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| How is this a comfort in times of fear? | It doesn't matter if the world hates us, or if our family hates us, we will always have God, and that is a comfort. Add Comment |
| Is it easy? | No. Sometimes we think we are always right or we want to do things our own way, but it is important to remember that God is our shepherd. Add Comment |
| Notice the start of this psalm: “Whom shall I fear?” Now notice the end of this psalm. How important is it to trust and wait for Got to act? | Very important. We are human, we cannot do things on our own, we should not be wise in our own ways, but wise with God. Add Comment |
| Final conversation. David’s point is that even if my father and mother forsake me something is always true. What is always true? | The Lord will always care for me. Add Comment |
| This last conversation is about not giving in. When we give in to hatred because of fear we travel the same road as our enemies. When they breathe our violence, then so do we. It is a natural response to fear and hate. It is also the wrong response to it. What three things does David rely on to not walk the road of his adversaries? | He lets the Lord show the right way for him, he waits on the Lord, and he is strong and courageous. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help you during those times when it is not easy to wait on the Lord? | Pray. Prayer is one the most important things that is often overlooked. Bring God into the situation will always help. Add Comment |
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| As a Christian, do you ever have to fear that God will abandon you? | No. I know that he is always there no matter what I do. Add Comment |
| Now the second conversation (verses 7-9). What do you notice about Psalm 51 and Psalm 27:7-9? | They are both a cry for God that he would not turn his face away, and that he would forgive his sins. Add Comment |
| How is David words “You have said, "Seek my face." My heart says to you, "Your face, LORD, do I seek,” a realization that God will never abandon you? | God telling us to seek him just tells us that he will always be there, he always is ready with open arms for us to come back to him when we leave. Add Comment |
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| What conclusions did he make as a result of his actions? (Note: He will hide me, He will conceal me, He will lift me are all symbolic.) | His head would be high above the enemies around him and he will praise the Lord. Add Comment |
| Now notice David’s praise in verse 6. How is it possible to be filled with joy and worship God passionately in the midst of the fears in our lives? | Because we know that no matter what happens to us, God will always be there. That can bring peace and comfort in any situation. Add Comment |
| What in verse 2 keeps you from doing so? | It is not my job to judge the world, but God's. He will make my foes stumble and fall just like verse 2 says. Add Comment |
| Enemies, war! That is a lot to be afraid of. Why is David confident nonetheless? | Because he has the all-powerful, omnipotent God on his side. Add Comment |
| Have you ever been bullied and wanted to retaliate? | Yes. When people mention something about how you look, or your religion often times you want to retaliate. Add Comment |
| The answer to why is found in verse 4 & 5. What action did David take that took away his fears? | He asked that God let him dwell in his house and this took away his fears, for whom shall he fear? Add Comment |
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| Do you have any suggestions or changes for this program? | Maybe make the questions more specific to the text we are reading instead of just saying "What did this teach you about God?" which I saw a lot. Add Comment |
| Great job finishing all 15 lessons and we look forward to seeing you at camp this summer! What is one thing you learned from doing all these lessons or what stood out to you from these lessons? | Reading the bible is important. How can you have a relationship with someone, let alone God, if you don't talk to him or read his word? You can't. So I try to read my bible even when I may not feel like it or want to, and pray whenever I am in hardship. Add Comment |
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| What is David’s response to his fears? | He says that the Lord is my light and my salvation, whom should I fear? And he is right. Who should we fear on Earth when we have the almighty God of the Universe on our side. Add Comment |
| What did he bring back to his mind? | He brought back all the times God had protected him in his life. Add Comment |
| David was a warrior and this was a warrior psalm. We all have our own battles. How we handle them will determine our lives. David’s conclusion is a powerful reminder of who is fight our battles and what we need to do: 14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! David first question is the most important. It beings the first conversation David has with himself when he is afraid. We are pushed around by a lot of fears in life. Sometimes it is a matter of life and death type fears, other times it is as simple as the fear of rejection. What fears tend to push you around? | Fear of man. I often times let what people think about me direct my life way to much. I don't want to live in a constant fear of what people think about me. I am making progress, though, and giving everything up to God definitely helps. Add Comment |
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| What image does the still waters bring to your mind? | It brings images of a stress and anxiety free life with God. Add Comment |
| The next phrase is "He leads me beside still waters,"; sheep will follow whoever will lead them. If they follow other sheep, they might end of dead. Have you followed someone other than Jesus? How did that end up? | Yes. I followed my friends who said it was ok to be gay and that I shouldn Add Comment |
| What is the connection between green pastures, still waters and He restores my soul? | The grass is alive and green not dead and brown this shows the contrast between living a life with God, and without. Add Comment |
| How important is it to have a life where Jesus is leading it? | Very important. It is the most important thing in our lives. Add Comment |
| How does this image of lying in a green pasture make you feel? | It makes me feel peaceful and content. Add Comment |
| Staying with the shepherd/sheep picture, what image comes to mind when you read verse 2? | What comes to mind is a caring father who wants peace and security for his children, leading them down the right paths and teaching them in gentleness and peace Add Comment |
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| What does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites who sent him? | God tells Moses to go to the Israelites and tell Pharaoh to let his people go. Add Comment |
| All captials LORD means Yahweh, "I Am" and "I have been" and also "I shall be." He is eternal, it is a perfect name. What are some things you think about when you think of God? | I think of my salvation, protection, my stronghold, unconditional love. Add Comment |
| What else does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites (verse 15)? | God tells Moses to tell the Israelites that God has sent Moses Add Comment |
| For review, do you remember what LORD means (from Psalm 8 "Oh LORD our Lord")? If so, what does it mean? | LORD in all caps means Yahweh. Add Comment |
| What does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites who sent him? | God tells Moses to go to the Israelites and tell Pharaoh to let his people go. Add Comment |
| All captials LORD means Yahweh, "I Am" and "I have been" and also "I shall be." He is eternal, it is a perfect name. What are some things you think about when you think of God? | I think of my salvation, protection, my stronghold, unconditional love. Add Comment |
| What else does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites (verse 15)? | God tells Moses to tell the Israelites that God has sent Moses Add Comment |
| For review, do you remember what LORD means (from Psalm 8 "Oh LORD our Lord")? If so, what does it mean? | LORD in all caps means Yahweh. Add Comment |
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| Sheep are very helpless, they can eat themselves to death if not watched and if you put them on their backs they can die as they can't right themselves. Isaiah 53:6 says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned-everyone- to his own way." We, like sheep, would be forever lost and would easily die without a Shepherd. Is God your Shepherd? | Yes. Multiple times throughout my life already God has already saved me from so much. He is my shepherd in every way that a shepherd can be. Add Comment |
| This is the Psalm for today and it starts out with The LORD, that's why we reviewed what it means. It's important to realize who is the Shepherd. If the Lord is the Shepherd, what are we? | We are his sheep. He takes care of us just like the shepherd who left the 99 sheep for the one. Add Comment |
| Do your actions (the way you live) demonstrate that God is your Shepherd? | Not as much as I would like. Sometimes I keep God in my pocket in the sense that I pull him out when it is easy for me like at church or around family, but he should be something anyone can recognize about me. Add Comment |
| What is the second phrase of verse 1? | I have what I need. Add Comment |
| The word "want" in Hebrew means to not lack anything. The rest of the Psalm is about how God meets the needs of the sheep. List as many different needs from this Psalm that you see. | He leads me beside still waters I fear no danger for he is with me He renews my life He leads me along the right paths Add Comment |
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| Why was David not afraid of death? | Because he knows that when he dies, he will be with his Father God. That is a comfort to me aswell. Add Comment |
| Hebrews 12:6 tells us God disciplines those He loves. David found comfort in God's discipline because it showed him God loved him. It is a way to know and experience God's presence. How can you see God's discipline as bringing comfort? | God's discipline can take things out of our lives that at the time might be the most important thing for us and we think we need, but in the end it would only hurt us, and the fact that he shows this much care for us is a comfort. Add Comment |
| What as David not afraid of in verse 4? | Because God is always with him, just like he is always with me. Add Comment |
| Have you experienced God's discipline? | To be completely honest, I don't know. I don't really know what that would look like, or feel like. Add Comment |
| A shepherd uses his staff to guide, direct and discipline his sheep. Do you find it comforting when your parents discipline you? | Sometimes. Other times its annoying as all children feel at least once in their lives. But often times I look back on a time they disciplined me and at the time I was upset about it, but I realize it was better for me in the long run Add Comment |
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| Verse 5 brings us to the reason for this Psalm, picture David eating a lavish meal with his enemies all around. Do you feel safe with your relationship with God as David did? | I feel as if David paints the picture perfectly. As other people suffer all around me because they are choosing to be the god of their own lives, it's as if God has wrapped me in a bubble of peace and joy that no one can pop. Add Comment |
| Have you experience a life of overflowing joy, peace, and love? | At times yes, but life is not always perfect and bad things do happen, I've had my share of ups and downs, but God is always there throughout it all. Add Comment |
| Teens face a host of fears: Fear of not being accepted, fear of not fitting in, fear of not being loved, fear of being made fun of, fear of being embarrassed, fear of being let down, How can you move from living in fear to living with a peace that comes from God? | You can give up all your sins to him. Ask him for forgiveness, be honest with him, and even if he knows every little thing that has happened in your life, talking to God about your sin is one of the best things you can do to strengthen your relationship with him. Add Comment |
| What can you start doing or stop doing to experience more peace and less fear and overflowing joy and love? | I can be patient about all things and not get so caught up with the earthly problems we face on this planet. Add Comment |
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| How should looking intently at what has been made (creation) cause you to think about how great God is? | Well looking at the stars and animals and all the things God has made just shows us how powerful and almighty he is. He spoke it, and it was so. Add Comment |
| How should looking intently at what has been made (creation) cause you to ask why God should have anything to do with me? | Well for me it makes me wonder, God created all these wonderful things and made them beautiful, why would he care about a scum like me? But then I remember he made us in his image and loves us Add Comment |
| What reasons do you see in this Psalm for shouting: “Oh LORD our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth.” | Observing the work of his fingers on the stars and moon which he put in place (see verse 3) Add Comment |
| After reading all this, do you see that you are valuable to God? And why? | Throughout reading the whole bible it is evident that God loves us through his actions and how he talks about us Add Comment |
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| There are two references to Jesus in the Psalm 8 passage. The first in Daniel 7:13-14. The second in Hebrews 2:5-15. If the last part of verse 4 (the son of man) and following to the end of verse 7 is about Jesus, how would this lead to a greater understand of why we should say: “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth?” | Well in verse 7 it says "You made him lower than the angels for a short time" but that time is over, he died, and he rose, he is worthy of all praise, and his name is majestic. Add Comment |
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| Next, “You have established strength because of your foes.” Also, notice what David writes next “…to still the enemy, and the avenger.” Notice that foes are plural and enemy and avenger are singular. Who are the foes and who is this enemy and avenger? | I think the foes could possibly be people who do not honor God, or also the Pharisees mentioned in Mathew 21, but because enemy and avenger are singular, I think this is referring to satan, who wants revenge that will never come on God. Add Comment |
| “You have set your glory above the heavens?” Some translate that a bit like this: “You have set your glory in the heavens above.” Others think this means that God is greater and beyond the heavens (universe and everything in it). What do you think and why? | I think, based on those translations, the one that makes the most sense to me is "You have set your glory in the heavens above." Because other parts of the bible tell us that God's dwelling place is in heaven, not above it. Add Comment |
| How does this relate to Jesus’ confrontation with the chief priests and the scribes mentioned in Matthew 21? | They too will be silenced just like it says in Psalm 8 Add Comment |
| Now some Interpretation questions. “Oh LORD our Lord.” These are not the same words. The LORD in all caps is YHWH (Yahweh) it is the Eternal Creator LORD of the Universe. Lord is Adonai which means ruler in the sense of king or governor. Why does David refer to the Eternal God of the Universe as, “our Lord” or our king? | I am not quite sure I understand, maybe it is my translation, I am reading CSB. Nowhere in Psalm 8 does David refer to the Eternal God of the Universe as our king. Add Comment |
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| Let's Observe. Verse 2 is quoted by Jesus in the New Testament. Read Matthew 21:15-17. Jesus does not quote the verse word for word, he paraphrases it. So, who are they praising? | They are praising God. I think this also goes to show that God is sovereign over all things, that even before they can speak, they will praise God, and God knows it, plans it, and sets them apart. Add Comment |
| What is the result of their praising in verse 2 of Psalm 8? | The result will be silencing the enemy and the avenger. Add Comment |
| Do you think He silenced them? | I think when he awoke on the third day and walked out of the tomb, yes, he silenced them. Add Comment |
| Please note that most scholars think that David was young when he wrote this song. David spent many nights out under the stars. He spent many a night thinking about God. So since you have studied psalm 19 what have you been thinking about God and Jesus? | I think it must have been hard for Jesus, even though he was the Son of God, he still knew that he was going to one day die, even if he knew he was going to be raised from the dead. He was human, and that human fear must have been in him concerning his death. Add Comment |
| What is the result of the children praising Jesus in the temple as explained in the Matthew passage in verse 15? | It made the Pharisees indignant towards Jesus that he was letting the children say these things about him. Add Comment |
| When you look up at the stars in the sky what do you think about? | I think about the vastness of the universe, and even though God made millions upon millions of stars and knows them by name, he still loves each and every one of us, I think its cool because God spent 7 days creating creation, but spends 9 months creating you. Add Comment |
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| Why do you think David begins the Psalm with what can be known about God in creation and then spend the rest of the Psalm talking about how wonderful God’s Word is? | Well I think he starts with God Add Comment |
| First notice the structure by following the action. One thing you should notice is that the verse breaks in the wrong place. Please note that chapter breaks and verse breaks were done by Robert Stephanus in the 16th century and he had no idea what he was doing and unfortunately they stuck. Verse 5 should begin with “In them he has set…”. If you look closely, you will notice that a person can sing the first line of the song and then the choir responds. This is repeated with both the leader and choir singing the last line together: “whose voice is not heard.” There is a middle part where the leader sings and the choir responds. Then there the final part which is a repeat of the first – leader, response, leader, response, both: “and there sin nothing hidden from its heat.” From this structure you can make out the meaning or point of this song. So what is the point of this song? | I think the point is to talk about Gods glory and how you can clearly see it through what he has made. Add Comment |
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| Why did David write a song about both the night and the day? | So that we can have a psalm to remember and bring peace to us both in the day and night Add Comment |
| What must the being who made all this, both what is seen and what is not seen, be like? | I do not quite understand the question. Is God the being you are speaking of? Because if so J have no idea what it must be like to be God Add Comment |
| How constantly does God declare what is like by what has been made? | Lots of times. We can clearly see who God is by what hr has made Add Comment |
| What qualities/ characteristics of God can you discover by what has been made? List as many as you can. | Beauty Vastness Boldness Gentleness Calmness Creativeness Add Comment |
| Why did David write a song about both the night and the day? | So that we can have a psalm to remember and bring peace to us both in the day and night Add Comment |
| What must the being who made all this, both what is seen and what is not seen, be like? | I do not quite understand the question. Is God the being you are speaking of? Because if so J have no idea what it must be like to be God Add Comment |
| How constantly does God declare what is like by what has been made? | Lots of times. We can clearly see who God is by what hr has made Add Comment |
| What qualities/ characteristics of God can you discover by what has been made? List as many as you can. | Beauty Vastness Boldness Gentleness Calmness Creativeness Add Comment |
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| What are some consequence of not seeing God and acknowledging Him as God? List and many as you can. | your life falling apart becoming lost no feeling of purpose depression no hope hell Add Comment |
| Notice verse 30. The last phrase is, “disobedient to parents.” How is not respecting those in authority over you – your parents – an example of not clearly seeing and acknowledging God for who He is. | If you cannot respect your Earthly father, how will you respect and obey your heavenly father? Add Comment |
| Pay close attention to Romans 1:19-21. Why do people not clearly see God and what He is like by what has been made? | They want to be the god of their own life verse 22 "claiming to be wise they became fools." Add Comment |
| So go outside on a clear night in a dark place and look up and ask yourself: “What do I learn about the being who made all this?” | That he is more powerful then we are ever capable of knowing, he created the vastness of the universe. Add Comment |
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| Do you have a reading plan (where and when to read the Bible)? | I read my bible almost every day I usually just go through a different book until I finish it and move on to a different part. Add Comment |
| If so, what is it and how are you doing? If not, why not and what could it look like (where would you like to read)? | I have been reading through the Psalms actually, and after I read, I pray. Add Comment |
| Why is it important to know what is in the Bible? | Because the Bible is God's word, it's how we learn about his ways. Add Comment |
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| Why would David call God his Rock? | Because God is as strong as the rock, he is our fortress. Add Comment |
| What are the benefits of obeying God's Word that David gives? | It makes you wiser and happier, renewing one's life. Add Comment |
| What does David describe about God's Word (verses 7-10)? List as many as you find. | perfect renewing ones life trustworthy makes the inexperienced wise makes the heart glad Add Comment |
| Why do you think David uses a lot of repitition when describing God's Word (the Bible)? | I think he cearly wants to explain and make known that God's creation can be seen through what he has made. Add Comment |
| Why would David call God his Redeemer? | Because only God can redeem us. Add Comment |
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| Why is the contrast important? | This contrast is important because God is not just someone who saves us when we are in danger like in Psalm 3, he is the all knowing all powerful God of the universe and there is none besides him. Add Comment |
| What are some things Psalm 3 and Psalm 139 have in common? | They both talk about how God is always with us, no matter where we go. Add Comment |
| There is a contrast in the psalm around the idea of salvation. What is it ? | Psalm 3 says, "Salvation belongs to the Lord, " whereas Psalm 139 talks about how he could not reach it, which is talking about himself. Add Comment |
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| The way we would say verse 8 is “the moment my head hit the pillow I am out like a light.” How is this possible in the midst of great trials? | With God we can have peace and know that he works out all things for the good of those who love him. Add Comment |
| Now, look back over both Psalms and what can you do in the morning and in the evening that will give you great peace and joy even in hard times? | God delivers us from all of our troubles and gives us peace in all our hard times Add Comment |
| Write in one sentence the main point of this Psalm. | God is the joy of my heart and gives me peace. Add Comment |
| How can you use this Psalm to encourage others who are going through hard times? | I can tell tell them that God is always with them no matter what and always looking out for them Add Comment |
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| What than are we to ponder (think deeply about)? | Well one thing i often times think deeply about is if God is sovereign over all things how can we have free will? I dont think we do Add Comment |
| Has anyone or anything kept you awake at night while you think about it over and over? Think carefully about this. It is a common experience. | Yes, I dont know if you want me to go into detail but usually its about friendships. Add Comment |
| Verse 4 is a bit odd. That seems strange. Read Ephesians 4:17-27. The word for anger here is not “be mad” but rather be in awe of God. A better word is fear, or revere. Often when we stew over something we leave God out of it. How would fearing God (trusting, turn it over to God) prevent us from sinning when we are angry at someone and it is keeping us awake? | We should not fear Hod in that we are so afraid of him we dont want to follow him but we should be afraid in the way that he is the all mighty God of the universe and is sovereign over all things Add Comment |
| David offers at least four things a person can do rather than stew in verse 3 and 4 that will quiet your heart so you can sleep in peace. List them here and talk about how each would quiet your heart. | Be angry and do not sin, rest in your bed and be silent, the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself. Add Comment |
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| What do you notice about God and his character in this Psalm? | God is strong, he is our shield through everything. Add Comment |
| How one starts one’s day can determine not only how that day will go but often how life will go. There are countless people who live life on autopilot, just going through the motions. What is there in this Psalm that can help you start each and every day off right even if everything is going wrong? | "I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me." Add Comment |
| How do want God to use the truths in this Psalm in your life and through your life? | That God would always be there for me and never forsake or forget me. Add Comment |
| What do you notice about God and his character in this Psalm? | God is strong, he is our shield through everything. Add Comment |
| How one starts one’s day can determine not only how that day will go but often how life will go. There are countless people who live life on autopilot, just going through the motions. What is there in this Psalm that can help you start each and every day off right even if everything is going wrong? | "I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me." Add Comment |
| How do want God to use the truths in this Psalm in your life and through your life? | That God would always be there for me and never forsake or forget me. Add Comment |
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| What three things does David ascribe (tell about) to God that would be helpful to keep in mind and why? | God is our shield, our glory, and the one who lifts up our heads. This is helpful to keep in mind because remembering these things can help us through the struggle of hard times. Add Comment |
| A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. (You can read about it in 2 Samuel chapters 11-18). This Psalm is often called a morning psalm. Why would this be helpful to sing or pray in the morning? | Well in verse 5 it says "I lie won and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me." I think this is a good verse to read in the morning because it is literally saying the only reason we wake up in the morning is because of God. Add Comment |
| Write in one sentence the main point of this Psalm. | This Psalm is about God's strength and protection. Add Comment |
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| This is taking place on Thursday evening, the day before Jesus was crucified. What is Jesus' main point to His disciples? | He wants them to remember the things he has told them and remember them when they come true. He also talks about how he will be leaving. Add Comment |
| How could this be confusing to His disciples? | He tells them he is leaving yet says it is better for them this way which would not make sense in their minds because he is their Messiah Add Comment |
| How could this be encouraging to the disciples and to you? | That even though Jesus is not physically here with us, he is always there Add Comment |
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| Who is the focus of Jesus' prayers? | Himself the Son of God but also to everyone that they would reach God and have eternal life Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus His prayer on for the disciples and other believers? | He asks God to protect them and make them one. Add Comment |
| What does Jesus praying tell you about the importance of prayer? | Jesus is the Son of God, hr is one with the Father yet he still found the need to pray, that just shows us hoe much prayer is important Add Comment |
| What can you learn from Jesus' prayers as to how to pray for others? | Prayer is powerful praying for protection is important not only for flesh and blood but the spiritual warfare of this world Add Comment |
| How would this change the way you pray for others? | I would not just pray that others get over a sickness for example but that God would be with them spiritually as well Add Comment |
| Who is the focus of Jesus' prayers? | Himself the Son of God but also to everyone that they would reach God and have eternal life Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus His prayer on for the disciples and other believers? | He asks God to protect them and make them one. Add Comment |
| What does Jesus praying tell you about the importance of prayer? | Jesus is the Son of God, hr is one with the Father yet he still found the need to pray, that just shows us hoe much prayer is important Add Comment |
| What can you learn from Jesus' prayers as to how to pray for others? | Prayer is powerful praying for protection is important not only for flesh and blood but the spiritual warfare of this world Add Comment |
| How would this change the way you pray for others? | I would not just pray that others get over a sickness for example but that God would be with them spiritually as well Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about Jesus from this passage? | Jesus is betrayed and knew that Judas would betray him but still did not want Simon peter to hurt the guards who would take Jesus away Add Comment |
| Why does Jesus seem so calm? | Because he prayed to God, he knee this was going to happen his whole life but he was still afraid Add Comment |
| How can we learn to remain calm during a crisis, storm, stress, emergency, etc? | We can know that God is always with us Add Comment |
| What do you learn about the disciples, how were they reacting and feeling? | Simon peter immediately wanted to fight back and cut off the servants ear but Jesus healed it Add Comment |
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| Why was Jesus' death necessary? | He was the final sacrifice, the Lamb of God. He died, and although he never sinned, he paid for all of our sins. Add Comment |
| Why did Pilate give into the crowd and pharisees? | He knew he was fighting a losing battle so in the end he said I find no grounds for charge against him so you take him and crucify him. Add Comment |
| What stands out to you about His death? | Well the fact that althoguh he did die, he rose again on the third day, lots of religions have tombs but only one of them is empty. Add Comment |
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| What can you learn about comforting someone from the way Jesus responded to Mary? | Jesus comforted her and told her to have peace. Jesus responded calmly. Add Comment |
| What doubts do you have about Jesus being alive or being God? | I don't have any doubts, sometimes it can be confusing because the are the same person but different, but I don't have doubts about it Add Comment |
| HE IS RISEN! Take a minute to picture the interaction with Jesus and Mary. Think about her posture, how she is trying to talk while weeping, about how Jesus is looking at her. Think about her reaction when Jesus says her name. I think this is such a beautiful interaction. I picture Jesus saying her name with so much compassion, tenderness and love. And I picture her looking up with tear filled eyes and being filled with joy at the sound of her name. What do you see, feel or think about this interaction? | I think it is beautiful. To think for three days that your rabbi and Messiah is dead and then only to see him alive and breathing must be surreal. The first thing she did was run and tell the disciples, which only tells you how excited she was about his return. Add Comment |
| Why was is it important that Jesus showed Himself to others? | It was important so they could testify about his rising; otherwise, where would be the proof of his return? Add Comment |
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| Is there someone you need to forgive (or apologize to) to be reconciled to? If so, pray about that and I encourage you to make it happen. | I need to forgive my dad. He is not perfect and I know that but sometimes it is hard to forgive him and treat him with kindness even though I should Add Comment |
| What do you learn about forgiveness and reconciliation from Jesus? | We learn that no one is so far from God that they cannot be forgiven, no one person is worse than another. Add Comment |
| How do you think Peter felt after Jesus talked to him? | He was probably happy but also felt a responsibility to do what Jesus asked of him, which is good. Add Comment |
| What did Jesus do for Peter? | Jesus made sure that their net would be full of fish. Add Comment |
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| Why can you not accomplish anything apart from Christ? | Because he is the one who strengthens me, I wake up in the morning and am alive because of him Add Comment |
| How can this passage give you courage in your life? | It gives me courage because God is always with me. Add Comment |
| What is the main point of Jesus' teaching in this passage? | Everyone who remains in him produces good fruit but the one who does not is thrown aside. Add Comment |
| What can you do on your own? | Nothing. We need God in everything we do, he is our strength. Add Comment |
| Why can you not accomplish anything apart from Christ? | Because he is the one who strengthens me, I wake up in the morning and am alive because of him Add Comment |
| How can this passage give you courage in your life? | It gives me courage because God is always with me. Add Comment |
| What is the main point of Jesus' teaching in this passage? | Everyone who remains in him produces good fruit but the one who does not is thrown aside. Add Comment |
| What can you do on your own? | Nothing. We need God in everything we do, he is our strength. Add Comment |
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| How could this help His disciples in the coming days and down the road? | He revealed that he is the Father, he and the Father are one. This could help the disciples because they will know for a fact he was the Son of God Add Comment |
| What is the main point of this passage-what is Jesus' purpose in this passage? | Jesus is describing the way to the Father is through him also. Add Comment |
| How can this passage encourage you in your faith and in your life? | It encourages me because I know every parable Jesus spoke was from God he and the Father are one. Add Comment |
| How could this help His disciples in the coming days and down the road? | He revealed that he is the Father, he and the Father are one. This could help the disciples because they will know for a fact he was the Son of God Add Comment |
| What is the main point of this passage-what is Jesus' purpose in this passage? | Jesus is describing the way to the Father is through him also. Add Comment |
| How can this passage encourage you in your faith and in your life? | It encourages me because I know every parable Jesus spoke was from God he and the Father are one. Add Comment |
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| With that previous question in mind, what can you do to prevent and steer clear of temptation (protect yourself from sinning)? | Dont let yourself into a situation you know where temptations will lead, and when it does come pray to God immediately, bring him into the situation. Add Comment |
| This chapter takes place on Thursday evening, the day before He is crucified. | Yes. Add Comment |
| What was the point of Jesus washing the disciples' feet? | He was giving them an example and said they too should wash each other Add Comment |
| What attribute or charater trait of Jesus stands out to you in this passage and why? | His selflessness. He is the Son of God yet he washes his followers feet, that is humility. Add Comment |
| How do you think Peter felt when Jesus predicted his denials? | He probably wanted to prove him wrong. Add Comment |
| How would you feel if Jesus called out your sin ahead of time? | I would also try to prove him wrong but in the end if the Son of Man says something is so, it is so. Add Comment |
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| Why are the people so excited for Jesus? | They had heard about his signs and believed he was the Son of God Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus on following His grand entrance into Jerusalem and why? | He was focused on the donkey because it was prophesied that the king is coming sitting on a donkey Add Comment |
| This chapter takes place on the Sunday (what we now call Palm Sunday) before Jesus was crucified. What is the general mood and attitude towards Jesus? | I think anxiety is or excitement is a good word to describe the passage. Add Comment |
| Why are the people so excited for Jesus? | They had heard about his signs and believed he was the Son of God Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus on following His grand entrance into Jerusalem and why? | He was focused on the donkey because it was prophesied that the king is coming sitting on a donkey Add Comment |
| This chapter takes place on the Sunday (what we now call Palm Sunday) before Jesus was crucified. What is the general mood and attitude towards Jesus? | I think anxiety is or excitement is a good word to describe the passage. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point of this passage? | God raises Lazarus from the dead and reveals his glory. Add Comment |
| What does God reveal about Himself? | God reveals that he has the power to raise persons from the dead, no other god can do such a thing. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God in this passage? | I learn that he is all powerful and that even though he will not bring everyone back from the dead, he works out all things for the good of those who love him. Add Comment |
| How can you use this passage to explain the gospel to someone? | I can use Lazarus bring raised from the dead to show God Add Comment |
| What is the main point of this passage? | God raises Lazarus from the dead and reveals his glory. Add Comment |
| What does God reveal about Himself? | God reveals that he has the power to raise persons from the dead, no other god can do such a thing. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God in this passage? | I learn that he is all powerful and that even though he will not bring everyone back from the dead, he works out all things for the good of those who love him. Add Comment |
| How can you use this passage to explain the gospel to someone? | I can use Lazarus bring raised from the dead to show God Add Comment |
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| How should you apply Jesus' teaching at the end of the chapter to your own life? | We have no dwelling place except for God or satan. Add Comment |
| Why did Jesus hide Himself from the people after feeding them and why is this important that He did not let them? | He hid because they wanted to make him king and that is not what he came to do. Add Comment |
| Why was it so hard for the people to understand Jesus teaching in this passage? | Jesus spoke in parables people with their Earthly knowledge did not understand what Jesus meant as they took everything literally. Add Comment |
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| How can you use that style to share Jesus with someone? What would you use as imagery or illustration? | I would use one of Jesus Add Comment |
| What do you see as a consistant theme or method to Jesus' teaching style (including this passage)? | Jesus wants people to see that they dont need to over complicate things, being saved is as simple as asking God into your heart and asking him to forgive your sins. Add Comment |
| How does it help you to understand His teaching? | When he explains things in parables it helps illustrate a bigger meaning that your brain catches onto without you even knowing it slmetimes. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Jesus uses earthly things as illustrations (water, light, bread, sheep, etc.) in His teaching? | Because those are things that everyone was familiar with snd Jesus was teaching to people about completely new concepts. I think we can use the same strategies when we teach others about God. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point to Jesus' teaching in this passage? | He heals a man born blind showing the Pharisees his power and another miracle. Add Comment |
| Why are the Pharisees so upset with Jesus' teaching? | Jesus healed the man on the Sabbath which was not allowed in Jewish culture. Add Comment |
| What do you learn from Jesus' boldness towards the Pharisees? | Jesus boldness showed the Pharisees that he did not care what they thought because he was the Lamb of God. Add Comment |
| What is the main point to Jesus' teaching in this passage? | He heals a man born blind showing the Pharisees his power and another miracle. Add Comment |
| Why are the Pharisees so upset with Jesus' teaching? | Jesus healed the man on the Sabbath which was not allowed in Jewish culture. Add Comment |
| What do you learn from Jesus' boldness towards the Pharisees? | Jesus boldness showed the Pharisees that he did not care what they thought because he was the Lamb of God. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point of this passage? | Well there are lots of different themes, but I think one of them is his departure, and telling the disciples where he is going they cannot follow Add Comment |
| What is a truth Jesus keeps trying to get the people and Pharisees to understand and believe? | The truth is that it does not matter if they are descendants of Abraham or not, but if they have been saved by God. Add Comment |
| What happens when you believe God is all powerful and all knowing, but you believe Jesus was only a man and a good teacher, but not God? | It gets rid of the whole point of the scriptures. Jesus came to free us from our sin, without him we would still be slaves to sin. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus and God? | Jesus cane from God (verse 42) Add Comment |
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| Why was it so hard for the Pharisees to believe Jesus' teaching? | The pharisees wanting things to make sense in their own eyes. They had also spent their whole lives learning about the scriptures and what Jesus said threw them completely off. Add Comment |
| Could Jesus be the Christ, the Messiah, if He were not God? Why or why not? | No. The Messiah is Christ and he and the Father are one Add Comment |
| What evidence is there in this passage that Jesus is God? | Verse 16 Add Comment |
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| What is there in your life that you need to stop doing in order to obey and follow God, or that keeps you from folllowing God? | Fowl language and keeping God in my pocket, that is, only being Christian when it is convenient to do so. Add Comment |
| What does that tell you about God's desire for man (including you)? | God does not want you to perish but for you to seek everlasting life. Add Comment |
| Why is it important to understand that Jesus and God are equal? | Because when Jesus died in the cross, no ordinary man could die for our sins, but the Son of God Add Comment |
| What did Jesus tell the man to do when He saw him the second time? | Do not sin anymore so that something worse does not happen. Add Comment |
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| Jesus (a Jew) talking to a Samaritan was very strange and that it was a woman was even more shocking to anyone who saw it. There are still groups of people in every walk of life that tend to avoid one another. In your life, what groups of people do you see not getting along and/or avoiding one another? | Well, I would say the most obvious groups I see are Republicans and Democrats. People get so caught up in their own agenda that they forget they are talking to people who are not so unlike themselves. Add Comment |
| What can you learn from Jesus' approach to evangelism that you could use? | Throwing a bunch of verses at someone who has never heard of the bible will often times never work, just like if someone started quoting a book you have never read, it wouldn't make much sense. We can take Jesus's approach and make things easier to understand. Add Comment |
| How did Jesus turn a drink of water into an opportunity to evanglize (share the gospel or in this case, share about Himself)? | He used the drink of water by telling the woman, if she drank from the cup she would become thirsty again but whoever drinks from the cup that Jesus gives will never be thirsty again. He did not mean this literally what he meant was that whoever is with God will have eternal life in heaven. Add Comment |
| What is the number one thing that keeps you from telling someone about Jesus? | Judgement. As much as I hate it sometimes I have fear of man. Add Comment |
| Is there anyone you treat differently because of how they look, think, believe or any other reason? If so, what do you need to do to change that? | Actually, I see so many Christians do this, not only just in my life, but in my family, it is the one thing I try hardest to do. I take not judging to heart, as someone who has been judged in just about every way a person can be judged, I try not to return the favor. Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Nicodemus came to Jesus at night? | I think Nicodemus came to Jesus that night because he was wrestling with himself about what he believed, he saw the wonders that Jesus performed and knew that he had to have the Father with him. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about man? | Man will try to understand things his own way, but it does not work out well for us. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God from this passage? | I learnt that God reveals himself in mysterious ways. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Nicodemus had such a hard time understanding what Jesus was teaching him? | Nicodemus had been a Pharisee for a long time, to understand what Jesus was saying, he would have to completely rewire everything he knew about the scriptures. Add Comment |
| How would you share with someone why they need Jesus? | That's a deep question. I would tell them that they can't do it on their own, and tell them that the only one who can forgive their sins is Jesus. It's not about you being a good person, it's about loving Jesus and asking for him to forgive your sins. Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about holiness and obedience? | When Jesus said fill the jars with water, even though they thought he was crazy, they did as he asked, and he turned the water into wine. Sometimes we might not know what God has in store for us, but we need to trust him at all times. Add Comment |
| Why was Jesus in the right to drive out the money changers from the temple? | Because they were turning his father's house into a marketplace and den of thieves. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus' authority? | When Jesus turns the water to wine, the disciples truly learn that this is the Son of God, they see his authority by him revealing himself to them. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about righteoues anger? | Righteous anger is ok. When Jesus drove the money changers out, he was angry, but it was righteous anger. Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about Jesus? | Jesus is the lamb of God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about the relationship between God and Jesus? | We learn that Jesus is the son of God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God? | No one has ever seen God. Add Comment |
| We are 4 weeks from Easter, so we are going to go through the Gospel of John so that we can go through the death and resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Who is the Word? | The Word was God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus' purpose on earth? | We learn that Jesus came as the son of God, and he came to die for the Earth. Add Comment |
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| What can you do to better show love to other people? | I can put others before myself in everything I do. I ought to think higher of everyone around me then I do of myself Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show noble character? | He showed noble character by looking out for Ruth and caring for her. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God's love through reading Ruth? | If we trust God in all we do he will provide our every need for us. Add Comment |
| Is there anything new that stood out to you reading through Ruth again? | Even though Ruth was scared, she trusted God and was rewarded because of it. Add Comment |
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| What did Boaz say about Ruth that he had heard in verse 11? | That Ruth has noble character. Add Comment |
| It may be hard at your age now, but God commands us in 1 Timothy 5 to care for widows and orphans, so Ruth is a great example of showing great love and care for a widow. Is there any widows, elderly people or someone who is alone that you know in your neighborhood that you could show kindness to? What is something you could do to show kindness and love? | Well right now I am not around any people that have been through those things, but I often talk to the elderly people at my church. Add Comment |
| What is one thing you can do so that people will speak about you the way you want them to? | Show those things through my actions, like bing kind to people and not being judgemental. Add Comment |
| What do you want people to say about you? | I would like people to say that I am nice and not judgemental. Add Comment |
| How does Ruth continue to show respect and love towards Naomi? | Ruth continued to show respect and love for Naomi by listening to what she told her to do. Add Comment |
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| How did Ruth show love for Naomi? | She started working. Add Comment |
| How did God show love toward Ruth? | He made sure that even though she was in a new place where she did not know anyone, he took care of her and protected her. Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show love for Ruth? | He made sure that she worked in the fields that were only for women so Ruth would not be harmed by the men. Add Comment |
| God also showed that he is sovereign over everything (he total power and authority). How can God being sovereign provide peace for you? | It can provide peace for me because I know everything happens for a reason, and I know God works out the good of all things for those who follow him Add Comment |
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| What did Naomi tell the people to call her and why? | She told her people to call her Mara because she had returned with a great sorrow. Add Comment |
| Ruth is moving to a foreign land and a foreign people, how do you think she felt and how would you feel? | I think she felt scared but she wanted to be there for her mother-in-law. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Ruth wanted to stay with Naomi? | I think Ruth wanted to stay with Naomi because she had compassion for Naomi. Add Comment |
| What did Ruth tell Naomi when Naomi told her to go back with Orpah? | She said no. Add Comment |
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| What stands out to as the main theme of the book? | I would probably say trusting God and putting others before yourself. Add Comment |
| Did you read the whole book? | Yes. Add Comment |
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| What was Jonah told to do? | The Lord told Jonah Add Comment |
| What did the sailors come to realize after they threw Jonah off the boat? | The sailors realized just how powerful God was after they had seen him completely stop the storm that was raging the sea Add Comment |
| What did he do instead? | Jonah instead of doing what God had asked him, got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord 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 was told not to be friends with someone as a warning that it would not go well and i did not listen. Later i realized i should have. Add Comment |
| Why did God send a storm after the ship Jonah was on? | God sent the storm so that Jonah would know to trust God Add Comment |
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| When we are troubled or are in difficult situations what should we do, and continue doing? | The first thing we should always do is pray. Just invited God into the situation, whatever it is. Add Comment |
| What did Jonah realize while in the fish? | He remembered the Lord and praised him. Add Comment |
| What is the first thing Jonah did when he finds himself in a bad situation? | It says Jonah prayed to God in the belly of the fish. Add Comment |
| What are some difficult things in your life that you need to pray about? | Well, I'm struggling with doubt, and relationships, even though I have been Christian my whole life and it is scary. Add Comment |
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| How should we respond to the Word of God? | We should yield to what God has to say and keep his Word written on the tablet of our heart. Add Comment |
| What was God's message for Nineveh? | In forty days the city would be demolished. Add Comment |
| How did Nineveh respond to the message from God? | Nineveh repented of their sinful ways and asked God for forgiveness. Add Comment |
| What did God do when He saw their response? | He relented the destruction he was going to rain on them. Add Comment |
| How do you usually respond to God's Word? | It depends on what I am reading. Sometimes it's as if my eyes are being open for the first time, others it feels like I'm checking off a list when I read my bible. 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? | When God tells us to do something, we should listen. God said he was going to destroy Nineveh and the people of Nineveh asked for forgiveness from God Add Comment |
| What is something from the book of Jonah that you can take and put into practice in your everyday life? | Listening to God right away. Add Comment |
| What should have been Jonah's response after God told him to go to Nineveh? | He should have gone to Nineveh instead of trying to run away from what God told him to do. Add Comment |
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| How do you respond when God does something that you don't like? | I get mad, sometimes I try to understand, but it's hard. Add Comment |
| How should we respond when someone does something that we don't like or agree with? | We should respond with gentleness and patience. 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? | Pray. Prayer is the best thing you can do in a situation like that. Bring God into it whatever it is. Add Comment |
| What Are some of God's traits listed in this chapter? | Gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy Add Comment |
| What was Jonah's response when God did something he disagreed with? | God planted a tree to cover Jonah from the sun, and then God destroyed the plant after Jonah was attached to it. Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Paul said to "remember my chains"? | Because even as Paul was imprisoned, he gave all of his strength to sharing the gospel. 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 would pray for them that even though they might be going through the darkest valley, the hardest hardship, the saddest moment, that they would remember God through out it all and remember that God works out all things for the good of those who love him. Add Comment |
| What is Paul asking for prayer for? | He is asking that God would open a door to him to speak the word. 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 can help you because when you constantly pray for others and have Christ in your every thought it helps you live more like him. Add Comment |
| What are the main things you pray about? | A lot of the time I ask God to help me with certain temptations that I struggle with. Add Comment |
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| What does it look like to set your heart and mind on Christ? | It looks like not setting your eyes on earthly things. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to put to death sin? | We died our earthly bodies to God and rose again with him. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help set your mind and heart on Christ and put to death the sin? | I can put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Add Comment |
| Why do you want to set your heart and mind on Christ and put to death the sin? | I don't want to one day have eternal separation from the Lord's presence Add Comment |
| What does it look like to forgive someone? | It looks like what Christ did for us. Add Comment |
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| Using that example, what does God say about that? | Putting anything in your life above God is sin. 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? | One thing is people wanting to be the God of their own life. People will be lovers of money, greed, pleasure and so on and they believe it is right because they want it. Add Comment |
| What have we been given? | In verse 6 it tells us we have received Christ. Add Comment |
| Who is our authority? | God. Add Comment |
| What dwells in Christ? | The hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Add Comment |
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| List at least 4 different characteristics or roles of Jesus list in verses 15-20? | The image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, everything was created by him, all living things were created by him for him. Add Comment |
| What is the gospel Paul talks about in verse 23? | If you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and do not shift away from the hope of the gospel you have heard. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about in verse 26? | The hope of glory. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's desire in verse 28? | I think my version is different because it does not talk about any desire in verse 28. Add Comment |
| What stands out to you from this passage about Jesus? | What stood out to me is in the beginning of the chapter when it says Christ created all things for him, this is interesting because it just shows that God is sovereign over all things including us. Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement for believers in the first 4 verses? | Paul tells us to be like-minded in Christ by having the same love being united by spirit. Add Comment |
| What two things does Paul say believers are granted in verse 29 | "So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men" Add Comment |
| According to verse 13, what is our purpose? | It is God who works in us, for his will and good pleasure. Add Comment |
| How can you put Paul's encouragement from verses 1-4 into practice? | We can have Christ-like humility in everything we do including how we act towards others. Add Comment |
| How can you "shine like stars" in this generation? | We can be the opposite of a twisted and perverted generation among whom we shine like stars. Add Comment |
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| Why is Paul in prison? | Paul is in prison for the sake of Christ. Add Comment |
| What can you learn about prayer based on Paul's example? | He says that he has them in his heart and prays for them with joy, I can take this as an example and try to be more positive. Prayer should not just be asking things from God. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective about his time in prison? | His time in prison will work out for his deliverence is his perspective. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective on life? | That's a hard question, but based on this passage I think it is that we should treat others better than ourselves and constantly examine ourselves in how we are doing with Christ and our relationship with him. Add Comment |
| How is God using Paul while in prison? | He is using Paul for the defense of the gospel. Add Comment |
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| What was Paul's focus before he was saved? | The righteousness of the law. Add Comment |
| What does Paul now consider gain, what is most important to him now? | The gain of Christ and to be found in him. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's main point in verses 12-21? | We should not focus on past mistakes, but reach forward to the hope that comes with God. He says let all who are mature think this way. Add Comment |
| Where does righteousess come from? | Through faith in Jesus Christ. 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"? | We don't look at every fault that a person has ever committed but we forgive and press on toward the goal which is meeting God one day. 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? | Thanksgiving. Add Comment |
| What happens to your focus when you are thankful? | Your focus becomes heightened because you notice all the small things in your life that you have to be thankful for. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul adds "with thanksgiving"? | I think he adds this because our prayers to God should not just be a ramble of requests and wants, we should be yielding when we pray being thankful for what we have. Add Comment |
| What do you have to be thankful for? | I have so much to bet thankful for. I have two loving parents who love me, although they are divorced, not everyone has two parents in their life, let alone parents that love them. I have a beautiful guitar that I play almost everyday, I have lots of siblings, I have three meals a day, I have a roof over my head. Add Comment |
| What should you be thinking about that would be in line with whatever is true, noble, right, pure and lovely? | Everything that has to do with the bible. The simple answer is being sanctified. Add Comment |
| What does it mean to "let your gentleness be evident to all"? | I think this means do not be a grump. Christianity is all about love and kindness, if you are constantly being a rude and loud person, how will that show others that you are a follower of Christ? Add Comment |
| List 5 reasons you have to "rejoice in the Lord always". | I have a roof over my head, three meals a day, the Lord listens to my every prayer, he is always with me and he will always guide me. Add Comment |
| Paul then follows up with what to think on. How does thinking this way also help with anxiety and worry? | We don't need to be worried abut every little thing in our lives, the only important things are our relationship with God and leading others to him. Add Comment |
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| What is our struggle against? | It is against authority. Add Comment |
| What do you think is the main reason why many Christians pray so little and so rarely? | God is not the most important thing in their lives. Add Comment |
| What do we need for the battle? | The full armor of God. Add Comment |
| What keeps you from praying? | Guilt that praying means nothing if my actions are constantly sinning. 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. | One area is they do not like some of my friends and I myself know that they are not the best friends for me but ai continue to chase these friendships. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to honor your parents? | To obey them and respect them. 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? | Be imitators of God, walk in love. Add Comment |
| Would your life look different if you submitted to this list and lived it out? How would it look different? | It would look very different, I am actually struggling right now with my faith. 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? | Wives should submit to their husbands, and likewise husbands should cherish and love their wives. Add Comment |
| How does living according to what Paul lists make you stand out from kids at school? | We look different because we dont cuss or we try not to, we dont slander or gossip. Add Comment |
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| What does Paul insist that believers do (v17-19)? | No longer walk as the gentiles walked. Add Comment |
| Paul gives a specific list of things to follow. Which of these do you want/need to work on? | Probably foul language. Add Comment |
| What should we do that will help us to obey God? | Read the word, talk to him on a daily basis. Add Comment |
| What are 3 characteristics Paul lists in verse 2 of the kind of people God wants us to be? | Humility, gentleness, and patience. Add Comment |
| What does Paul insist that believers do (v17-19)? | No longer walk as the gentiles walked. Add Comment |
| Paul gives a specific list of things to follow. Which of these do you want/need to work on? | Probably foul language. Add Comment |
| What should we do that will help us to obey God? | Read the word, talk to him on a daily basis. Add Comment |
| What are 3 characteristics Paul lists in verse 2 of the kind of people God wants us to be? | Humility, gentleness, and patience. 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? | Make disciples of all nations. Add Comment |
| What did God want Paul to do (v8-9)? | God wanted Paul to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of Christ and shed light for all about the administration of the mystery hidden for ages. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about (v6)? | In my bible (CSB) it is in verse 9 but I think it is talking about maybe faith, and God revealing his will to us which it talks about somewhere before this. Add Comment |
| How do you feel about talking about the Chrisitan faith with others? What do you struggle with and what gives you encouragement? | It depends on who it is to be honest. With some people, I am totally fine talking to it about, but with others, it is more difficult. I struggle with the judgment that comes with sharing my faith openly. Something that encourages me is praying. 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. | My best friend Lindy. My mom Ellie. My brother Jack. Add Comment |
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| In God's eyes, what is the status of those outside of Christ, and why (v3)? | Children under 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? | God is rich in mercy and made us alive again through Christ. Add Comment |
| What was God's response to our sin problem and why did he provide a solution according to verses 4-5? | God's solution was having mercy on us, he did this because of the great love for which he has for us. Add Comment |
| How does Paul describe the lives of these Ephesian Christians before they came to faith (v1)? | They were dead in their trespasses and sins. Add Comment |
| What is salvation based on according to verses 8-9? | You are saved through grace by faith and it is not from yourself. Add Comment |
| What does God have planned for us? | We are God's workmanship created ahead of time for this purpose. Add Comment |
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| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith in Jesus, and love for all believers in Christ. 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 is the creator and sovereign, the Son redeems and reveals God, and the Holy Spirit empowers and sanctifies believers. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | He has made known the mysteries of his will to us, and given us wisdom. Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | "To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus." also meaning the believers there. 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? | Well I do not believe in free will and actually this chapter clearly shows that we do not have free will. Multiple times throughout the passage it uses words like "predestined", "the one who works out everything in agreement with the purpose of his will.", "For he chose us in him, before the foundations of the world." So when it uses the word adoption I think that literally means that God chose us. Add Comment |
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| Why was it shocking to the Jews that Paul was called to preach the gospel to the Gentiles? | It went against what they thought was right and who should be taught salvation. Add Comment |
| What task was Paul given? | Paul Add Comment |
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| What issue is Paul addressing with the Galatians? | He is addressing the fact that they still think they can enter the kingdom through works instead of faith. Add Comment |
| Why do we still need to follow scripture if we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus? | Reading the word and following scripture leads to sanctification and drawing closer to God. Add Comment |
| What does Paul salvation comes from? | Salvation comes from faith through Jesus Christ and sanctification. Add Comment |
| What issue is Paul addressing with the Galatians? | He is addressing the fact that they still think they can enter the kingdom through works instead of faith. Add Comment |
| Why do we still need to follow scripture if we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus? | Reading the word and following scripture leads to sanctification and drawing closer to God. Add Comment |
| What does Paul salvation comes from? | Salvation comes from faith through Jesus Christ and sanctification. Add Comment |
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| Have you ever lost a friend because you stood up for the truth? | I have lost a friend because I stood up for the truth, but more times then not I have been persecuted for standing up for the truth. Add Comment |
| How were the Galatians treating Paul now? | They are treating him as an enemy (Verse 16) Add Comment |
| Under what circumstance did Paul first preach the gospel to the Galatians? | He first preached the gospel to the Galatians because of a weakness of flesh. Add Comment |
| What does Paul say that his Christian brothers had, but now do not have? | They were free of the law, but are now seeking it again. Add Comment |
| How did the Galatians treat Paul during that time? | They received him as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself. Add Comment |
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| How does true faith express itself? | Through love. Add Comment |
| As a Christian, what were you called to be? | I am called to be free and to use my freedom as an opportunity to serve one another through love. Add Comment |
| Why did Christ set us free? (verse 1) | For freedom. Add Comment |
| How can you misuse your freedom? | You can use it to serve the flesh. Add Comment |
| In what way does Paul want his Christian brothers to stand firm? (verse 1) | Stand firm against the yoke of slavery. Add Comment |
| For those who have faith, whose righteousness do we put our hope in? | We eagerly await through the Spirit, by faith, the hope of righteousness. Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | His encouragement is to not get tired of doing good, for we will reap the benefits at the proper time if we don't give up. Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | Whatever you sow, you will also reap. Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | We should be working for the good of all, especially those who follow the faith of Jesus Christ. Add Comment |
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| What does Paul mention a couple of times in is opening greeting in the first 5 verses? | He mentions Jesus twice and how he gave his life for us. Add Comment |
| What is the Gospel? | The gospel is the message of salvation, the story of Jesus Christ who died and rose again for all. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's first warning to the church in Galatia? | Paul Add Comment |
| Where does Paul receive his authority and direction? | In verse 11-12 Paul says 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? | This is not my first time using the Earn Your Way Program. Add Comment |