllREAD: ACTS 27:2744

1. What are some ways God spoke to and through Paul?

2. Do you expect God to speak into your specific situations like

that?

3. In the previous verses, others did not listen to Paul? What doyou think changed in this passage?

4. What were some of the things God was calling for to ensuredivine deliverance?

5. In what ways did the soldiers, sailors and centurion demon-strate faith?

6. Talk about some ways that this story is analogous to our faithwalk.


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Just Watch OutREAD: EZEKIEL 3:1627

1. In your own words, what is God saying to Ezekiel?

2. Where is the responsibility for the watchman and for thehearer? Say more about this.

3. Do you identify yourself as the one God is speaking throughor the hearer? Why is this so?

4. Are you faithfully speaking where God is calling you to speak?

Share a specific situation.

5. Do you feel the sense of responsibility for your part? Do youfeel a weight of responsibility for what is not your part?

6. It cost Ezekiel to speak truth. Are you prepared to suffer? Talkabout why you are or whats holding you back.


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Raising the DeadREAD: EZEKIEL 37:114

1. What does Ezekiel observe in verses 1 and 2? What does itmean to him?

2. How do you think he is processing what he is seeing?

3. What are your insights concerning Gods question andEzekiels reply in verse 3?

4. Where do you see wide spread destruction, personally or in

the world? On an honest level, do you believe there is hope?

5. How does God move to bring change? What is the relevanceof this?

6. How does Ezekiel respond and what does this mean in yourlife?


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With Unveiled FacesREAD: 2 CORINTHIANS 3:718

1. What is the glory (goodness, righteousness, holiness) of thelaw?

2. In what way did something good bring death (Rom. 7:10-14)?

3. Why could the law itself never change us? Is there any way inwhich it can help us toward that which can?

4. What are the difference between the old covenant and the

new?

5. What do you observe about Moses actions (Exod. 34:29-35)?What might have motivated him?

6. Contrast what we are called to throughout this passage andwhy.

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Multiply By FaithREAD: 1 KINGS 19:121

1. What was the womans dilemma and what did she do aboutit?

2. Observe verse 2. What is the relevance of Elishas response?

3. In what ways does God respond to us similarly? Give examplesfrom your experience.

4. Elisha says to ask all the neighbors and not for just a few

jars. What is a spiritual parallel?

5. Talk about the interplay of Elishas role, the widow's role andGods role.

6. What do you find most encouraging and most challengingabout this story?


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A Godless PeopleREAD: 2 KINGS 17:2441

1. Why was the king deporting and intermingling the people?

2. Do you see satan using this strategy with the church? How isit working?

3. What do you think of the kings actions in verse 27? What isright and wrong about it?

4. In what ways are we being asks to get along with the culturethat involves compromise?

5. What is the difference in attitude between true worship andthat pictured?

6. How do these things apply to your life? Be honest and pray forone another.


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A Beautiful ConfidenceREAD: 2 KINGS 19:119

1. What did Hezekiah do in this crisis? What was behind eachaction?

2. How do you respond in a moment of crisis? Give examples.

3. Do you expect God to speak clearly? How do you expect Godto direct you?

4. When have you faced reality telling you your faith is unrea-sonable (1011)?

5. Make observations about the scene in verse 14. Have you evertaken similar action in a time of need?

6. What is Hezekiahs perspective of what he faces and the Godhe is crying out to (1719)?


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God of GraceREAD: LUKE 7:110

1. Why did the elders think Jesus should help the centurion?

2. What was the centurions evaluation of himself?

3. If not his own merit, on what basis was the centurion seekinghelp?

4. Comparing the elders and the centurion, how do youapproach God? Give examples (maybe sometimes it is one,

sometimes the other).

5. Describe the centurions perspective of Jesus and the naturalorder. Does this challenges you, and if so, how?

6. Compare the basis of the elders commendation of thecenturion and Jesus.


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God of LoveREAD: LUKE 7:3650

1. How did Simon approach Jesus? What actions and words doyou notice?

2. Observe the actions of the woman.

3. What was the difference of the heart attitudes?

4. Was it Simons debt that was smaller or his awareness?

5. Do you have a fresh understanding of the depth of Gods for-giveness to you? Talk more about this.

6. What might it look like in your life to pour out an offering likethis woman?


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Unlimited ResourcesREAD: LUKE 9:1017

1. Do you take time to withdrawal and rest with Jesus (10b)?

2. Having just returned from their ministry journey (6,10), howdo you think the disciples felt about this turn of plans?

3. Are you open to offer God time you had set aside for rest orother purposes?

4. How do you discern if God is calling you to do so or not?

5. How does Jesus respond to the need (13)? How is this relevantto our live?

6. What is God calling you to that is beyond your natural re-sources?


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1. What do you observe about Martha and her interactions withJesus?

2. In what ways do you relate to the way Martha is approaching

the Lord?

3. Talk about the differences you see between Martha and Mary.

4. What is driving each of these women?

5. Why does Jesus say is the one thing needed? Why do youthink this is so?

6. If others observed your life, what would they say is your one

thing?

Idling in Gods PresenceREAD: LUKE 10:3842


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Gods DecreeREAD: LAMENTATIONS 2:122

1. How do you respond to Jeremiah saying this destruction iscoming from God?

2. Read Deut. 30:19. Who is ultimately responsible for this de-

struction?

3. Make observation about how Jeremiah is relating to the Lordthroughout these verses.

4. Are you able to express yourself to God as freely as Jeremiah?When have you needed to?

5. Why is Jeremiah telling the people to cry out to the God whohas brought destruction (18-19)?

6. Talk about the interplay of Gods judgment and mercy.

My Insights: What did you learn from Gods Word this past week?

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