Read Joel 1-2
I. TIME TO WAKE UP 1:1-12
- Who is speaking? 1:1
- What disaster is described? Give the phrases that indicate the disaster affected the people environmentally; socially; financially; nationally; religiously; and agriculturally.
- Name one disaster we have experienced recently for each of the above categories.
- What disaster are you experiencing in your personal world?
- How are you responding? With anger? Self-pity? Complaining? Or _________ (you fill in the blank).
II. TIME TO CRY OUT 1:13-20
- What is God’s purpose in allowing the disaster to take place according to Joel 1:13-14? 1:19? 2:12-14?
- Do you think the disasters striking our world could have the same purpose today?
- How did Joel urge his people to respond to the disaster and its broad impact? Give phrases from Joel 2:12-17.
- What hope is given to those who “wake-up” and “cry out”? Give the phrases from Joel 2:18-27; 2 Chronicles 7:13-14; Hosea 14:1-2.
- How do the following verses encourage you now to embrace the hope that God promises? Ephesians 5:14; Romans 13:11; Isaiah 60:1-2; 1 Peter 1:13.
Would you choose now to embrace the hope that God promises by waking up and crying out?
This Bible study was originally printed in our Winter 2012 newsletter.
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