November: The Father Pities His Children
Read this month with an eye for the tender Fatherhood of God.
Read Psalm 103. Make a list of the blessings listed. How many apply to something with which God has blessed you personally?
Read Joshua 21-24. This passage is a review of some of the things the Father had done for His children in bringing them into the promised land. Highlight the specific historic blessings mentioned.
Read the last chapter of II Chronicles and the last chapter of II Kings. Notice the desolation of Judah with the king of Judah being carried away in fetters by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The ensuing destruction of the temple and the holy hill of God marked the beginning of the Babylonian captivity.
Read the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Notice that God’s people were in bondage in Persia because of their sins (originally Babylonian exile, but Babylon was overthrown by Persia).
Find the chapter in Ezra in which he mourns for their trespasses. Mark each instance of the word “remnant.” How did God feel about his remnant? Nehemiah was a great reformer. He made a great difference in the space of just 52 days. To what did he attribute this great opportunity in 2:8?
Read Luke 15
Read 2 Peter 3
Read John 3:16
**Please note the original source of this study is found here. This is placed here for convenience of our local study group.
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