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GodSpeak Group: Week 58

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Week 58: Jeremiah 3-14

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Monday, October 18 Jeremiah 3-4  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Explain Jeremiah 3:14. What is God‘s message presented through these words?

Tuesday, October 19 Jeremiah 5-6  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Review Jeremiah 5:26-31. Summarize the condition of those described here.

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GodSpeak Group: Week 57

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Week 57: Isaiah 53-Jeremiah 2

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Monday, October 11 Isaiah 53 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Isaiah 53 includes the beautiful and moving account of our Lord‘s suffering and death. Verse 10 even references us. Explain.

Tuesday, October 12 Isaiah 54-57 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. See Isaiah 54:10-13, especially 13. What promise does our God of unfailing love give for the offspring who are taught to know the one true God?

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GodSpeak Group: Week 56

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Week 56: Isaiah 40-52 Click to listen to this week’s recorded GodSpeak discussion group! [audio:gs10-12-10.mp3] Want to join the discussion?  Drop in a comment below! Monday, October 4  Isaiah 40-41  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen) 1.  What qualities of our Savior do you find suggested by these words, — He tends His flock like a … Read more

GodSpeak Group: Week 55

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Week 55: Isaiah 26 – 39

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Monday, September 27 Isaiah 26-27 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1.  See Isaiah 27:2-3.  Since we, the people of God, are His vineyard, in what ways does the Lord — water us continually?  See Isaiah 55:10-11.

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GodSpeak Group: Week 54

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September 20-25
Isaiah 7-25

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Monday, September 20 Isaiah 7-8  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Despite political unrest and turmoil, God reminds the people of His faithfulness toward them in the words of Isaiah: “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of God also? Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:13–14). Isaiah’s words also refer to God’s gift of His Son, God with us, as the Savior of the world (see Matthew 1:23). In what ways do people today try the patience of God regarding this great gift?

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GodSpeak Group: Week 53

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September 13-18 Song of Songs 3-Isaiah

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Monday, September 13 Song of Songs 4-6  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Solomon describes his wife-to-be in Songs of Songs 4:1–7; she describes him after their marriage in Songs of Songs 5:10–16 and he describes her after their marriage in Song of Songs 6:4–9. What do these descriptions say about their love for each other? How are they a fitting description of Christ’s love for His bride, the church, and the church’s love for Christ? See Ephesians 5.

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GodSpeak Group: Week 52

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Week 52: Ecclesiastes 3-Song of Songs 3

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Monday, September 6 Ecclesiastes 3-4  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Several hints to the solution of the problem of meaninglessness appear in Ecclesiastes 3 and 4. Identify the aspects of the solution mentioned in these verses: Ecclesiastes 3:1–8; 3:12–14; 3:17; 3:18; 4:9–12. What did the angel announce as the great solution to these problems (Luke 2:10-11)? What is Peter’s confession about what is meaningful (John 6:68)?

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GodSpeak Group: Week 51

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Week 51: Proverbs 22-Ecclesiastes 2

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Monday, August 30 Proverbs 22-23  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. It is good to examine why we do things that are routine or a long time habit. Just because “we’ve always done it” does not make it bad; we just need to make sure we know “why” we do things so that we can do them well. Christian education is a case in point. Why do you read and study Today’s Light? Why does your church conduct a Sunday School of have Bible classes? Why do congregations dedicate so many resources to Lutheran schools or our church to colleges and seminaries? Review some of the reasons for having these programs with your group. Then look at Proverbs 22:19. What is the reason for Christian education that Solomon gives here? There are several other Christian education passages in this section of Proverbs. What do these verses have to say about why Christian education is so important: Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:12, 17, 23. Consult also these passages: Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 14:26–27; Proverbs 9:10. Conclude your study by praying for all the agencies of Christian education in your church and the people involved. Inquire if there is some way you might help at one of these agencies of Christian education.

Tuesday, August 31 Proverbs 24-25  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. “It’s not what you say, but how you say it that’s important.” What does Proverbs 25:11–18 say about this statement? What does the Lord want us to be very diligent about saying (Jonah 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4–9; Matthew 28:19–20; 1 Timothy 4:9–13; 2 Timothy 1:8–10; Colossians 4:2–6)?

Wednesday, September 1 Proverbs 26-27  Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
3. Proverbs 26 and 27 are not uplifting chapters. Solomon shows his statement of Proverbs 27:19 to be true by giving negative examples. Look at Proverbs 26 and describe the types of people described there. Identify what Solomon says is so bad about each one. Unfortunately, we are all like the people described. Only God can remove the stain that we all bear. Comment on God’s Word of forgiveness in these passages: 2 Corinthians 5:14–21; Ephesians 2:1–10. Then pray for His forgiveness and new life.

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GodSpeak Group: Week 50

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Week 50: Proverbs 10-21

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Monday, August 23 Proverbs 10-11 Read & Listen Online (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. For many years the sign-off line of a news commentator was “That’s the way it is.” Many of the proverbs in Proverbs 10-11 are like that. Choose a few proverbs and discuss how what is said is just how it works out in life, for good or ill. Select your own proverbs to discuss, but try these also: Proverbs 10:7, 32; Proverbs 11:10, 12. Now look at a few proverbs that specifically talk about God. For example, look at Proverbs 10:22, 29; Proverbs 11:1, 20–21. How would you summarize the messages of these proverbs concerning God? What might the Apostle Paul say concerning Proverbs 11:21? See Romans 3:10–12, 21–24; 6:18; Galatians 5:1.

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GodSpeak Group: Week 47

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Week 47: Psalm 83-118

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Monday, August 2 Psalm 83-89  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Its Wednesday – the day appointed for reading Psalms 83–89. Some people call it “hump day” – the day we get over the hump and head for the weekend. Are you longing for the weekend? Or, are you longing for going to church here in the middle of the week? What’s the difference? In Psalm 84 the psalmist longs to go to church. Identify some of the things that the psalmist anticipates. What are some of the blessings you receive from your participation in worship (Acts 2:42; Acts 5:42; Acts 11:28–30; Acts 20:7; Colossians 3:12–17; 2 Thessalonians 1:3–4)? Thank God for the blessings of and the opportunities to worship with fellow Christians.

Tuesday, August 3 Psalm 90-95  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. How many pictures of security in God can you find in Psalm 91? Identify and explain them. Which one is most meaningful to you? Why?

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