Zion Lutheran Church – Marinette

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: What are some possible reasons why Nicodemus visited Jesus at night?

This week’s text for the Second Sunday in Lent: John 3:1-17 (NRSV)

¹Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. ²He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” ³Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” ⁴Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” ⁵Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. ⁶What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ ⁸The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” ⁹Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” ¹⁰Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
? ¹¹“Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. ¹²If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? ¹³No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. ¹⁴And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ¹⁵that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
? ¹⁶“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
? ¹⁷“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: Who are the angels that wait on you when you have had your struggles with temptations?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: How do the scriptures help when you are dealing with temptations?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: What other gods are you tempted to worship?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: In what ways do you put the Lord your God to the test?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

The Question of the Day helps prepare you for next Sunday’s focus text in worship. These questions are posted here each day offering an opportunity for discussion. (Just click in the title of this post and you will be taken to the discussion window.) Try it out for a week and see how Jesus will use your time of pondering upon God’s word to deepen your faith.

Today’s question is: What stones in your life do you wish would become loaves of bread?

This week’s text for the First Sunday in Lent: Matthew 4:1-11 (NRSV)

¹Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. ³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,
?‘One does not live by bread alone,
??but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’?”
? ⁵Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,
?‘He will command his angels concerning you,’
??and ‘On their hands they will bear you up,
?so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’?”
⁷Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’?”
? ⁸Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; ⁹and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” ¹⁰Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written,
?‘Worship the Lord your God,
??and serve only him.’?”
¹¹Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.