Resource type: Bible Study
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The Beast out of the Sea (Revelation 13)
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Opening Prayer Creator God, open our hearts to your Spirit of Truth, so that through these texts, our discussion and our prayer, we will hear the voice of your living Word. Through this Bible study, may our minds be renewed and our desire for your Kingdom quickened. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Exegesis Revelation is part…
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The Lamb Takes the Scroll (Revelation 5)
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Opening Prayer Creator God, open our hearts to your Spirit of Truth, so that through these texts, our discussion and our prayer, we will hear the voice of your living Word. Through this Bible study, may our minds be renewed and our desire for your Kingdom quickened. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Exegesis Revelation, attributed to…
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Daniel’s Prayer (Daniel 9:1-27)
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Opening Prayer God, we give you thanks that you are always attentive to our prayers and are not slow to answer us. You are sovereign over all of history and yet you care for us individually and respond to our cries. We put our trust in you afresh this day. Amen. Exegesis We have already met Daniel,…
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Daniel’s Faith in God (Daniel 3:1-30 and 6:1-28)
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Opening Prayer God, our rock, our refuge, our redeemer, you know our circumstances, our needs, our fears, our hopes and our dreams before we say anything to you. And yet you invite us to share our deepest longings with you and to trust you in all situations. Thank you, faithful God. Amen. Exegesis Daniel and his friends…
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Daniel and Prophetic Dreams (Daniel 2:1-47 and 7:1-28)
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Opening Prayer God in heaven, whose loving purposes embrace all humanity and all of creation, thank you that you reveal yourself and your ways to those who see after you. Open our eyes to see the signs of your kingdom all around us, and open our eyes as we read the Scriptures. Amen. Exegesis Daniel 2:28 reads: ‘there…
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Daniel’s Training in Babylon (Daniel 1:1-21)
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Opening Prayer Gracious God, who heard the prayer of Daniel the moment he turned to you, hear us today as we read his story, ponder his choices, learn from his creative and faithful behaviour, and try to discern what it means for us today to live as your holy people. Amen. Exegesis The book of Daniel is…
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Comfort for God’s People (Isaiah 40) version two
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Opening Prayer God of compassion, you are the consolation of all who hope in you. As we gather to seek you in your word, draw near and reveal yourself to us. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen. Exegesis The second part of the book of Isaiah, written around the time of the Babylonian exile,…
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Comfort for God’s People (Isaiah 40) version one
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Opening Prayer God, open our hearts that we may love you; open our ears that we may hear you; open our eyes that we may see you; open our minds that we may learn of you; strengthen our wills that we may serve you; in the name of Jesus, Amen. Exegesis There is here, in several senses,…
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The Return of the Exiles (Jeremiah 31:1-17)
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Opening Prayer Grace and peace be with us: touching our past, shaping our present, inspiring our future, in the power of the living God, Amen. Exegesis By this stage in Jeremiah’s prophetic ministry, Babylonia has conquered Judah, and many people have been taken into exile. Now, rather than being a prophet of judgment, Jeremiah is a prophet of…
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The Temple (Jeremiah 7:1-7)
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Opening Prayer God of all peoples and all times, God with us here and now, open us up to your wisdom, and to the wisdom of each other. Bless us with honesty and compassion, that we may grow in faith, hope and love for the sake of your justice and peace on earth. Amen. Exegesis The…