You've Got the Time Reflections

40 DAYS OF LENT: Ash Wednesday, February 17 to Easter Sunday, April 4.

DIRECTIONS: Below, you will find a quick summary of what you will hear today as part of the You've Got the Time listening experience. Then, you will see a question or reflection that you can use to help you personalize and put into action what you hear God's Spirit saying to you as you listen to the New Testament. You may access past reflections here. (Reflections for each day by Ray Higgins, CBF of Arkansas Coordinator.)

Monday, March 29 - Day 35 - Hebrews 11-James 5

What new thing do you learn about faith from this famous chapter on faith?
How does Jesus' example in Hebrews 12 inspire you to live a faithful Christ-like life?
What teaching in the final chapter speaks to where you are living right now?
What is wisdom and how does a Christian get it?
What is temptation and how does a Christian overcome it?
From the challenge to be hearers and doers of the Word, what would happen if we lived out one truth each week that we learned in Bible study or worship?
What is wrong with favoritism and how can a Christian avoid it?
Describe the relationship between faith and works?
What advice does James give when you have trouble controlling your speech?
Describe the two kinds of wisdom, and what results from true wisdom?
How can you live in the world without being friends with the world?
What guideline does James giving about judging others?
What is James' definition of sin?
hat kind of guidance does James give to wealthy people?
What kind of guidance does James give Christians who are suffering?
How can you practice the prayer of faith?

Tuesday, March 30 - Day 36 - 1 Peter 1-1 John 1

Where do Christians find hope for living?
What does holy living look like?
What does it mean for your daily living that Jesus is the cornerstone?
According to Peter, what are some characteristics of a Christian?
How can Christ's suffering inspire you to live a Christ-like life?
How does Peter describe the relationship for husbands and wives?
How can you handle suffering for doing right?
What are the qualities of living as a good steward of God's grace?
How can you handle suffering as a Christian?
What are the qualities of a Christian leader?
What Christ-like qualities build on each other?
What are the qualities of false prophets, and what happens to them?
How should a Christian live in light of the Lord's coming?
What does John mean by "God is light," and how does it apply to your daily life?

Wednesday, March 31 - Day 37 - 1 John 2-Jude

What does it mean for Christ to be your advocate?
What is the new commandment John asks his readers to obey?
What advice does John give regarding antichrists.
What does it mean to be a child of God?
How should a Christ-follower love one another?
What does it mean to trust the spirits?
What happens to your thinking and living when you start with the premise that "God is love?"
What is the sign that someone loves God?
What does it look like to live according to love and truth?
What is different between Diotrephes and Demetrius?
Jude asks his readers to "contend for the faith." What did his readers face? What does that look like today?

Thursday, April 1 - Day 38 - Revelation 1-7

Who does John write this revelation to?
Describe John's vision of Jesus? Why do you think this vision was so powerful in John's life? How can it be powerful in your life?
What is the message to the church at Ephesus?
What is the message to the church at Smyrna?
What is the message to the church at Pergamum?
What is the message to the church at Thyatira?
What is the message to the church at Sardis?
What is the message to the church at Philadelphia?
What is the message to the church at Laodicea?
How does John describe worship in heaven? How would you apply this vision of worship to your church's worship?
What is the point of John's vision of the scroll and the Lamb?
What is the point of the seven seals?
Do you think the number 144,000 is to be interpreted literally or figuratively? What does it mean about how you live the Christian life?
Describe John's vision of the multitude in heaven? What does it mean about how you live the Christian life?

Friday, April 2 - Day 39 - Revelation 8-15

What is the point of John's vision of the seven trumpets?
What is John's point about the angel with the little scroll?
What do you believe is the meaning of the two witnesses?
What do you believe is the meaning of the woman and the dragon?
Describe the first and second beast. What do they mean?
When John describes the Lamb and the 144,000 he mentions two sins. What are they? Why these two?
What do you believe is the message of the three angels?
What do you believe is the meaning of the scene of a white cloud and one like the Son of Man on it wearing a golden crown and holding a sharp sickle?
What do you believe is the meaning of the angel with the seven last plagues?

Saturday, April 3 - Day 40 - Revelation 16-22

What do you believe is the meaning of the seven bowls of God's wrath?
What do you believe is the meaning of the Great Whore and the Beast?
What do you believe is the meaning of the fall of Babylon?
What do you believe is the meaning of the rejoicing in heaven?
What do you believe is the meaning of the rider on the white horse?
What do you believe is the meaning of the 1,000 years?
What happens when the 1,000 years are ended?
How does John describe the new heaven and the new earth? How would you describe the future in light of this description?
What does the New Jerusalem represent, and what do you believe this vision means?
What do you believe the river of life means?
How does John respond to this magnificent revelation? What do you think about it now, after listening to it? What impresses you? What is the take home line and take home feeling for you as you live as a Christ-follower?

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