Study Questions for August 22, 2024
Read Ezra 8:21-36
- Using a favorite resource, how many miles do these exiles travel on their return to Jerusalem? How long does it take this particular wave of returnees?
- What examples/actions of faithfulness and obedience do you observe in the people here?
- Contrast the examples of Ezra in 8:22 and Nehemiah in Nehemiah 2:9. What do you make of this?
- Why do you think fasting goes with prayer? What is your experience with fasting?
- How does the expression of stewardship in 8:24-30 inform your own accountability before God?
- What significance does the "burnt offering" express in their worship of God? How might this inform your personal worship response to God?
- As believers in Jesus, what denotes the gracious hand of God upon our lives?
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