Thursday, February 14, 2013

Why does it snow?


Why does it snow?
Other than the scientific answer, I don’t know; however, here are some interesting verses.

1)    Snow is recorded in 2 Samuel 23:20.

“Benaiah… killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a ________________ day.”

2)    Snow is talked of by God in Job 38:22.

“Have you entered the storehouses of the __________________, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,”

Where does God keep the snow? __________________________________________

3)    Snow is recorded in Psalm 68:14.

“When the Almighty scattered the kings there, it was __________________ in Zalmon.”

4)    Wives (families) prepared for snow in Proverbs 31:21.

“She is not afraid of the __________________ for her household, for all her household are clothed…”

5)    Snow has a purpose Isaiah 55:10-11.

“For as the rain and the _________________ come down from heaven, and do not

return there without __________________ the earth and making it bear and sprout, and furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so will My word ... goes forth from My mouth; it will not return to me empty, without accomplishing what I (God) desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I (God) sent it.”

What does God’s word, the Bible, accomplish when it is read or heard?

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6)    Snow is used to describe something clean in Isaiah 1:18.

“Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are as scarlet,

they will be as white as ___________________, though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.
How does God make our sin “white as snow”?

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7)    Jesus’ clothing looked like snow once in Matthew 28:3.

“His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as __________________.

Why do we pray?


Why Do We Pray?

From the following scriptures, tell the action Jesus took, the setting and what he is doing there.

Matthew 14:13 ________________________________________________________________

Matthew 14:23 ________________________________________________________________

Mark 1:35 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________________________________________________________________

Mark 6:45 ____________________________________________________________________

Luke 4:42 _____________________________________________________________________

Luke 5:15-16 __________________________________________________________________

Luke 6:12 _____________________________________________________________________

Luke 22:41 ____________________________________________________________________

What is Jesus doing in all of these Scriptures? ______________________________

Did it matter to Jesus what time it was when he prayed and should it matter to us?

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Did it matter to Jesus who was around when he prayed and should it matter to us?

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Did Jesus become frustrated with interruptions to his prayer time, do you?

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We pray because Jesus prayed and showed us how. What is one way you can pray like Jesus did this week in your life?

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This lesson is not to go over different kinds of prayer or the benefits of praying, rather it is tackling the question as to why we pray in the first place.

(Scripture taken from Donnie Smith’s lesson on Stillness.)

A lesson on how to treat bullies


How should we treat bullies?

1. Luke 6:27-36

"27 But I say to you who hear, __________ your enemies, do ____________ to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, ___________ for those who mistreat you."

If you do what these verses call you to do, whose child 
will you be called
(verse 35)_________________________________

 God takes care of whom on this world? (verse 35) 
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Do you lend to your friends or enemies?

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 Are we supposed to expect anything back?

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2. Romans 5:10

Were we enemies to God? ____________________

How did God treat us? __________________________________________


3. Matthew 5:43-45 and Romans 12:20

How should we treat our enemies?
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4. John 14:16-17; 26-27

Do you think this is possible without the salvation of Christ in our lives?___________ 

What does our salvation give us to help us with tough things like this?
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