#BibleStudy Expressions of Faith (with applications). Family
The suggested timeline for each Bible study in this series is one week.
Friday
- Read the entire section or chapter of Hebrews that includes the printed verses.
- Read the Bible study bullet points and the Scripture immediately following.
- Then Express Your Faith this Week by completing the three tasks.
- Pray every day. There is a suggestion for how to focus your prayers.
- Think. An idea or two designed to get you thinking about Scripture.
- Do. An activity to complete. Ranging from making a list to drawing a picture, this is will help you apply what you’ve been thinking. You might want to work on this on days 3-7. Each “Do” is downloadable for you to print and write on.
Days 2-7
Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3. You don’t have to
I taught high school and college classes full-time for thirty-nine years. I know full well that some of you independent souls will not follow the above-recommended process.
If you’re one of those, chances are you’ll never read this bullet point.
Ultimately, how you complete this Bible study book is less important than completing it. Nevertheless, I hope you’ll give the recommended process a try before you decide not to follow it.
You might be asking, “What’s with the bullet points?” Then, again, you might not be asking that. Whether you are asking or not, here’s the reason.
- Each bullet point focuses on a single idea in the daily Bible study.
- Most are one sentence long.
- You’re more likely to read the entire bulleted list than you are to read two full paragraphs.
11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. 12He says, “I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises.”
Hebrews 2:11-12
· Christ suffered.
10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. [WEB]
· Think about that.
§ The God of the universe suffered.
· Why?
§ Without suffering, Christ’s time on earth would have provided an incomplete experience in humanity.
§ The complete human-ness he experienced results in Him calling us brothers and sisters [siblings].
· You become part of God’s holy family when you are made holy by the only one who can make you holy…
· Christ.
Seek this holiness today.
Express Your Faith this Week
· Pray every day. Ask God for an increased awareness of His holiness and for an infilling of the Holy Spirit in your heart and soul.
· Think. The term holy is abused in our culture. To many Americans, non-Christians and Christians, it conjures up images of self-righteous people pointing fingers and shaking heads at sinners. Why?
· Do. Try your hand at writing a haiku poem or two about God’s family.
§ A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count.
Green/ and/ speck/led /legs,
Hop/ on/ logs/ and/ lil/y /pads
Splash/ in/ cool/ wa/ter.
Hop/ on/ logs/ and/ lil/y /pads
Splash/ in/ cool/ wa/ter.
§ It’s okay to write in any poetic format. God accepts you—and your poetry—just the way you are and it is!
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