Read Genesis 8 Verse 21 speaks of the Lord smelling the pleasing aroma and it moves Him to promise. Think about your life- what is moving God to pleasure and smiles right now about you? How much mercy can you find in this chapter? On a separate piece of paper, list out everything that you see. Up until today, this …

Read Genesis 7: 11-24 Imagine how the Lord is feeling as this scene unfolds. What are some of the feeling words you would use to describe this moment? I love that the Lord shuts the door and Noah does not have to. Remember, his friends and community were outside of the safety of the ark. Where do you see evidence …

Read Genesis 7: 1-10 Reflect on the following questions: In what ways do you see God’s mercy shining through? What else are we learning about who Noah is?

Read Genesis 6 A lot of ground gets covered in this chapter and we are doing to use the Know, Be, Do format to pull it all out! I often just write right in my Bible a k,b, or d next to what I am seeing! KNOW (What does the text say about God?) BE (What does the text say …

In past weeks, we have gone in chronological order through our Old Testament characters. This week we jump nearly back to the beginning of all things and see the life of Noah. The Bible Project does not have a video specific to Noah, but this global view of Genesis (I thought) was very interesting. See what you think! What questions …

As we get ready for the worship service this morning, you can read the closing chapters of Esther 9-10, or just list out some of the “take homes” that you see for your life from this book? Think through the 5 books that we have done thus far- what are some larger themes of mercy recorded here?

Read Esther 7-8  Consider the following questions: How are you feeling about this story? God’s name is not mentioned in Esther, but how do you see His mercy at work? Haman is certainly an unsavory character- but what about Xerxes? What kind of person has he been shown to be? Ponder some “take homes” from this interesting book God settled …