Discipleship Resources

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Daily Bible Reading Plan

Use this plan for your daily Bible reading.

Download the 2024 PDF reading plan here.

Sunday, October 13 1 Kings 16 • Colossians 3
Monday, October 14 1 Kings 17 • Colossians 4
Tuesday, October 15 1 Kings 18 • 1 Thessalonians 1
Wednesday, October 16 1 Kings 19 • 1 Thessalonians 2
Thursday, October 17 1 Kings 20 • 1 Thessalonians 3
Friday, October 18 1 Kings 21 • 1 Thessalonians 4
Saturday, October 19 1 Kings 22 • 1 Thessalonians 5
Sunday, October 20 2 Kings 1 • 2 Thessalonians 1

Weekly Sermon Discussion Questions

1. What is the significance of this miracle’s time (“the hour of prayer”) and setting (“the Beautiful Gate” of the temple)?
2. What Old Testament passages and earlier episodes in Jesus’ ministry does this story recall (see Isaiah 35:1-7; Jeremiah 31:8; Micah 4:6-7; Luke 7:22; 14:13, 21)?
3. What can we learn from the way that Peter and James looked at this lame beggar and directed their “gaze” toward him?
4.What does this story teach us about the power of Jesus’ name? Compare with Acts 2:21; 3:16; 4:7, 10, 12, 17, 18, 30; 5:28, 40.
5. How should this story change the way that we live? What practical application does it hold for us today?

Monthly Scripture Memorization:

“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42).