Study Questions Revelation 8

Revelation 8, Thunder Prayers

1. What are some ways you’ve seen God dramatically answer prayer?

2. What are some things you’ve asked God for that took a long time for God to answer?

3. What are some things you’ve asked for that God said “no” to?

4. How does believing only in a God who show’s kindness, but never judges, actually distort God’s character?

5. What are some ways the world is hostile toward God? (Go ahead make an actual list.)

6. What are some ways the church is hostile toward God?

7. Revelation shows us the conflict between God and Satan.

–What are some ways we see that going on around us now?

– What are some ways in the Bible God has punished the nations? (Rome, Babylon, tower of Babel, Egypt, Ninevah, Israel’s captivity, Jerusalem’s destruction)

–What are some ways in history God has punished entire nations?

–What are some ways today God might be punishing the nations?

–Do you think this nation ever comes under God’s discipline?

–What is the role of the church when a nation begins to stray?

–Is there a danger for the church to become overly committed to politics?

Take time to pray together.