Monday

· Give a personal definition for the word “over-confident”

· How does this relate to pride?

· Using your Bible concordance, what does the Bible say about pride?

Tuesday

· Read Genesis 25:19-34, 27:1-46, 28:1-9, how do you imagine this long bitter conflict evolved into a national incident with Edom (Esau’s descendants) hating Israel (Jacob’s descendants)?

· What incidents in your, or your family’s past has shaped your current feelings or attitudes about certain people or situations?

· What can you do to put an end to the conflict?

Wednesday

· Read Obadiah 3. How can pride be deceptive?

· What is the correlation between pride and cruelty? (Obadiah 10-14)

· How might have the Edomites justified their behavior?

· How do people justify their behavior today?

Thursday

· Read Psalm 10:4, 11:1; Why is it so difficult for people around you to believe in a personal God?

· What happens to people who go through life without the belief in a transcendent, sovereign God?

· Read Romans 1:18-32. Does this passage help explain the rising tide of violence in our nation? Why or Why not?

· What is the overall trajectory of your life?

· PRAY for D-NOW workers, students and speaker (Sam Swann)

Friday

· Read Romans 12:19-21. What are we not to do in relation to our enemies? What are we to do?

· Whom do you currently have conflict with that needs reconciling?

· What are possible results of harboring unforgiveness or bitterness?

· Read Obadiah 15. How can taking God at His word, release you to fulfill God’s purposes for your life? What steps do you need to take today to take Him at His word?

· PRAY for D-NOW workers, students and speaker (Sam Swann)

Saturday

· PRAY for D-NOW workers, students and speaker (Sam Swann)

Sunday

· PRAY that God would move in our church during Sunday morning’s services…