Category: Bible Studies
Looking for Contentment…Day 6: Reasons to Rejoice
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” The scriptures are full of reasons to rejoice. The ironic thing is that they do not all seem positive. Rejoicing because we suffer? Rejoicing when we are being “corrected” and “disciplined”? Huh? Those do not sound very pleasant! Let’s look…
Looking for Contentment…Day 5: Where does Joy come from?
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” Friends Proverbs 27:9-10 What gives delight? Hi-Lite What is a good friend like? What is the command in verse 10? The word forsake means to leave for good. I think this applies to our Christian family, they would be our…
Looking for Contentment…Day 4: Where does Joy come from?
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” Finding Joy in Family Relationships – Children Genesis 33:5 Psalm 127:3-5 Circle the key word “Children” in verses 3 and 4 Hi-lite Solomon’s description of children. How do children make a parent feel? Put a box around “happy” in verse…
Looking for Contentment…Day 3: Where does Joy come from?
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” Relationships A relationship with God can give us true joy. But there are other relationships that can give us joy as well. Family Relationships – Marriage Ephesians 5:25-33 What is expected of the wife? Hi-lite the duties of a wife:…
Looking for Contentment…Day 2: Where does Joy come from?
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” Knowing where true joy comes from will help us see it in our daily lives and learn to cultivate it. “The Bible is not about man seeking God (for man is trying to hide from God), but is about God…
Looking for Contentment…Day 1: The Difference between Joy and Happiness
Daily Bible study excerpts from my book: “Looking for Contentment in All the Wrong Places” Think about the difference between joy and happiness. According to Webster’s Dictionary Joy is “the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires.” Happiness is “a pleasurable or satisfying experience.” Using…
Confidence (a bible-marking study)
The greek words translated confidence usually mean reliance or trust. Let’s look first at what we are NOT to have confidence in, then consider what we should have confidence in. Use your own bible to mark the scriptures. References are from the NKJV. WE ARE NOT TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN… PEOPLE Why? Because men are…
Doing God’s Will – A Bible Study
It’s not a hard concept to understand. We complicate and cause confusion about it because we don’t always want to DO IT! Strong’s gives the definition for the greek word translated “will” as a determination, purpose or decree (Strongs #2307). What God has determined will happen, His purpose will be done! Consider this parable of…
The Battle belongs to the LORD! (ESV)
In the front of your Bible write “The Battle Belongs to the Lord”-Exodus 13:21-22 Exodus 13:21-22 Who is doing the action here? Hi-lite “the Lord went before them” What is He doing? Hi-lite in same color “to lead them”, “to give them light” What is the take-away? Circle “did not depart” Write Deuteronomy 1:30-31 in…
Day 22: Psalm 119:169-176
This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Psalm 119 Bible Study” A Bible Marking Study of Psalm 119. Day 21: Psalm 119:161-168 Day 22: Psalm 119:169-176 A Daily Study of Psalm 119 (NKJV) Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God “Psalms 119 is an acrostic to end all acrostics! There are…