Week 39 • Return to Me  (Zechariah 1:1–6))

Memory Verse: Psalm 46:1

In each reading assignment look for a . . .

Sin to Confess • Promise to Claim • Attitude to Change • Command to Obey • Example to Follow

Personal Study Notes:

Psalm 46

Psalm 47

Psalm 48

Zachariah 1

Zachariah 2

Accountability Question

  • Did everyone read all five assignments?

  • What application points did you find?

Group Participation

  • Where are we on our ministry project?

  • Have someone take requests and lead prayer.

  • Have someone tell the story or paraphrase.

  • Have someone read the Bible passage.

  • Have someone facilitate the Bible study using the weekly discussion questions.

Weekly Discussion Questions  

  • What do we know about Zechariah from these verses?

  •   How did God describe His relationship with His people in 1:2? How might that come about?

  •   What is it that God is striving to do here, such as in verse 3?

  •   So how does that work, “Return to Me” and “God will return to them?” (1:3)

  •   How many times is “the LORD of hosts” used in these six verses? What does it mean? (Look otherwise as needed.) Why does He so emphasize His character through this phrase?

  •   Quickly scan through Zechariah to find out where the people of God were at in Zechariah’s day.

  •   Read 1:4-5. What was the problem the Lord points out? Did they have God’s Word? Why the problem?

  •   Does this problem exist today? Explain.

  •   Try to find an area in your life that you hear God but don’t change according to His expectations. Repent and make your heart more sensitive to God by changing!

  •   The church is weak in many aspects, but could we say that God still calls and reaches out to them? Defend your answer by these verses.

Prayer: Father, you are long-suffering, so patient with us.  Thank you for your forgiveness to us when we come to you.  We pray not only for ourselves but for our brothers and sisters who have lost their way and have wandered from you that they may return to you.