Discipleship Resources

Scroll to find Bible Reading Plan, Weekly Sermon Discussion Questions, and Monthly Memorization Verse(s).

Daily Bible Reading Plan

Use this plan for your daily Bible reading.

Download the 2024-2025 PDF reading plan here.

Sunday, January 19 Nehemiah 9 • Acts 19
Monday, January 20 Nehemiah 10 • Acts 20
Tuesday, January 21 Nehemiah 11 • Acts 21
Wednesday, January 22 Nehemiah 12 • Acts 22
Thursday, January 23 Nehemiah 13 • Acts 23
Friday, January 24 Esther 1 • Acts 24
Saturday, January 25 Esther 2 • Acts 25
Sunday, January 26 Esther 3 • Acts 26

Weekly Sermon Discussion Questions

1. Jesus said, “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh” (Luke 6:21). What role does humor, irony, and paradox play in this narrative (Acts 5:17-42), and how do these comic elements reflect the divine comedy of the gospel itself?

2. How does Luke’s narrative (Acts 5:17-42) echo the story of the exodus and other important elements of the Old Testament storyline?

3. Luke says that the Jewish authorities’ opposition to the apostles was motivated by “jealousy” (Acts 5:17). How are we likewise tempted by the sins of envy and rivalry?

4. What does (and doesn’t) this narrative teach us about obeying God rather than men
(cf. 5:29)? Shouldn’t we ordinarily obey civil authorities (Romans 13:1-7) and “be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution” (1 Peter 2:13)? How do we know when it is (and isn’t) time to practice civil disobedience?

5. How should we evaluate Gamaliel’s counsel? To what extent did he give good or bad advice, or perhaps speak better than he knew?

6. How does this story give you hope and encourage you to rejoice even as you face the many hardships that all Christians must go through to enter the kingdom of God
(cf. 1 Pet 1:6, 4:13; Rom 5:3; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Acts 14:22)?

Monthly Scripture Memorization:

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound… ” (Isaiah 61:1)