#BibleStudy Expressions of Faith (with applications). Hard Hearts
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.
7 So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness,”
Hebrews 3:7-8*
· Physically, even a small hard spot in a heart can be fatal.
§ Hard fatty plaque clogs arteries and leads to heart attacks.
· Spiritually, a hard heart leads to even worse outcomes.
· When Israel voted not to enter Canaan, God sent the Israelites back into the desert and tested them. (Numbers 13-14)
§ The adults that left Egypt failed that test.
§ They tried and tested God.
· Why?
· Heart problems
· Ultimately, none of the adult generations entered the Promised Land.
§ Much worse, they didn’t enter God’s rest!
§ Joshua and Caleb, the two spies who voted to invade Canaan were the only exceptions.
· Be a Joshua or a Caleb.
Don’t let a hard heart keep you
from God’s best for you.
Express Your Faith this Week
· Pray every day. Ask God to give you a heart softened by His presence.
· Think. Read all of Hebrews Chapter 3. What verses stand out from the rest as you read? Why?
· Do. Write a list of bullet points of the truths for causes [JE1] and preventions for hardening the heart that you uncovered in your reading.
§ See Psalm 73:7, 119, 70, Hosea 10:12, Zechariah 7:12, 1 Samuel 6:6, Mark 6:52, Ephesians 4:18 for clues and suggestions.
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[JE1]Too many of -ing words in one sentence can risk the flow of the passage.
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