年僅16歲的約西亞, 立志追求認識神, 要過討神的喜悅的生活，凡事遵行神的話，成為了一個活著受人尊重，死後使人懷念的得勝者。

Josiah resolved to seek the Lord and live a life that is pleasing to God at the age of 16. This week, Rev. Jeremiah Cheung shows us how, by living a life of obedience, Josiah became a real-life overcomer who was well-respected not just in His time but even to this day.

Read Today’s Scripture Passage

2 Chronicles 34-35

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Choose 2 LG members to share a devotion they recently had.
• Share a recent encouragement you received from someone.

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Describe the background/circumstances of Josiah.
• Read 2Chronicles 34:1-3. How did Josiah seek the Lord in his young age?
• Read 2Chronicles 34:3-7. What did Josiah decide to do? How and why did he do it?
• Read 2Chronicles 34:8. How did Josiah respond when they found God’s laws?
• Did Josiah’s wholehearted devotion to God go to waste? How did God reward/honor Josiah’s humility and reverence to Him (2Chronicles 34:27-28)?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• How can you seek to please God? What are the idols in your heart that you need to get rid of?
• How are you responding to the challenges you are facing? What kind of choices are you making? How is God present in the choices that you make?
• Reflect: How do you respond to God’s word? Have you become numb?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• How can you overcome the idols in your heart?
• How would you like to respond to God’s word today?

6. Engage God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Pray for each other’s needs and concerns. (10-15 minutes)
• Pray for our country. (10-15 minutes)
  • God’s provision and wisdom for businesses affected by the pandemic.
  • Opportunities and provision for people who lost their jobs during this time.
  • Emotional and psychological support for families going through challenges
.

Would you like to try joining a Life Group session? Fill out our Contact form and our Life Group Officer will get in touch with you shortly.

Tithes & Offering

We praise the Lord that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, we can still worship online together. If CBCP is your home church and you are moved to give at this time, you may deposit your offerings via online fund transfer to our church bank accounts. Learn how to give.

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Our lives are determined not by our circumstances but rather by our choices. This week, Ptr. Genesis Tan urges us to emulate Josiah’s example by choosing to do what is right in the sight of the LORD and to walk in His ways.

Read Today’s Scripture Passage

2 Chronicles 34-35 / 2 Kings 22-23

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Start with a prayer

2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)

• Choose 2 LG members to share a devotion they recently had.
• Share a recent encouragement you received from someone.

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Describe the background/circumstances of Josiah.
• Read 2Chronicles 34:1-3. How did Josiah seek the Lord in his young age?
• Read 2Chronicles 34:3-7. What did Josiah decide to do? How and why did he do it?
• Read 2Chronicles 34:8. How did Josiah respond when they found God’s laws?
• Did Josiah’s wholehearted devotion to God go to waste? How did God reward/honor Josiah’s humility and reverence to Him (2Chronicles 34:27-28)?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• How can you seek to please God? What are the idols in your heart that you need to get rid of?
• How are you responding to the challenges you are facing? What kind of choices are you making? How is God present in the choices that you make?
• Reflect: How do you respond to God’s word? Have you become numb?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• How can you overcome the idols in your heart?
• How would you like to respond to God’s word today?

6. Engage God in prayer (20-30 mins)

• Pray for each other’s needs and concerns. (10-15 minutes)
• Pray for our country. (10-15 minutes)
  • God’s provision and wisdom for businesses affected by the pandemic.
  • Opportunities and provision for people who lost their jobs during this time.
  • Emotional and psychological support for families going through challenges
.

Would you like to try joining a Life Group session? Fill out our Contact form and our Life Group Officer will get in touch with you shortly.

Tithes & Offering

We praise the Lord that despite the Coronavirus pandemic, we can still worship online together. If CBCP is your home church and you are moved to give at this time, you may deposit your offerings via online fund transfer to our church bank accounts. Learn how to give.

The post Josiah: The Boy Who Became King appeared first on Christian Bible Church of the Philippines.

Hangad mo rin ba ang pagbabago? Paano nga ba ito makakamit? Sa mensaheng ito, hinihikayat tayo ni Ptr. Allan Rillera na tularan si Josiah sa kanyang pagsisikap na hanapin ang Diyos sapagkat sa Kanya lamang matatagpuan ang tunay na pagbabago.

Do you desire change? How can meaningful change be achieved? In this message, Ptr. Allan Rillera urges us to follow Josiah’s example and seek the Lord for it is He who holds the key to real and life-giving change.

Basahin sa Bibliya

2 Chronicles 34

Life Group Discussion Guide

1. Magdasal bilang panimula.

2. Engage with one another (15-30 mins)

• Magbahagi ng iyong natutunan mula sa personal devotion.
• Anong mga bagay sa paligid mo ang nakakapagdismaya sa iyo?

3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)

• Ano ang pinagdaanan ng mga Hudyo bago mamuno si Josiah? Basahin ang 2 Chronicles 34. Anu-ano ang mga ginawa ni Josiah para makamit ang pagbabago?
• Ano ang kinahinatnan ng pagsaliksik ni Josiah tungkol sa tunay na Diyos? Bakit ito mahalaga?
• Paano itinuwid ni Josiah ang mga pagkakamali na ginawa ng kanilang bayan?
• Paano naisakatuparan ni Josiah ang Salita ng Diyos sa buhay niya? Paano tumugon si Josiah sa salita ng Diyos?

4. Engage the heart (15-20 mins)

• Anong klase ng buhay ang iyong ninanais? Ano ang pagkakaiba kung tayo ay mamumuhay nang malayo sa Diyos?
• Anong mga bagay ang binibigyan mo ng higit na pagpapahalaga kaysa sa Diyos? Anong mga nagawa mong pagkakamali sa buhay ang nais mong ituwid?
• Para sa ’yo, gaano kahalaga ang Salita ng Diyos? Ano ang mga pangako ng Diyos sa mga taong susunod sa Kaniyang mga kautusan? Ninanais mo ba kung ano ang mga nais ng Diyos para sa ’yo?

5. Engage the hands (15-20 mins)

• Nais mo bang magkaroon ng pagbabago sa iyong buhay? Paano ka manunumbalik sa Diyos?
• Sa iyong narinig mula sa mensaheng ito, paano mo nais tumugon sa Panginoon?

6. Maglaan ng oras para sa pagdadasal (20-30 mins)

• Ipagdasal ang mga pangangailangan at mga alalahanin ng bawat isa. (10-15 minutes)
• Ipagdasal ang ating bansa. (10-15 minutes)
  • Probisyon at karunungan mula sa Diyos para sa mga negosyong apektado ng pandemya.
  • Mga pagkakataon at probisyon para sa mga taong nawalan ng trabaho sa panahon na ito.
  • Emosyonal at sikolohikal na suporta para sa mga pamilyang dumaraan sa mga pagsubok ng buhay.

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Tithes at Offering

Kami po ay nagpapasalamat sa Diyos sapagkat nabigyan tayo ng online na pamamaraan upang makapagsamba sa kabila ng nagaganap na pandemya dulot ng Coronavirus. Kung ikaw ay miyembro ng CBCP at nais mong magbigay pabalik sa Panginoon, maaring magdeposito sa mga bank account ng simbahan gamit ang online fund transfer. Alamin kung paano.

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