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A Bible study on God’s delight in you
Read Zephaniah’s picture of God’s joy with room for its context.
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A lesson, background reading, discussion questions, and printable reminders with room to respond.
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Read Zephaniah 3:14-17. Choose one question to write about. Take one small response into your day.
Read together, take turns listening, and leave room to pass. Ask what care would be useful before offering advice.
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Read: Zephaniah 3:14-17
Picture God looking at you. What expression appears first? For some of us, it's the teacher handing back a test: pursed lips, red pen, see me after class. Zephaniah offers a startlingly different picture at the end of a book full of warnings.
Most of his book is warning. Then, at the very end, this. The mighty God, the one with every right to judge, rejoices over His people with singing. Sit with that image. Most of us picture God tolerating us, arms crossed, like my doodle Tucker watching Addie eat a sock.
Zephaniah describes a God who is quiet in His love and loud in His joy. The NIV says He will no longer rebuke you, and other versions say He will quiet you with His love. Either way, His love settles you, then breaks into song.
Sit quietly for two minutes after reading Zephaniah 3:14–17. Receive its picture of God's delight.
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