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| What stands out to as the main theme of the book? | It is about two sons that find wives one named orpah and the other woman named Ruth. Add Comment |
| Did you read the whole book? | Yes Add Comment |
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| In chapter two and three, how do Jonah's and the people of Nineveh's actions mirror how we should respond to God today? | Is mirrors by we should be kind and respectful to god Jesus and the Holy Spirit instead of mean and disrespectful. Add Comment |
| What is something from the book of Jonah that you can take and put into practice in your everyday life? | Kindness and respect to people instead of no kindness and no respect. Add Comment |
| What should have been Jonah's response after God told him to go to Nineveh? | Jonah should of said Add Comment |
| How do you respond when God does something that you don't like? | I would respond by saying why? And then I believe in him that he is making a good decision. Add Comment |
| How should we respond when someone does something that we don't like or agree with? | Just say I Add Comment |
| What can you do to help prepare yourself to react in a way that honors the Lord when you are in a situation that does not go well, or go against how you think it should go? | Instead of fight talk nicely and ask yourself what Add Comment |
| What Are some of God's traits listed in this chapter? | Add Comment |
| What was Jonah's response when God did something he disagreed with? | His response is he was surprised. Add Comment |
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| How do you respond when God does something that you don't like? | I would respond by saying why? And then I believe in him that he is making a good decision. Add Comment |
| How should we respond when someone does something that we don't like or agree with? | Just say I Add Comment |
| What can you do to help prepare yourself to react in a way that honors the Lord when you are in a situation that does not go well, or go against how you think it should go? | Instead of fight talk nicely and ask yourself what Add Comment |
| What Are some of God's traits listed in this chapter? | Add Comment |
| What was Jonah's response when God did something he disagreed with? | His response is he was surprised. Add Comment |
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| How should we respond to the Word of God? | We should be thankful, kind, and respectful for what god has given us. Add Comment |
| What was God's message for Nineveh? | It would be overthrown Add Comment |
| How did Nineveh respond to the message from God? | Listened Add Comment |
| What did God do when He saw their response? | Listened Add Comment |
| How do you usually respond to God's Word? | I respond by saying thank you for this life and people around me also thank you for giving me a loving heart Add Comment |
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| When we are troubled or are in difficult situations what should we do, and continue doing? | Prey, and tell an adult Add Comment |
| What did Jonah realize while in the fish? | He realized that for put him like that so he can live a life Add Comment |
| What is the first thing Jonah did when he finds himself in a bad situation? | He preys to god Add Comment |
| What are some difficult things in your life that you need to pray about? | I need to prey for my life to get better then my past and make it happy Add Comment |
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| What was Jonah told to do? | Add Comment |
| What did the sailors come to realize after they threw Jonah off the boat? | They realized if was a mistake so they told god,holy spirit, and Jesus there sins Add Comment |
| What did he do instead? | Add Comment |
| Has there been a time in your life you were told to do something you should do but instead you put it off or ignored it? How did that go? | Yes, I did not want to shower but had to so them my hair because noted so I took one Add Comment |
| Why did God send a storm after the ship Jonah was on? | To let a rainbow shine bright after the storm to let them know they are safe for know and ever Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Paul said to "remember my chains"? | I think he said that so that god or someone to remember who he is Add Comment |
| There are christians suffereing around the world and dying for Christ. Take a few minutes to pray for believers around the world. What are 2 things you can pray for them about? | I will prey and say Add Comment |
| What is Paul asking for prayer for? | He is asking for help and for forgiveness Add Comment |
| How can praying for others to come to Christ and praying for courage to share Christ help you to set your mind and heart on Christ? | It helps because I am learning more about all them and how they saved us all Add Comment |
| What are the main things you pray about? | What will happen and for better things to come my way Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul said to "remember my chains"? | I think he said that so that god or someone to remember who he is Add Comment |
| There are christians suffereing around the world and dying for Christ. Take a few minutes to pray for believers around the world. What are 2 things you can pray for them about? | I will prey and say Add Comment |
| What is Paul asking for prayer for? | He is asking for help and for forgiveness Add Comment |
| How can praying for others to come to Christ and praying for courage to share Christ help you to set your mind and heart on Christ? | It helps because I am learning more about all them and how they saved us all Add Comment |
| What are the main things you pray about? | What will happen and for better things to come my way Add Comment |
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| What does it look like to set your heart and mind on Christ? | You prey every day and night also you ask for help Add Comment |
| What does it look like to put to death sin? | You disobey god and Jesus and go beyond the rules Add Comment |
| What can you do to help set your mind and heart on Christ and put to death the sin? | Prey every day and before bed Add Comment |
| Why do you want to set your heart and mind on Christ and put to death the sin? | I want to be saved and loved not hurt and sad also he is our savior and helped us Add Comment |
| What does it look like to forgive someone? | You have to put you heart to it Add Comment |
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| Using that example, what does God say about that? | He wants us to believe and so we can be saved instead of hurt Add Comment |
| It can be easy for us as humans to make up rules for ourselves and others which is one of the things Paul is warning against. In verse 8, Paul warns against basing our beliefs on anything other than Christ. What is an example in our world today of people making up rules, principles, decisions, beliefs not on the Bible? | People are disbelieving in the holy spirt god and Jesus himself Add Comment |
| What have we been given? | We have been given life and god,holy spirt, and Jesus and to know we are protected Add Comment |
| Who is our authority? | God Add Comment |
| What dwells in Christ? | All the fullness of the deity in bodily form Add Comment |
| Using that example, what does God say about that? | He wants us to believe and so we can be saved instead of hurt Add Comment |
| It can be easy for us as humans to make up rules for ourselves and others which is one of the things Paul is warning against. In verse 8, Paul warns against basing our beliefs on anything other than Christ. What is an example in our world today of people making up rules, principles, decisions, beliefs not on the Bible? | People are disbelieving in the holy spirt god and Jesus himself Add Comment |
| What have we been given? | We have been given life and god,holy spirt, and Jesus and to know we are protected Add Comment |
| Who is our authority? | God Add Comment |
| What dwells in Christ? | All the fullness of the deity in bodily form Add Comment |
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| List at least 4 different characteristics or roles of Jesus list in verses 15-20? | Add Comment |
| What is the gospel Paul talks about in verse 23? | Paul stats that he rejoices in his suffering for Christ Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about in verse 26? | The revelation of God Add Comment |
| What is Paul's desire in verse 28? | His desire it to declar that God Add Comment |
| What stands out to you from this passage about Jesus? | They very first one stands out to me Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement for believers in the first 4 verses? | Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ,if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like minded having the same being of one accord, of a mind let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself let each of you look for the interest of others. Add Comment |
| What two things does Paul say believers are granted in verse 29 | Add Comment |
| According to verse 13, what is our purpose? | Our purpose is that god who works in you both to will and to do for his good pleasure Add Comment |
| How can you put Paul's encouragement from verses 1-4 into practice? | I can put Paul Add Comment |
| How can you "shine like stars" in this generation? | I can Add Comment |
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| Verse 6 tells us "do not be anxious about anything", and then he gives us ways to help us do that and to ultimately enjoy "the peace of God". Paul says to present your requests to God through prayer and petition. What does he also say should accompany those prayers? | To be with god Add Comment |
| What happens to your focus when you are thankful? | You become more positive Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul adds "with thanksgiving"? | Because he is thankful Add Comment |
| What do you have to be thankful for? | My family Add Comment |
| What should you be thinking about that would be in line with whatever is true, noble, right, pure and lovely? | Thankfulness Add Comment |
| What does it mean to "let your gentleness be evident to all"? | Show kindness Add Comment |
| List 5 reasons you have to "rejoice in the Lord always". | True. Noble right pure lovely Add Comment |
| Paul then follows up with what to think on. How does thinking this way also help with anxiety and worry? | You don Add Comment |
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| What was Paul's focus before he was saved? | The flesh Add Comment |
| What does Paul now consider gain, what is most important to him now? | Christ Add Comment |
| What is Paul's main point in verses 12-21? | We can be with Jesus christ Add Comment |
| Where does righteousess come from? | From the law Add Comment |
| What changes in our actions when our sole focus is to "press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus"? | To be better Add Comment |
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| Why is Paul in prison? | He is in prison because he believe in Christ Add Comment |
| What can you learn about prayer based on Paul's example? | To put love and respect also but strength Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective about his time in prison? | His perspective is he preys to god instead of finding a way out Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective on life? | His perspective is he believe in god and the holy spirt and Jesus and he is nice and not mean Add Comment |
| How is God using Paul while in prison? | He uses him by giving live and believe that he can get out Add Comment |
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| What is our struggle against? | Yelling and talking back Add Comment |
| What do you think is the main reason why many Christians pray so little and so rarely? | They prey because they could have a bad day or there is something wrong with life that Add Comment |
| What do we need for the battle? | Swords and shields and god also jesus Add Comment |
| What keeps you from praying? | God keeps me on my feet and believes that I can do it and stay believing in myself Add Comment |
| Is there an area in your life you are not honoring them? If so, take a few minutes to confess that to God and ask Him to help you change. | Ya sometimes Add Comment |
| What does it look like to honor your parents? | It looks like not yelling being nice loving them ext Add Comment |
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| Paul continues his list of how we should act and what to avoid as believers. What is his summary statement in verse 1 on how to live? | Add Comment |
| Would your life look different if you submitted to this list and lived it out? How would it look different? | Yes, it would be nicer instead of meaner and love and respect Add Comment |
| Paul ends the chapter talking about the roles and responsibilities for husbands and wives. He sums it up in verse 33. What does he tell husbands to do and what does he tell wives to do? | He tells his husband to love his wife and the wife will respect him Add Comment |
| How does living according to what Paul lists make you stand out from kids at school? | It makes me stand out because some kids don Add Comment |
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| What does Paul insist that believers do (v17-19)? | Strive to mountain unity within the body of Christ by living with humanity,gentleness,patience, and love, bearing with one another and actively working to preserve the Add Comment |
| Paul gives a specific list of things to follow. Which of these do you want/need to work on? | Patience,courage,gentleness,and humanity Add Comment |
| What should we do that will help us to obey God? | Not lie not take stuff or yell at people and don Add Comment |
| What are 3 characteristics Paul lists in verse 2 of the kind of people God wants us to be? | Paul list persistence and courage and gos wants us to be men and woman who resist their natural inclination towards self-reliance And choose god-reliance instead. Add Comment |
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| Gentiles were everyone else that was not a Jew (someone from the lineage of Israel). This would have been quite shocking for Jews to have other people be able to become a believer and receive the blessings of God. Read Matthew 28:18-20. What does God command us to do? | God commands us to make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit. Add Comment |
| What did God want Paul to do (v8-9)? | God wanted Paul To create all thing Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about (v6)? | About the gospels and the gentiles Add Comment |
| How do you feel about talking about the Chrisitan faith with others? What do you struggle with and what gives you encouragement? | I feel faith and happiness when I share what I feel about Christian and I struggle with math and school and what gives me encouragement is god watching me and helping me on the side watching me do it and he trusts in me. Add Comment |
| List 3 people you know who do not follow Christ who you could be praying for and looking for an opportunity to share the gospel with. | Kenly,denlie, and Bailey Add Comment |
| Gentiles were everyone else that was not a Jew (someone from the lineage of Israel). This would have been quite shocking for Jews to have other people be able to become a believer and receive the blessings of God. Read Matthew 28:18-20. What does God command us to do? | God commands us to make disciples of all nations,baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit. Add Comment |
| What did God want Paul to do (v8-9)? | God wanted Paul To create all thing Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about (v6)? | About the gospels and the gentiles Add Comment |
| How do you feel about talking about the Chrisitan faith with others? What do you struggle with and what gives you encouragement? | I feel faith and happiness when I share what I feel about Christian and I struggle with math and school and what gives me encouragement is god watching me and helping me on the side watching me do it and he trusts in me. Add Comment |
| List 3 people you know who do not follow Christ who you could be praying for and looking for an opportunity to share the gospel with. | Kenly,denlie, and Bailey Add Comment |
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| In God's eyes, what is the status of those outside of Christ, and why (v3)? | Like the rest of us we were by nature deserving of wrath Add Comment |
| Many try to blame their sin on the influence of the world or believe that "the devil made me do it". What's Paul's answer to that in verse 3? | We were by nature deserving of wrath Add Comment |
| What was God's response to our sin problem and why did he provide a solution according to verses 4-5? | It is by grace you have been saved to stay alive with Christ jesus Add Comment |
| How does Paul describe the lives of these Ephesian Christians before they came to faith (v1)? | As for you you were dead and the transgression in sins Add Comment |
| What is salvation based on according to verses 8-9? | Through faith Add Comment |
| What does God have planned for us? | God has planned that we too trust him and in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which god lives by his spirit Add Comment |
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| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith and love Add Comment |
| God in three persons (the Trinity) is at work in saving us. What does each member of the Trinity specifically do; Father, Son and Holy Spirit? | The father gives us the Holy Spirit and the son saved us and the Holy Spirit gives us wisdom and revelation. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | Holy and blameless in his sight Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | Christ jesus Add Comment |
| What does the word "adoption" (v5) tell us about the change from our old way of life as unbelievers to our new life in Christ? | In accordance with his pleasure and will Add Comment |
| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith and love Add Comment |
| God in three persons (the Trinity) is at work in saving us. What does each member of the Trinity specifically do; Father, Son and Holy Spirit? | The father gives us the Holy Spirit and the son saved us and the Holy Spirit gives us wisdom and revelation. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | Holy and blameless in his sight Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | Christ jesus Add Comment |
| What does the word "adoption" (v5) tell us about the change from our old way of life as unbelievers to our new life in Christ? | In accordance with his pleasure and will Add Comment |
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| What does Paul mention a couple of times in is opening greeting in the first 5 verses? | Jesus died for our sins Add Comment |
| What is the Gospel? | The Holy Spirit and following god Add Comment |
| What is Paul's first warning to the church in Galatia? | Grace and peace to you Add Comment |
| Where does Paul receive his authority and direction? | From god Add Comment |
| Welcome to the Earn Your Way Program! Whether this is your first time using this program or you are returning, we are glad you are going through it and hope this points you to Christ, that you learn more about who God is and how much He loves you and also that this helps develop the habit of spending time in God's Word. I would encourage you to begin with prayer and then end with prayer and consider what God might have you do in response to what you read. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or issues with the program. We are going to spend time the New Testament as we begin. Is this your first time or have you done the Earn Your Way program before? | I have done this before Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | Not become weary in doing good at proper time we will reap a harvest if we don Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | A man reaps what he sows Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | Do good to all people Add Comment |
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| How does true faith express itself? | The 9 fruits of the spirit to live a Better life Add Comment |
| As a Christian, what were you called to be? | A follow of god the father and a christian Add Comment |
| Why did Christ set us free? (verse 1) | To walk by the spirit Add Comment |
| How can you misuse your freedom? | By not being close to the spirit Add Comment |
| In what way does Paul want his Christian brothers to stand firm? (verse 1) | Walk by spirit and not by flesh Add Comment |
| For those who have faith, whose righteousness do we put our hope in? | God the father Add Comment |
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| Have you ever lost a friend because you stood up for the truth? | Yes Add Comment |
| How were the Galatians treating Paul now? | Welcomed me like an angel Add Comment |
| Under what circumstance did Paul first preach the gospel to the Galatians? | With an illness Add Comment |
| What does Paul say that his Christian brothers had, but now do not have? | Following the right gospel Add Comment |
| How did the Galatians treat Paul during that time? | Without scorn Add Comment |
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| What issue is Paul addressing with the Galatians? | How they should follow the spirit Add Comment |
| Why do we still need to follow scripture if we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus? | To follow the way of the lord Add Comment |
| What does Paul salvation comes from? | From sharing the gospel Add Comment |
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| Why was it shocking to the Jews that Paul was called to preach the gospel to the Gentiles? | Because they were uncircumcised Add Comment |
| What task was Paul given? | Share the spirit and gospel of god Add Comment |