Mark 7:24-30

1.  We receive a statement that turns out to be a desperately needed promise within the first few verses?  What statement is that?

2.  How was Christ revealed?  How did this woman know about him?

3.  Jesus was basically living out an example of something he had just taught (read the previous passage).  What truth was being shown/confirmed?

4.  What proclamation from Jesus seems horribly offensive?  What could this possibly mean (it has a three part purpose)?

5.  The Syrophoenician woman shows us how to receive life.  How?  What action or response reveals this?

Matthew 2

1.  Right at the beginning, how do we know that Jesus was a revolutionary (disruptive) even as an infant?

2.  What is the primary source of divine warning/guidance and how many times did it occur in chapter 2?

3.  How old was Jesus when he was in Egypt?  How do we know?

4.  What horrific act occurs as Herod's anger over Christ came to a peak (once you find it, meditate on it)?

5.  How many prophecies do we know were clearly fulfilled in chapter 2 and what were they?

Psalm 106; Joshua 22:10-34

1.  Who is considered "blessed" in Psalm 106?

2.  Name three things that the Israelites did that caused Moses to have "rash words" come out of his mouth.

3.  After all of our constant rebellion, what truth in Psalm 106 reveals how amazing only God is?

4.  What did Phinehas know (according to Joshua 22) would happen to Israel if even one person rebelled against the Lord?

5.  What issue caused Phinehas and the whole assembly of Israel to prepare for battle against the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manessah (what did the issue really turn out to be, which saved Israel)?

Ezekiel 1-3

1.  How did the four creatures move or know where to move (just short of halfway through chapter 1)?

2.  What did the glory of the Lord look like?  How did Ezekiel respond (end of chapter 1)?

3.  Ezekiel was given a message for Israel in chapter 2...what kind of words were in this message?

4.  How did Ezekiel feel about all of this (ch. 3)?

5.  What life-changing warning does Ezekiel receive (it's a warning for us as well) near the end of this reading?

Esther 2:1-23; 4:1-5:8; 8:1-8:8

1.  What was Esther's other name and how is she related to Mordecai?

2.  What instruction had Mordecai given Esther (discovered towards the end of Chapter 2)?

3.  Mordecai is very depressed in Chapter 4.  How do we know this and why was he so deeply depressed?

4.  What mission was Esther given to accomplish?  Did she immediately obey?  Why or why not (biblical proof: chapter 4)?

5.  What was so interesting about where Haman was hanged (and also a reminder of our own salvation)?