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Week 1 Readings “Introduction” COMPASS CATHOLIC FINANCIAL BIBLE STUDY “THE VERSES” COMPASS CATHOLIC MINISTRIES 1 FINANCIAL BIBLE STUDY Week 1 Readings “Introduction” Memory Verse: Luke 16:11 (This verse is the Compass theme.) “Therefore, if you have not been faithful in the use of worldly wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you?” Questions 3-5: Isaiah 55: 8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways my ways, says the Lord.” Week 2 Readings “God‟s Part / Our Part” 2 Memory Verse: 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 “Everything in the heavens and earth is yours O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of all things. Riches and honor come from you alone, and it is at your discretion that people are made great and given strength.” Day One Question 3: Deuteronomy 10:14 “Behold, to the Lord your God belong the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.” Psalm 24: 1 “The earth is the Lord‟s and all it contains; even all who dwell in it.” 1 Corinthians 10: 26 “For the earth is the Lord‟s and all it contains.” Question 4: Leviticus 25:23 “The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are aliens and sojourners with Me.” Psalm 50: 10-12 “For every beast of the forest is Mine; the cattle, the birds and everything that moves in the field is mine. The world is mine and all it contains.” Haggai 2:8 “The silver and gold are mine, declares the Lord of Hosts.” Day Two (week 2): 3 Question 1: 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 (memory verse) “Everything in the heavens and earth is yours O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as being in control of all things. Riches and honor come from you alone, and it is at your discretion that people are made great and given strength.” Psalm 135:6 “Whatever the Lord pleases, He does; in the heavens and in the earth; in the seas and the deep.” Question 2&3: Sirach 10:4-5 “Sovereignty over the earth and the success of people are in the hands of God.” Isaiah 40:21-24 “Have you not known from the foundations of the earth that it is He who sits above the circle of the earth. We are like grasshoppers to Him, and he rules the heavens and the earth. He reduces rulers to nothing. He merely blows on them, and they wither.” Acts 17:26 “He made from one man every nation of mankind. He has appointed our time and the boundaries of our habitation.” Day Three (week 2) 4 Questions 1-3: Genesis 45: 4-8 “Then Joseph said to his brothers, „Please come closer to me,‟ and they came closer. And he said, „I am your brother Joseph whom you sold into Egypt. Now, do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to save your lives. The famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. God sent me before you to preserve our family and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. It was not you who sent me here but God, and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord over his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.” Baruch 4:29: “For he who has brought disaster upon you will, in saving you, bring you back enduring joy.” Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good for those who love Him; for those who are called according to His purpose.” Day Four (week 2) 5 Questions 1-3: Psalm 34:9-10 “Those who honor the Lord will have all they need. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will never lack any good thing.” Sirach 40:26 “The fear of God builds confidence better than riches. The fear of God is all we need. We will want nothing.” Matthew 6:31-33 “For those who fear the Lord, there is no want. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Seek first His kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Philippians 4:19 “And my God will supply all your needs through the glory of Christ Jesus.” Day Five (week 2) 6 Question 1: 1 Corinthians 4:2 “It is, of course, required of stewards that they be found faithful and trustworthy.” Question 2: Luke 16:1-2 “Then Jesus said to them, „A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. He summoned him and said, „What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.‟ ” Questions 3&4: Luke 16:10 “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.” Day Six (week 2) Read the “God‟s Part/ Our Part” Notes pp 17-26 Week 3 Readings “Debt” 7 Memory Verse: Proverbs 22: 6 &7 “Raise up a child in the way that they should go, and, when they are older, they will not depart from it. Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.” Day One Questions 3&4: Deuteronomy 15:4-6 “Since the Lord, your God, will bless you abundantly in the land He will give you to occupy as your heritage, there should be no one of you in need. If you but heed the voice of the Lord and observe His commandments, you will lend to many nations, and borrow from none. None will rule over you, since the Lord, your God, will bless you as He promised.” Deuteronomy 28:1-2&12 “If you continue to heed the voice of the Lord, and are careful to observe all His commandments, the Lord, your God, will raise you high above all the nations of the earth. When you obey the Lord, all these blessings will come upon you and overwhelm you. The Lord will open up for you His rich treasure house of the heavens, to give your land rain in due season, blessing all your undertakings, so that you will lend to many nations and borrow from none.” Deuteronomy 28:15, 43-45 “But if you do not obey the Lord and observe His commandments, all these curses shall come upon you and overwhelm you: Aliens will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower. They will lend to you. They will become the head and you the tail. All these curses will come upon you if you are disobedient until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord, your God, nor keep His commandments.” Day Two (week 3) 8 Questions 1,2&3: Romans 13:8 “Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” 1 Corinthians 7:23 “You have been purchased at a price. Do not become slaves to human beings.” Proverbs 22: 6 &7 (memory verse) “Raise up a child in the way that he should go, and, when he is older, he will not depart from it. Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.” Day Three (week 3) Questions 1&2: Psalm 37:21 “The wicked borrow but do not repay; the just are generous in giving.” Proverbs 3:27-28 “Do not withhold good from those who deserve it. If you can help your neighbor now, don‟t say, „Come back tomorrow and then I‟ll help you.‟ ” Day Four (week 3) 9 Questions 1&2: 2 Kings 4:1-7 “A widow complained to Elisha: „My husband, your servant, is dead. You know that he was a God-fearing man, yet his creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves.‟ „How can I help you?‟ Elisha answered her. „Tell me what you have in the house.‟ „This servant of yours has nothing in the house but a jug of oil,‟ she replied. „Go out,‟ he said, „borrow vessels from all your neighbors – as many empty vessels as you can. Then come back and close the door on yourself and your children. Pour the oil into all the vessels. As each is filled, set it aside.‟ She went and did so, closing the door on herself and her children. As they handed her the vessels, she would pour in oil. When all the vessels were filled, she said to her son, „Bring me another vessel.‟ Her son replied, „There is none left.‟ Then the oil stopped. She went and told the man of God, who said, „Go and sell the oil to pay off your creditor. With what remains, you and your children can live.‟ ” Day Five (week 3) 10 Question 1: Proverbs 22:26-27 “Do not give your hand in pledge or become surety for the debt of others; for, if you have not the means to pay, your bed will be taken from under you.” Proverbs 17:18 “It is poor judgment to co-sign a friends debt.” Sirach 8:13 “Whatever you lend, count it as lost.” Question 2; Proverbs 6:1-5 “My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, you have been snared by the utterance of your lips; caught by the words of your mouth.
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