Bible Surprises! In 30 Minutes

·      Check out John 4

·      What can we learn from Jesus about sharing our faith?

·      Is why we worship more important than where we worship? 

·      Can Jesus truly satisfy?

• Check out John 2
• How did an ordinary wedding become famous worldwide?
• Why is God’s timing important so important?
• What signs point to Jesus today?

• Check out Luke 5
• Why did a carpenter know better than a fisherman how to fish?
• What will you miss out on if you’re too busy for God?
• What’s it like to have Jesus as your friend? 

• Check out Luke 2
• Why do two unknowns get so many column inches in the Bible?
• How important is it that Jesus wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth?
• What is a productive alternative to living in bitterness?    

• Check out Luke 2
• Why did God choose troublemakers to have a backstage pass?
• What most shocked the shepherds?
• How important is it to always be ready for God’s intervention?

• Check out Matthew 1, Luke 1-2
• What is incredible about receiving God’s favour?
• How does a betrothal differ from an engagement? 
• Why didn’t the birth of the King of kings receive royal treatment?

• Check out Luke 1
• What are the odds that God is working things out? 
• Can God’s promises leave you speechless?
• Why do some life lessons take longer than others?

• Check out Daniel 1-3
• How can you stay true to your faith in a world of disbelief?
• Is it possible to bring God’s culture into the culture all around us?
• Where do we draw the line when putting our faith on the line?

• Check out 1 Kings 6-8; 2 Chronicles 7; 2 Kings 25
• Why isn’t the devil always in the detail?
• Where does heaven touch earth?
• What is it dangerous to put our faith in the Church of Jesus rather than Jesus of the Church?

• Check out 2 Kings 22-23
• How different would society be after a spiritual spring clean?
• What would happen if we actually read the Bible that’s gathering dust on the bookshelf?
• Where do you find help to understand the Bible?

• Check out 2 Kings 18-19, Isaiah 36-37

• How should we react when intimidated by others?

• Why is it dangerous to think ‘words will never hurt me’?

• Whose voice should we listen to when facing bullies?  

• Check out 1 Kings 19, 2 Kings 2-7
• How can you be unsurprised by God’s surprises?
• Can the extraordinary ever become ordinary?
• How can we see the spiritual dimension to life? 

• Check out 2 Chronicles 17-20
• How can we have a godly influence on others?
• When is there a downside to blessing?
• Why fix our eyes on God when in a hopeless situation? 

• Check out 1 Kings 16, 18, 19
• What are the problems for couples who hold opposing beliefs?
• Who wins the blame game when played against God?
• Can you hear God’s voice in a noisy world?

• Check out 1 Kings 17
• Who never fails to keep their promises?
• Can we experience God’s miraculous provision?
• Why should we share our story of what God has done for us? 

• Check out 1 Samuel 8-17
• How do we handle waiting to serve our purpose?
• Why should we remember God’s faithfulness when facing the impossible?
• Can you fight battles in other people’s armour?

• Check out Exodus 25, Hebrews 9, 1 Samuel 4-7, 2 Samuel 6

• Why do simple instructions matter to God?

• Can religious relics wreck religion?

• When should we put our traditions aside, for God’s sake?

• Check out Joshua 5-6

• Why aren’t God’s strategies always obvious?

• How can faith look life’s challenges in the eye?

• Can we suffer from a fortress mentality?

• Check out Joshua 3-5

• How do we deal with obstacles when we’ve stepped out in faith?

• Does God really engineer things for his purposes?  

• How can memorials become a menace?

• Check out Joshua 1-2, Matthew 1

• How can wise planning pay dividends?

• If you can’t trust others, can you trust God?

• How can an immoral woman set a good example?

• Check out Numbers 22-24

• Why can you never put a price on the voice of God?

• Can God ever be described as incredible?

• How determined is God to get through to us?

• Check out Numbers 21, John 3

• How can we avoid becoming bored as believers?

• When do we need a wake-up call from God?

• Could we be in danger of worshipping our traditions?

• Check out Genesis 15-16, Numbers 11

• Why might we become ungrateful for ‘our daily bread’?

• When does God use the natural in supernatural ways?

• How do we deal with the discontent of always wanting more?

• Check out Exodus 13-14, Numbers 9

• How essential is divine guidance when you’re in unfamiliar territory?

• Can history repeating itself sometimes be for our own good? 

• Could we ever be in danger of being left behind when God moves on?

• Check out Exodus 14

• How can you avoid being paralysed by fear?

• Does God help when we face an impossible situation?

• Why does the Creator use creation to perform miracles?

• Check out Exodus 2-14, 17 

• How many proofs do you need that God is real?

• Can the everyday be used in extraordinary ways?

• What happens if you negotiate with God?

• Check out Genesis 37-50

• Do family feuds need to end in disaster?

• If life is a rollercoaster can faith help you hang on?

• Why does it pay to save for a rainy day?

• Check out Genesis 25-32

• Can anyone run away from God?

• What are the dangers of favouritism within families?

• Is it true that what goes around comes around?

• Check out Genesis 11-25

• How can someone encounter God who they don’t believe in?

• Why emigrate when you don’t know where you’re going?  

• What does it take for an old childless couple to produce countless descendants?

• Check out Genesis 6-10

• What most breaks God’s heart?

• Surely we know best?

• Do we have God’s word that he keeps his promises?

• Check out Genesis 4

• Why did a disagreement end in death?

• How could this domestic tragedy have been avoided?

• Was the punishment too lenient?

• Check out Genesis 1-3

• Why was it a match made in heaven?

• Did the perfect couple have the perfect life?

• Despite having everything why did they leave paradise behind?

• Why should the Bible contain more exclamation marks?

• Are too many of the surprises unbelievable?

• What will this new series reveal about what God thinks about the surprises in the Bible?