Want to learn more about Major Lessons From Minor Prophets? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: "Scorned" is not a common word today. But, we all know how it feels. We feel scorned when we are rejected and someone else is chosen. Some experience this with their parents, some experience this with their children, some experience this in dating,...
Introduction: Have you ever seen someone who needed an attitude adjustment? We consider what is going on, and make the judgment that person's attitude is inappropriate for the situation. Let's turn our judgment inward. Consider your attitude towards God. Coul...
Introduction: Assume disaster comes into your life. What is your most important goal? To survive, and if possible, turn it to your advantage. The Bible contains God's promises to help us. This week we look at the prophecies of Joel, a minor prophet, who predic...
Introduction: When my children were very young we played a game called "Roar." I would hide and then roar like a lion. (Well, a little bit like a lion.) The children would then try to figure out where I was hiding. Since their sense of sound direction was no...
Introduction: Last week we studied the "roars" that God sent out to the pagan nations that surrounded His people. Next, we read that God's roars were also directed towards His own people. What should we learn from that? God is an "equal opportunity" roarer? Ho...
Introduction: Does everyone need hope? The obvious answer is, "yes." But, hope is a funny thing. You don't need hope if you are satisfied with how things are now. In Revelation 3:16 God says He wants to spit out lukewarm people. God prefers us to be hot or cold...
Introduction: Does everyone need hope? The obvious answer is, "yes." But, hope is a funny thing. You don't need hope if you are satisfied with how things are now. In Revelation 3:16 God says He wants to spit out lukewarm people. God prefers us to be hot or cold...
Introduction: Would you like to keep private past decisions that were questionable? How many times do you wish that others would not criticize you? Do you like it when others want to discuss with you some error that you made in the past? Except when you are si...
Introduction: Do you feel nervous? Does life make you anxious? Do you try to calm yourself by saying, "I can handle this?" Our lesson this week is about people who got into a whole bunch of trouble. The trouble began because they depended upon their own power a...
Introduction: Does it seem like you have a hole in your pocket? You can never get ahead, never save? Whenever it seems like you are going to have additional money, it turns out that some new need arises that sets you back to where you were before! If you answ...
Introduction: Zechariah is a fabulously interesting book! It is filled with symbols, complexity and great news about the gospel! We will spend this week and the next unraveling the stories that give us confidence in our Messiah and the message of salvation by gr...
Introduction: When I was growing up, some of my elders would tell me that if I did not obey God, He would not listen to me when I needed help. Others would say that God would listen to me regardless of what I might do. Our study of Zechariah 7 helps unravel...
Introduction: As we close our series of lessons on the "Minor Prophets" of the Old Testament, we study Malachi. Malachi sounds a familiar tone among the minor prophets: pay attention to your relationship with God. Perhaps because of the wonderful message that w...
