Teaching Archives

Week 37:  May 24-29
2 Chronicles 13-24

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, May 24 2 Chronicles 13-14  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. What is the common message of these three Scripture passages: 2 Chronicles 13:15; 2 Chronicles 14:12; and Romans 8:31–32?

Tuesday, May 25 2 Chronicles 15-16  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Scriptures use the figure of speech “the eyes of the Lord” to paint a picture of God for us. Hanani painted such a picture for Asa, the king (2 Chronicles 16:9). Moses uses this phrase in Deuteronomy 11:12, the psalmist refers to God’s eyes in Psalm 33:18–19 and Psalm 34:15, Solomon uses this picture in Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah uses it in Jeremiah 24:6, and Peter refers to it in 1 Peter 3:10–12. What picture of God is painted in all these passages? What message is God conveying to us in these passages?

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Week 36:  May 17-22
2 Chronicles 1-12

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, May 17 2 Chronicles 1-2  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Solomon asked for wisdom when the Lord told him to “ask for whatever you want Me to give you” (2 Chronicles 1:7). Why did Solomon ask for wisdom? For what would you ask? How does your request compare with Solomon’s?

Tuesday, May 18 2 Chronicles 3-5  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Solomon built the temple “for the Name of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 2:1). What would that mean? Give examples of how you might do some task “for the Name of the Lord.” Include your examples in your prayers today. List some words you would use to describe the temple and its furnishings as Solomon built it (2 Chronicles 3–4). Why did Solomon build the temple in this manner? How might Solomon’s example provide a model for us in completing projects that we undertake?

3. Since the Chronicler was writing for exiles who returned from Babylon, what aspect of the description of the dedication of the temple (2 Chronicles 5) would encourage them? What encouragement does this description give you, a member of the “holy Christian church, the communion of saints” (the Apostles’ Creed), for your own worship?

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Week 35:  May 10-15
I Chronicles 18-29

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, May 10 I Chronicles 18-20  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. King David ruled as a warrior king, constantly doing battle with the enemies of God’s people (1 Chronicles 18-20). How was God’s power evidenced in the reign of David in David’s regard for people? See 1 Chronicles 18:14.

Tuesday, May 11 I Chronicles 21  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. David yielded to Satan and sinned against God by conducting a census of his fighting men (1 Chronicles 21:1-12). When a contrite David confessed his sin, he was given three options. Note David’s response recorded in verse 13. What do David’s words indicate about his faith?

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Week 34:  May 3-8
I Chronicles 1-17

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, May 3 I Chronicles 1-4  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. The first four chapters of 1 Chronicles lists the generations of the people of God beginning with Adam and continuing to the days of Judah’s exile. Read Psalm 89:1-4. Of what do these opening chapters in 1 Chronicles remind us?

Tuesday, May 4 I Chronicles 5-8  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Contrast the life and work of Aaron and his descendants as described in 1 Chronicles 6:49 with that of Jesus (Hebrews 9:11-15).

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Week 33:  April 26-May 1
2 Kings 17-25

GodSpeak readings for each day are listed below. Click the link to read the section and/or listen online. A discussion question is listed below for you to use in your GodSpeak group session or for discussion with others who are reading along.

Monday, April 26 2 Kings 17  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
1. Review 2 Kings 17:7-18, especially verse 18. What event, yet to occur, do these verses remind us (see Matthew 25:31-33)?

Tuesday, April 27 2 Kings 18-19  Read & Listen Online   (Click “Audio” link to listen)
2. Godly king Hezekiah shattered the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it (2 Kings 18:4). The bronze snake, called Nehushtan (verse 4) had been an object through which God brought deliverance to His people. How else might God’s people demonstrate inappropriate devotion to an instrument through which God brings deliverance at the expense of the worship they might offer to God Himself?

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