Monday 31 Oct 2011Lesson This will be the lesson(#44) for the 365 Bible Class on the 6th of November 2011
Be aware of the following verses that impact stewardship-praying and daily conversation: Psm 66:18,James 1:5,7;4:3,Ezk 14:3, Isa 59:1-1, Mark 11:25, Lk 6:38.

As you read look for STEWARDSHIP Principles. Are you"Connected"and"Committed to God?

What word do you use to describe The LORD, your Lord? Has your attitude CHANGED toward The LORD concerning stewardship because you read this week? Continue to pray for your card partner, your missionary family, the troops and the lost. Seek to share your testimony by using some of the scriptures you have read this week. Pray that The LORD would draw them. Pray about your stewardship (past-present-future).

Review our reading (31 Oct-6Nov) since last class: Proverbs 26:23-27:6; Psalm 103:1-106:12; Hebrews 2:1-7:28; Lamentations 4:1-5:22; Ezekiel 1:1-16:42.
If we are aware of Jeremiah's feelings and how he warned the Jews not to fear/trust Egypt nor Babylon, but to fear GOD, how do you appreciate his anguish concerning the utter ruin of Jerusalem?
Reading Lamentations should cause all of us to pray more correctly ((Sympathy and Empathy)) when overcome with grief AND to sense GOD's feelings for His children. How do we see GOD's character being portrayed ? What is the key verse/thought of Lamentations? How does this affect your concept of GOD. How to focus on Him and not the circumstances. How oft do you whisper the prayer "but for the Grace of God.."?

Consider how Ezekiel was able to visualize the fall and restoration of Jerusalem. How do you dream while sitting in rubble? How do you stay clean in a dirty place? How do you share your hope of eternal life and The Blessed Hope? WHY is II Timothy 3:16-17 important to you?

Remember that 14 of The Old Testament Books were written during 586-400 BC.

What great "truth" did you gain from Hebrews? Do you consider yourself as earnestly heeding to the things which you have heard? How do you describe Jesus to your lost acquaintances? How do we use Heb 4:12 to encourage others? God caused Paul to warn the Jews about apostasy and Judaism and to remind them that Jesus was/is Superior to Moses. How was stewardship demonstrated by Melchisedec?

When you read Psalm 103 how/why do you not stop and praise Him? What more must The LORD be or do for us to read, hear, heed, obey, trust, praise and expect His Word to come to life in us???? How appropriate is Psalm 106:12 to describe you and me?
Proverbs 26 describes a slothful man. What did you learn about them, him and yourself? The fool is described in Proverbs 27, YET verse 5 is appropriate and akin to Psalm 119:1656.

Home work: keep on reading and praying. Plan on doing some nice, even undeserved, act towards a stranger (be wary and wise) before Thanksgiving. Let us plan to bring a "gift" to class for a family, to be designated, for the Christmas Season and present those gifts in the home as we sing songs of cheer.
** Let me know if you have or will have read your 365 Bible through this year, for certificate purpose **