Category: 2018/19 Weekly Readings

Week 19

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Memory Verse: Psalm 147:4

Reading #1: Job 9:1-9
Questions: What do you think it means for God to “seal up the stars?” Which three constellations does Job refer to by name?

Reading #2: Job 38:1-33
Questions: What are the morning stars described as doing in verse 7? Which three constellations does Job refer to by name in verses 31-32?

Reading #3: Isaiah 40:1-26
Questions: According to verse 26, what does God do to each of the stars? What assurance is given due to the greatness of His might and strength of His power?

Reading #4: Amos 5:1-15
Questions: What command and promise do we find in verses 5,6 and 14? Which 2 constellations are mentioned by name in verse 8?

Psalms and Hymns
The Light of the World: “The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin; the Light of the world is Jesus; Like sunshine at noonday His glory shone in, the Light of the world is Jesus”
Psalm 147A: “He counts the number of the stars; He names them every one. Our Lord is great and great in power; His wisdom search can none.”

Praying Under the Same Sky

New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway

 

Week 18

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Memory Verse: Deuteronomy 32:43

Reading #1:1 Chronicles 16:8-36
Questions: In verses 8-12 what 9 imperatives are given to God’s people? What indicatives, or reasons for the imperatives, are we given in verses 25, 26, and 34?

Reading #2: Psalm 96
Questions: In verses 1-10 what 10 imperatives are given to God’s people? In verses 11-13 what 5 imperatives are given to nature?

Reading #3: Psalm 148
Questions: What imperative is given to every element of creation? What indicatives, or reason for the imperatives, are given in verses 5 and 13?

Reading #4:Psalm 150
Questions: According to verses 3-5 what form of praise is being commanded? How might the heavens mentioned in verse 1 figure in to that form of praise?

Psalms and Hymns
Psalm 96A
Psalm 148

Praying Under the Same Sky

Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands

Week 17

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Memory Verse:Philippians 2:12-16
Questions: What kind of person is likened to a shining light or stars in the universe?

Reading #1:2 Samuel 23:1-4
Questions: What kind of person is likened to the dawn and the bright morning sun?

Reading #2:Isaiah 58
Questions: In verses 6-12 what kind of person is likened to the dawn, a light rising in the darkness and the noonday?

Reading #3:Daniel 12:1-4
Questions: What kind of person is likened to the brightness of the sky and stars?

Reading #4:Matthew 13:24-43
Questions: What kind of person is likened to the shining sun?

Psalms and Hymns
He Keeps Me Singing. “Soon He’s coming back to welcome me far beyond the starry sky; I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown, I shall reign with Him on high.
Turn Your Eyes. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in HIs wonderful face; and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of HIs glory and grace.”

Praying Under the Same Sky
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia