STUDY QUESTIONS FOR GROUPS
By Micah Odor
1. If you could send a message back in time to yourself three years ago, what, if anything, would you have done differently to prepare?
2. What was your “I will . . .” statement last week, and how did you follow through?
Ask two people to read aloud Joel 2:28-32 one after the other, preferably from different Bible versions. Then ask the same two people to each read Obadiah 1:15-17.
3. What ideas, phrases, or themes were repeated between these two passages?
• What differences do you see between them?
4. What positive aspects do you see in the descriptions of “the day of the Lord”?
• What negative aspects do you see?
5. What can we learn about God in this week’s passages?
6. What can we learn about ourselves or others?
7. The prophets used “the day of the Lord” to refer both to disastrous national events and a future final Day. In each, there are elements of judgment, destruction, new beginnings, and an end to sin and injustice. But the promise in Joel 2:32 is clear: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Where can you see the hand of God at work already, preparing you and saving you?
8. Based on what we’ve discussed, what are you doing well?
9. Based on what we’ve discussed, what could you do differently in obeying God this week?
10. Who needs to hear this story, and how will you tell them?
11. What area in your life do you need to “call on the name of the Lord?” Use that for this this week’s “I will” statement: “This week, I will call on the name of the Lord by . . .”
For Next Week: Read and reflect on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 as we begin a new unit on 1 and 2 Thessalonians called “Walk Worthy.” You can also read next week’s supplemental texts as well as the Study and Application sections as part of your personal study.
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