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| Do you have any suggestions or changes for this program? | no. 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? | God is the true God. Add Comment |
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| How is this a comfort in times of fear? | because something is always permanent. Add Comment |
| Is it easy? | no. 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. 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? | God. 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? | God is the way the truth and the light. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help you during those times when it is not easy to wait on the Lord? | prey. Add Comment |
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| As a Christian, do you ever have to fear that God will abandon you? | yes. Add Comment |
| Now the second conversation (verses 7-9). What do you notice about Psalm 51 and Psalm 27:7-9? | they are similar. 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? | because we are his childern. 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.) | God is the only way. 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 of the savior. Add Comment |
| What in verse 2 keeps you from doing so? | no. Add Comment |
| Enemies, war! That is a lot to be afraid of. Why is David confident nonetheless? | because of God. Add Comment |
| Have you ever been bullied and wanted to retaliate? | no. Add Comment |
| The answer to why is found in verse 4 & 5. What action did David take that took away his fears? | light and salvation. Add Comment |
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| What is David’s response to his fears? | to turn to God and trust in His protection and goodness. Add Comment |
| What did he bring back to his mind? | God. 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? | the dark. Add Comment |
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| What image does the still waters bring to your mind? | a lake. 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? | no. Add Comment |
| What is the connection between green pastures, still waters and He restores my soul? | God. Add Comment |
| How important is it to have a life where Jesus is leading it? | to follow the Christ. Add Comment |
| How does this image of lying in a green pasture make you feel? | calm. Add Comment |
| Staying with the shepherd/sheep picture, what image comes to mind when you read verse 2? | a field. Add Comment |
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| What does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites who sent him? | I AM. 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? | holy Add Comment |
| What else does God tell Moses to tell the Israelites (verse 15)? | This is my name forever, and this is my title for all generations. Add Comment |
| For review, do you remember what LORD means (from Psalm 8 "Oh LORD our Lord")? If so, what does it mean? | Yahweh, the covenant name of God in Hebrew. 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! 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? | sheep. Add Comment |
| Do your actions (the way you live) demonstrate that God is your Shepherd? | sometimes. Add Comment |
| What is the second phrase of verse 1? | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters 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. | food and drink. Add Comment |
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| Why was David not afraid of death? | because of God. 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? | knowing that its over. Add Comment |
| What as David not afraid of in verse 4? | no evil. Add Comment |
| Have you experienced God's discipline? | yes. Add Comment |
| A shepherd uses his staff to guide, direct and discipline his sheep. Do you find it comforting when your parents discipline you? | no. 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? | yes. Add Comment |
| Have you experience a life of overflowing joy, peace, and love? | yes. 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? | praying. Add Comment |
| What can you start doing or stop doing to experience more peace and less fear and overflowing joy and love? | praying. 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? | He made everything and man can bearly make a house. 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? | everyone is special. 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.” | because Jesus walked on earth. Add Comment |
| After reading all this, do you see that you are valuable to God? And why? | yes because he made everything to be special. 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?” | because Jesus walked on earth. 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? | people satin and 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? | God is everything because he is everywhere. Add Comment |
| How does this relate to Jesus’ confrontation with the chief priests and the scribes mentioned in Matthew 21? | because Jesus is the son of God. 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? | because he is the king of the universe. 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? | Jesus. Add Comment |
| What is the result of their praising in verse 2 of Psalm 8? | it "established strength" to silence the enemy and the avenger. Add Comment |
| Do you think He silenced them? | no 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? | They are great and holy. Add Comment |
| What is the result of the children praising Jesus in the temple as explained in the Matthew passage in verse 15? | Jesus affirmed that it was worthy praise in God's eyes. Add Comment |
| When you look up at the stars in the sky what do you think about? | God. 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? | to build a foundation for understanding God's Word. 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? | God sings and we respond. Add Comment |
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| Why did David write a song about both the night and the day? | songs of praise for much of Christian history. Add Comment |
| What must the being who made all this, both what is seen and what is not seen, be like? | powerful, glorious, and beautiful. Add Comment |
| How constantly does God declare what is like by what has been made? | through creation, specifically the heavens and the firmament. Add Comment |
| What qualities/ characteristics of God can you discover by what has been made? List as many as you can. | power, wisdom, glory, and creation. 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. | everlasting destruction. and many more. 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. | because it says to obay them in the 10 comantments. 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? | because they suppress the truth by their wickedness and choose to worship the creature rather than the Creator, despite God revealing himself through creation. 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?” | God is wonderful. Add Comment |
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| Do you have a reading plan (where and when to read the Bible)? | no. 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)? | because I don't like to read. I would set aside several minutes and reading my bed. Add Comment |
| Why is it important to know what is in the Bible? | because the bible is God's word. Add Comment |
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| Why would David call God his Rock? | because he offers him protection., Add Comment |
| What are the benefits of obeying God's Word that David gives? | inner peace, a sense of security, and a deep joy in knowing God's will. Add Comment |
| What does David describe about God's Word (verses 7-10)? List as many as you find. | perfect, sure, right, pure, clean, true ect. Add Comment |
| Why do you think David uses a lot of repitition when describing God's Word (the Bible)? | To understand more clearly. Add Comment |
| Why would David call God his Redeemer? | To redeem is to be a liberator or a rescuer. 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? | we can sleep in peace. 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? | pray. Add Comment |
| Write in one sentence the main point of this Psalm. | encourages finding joy and peace in God's presence, even amidst trials, through reflection, faith, and trust, ultimately leading to a state of peaceful sleep and safety in His care. Add Comment |
| How can you use this Psalm to encourage others who are going through hard times? | pray. Add Comment |
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| What than are we to ponder (think deeply about)? | eternal life. 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. 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? | praying. 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. | Recognize God's Power and Control: don't worry. Reflect on God's Promises: eternal life. Practice Humility: love. Seek God's Forgiveness: pray. Add Comment |
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| What do you notice about God and his character in this Psalm? | powerful and protective figure who is David's shield, glory, and lifter of his head. 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? | praying. Add Comment |
| How do want God to use the truths in this Psalm in your life and through your life? | have confidence in the Lord. Add Comment |
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| Why is the contrast important? | both immediate protection and the deeper relationship with God that leads to eternal life. Add Comment |
| What are some things Psalm 3 and Psalm 139 have in common? | God's intimate knowledge and presence. Add Comment |
| There is a contrast in the psalm around the idea of salvation. What is it ? | In Psalm 3, salvation is presented as an external act of God's deliverance, while in Psalm 139, it focuses on God's internal knowledge and love. 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? | a shield, his glory, and the lifter of his head. 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? | reminding us of God's unwavering presence and protection. Add Comment |
| Write in one sentence the main point of this Psalm. | Psalm 3 expresses David's confidence in God as his shield and refuge, even when surrounded by numerous enemies, and his prayer for God's deliverance and protection. Add Comment |
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| Why was Jesus' death necessary? | to forgive our sins. Add Comment |
| Why did Pilate give into the crowd and pharisees? | he feared a riot or being reported to Caesar. Add Comment |
| What stands out to you about His death? | a powerful act of sacrifice and love, fulfilling prophecies and demonstrating His complete authority over death. 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 will overcome te world. Add Comment |
| How could this be confusing to His disciples? | Because they will suffer but they shouldn't have fear. Add Comment |
| How could this be encouraging to the disciples and to you? | That we will not have fear. Add Comment |
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| Who is the focus of Jesus' prayers? | His self. Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus His prayer on for the disciples and other believers? | To be in heaven together. Add Comment |
| What does Jesus praying tell you about the importance of prayer? | A way for believers to be protected. Add Comment |
| What can you learn from Jesus' prayers as to how to pray for others? | To pray for their well being. Add Comment |
| How would this change the way you pray for others? | Nothing. Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about Jesus from this passage? | Jesus demonstrates his divine power and authority. Add Comment |
| Why does Jesus seem so calm? | he is fulfilling his own will and the will of God, not succumbing to fear or desperation. Add Comment |
| How can we learn to remain calm during a crisis, storm, stress, emergency, etc? | By taking account of everything and praying. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about the disciples, how were they reacting and feeling? | the disciples react to Jesus' arrest with fear and abandonment. Add Comment |
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| What can you learn about comforting someone from the way Jesus responded to Mary? | you need to be honest. Add Comment |
| What doubts do you have about Jesus being alive or being God? | none! 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? | the same thing. Add Comment |
| Why was is it important that Jesus showed Himself to others? | to show he has risen. 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. | yes done. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about forgiveness and reconciliation from Jesus? | you should always forgive. Add Comment |
| How do you think Peter felt after Jesus talked to him? | relief, reassurance, and renewed purpose. Add Comment |
| What did Jesus do for Peter? | asking Peter to reaffirm his love three times and then giving him specific tasks of caring for Jesus' "sheep". Add Comment |
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| Why can you not accomplish anything apart from Christ? | Because he is the way the truth and the life. Add Comment |
| How can this passage give you courage in your life? | To abide in Jesus. Add Comment |
| What is the main point of Jesus' teaching in this passage? | Abiding in him. Add Comment |
| What can you do on your own? | Nothing. Add Comment |
| Why can you not accomplish anything apart from Christ? | Because he is the way the truth and the life. Add Comment |
| How can this passage give you courage in your life? | To abide in Jesus. Add Comment |
| What is the main point of Jesus' teaching in this passage? | Abiding in him. Add Comment |
| What can you do on your own? | Nothing. Add Comment |
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| How could this help His disciples in the coming days and down the road? | Knowing that through him they could reach eternal life. Add Comment |
| What is the main point of this passage-what is Jesus' purpose in this passage? | Jesus is the way the truth and the life. Add Comment |
| How can this passage encourage you in your faith and in your life? | Same answer. 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)? | Follow the 10 commandments. 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? | To serve humans on his humble death on the cross. Add Comment |
| What attribute or charater trait of Jesus stands out to you in this passage and why? | Humbleness. Add Comment |
| How do you think Peter felt when Jesus predicted his denials? | Amazed. Add Comment |
| How would you feel if Jesus called out your sin ahead of time? | Scared. Add Comment |
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| Why are the people so excited for Jesus? | Because of his miricals and teaching. Add Comment |
| What does Jesus focus on following His grand entrance into Jerusalem and why? | The unbelievable of people. 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? | Resolve and anticipation. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point of this passage? | Raising lazarus from the dead. Add Comment |
| What does God reveal about Himself? | That he can do anything. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God in this passage? | He can do anything. Add Comment |
| How can you use this passage to explain the gospel to someone? | That God is Almighty. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point of this passage? | To establish Jesus identity as the son of God. Add Comment |
| What is a truth Jesus keeps trying to get the people and Pharisees to understand and believe? | That if you grou d in him it is the key to spiritual freedom. 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? | This leads to conflicting believes. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus and God? | Jesus is the light in the world. 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 the Bible. Add Comment |
| What do you see as a consistant theme or method to Jesus' teaching style (including this passage)? | He would shock the crowd. Add Comment |
| How does it help you to understand His teaching? | Because it is earth things. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Jesus uses earthly things as illustrations (water, light, bread, sheep, etc.) in His teaching? | To make it more understandable. Add Comment |
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| What is the main point to Jesus' teaching in this passage? | Jesus is the light of the world. Add Comment |
| Why are the Pharisees so upset with Jesus' teaching? | He violated their sabath regulations and claimed to be the son of God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn from Jesus' boldness towards the Pharisees? | He has glory. Add Comment |
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| Why was it so hard for the Pharisees to believe Jesus' teaching? | Their pride. Add Comment |
| Could Jesus be the Christ, the Messiah, if He were not God? Why or why not? | Yes because he is the only true prophet. Add Comment |
| What evidence is there in this passage that Jesus is God? | His divine nature. Add Comment |
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| How should you apply Jesus' teaching at the end of the chapter to your own life? | Knowing that Jesus has the words of eternal life. Add Comment |
| Why did Jesus hide Himself from the people after feeding them and why is this important that He did not let them? | They wanted to make him king. Add Comment |
| Why was it so hard for the people to understand Jesus teaching in this passage? | Because they are man. 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? | Flow the 10 commandments. Add Comment |
| What does that tell you about God's desire for man (including you)? | Holy. Add Comment |
| Why is it important to understand that Jesus and God are equal? | Because they are the Trinity. Add Comment |
| What did Jesus tell the man to do when He saw him the second time? | Stop sinning. 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? | Popular and unpopular. Add Comment |
| What can you learn from Jesus' approach to evangelism that you could use? | He turned anything in that. 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 offered the woman living water. Add Comment |
| What is the number one thing that keeps you from telling someone about Jesus? | Others anger. 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? | Yes be more open minded. Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Nicodemus came to Jesus at night? | He wanted a deeper understanding of God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about man? | That they are flesh and blood and cannot understand everything. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God from this passage? | That he is willing to help anyone believe. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Nicodemus had such a hard time understanding what Jesus was teaching him? | He didn't quite believe. Add Comment |
| How would you share with someone why they need Jesus? | By telling them about the Bible m Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about holiness and obedience? | You must obay the holy bibile. Add Comment |
| Why was Jesus in the right to drive out the money changers from the temple? | They were exploiting the temple. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus' authority? | He drives miricals. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about righteoues anger? | Tjay it's ok to be angry for righteousness reasons. Add Comment |
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| What do you learn about Jesus? | He is the earth God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about the relationship between God and Jesus? | That some things are permanent. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God? | He Is the Trinity. 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? | God. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about Jesus' purpose on earth? | He was the invisible God. Add Comment |
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| How did Ruth show love for Naomi? | By staying loyal to her. Add Comment |
| How did God show love toward Ruth? | He guides Ruth through her story. Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show love for Ruth? | Kindness and care. 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? | By being my father. Add Comment |
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| What stands out to as the main theme of the book? | Being loyal. Add Comment |
| Did you read the whole book? | Yes. Add Comment |
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| What did Naomi tell the people to call her and why? | Mara which means bitter. Add Comment |
| Ruth is moving to a foreign land and a foreign people, how do you think she felt and how would you feel? | Scared but safe with God. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Ruth wanted to stay with Naomi? | Loyalty and love. Add Comment |
| What did Ruth tell Naomi when Naomi told her to go back with Orpah? | I will go only where you are. Add Comment |
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| What did Boaz say about Ruth that he had heard in verse 11? | She is a vertuious woman. 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? | My grandma I help her with the yard work. Add Comment |
| What is one thing you can do so that people will speak about you the way you want them to? | Be kind. Add Comment |
| What do you want people to say about you? | I am nice. Add Comment |
| How does Ruth continue to show respect and love towards Naomi? | Following her command to seek Boaz. Add Comment |
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| What can you do to better show love to other people? | Be kind . Add Comment |
| How did Boaz show noble character? | He gave the ladies food. Add Comment |
| What do you learn about God's love through reading Ruth? | Loyalty is important. Add Comment |
| Is there anything new that stood out to you reading through Ruth again? | Boaz was kind. 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? | We should obay. Add Comment |
| What is something from the book of Jonah that you can take and put into practice in your everyday life? | Obaying. Add Comment |
| What should have been Jonah's response after God told him to go to Nineveh? | To go. Add Comment |
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| How do you respond when God does something that you don't like? | Disappointed. Add Comment |
| How should we respond when someone does something that we don't like or agree with? | Try to understand. 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? | Be slow to anger. Add Comment |
| What Are some of God's traits listed in this chapter? | Grace, compassion, slow to anger, abundant in love. Add Comment |
| What was Jonah's response when God did something he disagreed with? | Angry with God. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| How should we respond to the Word of God? | By obaying. Add Comment |
| What was God's message for Nineveh? | To repent. Add Comment |
| How did Nineveh respond to the message from God? | They took imidient action. Add Comment |
| What did God do when He saw their response? | He spared the city. Add Comment |
| How do you usually respond to God's Word? | Trying to obay. Add Comment |
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| When we are troubled or are in difficult situations what should we do, and continue doing? | Pray. Add Comment |
| What did Jonah realize while in the fish? | He had been spared. Add Comment |
| What is the first thing Jonah did when he finds himself in a bad situation? | He prayed. Add Comment |
| What are some difficult things in your life that you need to pray about? | School. Add Comment |
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| What was Jonah told to do? | To go to the evil city and warn the people about the city being destroyed if they did not repent. Add Comment |
| What did the sailors come to realize after they threw Jonah off the boat? | The stormed stopped. Add Comment |
| What did he do instead? | He fled to tarnish. 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? | This it didn't work out for me. Add Comment |
| Why did God send a storm after the ship Jonah was on? | Because he disobeys. Add Comment |
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| Why do you think Paul said to "remember my chains"? | To not forget about Christ. 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? | No more suffering and to not stop believing. Add Comment |
| What is Paul asking for prayer for? | For himself. 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? | By making more deciples. Add Comment |
| What are the main things you pray about? | Family. Add Comment |
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| List at least 4 different characteristics or roles of Jesus list in verses 15-20? | Image of God, firstborn over all creation, peace on the cross, All things consist. Add Comment |
| What is the gospel Paul talks about in verse 23? | Bible. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about in verse 26? | God. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's desire in verse 28? | Present every man perfect to Jesus. Add Comment |
| What stands out to you from this passage about Jesus? | That they say God is a mystery. Add Comment |
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| Using that example, what does God say about that? | That it is not true. 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? | Evolution. Add Comment |
| What have we been given? | Eternal life. Add Comment |
| Who is our authority? | Christ. Add Comment |
| What dwells in Christ? | All the fullness of the deity. Add Comment |
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| What does it look like to set your heart and mind on Christ? | Focusing on heavenly things and believes. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to put to death sin? | Actively saying no to sinful behavior. Add Comment |
| What can you do to help set your mind and heart on Christ and put to death the sin? | Say no to sinful behavior. Add Comment |
| Why do you want to set your heart and mind on Christ and put to death the sin? | To be a good Christian. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to forgive someone? | To accept the truth. 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? | The truth. Add Comment |
| What happens to your focus when you are thankful? | You are more holy. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul adds "with thanksgiving"? | With thanks. Add Comment |
| What do you have to be thankful for? | My friends and family. Add Comment |
| What should you be thinking about that would be in line with whatever is true, noble, right, pure and lovely? | God. Add Comment |
| What does it mean to "let your gentleness be evident to all"? | To be kind to everyone. Add Comment |
| List 5 reasons you have to "rejoice in the Lord always". | Genital, anxious, peace, guard, prey. Add Comment |
| Paul then follows up with what to think on. How does thinking this way also help with anxiety and worry? | We should pray more instead of having anxiety. Add Comment |
| 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? | The truth. Add Comment |
| What happens to your focus when you are thankful? | You are more holy. Add Comment |
| Why do you think Paul adds "with thanksgiving"? | With thanks. Add Comment |
| What do you have to be thankful for? | My friends and family. Add Comment |
| What should you be thinking about that would be in line with whatever is true, noble, right, pure and lovely? | God. Add Comment |
| What does it mean to "let your gentleness be evident to all"? | To be kind to everyone. Add Comment |
| List 5 reasons you have to "rejoice in the Lord always". | Genital, anxious, peace, guard, prey. Add Comment |
| Paul then follows up with what to think on. How does thinking this way also help with anxiety and worry? | We should pray more instead of having anxiety. Add Comment |
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| What was Paul's focus before he was saved? | Having his own righteousness. Add Comment |
| What does Paul now consider gain, what is most important to him now? | Upward call in Jesus. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's main point in verses 12-21? | He is not perfect. Add Comment |
| Where does righteousess come from? | From 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"? | Less sin. Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement for believers in the first 4 verses? | Being like minded and havinging the same love one mind and with no selfish ambition. Add Comment |
| What two things does Paul say believers are granted in verse 29 | Life with the Lord forever in heaven. Add Comment |
| According to verse 13, what is our purpose? | To bring God pleasure. Add Comment |
| How can you put Paul's encouragement from verses 1-4 into practice? | Not being selfish. Add Comment |
| How can you "shine like stars" in this generation? | Hold fast to the word of life. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| Why is Paul in prison? | Because he was preaching the gospel. Add Comment |
| What can you learn about prayer based on Paul's example? | Faithfully and joyfully. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective about his time in prison? | He is joyful to be in prison. Add Comment |
| What is Paul's perspective on life? | Content no matter the circumstances. Add Comment |
| How is God using Paul while in prison? | Because he was chained to Roman soldiers. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| What is our struggle against? | Sin. Add Comment |
| What do you think is the main reason why many Christians pray so little and so rarely? | They don't have time or don't care to make time. Add Comment |
| What do we need for the battle? | Our armor of God. Add Comment |
| What keeps you from praying? | Forgetting. 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. | Doing my chores. Add Comment |
| What does it look like to honor your parents? | Obay. 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? | The imitation of God. Add Comment |
| Would your life look different if you submitted to this list and lived it out? How would it look different? | Yes I would be very clean and holy. 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? | Husbands love your wife as your self, wife's respect your husband. Add Comment |
| How does living according to what Paul lists make you stand out from kids at school? | Kids do not talk well. Add Comment |
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| What does Paul insist that believers do (v17-19)? | Do not walk in the way of the Gentiles alienaded from God. Add Comment |
| Paul gives a specific list of things to follow. Which of these do you want/need to work on? | Angry. Add Comment |
| What should we do that will help us to obey God? | Follow gods word. Add Comment |
| What are 3 characteristics Paul lists in verse 2 of the kind of people God wants us to be? | Lowliness, gentalness, long suffering. 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? | Go and make deciples of all nations. Add Comment |
| What did God want Paul to do (v8-9)? | Preach to the Gentiles. Add Comment |
| What is the mystery Paul talks about (v6)? | That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs of Christ . 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 good. I struggle with taking the time to do so and Chad gives me encouragement. 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. | Issabelle, trace, Delilah Add Comment |
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| In God's eyes, what is the status of those outside of Christ, and why (v3)? | Children 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 are all responsible. Add Comment |
| What was God's response to our sin problem and why did he provide a solution according to verses 4-5? | God is rich in mercy he loves us made us alive together with Christ. Add Comment |
| How does Paul describe the lives of these Ephesian Christians before they came to faith (v1)? | Dead in trespass and sin. Add Comment |
| What is salvation based on according to verses 8-9? | Grace, the gift of God. Add Comment |
| What does God have planned for us? | Good works. Add Comment |
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| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith in the London and faith for all the saints. 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? | Holy Spirit seals us and guarantees our redemption. The son died for us to forgive our sins. And the father created and chose us. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | Forgiveness of sins, he chose us. Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | The curch of Ephesus. 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? | Having the rights of being in chirsts family. Add Comment |
| What's the two-part definition of a true Christian in verse 15? | Faith in the Lord's and faith for all the saints. 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? | Holy Spirit seals us and guarantees our redemption. The son died for us to forgive our sins. And the father created and chose us. Add Comment |
| What are some of the spiritual blessings we have in Christ? | Forgiveness of sins, he chose us. Add Comment |
| Who did Paul preach to in Ephesus? | The curch of Ephesus. 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? | Having the rights of being in chirsts family. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| Why was it shocking to the Jews that Paul was called to preach the gospel to the Gentiles? | He was not kind to the idea of reaching out to non Christians. Add Comment |
| What task was Paul given? | Preach to the gentials. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| What issue is Paul addressing with the Galatians? | Obaying the truth of god. Add Comment |
| Why do we still need to follow scripture if we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus? | Because it's gods word. Add Comment |
| What does Paul salvation comes from? | God Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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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? | They found a different way. Add Comment |
| Under what circumstance did Paul first preach the gospel to the Galatians? | Illness. Add Comment |
| What does Paul say that his Christian brothers had, but now do not have? | Faith. Add Comment |
| How did the Galatians treat Paul during that time? | An angel. Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| How does true faith express itself? | By believeing in the trio. Add Comment |
| As a Christian, what were you called to be? | A person who spreads gods words Add Comment |
| Why did Christ set us free? (verse 1) | Because he forgives sin. Add Comment |
| How can you misuse your freedom? | By winning all the time without saying sorry or trying to not Add Comment |
| In what way does Paul want his Christian brothers to stand firm? (verse 1) | Christiananity Add Comment |
| For those who have faith, whose righteousness do we put our hope in? | God Add Comment |
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| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | To not grow weary Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | Whatever a man sews he will also reap Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | Do good to all Add Comment |
| What is Paul's encouragement in verse 9? | To not grow weary Add Comment |
| What is the truth we learn from the farmer in verse 7? | Whatever a man sews he will also reap Add Comment |
| What should we be doing while we wait for the harvest of eternal life? (verse 10) | Do good to all Add Comment |
| Question | Answer |
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| What does Paul mention a couple of times in is opening greeting in the first 5 verses? | God raising from the dead Add Comment |
| What is the Gospel? | Christ Add Comment |
| What is Paul's first warning to the church in Galatia? | He might deliver in this peace in age Add Comment |
| Where does Paul receive his authority and direction? | 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? | First time Add Comment |