Saturday, July 25, 2015

GOD'S PROMISES - OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

In life you will face a variety of temptations.  Some of them so great that will make you feel like you can't resist.  Ask God to help you overcome any temptations that are standing in your way of living your life according to His perfect will.

"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."  1 Corinthians 10:13

Bible Trivia Questions 
1.    What did the chief priest and Pharisees give Judas to enable him to help arrest Jesus?
2.    How old was Josiah when he became king of Judah?
3.    What was the name of Abigail's first husband?
4.    Why did Jephthah flee to the land of Tab?
5.    Where did the hypocrites "love to pray"?
6.    Who did Paul heal at Lystra?
7.    Which animal did the ten spies liken themselves to, when compared to the people of the land of Canaan?
8.    After Pilate found no guilt in Christ, for what reason did the Jews say that Jesus should die?
9.    In a parable told by Jesus, two men went up to the temple to pray, a Pharisee and who else?
10.  Who were the first two disciples to be called?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
1 Corinthians 1:25 
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    John 18:3
2.    2 Kings 22:1
3.    1 Samuel 25:3
4.    Judges 11:1-3
5.    Matthew 6:5
6.    Acts 14:8
7.    Numbers 13:33
8.    John 19:7
9.    Luke 18:10
10.  Matthew 4:18-19

Saturday, July 18, 2015

GOD'S PROMISES - WISDOM AND PEACE

Sometimes you may be unsure of the right decisions that you need to make for your life and it can cause you to become nervous or anxious when you don't know what to do.  Pray and ask God for the wisdom to make the right decisions and the peace to live with the decisions that you make.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him."  James 1:5

"You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You."  Isaiah 26:3

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who was the king of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth?
2.    What seed did Manna look like?
3.    Which disciple brought the boy with five loaves and two fishes to Jesus?
4.    According to James, what should we do when we "fall into temptation'?
5.    Whose "days are like grass," according to the Psalmist?
6.    Which animal is associated with the first four of the seven seals?
7.    Which kind of bird did Jesus say were "sold two for a farthing"?
8.    Who was the father of Abraham?
9.    How were the family warned that someone wanted to kill the baby Jesus?
10.  How did the sailors discover Jonah was responsible for the storm?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Colossians 2:2-3
My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    Matthew 2:1
2.    Numbers 11:7
3.    John 6:8
4.    James 1:2
5.    Psalms 103:15
6.    Revelations 6
7.    Matthew 10:29
8.    Genesis 11:31
9.    Matthew 2:13
10.  Jonah 1:7

Saturday, July 11, 2015

GOD'S PROMISES - A NEW HEART AND FORGIVENESS

When people in your lives upset and hurt you ask God to give you the grace to find forgiveness for them so that your heart does not become hardened or bitter.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."  Ezekiel 36:26

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."  1 John 1:9

"As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us."  Psalm 103:12

"He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities.  You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea."  Micah 7:19

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who led the people of Israel into the Promised Land?
2.    With what object did Joel kill Sisera?
3.    "Praise ye him, all his angels:  praise ye him, all his host", is followed by which line?
4.    Which of Leah's sons brought her mandrakes?
5.    It is "better to obtain wisdom" than what?
6.    In which book of the Bible do we read of David and Goliath?
7.    Many of the chief rulers privately believed in Jesus.  Why did they not confess this belief publicly?
8.    When Jesus left Nazareth and began his ministry in Capernaum, what message did he preach?
9.    According to James, what should we do after "confessing our faults to one another"?
10.  How old was Joshua when he died?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
(Look in the Verses listed below to find the answers.)
1.    Joshua 1:2
2.    Judges 4:21
3.    Psalm 148:2-3
4.    Genesis 30:14
5.    Proverbs 16:16
6.    1 Samuel 17
7.    John 12:42
8.    Matthew 4:17
9.    James 5:16
10.  Joshua 24:29