Crossridge Church

Daniel 9 - The God Who Restores Reflection/Discussion Questions Gods word points us to God Himself in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according tothe word of theLordto Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him byprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. -Daniel 9:2-3 1. How might we read the Bible but miss the point of connecting to God in a living way? 2. What do you notice about Daniels response as he reads the scriptures? 3. How can we cultivate an active and growing relationship with God through consistent engagement with the scriptures? You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. -John 5:39-40 Gods discipline has a purpose As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has