Skip to the content.

« PrevNext »
Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4
Day 5Day 6Day 7Day 1
Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5
Day 6Day 7Day 1Day 2
Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6

Weekly Guide:Week 75

June 30, 2019


Week 75 Day 1: Raise Up Salvation

Forward

Many of you have been endeavoring in God’s word each day while some might have had trouble keeping up due to busy schedule. No worry, you can always catch up and continue the journey. Bible study is a lifetime’s work, you may start anytime but shall never stop.

In the second half of this year, we’ll complete the books of the prophets, both major and minor prophets. If you are not familiar with the books of the prophets, this is a perfect chance to get started. Let us absorb God’s will and wisdom from these books.

This week, we continue with the Book of Isaiah. The book of Isaiah is loved by many. It is full of God’s promises to give us comfort and encouragement. When we hear the warmth of God’s calling “my people” our relationship with Him and privilege as the chosen ones from the entire universe made by God become even sweeter. We are His and He had done for us more than anything among His created; He even sacrificed His own Son to bring us closer to Him.

Let us open our wounded hearts, standing by our precious identity, hold on to the scared hands of Jesus with humbleness, and listen to God calling us “my people.” He will not only strengthen us, protect us, but will tenderly look after our emotions, supply us our daily needs, and ensure that we have an abundant life. Just as a loving father worrying about his children’s conducts, comforting their tearful eyes and broken hearts, caressing their sunken and disappointed heads, He comforts us, as “my people.”

May you all be renewed each day in God’s word!

Question

Why did the Lord raise up Cyrus?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 2: When Righteousness Comes

Question

What was the end of Babylon?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 3: Calling for Repentance

Question

How does the Lord call His people to repent and return to Him?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 4: The Lord's Servant

Question

What are the attributes of the Lord’s servant?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 5: When Salvation Comes

Question

What is it like when salvation comes to Jerusalem?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 6: The Sin Offering

Question

How does the Lord’s servant suffer for us for our sins?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Meditation: My Story

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends

Scripture Reading

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 1: The Covenant Broken

### Question How was Daniel different? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken the Lord's covenant and rebelled against His law. + With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! The Lord's anger burns against them. + Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; But God will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses. + Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people. They will not remain in the Lord's land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. ### Meditation: My Story + **Integrity** - Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; But God will send fire. Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. For things I build, do I lean on God or by my own effort?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 2: The Withered Root

### Question Ephraim is blighted for what reason? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. + Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. Their heart is deceitful. The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones. + They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field. + Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. ### Meditation: My Story + **Integrity** - The Lord wants us to sow righteousness for ourselves so we may reap the fruit of unfailing love. It is now the time to seek the Lord. Am I treating others and myself with justice? Do I do everything by seeking the Lord?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 3: Ties of Love

### Question How did God lead Israel with the cord of human kindness and ties of love? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + When Israel was a child, God loved him, and called him out of Egypt. + But the more they were called, the more they went away from God. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. + A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans. + They will follow the Lord; He will roar like a lion. When he roars, His children will come trembling from the west. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - God taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them He was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek and bent down to feed them. How does this help me to see and understand God's love?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 4: Lies and Violence

### Question What sins did Ephraim commit? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Ephraim pursues multiplies lies and violence. He makes a treaty with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt. + The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. + Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger; his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed. + Ephraim became guilty of Baal worship. Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver. + When God fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot God. + The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record. His storehouse will be plundered of all its treasures. + Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - The Israelites were satisfied when God fed them; when they were satisfied, the became proud; then they forgot God. By whom are we fed? Do I give thanks to God or am I proud of my own success?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 5: Return to God

### Question What did Israel pray for in their return to God? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The prophet advises Israel to return to their God. Ask Him to forgive all their sins and receive them graciously. + God will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for His anger has turned away from them. + Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - In their prayer returning to God, the Israelites asked God to Forgive all their sins and receive them graciously, that they may offer the fruit of their lips. Do I often offer my repentance through my prayer?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 6: Shall Not Mock

### Question What comes to those who are humble and those who mock? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The pride of Ephraim is like the fading flower. + In that day, the Lord Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of His people. + The Lord lays a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic. + The prophet reminds people to not mock, or their chains will become heavier. + These people come near to the Lord with their mouth and honor Him with their lips, but their hearts are far from the Lord. Their worship of the Lord is based on merely human rules they have been taught. + The humble will rejoice in the Lord; the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - In the last days, woe will come to those who hide their plans from the Lord. Am I walking in the light? + **Identity** - In the last days, those who laugh and mock at the prophets will be rebuked by the Lord. Do I fear the Lord in my action and speech?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


2022-2023 Week 75 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends

{% include BibleLinks2022.html %}

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 1: Jesus Is Messiah

### Question How did Jesus reveal His identity? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + In Caesarea Philippi, Peter said to Jesus "You are the Messiah." Jesus predicted His death and resurrection for the first time. + The price to pay for being a disciple is to deny themselves and take up their crosses and follow Jesus. + Jesus went up to a high mountain and transfigured. He stood with Moses and Elijah. + Disciples couldn't drive out the demon from a possessed boy revealed the unbelieving generation. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Peter's spiritual life seemed to have fallen to bottom of the valley when Jesus predicted his denials compared to the time he proclaimed Him as the Messiah. Is my spiritual life high on the peak of the mount or in the bottom of the valley? Am I following God's will or my own desires? + **Identity** - Jesus taught us to deny ourselves and take up our crosses to follow Him as the only way to receive true life. That is, we need to give up ourselves to gain ourselves. What do I need to give up today? What have I received already?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 2: The Heavenly Treasure

### Question What were the important events on the way to Jerusalem? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus again predicted His own death and resurrection. + Disciples argued amongst themselves who would be the greatest. Jesus talked about the attitude needed of the disciples. + Jesus predicted His own death and resurrection the third time. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Jesus taught disciples, anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all. This is a total opposite from the world's view of success and status. Am I willing to accept this teaching? Can I do it? What is the biggest challenge? + **Community** - When Jesus talked about marriage, He said: "What God has joined together, let no one separate." How do I understand this teaching? Do I stand behind the vow I took, view my marriage as a vessel in our sanctification, and grow together spiritually with my other half through love?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 3: Came on Donkey

### Question How did Jesus enter Jerusalem? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + Jesus entered Jerusalem gloriously and drove out those traders who desecrated the temple. + The sandwich-structured writing indicates the connection between the curse of fig tree and clearing of the temple courts which might be viewed as Jesus' prediction of the temple and Israel. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - Jesus said it would be ours whatever we ask for in prayer and believe that we have received (11:24.) Do I understand the relationship between my faith and identity? Do I understand why faith can move mountain? + **Integrity** - Instead of worshiping, the temple was being used by thieves as hiding place of their evil acts. Our bodies as God's temple may also be desecrated by our sinning nature. Do I have any thoughts or behaviors need to be cleansed by the Holy Spirit?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 4: Debate in Temple

### Question What did Jesus debate with the priests, teachers of the law and elders in the temple? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + In the temple, Jesus taught about His authority and Israel's rebellion, paying tax, marriage at resurrection. + The commandment on "love God, love others" and hypocrisy of the teachers of the law. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - We are citizens of some country and, more importantly, we are people of the Heavenly Kingdom. From the question on paying tax to Caesar, how do I understand my double identity? Do I often remember my identity in the Heavenly Kingdom? + **Fidelity** - The commandment "love God, love others" contrasts greatly with the hypocrisy of the teachers of the law. Let me reflect on my service to the Lord. Is it based on my love of God and others or is it based on my desire for self-glorification?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 5: The End Signs

### Question What was Jesus' teaching about the End of Times? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The poor widow's offering reveals how God sees offerings. + Jesus taught the signs of the End of Times and the need to be alert. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - The widow was poor but offered willingly. How do I view money? Do I offer willingly or with reservations? + **Integrity** - No one knows when Jesus will come again. Am I always being alert and will answer to the Lord honestly or do I live a life in deceit and hope that I'll not get caught?

Prayer

Notes and Responses


Week 75 Day 6: Betrayal of Jesus

### Question What were the events through Jesus' betrayal and arrest? {% include BibleLinks2024.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + An alabaster jar of expensive perfume made of nard was poured over Jesus' head to prepare for His death. + Passover supper and Gethsemane prayer. + Jesus' arrest and trial as well as being disowned by Peter three times. ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - The woman who poured the expensive perfume over Jesus' head knew His identity and treasured Him. Do I also treasure Jesus and willingly offer my all? + **Integrity** - Peter was full of confidence that he would never disown Jesus and yet did it three times. Do I rely all my actions on my own confidence or on faith in God? Let me pray and ask the Holy Spirit to remind me of my fleshly weakness and help me to win over it.

Prayer

Notes and Responses