Bible Study for the First Week of Advent
- 11/29 – Exodus 35,36:1-7 – How can you be generous toward God and other people? Prayer starter: Generous God, may the work of my hands be valuable in your sight. May all that I do each day reveal you to others.
- 11/30 – Exodus 40 – How has God’s music filled my life? Prayer starter: Ever-present God, help me to realize that you dwell in me and in all of creation. Help me to constantly experience your indwelling.
- 12/1 – Exodus 27,28 – How is God dwelling in you? Prayer starter: Compassionate and caring God, may my worship deepen my love for you and lead me to a deeper experience of you. May the tangible objects with which I worship you reveal your presence.
- 12/2 – Exodus 29:1-9, Exodus 30,31 – Do I begin and close my day by making an offering to God? Prayer starter: Ever-present God, receive my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings. May my life be an acceptable sacrifice to you.
- 12/3 – Exodus 32 – In what areas of my life do I stand in need of God’s forgiveness? Do I seek it? Prayer starter: Compassionate God, forgive me for my failures and sins. Help me to continue to forgive and to be reconciled with you and all who are part of my life.
- 12/4- Exodus 33 – How do you seek to see the face of God in your life and in the world? Prayer starter: Gracious and compassionate God, forgive me for being stiff-necked. Help me to remain faithful to you and to avoid the idols of the world.
- 12/5 – Exodus 34 – How have I experienced God’s mercy, kindness, and forgiveness toward me? Prayer starter: Ha ve mercy on me faithful, forgiving, and just God. I entrust myself to you and ask that you give me the grace to retum to you and repair my relationship with you.
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