January 4

Genesis 10:1-5; 1 Chronicles 1:5-7; Genesis 10: 6-20; 1 chronicles 1:8-16; Genesis 10:21-11:26; 1 Chronicles 1:17-27

• What event took place during the days of Peleg and his brother Joktan?
• Describe the people of Shinar.
• Why does God confuse the language of the people in Shinar?
• What does “sharing a language” do for people?
• How do you see the “sharing of language” and the different languages in America affecting our culture?
• What does the story of Babel teach you about God? About human nature?
• How are life spans affected by the post-flood environment?
• How do you see God working redemptively through Shem’s descendants?

PRAYER

Questions are excerpted from Chronological Bible Discipleship – the CBD Personal Devotional Study by Iva May, Copyright 2010. Devotional may be found at www.ivamay.com

January 3

Genesis 7:1 – 9:29

• What did a hundred and fifty days of rain do to the earth and all of its inhabitants?
• When was Noah released to leave the ark?
• What was the first thing Noah did after he left the ark? What does this tell you about his view of God?
• What was God’s response to Noah’s offering?
• What are the terms and the sign of the covenant God makes with Noah?
• What purpose does the rainbow serve?
• Why does Noah curse Canaan?
• What does this story teach you about God, about sin and judgment, and about human nature?

PRAYER

Questions are excerpted from Chronological Bible Discipleship – the CBD Personal Devotional Study by Iva May, Copyright 2010. Devotional may be found at ivamay.com

January 1

Genesis 1:1 – 3:24

What do you learn about God from….

• God’s creating plant and animal life with the ability to reproduce?
• the days of creation? (God is systematic…is interested in reproduction, etc.)
• God’s garden prohibition?

How does Adam realize that he has no one comparable to himself?

What does God’s making Eve from Adam’s rib instead of forming her from the dust of the ground tell you about God? About woman?

Describe the serpent’s conversation with the woman.

What happens immediately after Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit?

What does this tell you about sin?

What are fear, shame, and guilt symptoms of?

How does God respond to their sin?

What was God’s goal in confronting Adam and Eve?

How do guilty sinners typically respond to sin’s confrontation? (see Proverbs 28:13 for an example)

How does God demonstrate His love and mercy to the guilty couple?

What does Adam and Eve’s sin cost them? Cost God? Cost creation?

PRAYER

Questions are excerpted from Chronological Bible Discipleship – the CBD Personal Devotional Study by Iva May, Copyright 2010. Devotional may be found at ivamay.com