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<\/a>You see, I lead two groups of ladies in Bible study. One group will be finishing up our current study in three weeks. I have no idea what we\u2019re going to study next, but this Wednesday evening I need to have some options for them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The other group of ladies will probably be in a different group next fall, but the leadership team is asking us to give them our Bible study options for the fall within the next three weeks.<\/p>\n
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So you see, I need some Bible study ideas! So tell me, what have you studied recently that has made an impact upon your life?<\/p>\n
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I am not the first person to say \u201cwhat next?\u201d There are plenty of biblical characters who asked God that question.<\/p>\n
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As Noah, his family and a brood of animals floated upon the waters of the flood, I\u2019m sure they asked one another and God on several occasions, \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m sure as Elijah waited on the Lord to show up, he asked \u201cWhat next?\u201d After the great and powerful wind, the earthquake and the fire, Elijah was thrilled to hear God\u2019s whisper.<\/p>\n
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King David most probably asked God the question. After Goliath, after being anointed as king, after the death of his son, after repentance. \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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All of Israel waited patiently after the last words of the Old Testament were spoken. For 400 years they asked, \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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John the Baptizer proclaimed what God had in mind, but still the people asked \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jesus shared God\u2019s message with Israel and some asked \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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After Jesus\u2019 death, His believers, His true followers asked, \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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On the day of Pentecost, Peter was asked by the crowd, \u201cWhat next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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And I believe all of humanity asked \u201cWhat next?\u201d in waiting for the Gentiles to hear the Gospel.<\/p>\n
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The answer to all of the questions is the same. God. He is what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n
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Maybe you\u2019re asking the same question. \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d<\/p>\n
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If you are an unbeliever, then your next step is to accept Jesus as your Savior.<\/p>\n
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If you are a believer, then your next step will always take you deeper into God\u2019s Word, deeper in your faith, deeper in your relationship with God, deeper in your desire to follow Him and do as He asks. There will always be a \u201cWhat\u2019s next.\u201d It\u2019s what keeps us growing.<\/p>\n
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And here\u2019s the thing. I also believe God is asking us the same question. \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d \u201cWhere are you willing to go with Me?\u201d \u201cWhat are you willing to do with Me?\u201d \u201cWho are you willing to love with Me?\u201d \u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Yes, we need to continue to ask ourselves \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\u201d And when God shares His plan, be prepared to answer.<\/p>\n
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What\u2019s next?<\/p>\n
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Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n
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Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the date? February 7, right? Well as usual, time has flown by and now I\u2019m in a bit of a jam. So I\u2019m hoping you, my readers will be able to help. You see, I lead two groups of ladies in Bible study. One group will be finishing up our current study […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1847,111,211,1845,116,1846,1663,353,815,370,1844],"class_list":["post-2852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-following-god","tag-all-of-humanity","tag-bible-study","tag-elijah","tag-israel","tag-jesus","tag-jesus-believers","tag-john-the-baptizer","tag-king-david","tag-noah","tag-peter","tag-what-next"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2853,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}