Act/Love/Walk Bible Study in Micah 6:8
This Bible study helps groups engage in Micah’s prophetic message that whatever we love shapes us. The study guides participants to see where God is calling them to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.
Introduction
Micah calls out the unfaithfulness and unjust living of God’s people and warns them of the consequences. They refuse to listen, but God continues to promise that through his followers, he will show love to all nations and draw all people close to himself.
Chapter 6 begins with God’s case against his people, who have been shaped by their self-serving loves. Then in our text for this study, Micah shares his own appeal: God has been disrespected and dishonored. What should we do?
Micah 6:6-8 (NIV)
6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
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Dave serves as the Associate Director of Faculty Ministry and loves to integrate strategy and formation holistically in his work. He and his family live near Ann Arbor in Michigan where he has served InterVarsity as a volunteer, Associate Regional Director, and everything in between before his national roles. David holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Regent College in Vancouver. You can find him roasting coffee, kicking a soccer ball or exploring a new trail.
Christy Gates serves as National Director of Scripture Engagement. She is passionate about helping people meet God in Scripture together and developing strategy for effective Scripture engagement on campus. Christy has been with InterVarsity for over 20 years, and she holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary. Christy lives with her family near Detroit, Michigan.
As InterVarsity's National Director of International Student Ministry (ISM), Anna Lee-Winans leads ISM's Leadership Team to serve students and scholars from every nation, to every nation. Anna has served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA for 24 years - as a Campus Minister at New York University, as an Area Director for Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM) in New York & New Jersey, as the National Director of Discipleship & Growth, and as a national strategist for GFM. She is a second generation Chinese American born and raised in NYC, serving as a social worker in a pediatric AIDS clinic before ministering with InterVarsity. She has both a MSW and BA from NYU. She lives in Queens, NY with her husband and two daughters. Anna enjoys eating adventures with gracious people.