We are off to a great start! Congratulations to Us!
I’m adding a few questions to make it a bit more personal for this wonderful group. These are challenging chock-full chapters. We’ll be pondering:
Are we praying for boldness like they did? When is the last time you were bold?
What idol caused Ananias and Sapphira to lie to the Holy Spirit?
What did Stephen see when dying? Have you been at the deathbed of someone who was like that?
Sunday: SPYING GOD
The Lord is always with us, but sometimes He makes us very aware of His presence. Last week did you have an answer to prayer, unusual timing or circumstances, help to do His work, Scripture becoming radioactive, or a sense of His presence through creation or fellowship?
To Get Started Follow These Steps (They are pretty easy, but if you have trouble, find someone young!)
- Search for “Bible App by YouVersion” in the App Store (if you don’t already have it).
- Tap “Plans” (bottom menu)
- This is where all reading plans live.
- Search for: “The Bible Recap”
- Look for:
- The Bible Recap (New Testament)
- or The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble
- Look for:
- Open the plan
- Tap “Start Plan”
- Customize your start
- Choose
- Then look for “Adjust Plan” or “Start from Day…”
- 👉 Scroll until you find Day 48 in N.T. (Acts 4-6)
- Choose
Tap into that day and follow the directions for each day — It will usually look like this:
- Devotional (Prayer)
- Read the chapters (Usually one a day — and highlight)
- Share one thing you learned
- Watch Tara (almost under 10 minutes)
- Share your “God Shot”
Monday: Acts 4
Begin on Day 48 in the New Testament Version and Pray the Prayers in the Devotional
- Read Acts 4 and highlight. Then share one thing that stood out to you and why.(Do more if you like – do that what when, why questions, or make 10 observations, or just share one thing.)
- Are you praying for boldness? Share the last time you were bold for the Lord!
Tuesday: Acts 5
3. Read, highlight, and share what stood out to you. Do more, or just your God shot.
4. What idol might have been beneath Ananias and Sapphira’s sin? When did you last struggle with the idol of affirmation and how did you handle it? Be specific.
Wednesday: Acts 6
5. Read, highlight, and share what stood out to you and why. Or just your God Shot. Or do more.
6. What did Stephen see at the end? Have you been at a deathbed or heard about one that moved you?
Thursday/Friday: Tara, God Shot
Go back to the devotional and scroll down to see the Bible Recap — should look something like this:
7. Watch, take any notes, and share your “God Shot.”
Saturday:
8. Any questions you want to ask of your sisters? Or comments on something one shared?
5 comments
My God Hunt is seeing His Spirit work in all of you! Your enthusiasm about this study really is wonderful.
God also rescued me from a scammer I’d been e-mailing with for 3 weeks. She (or whoever it was) was so convincing, telling me she was publicist who could bring back the kind of sales I’d had with The Friendships of Women forty years ago. I nearly sent her a check, BUT GOD. When she started pressuring me I knew pressure never comes from the Holy Spirit so slowed down and got counsel. My youngest daughter discovered the warm picture she was using was not her, and my FBI son-in-law said: “One hundred per cent scam.” It was the Lord who rescued me.
Oh Dee, so glad the Lord rescued you from this scam…there are so many out there anymore!!
Thank you Jesus, for always going ahead of us and speaking to us through Your still small voice. Thank you for bringing the truth to Dee, through her daughter and son in law. Praising You Lord.
Sunday: SPYING GOD
The Lord is always with us, but sometimes He makes us very aware of His presence. Last week did you have an answer to prayer, unusual timing or circumstances, help to do His work, Scripture becoming radioactive, or a sense of His presence through creation or fellowship?
Last Thursday, I met with a lady friend (a sense of His presence through fellowship) who is in charge this year to lead our annual October Women’s Luncheon. We both felt the Lord’s presence and guidance (answer to prayer) as we talked about the theme, verse, speaker, and the general agenda for that day. As we talked about several options, we felt God’s peace with what we agreed on, trusting Him to open doors for us.
She is planning to ask 2-3 women (unusual timing of their circumstances that lines up with our theme) to give a short testimony in line with our theme, The God of the Ordinary, based on the Bible Study by Alistair Begg of the same title. We will be using his 6-week study (help to do His work) for a follow-up to the event.
I thank God for His Word, and He has led me to the following verses (Scripture becoming radioactive)
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are… to I Corinthians 1:27-28
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
Dee, thank you again for teaching us this principle of Spying God in our lives.
I love how you sought the Lord together, Bing, for your luncheon.