Sunday, October 29, 2017

GOD'S PROMISES - FAITHFULNESS

Believers in Christ are not immune to giving into fear and anxiety. Sometimes we worry about the difficulties we may or may not face in our lives and that can keep us from depending on the faith we should have that God will help us through all of life's difficulties.

Think on the past circumstances when God has come through for you in your life. God's past faithfulness proves that you can always depend on Him.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Where was Jesus crucified?
2.    For how many days did Jesus appear to his disciples after his resurrection?
3.    Who went with Paul on his first missionary journey?
4.    Paul and Silas were imprisoned during the second missionary journey, but in what city did this happen?
5.    During Paul's third missionary journey, roughly for how long did he minister in the school of Tyrannus at Ephesus?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Deuteronomy 1:29-31
Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.  

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Golgotha
2.    40
3.    Barnabas
4.    Philippi
5.    2 years

Sunday, October 22, 2017

GOD'S PROMISES - HIS PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE

You may be praying for things to happen in your life and it doesn't seem like your prayers are being heard. It feels like things are not going your way. Stay in faith. God has a perfect plan for your life and He will answer your prayers in His perfect timing according to His will and plan for your life. God knows how to bring everything together in the perfect way and at the perfect time!

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    In what water was Jesus baptized?
2.    What miracle did Jesus perform at the marriage in Cana?
3.    Who was the tax collector that climbed up a tree so he could see Jesus?
4.    Which two Old Testament characters appeared with Jesus at the transfiguration?
5.    How did Jesus reveal the one who would betray him?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1,    River Jordan
2.    Turning water into wine.
3.    Zacchaeus
4.    Elijah and Moses
5.    Dipped a piece of bread and passed it to him.


Sunday, October 15, 2017

GOD'S PROMISES - FEAR

On different occasions in my life when I have to make important decisions I get scared and fear fills my heart and I wonder if I am make the right choices. I am leaving an old job and starting a new one. Will this job be better? Will it help my financial situation? Or I am entering into a new relationship. Will that person be a good match for me? Is this the person that I will eventually marry?

It is easy to get so caught up in our fearful thinking of what can go wrong that is hard to be at peace with our decisions. Go to God with all your fears. Ask Him to show you what is right and wrong and to give you peace in all your decisions. 

God wants us to live our lives in faith nor fear! He will never let you down!  

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who wrote the Acts of the Apostles?
2.    Which book comes last in the New Testament?
3.    What does the word gospel mean?
4.    Who was the king of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth?
5.    Which gospel records the fewest of the miracles performed by Jesus?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Colossians 3:15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Luke
2.    Revelation
3.    Good news
4.    Herod the Great
5.    Matthew


Sunday, October 8, 2017

GOD'S PROMISES - STORMS

When the storms in your life are raging, and you feel like they are at their worst, hang in there, help is right around the corner! Even though God is not the one who caused the storm, He will surely be the one who gets you through it. He will make things better than they were before. Don't give up! Stay in prayer and keep your faith!

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who takes Jesus' body off the cross?
2.    Who is the first apostle to deny Jesus?
3.    Which Gospel is written by a doctor?
4.    What is the common name given to the first four books of the New Testament?
5.    Who wrote most of the books in the New Testament?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Joseph of Arimathea
2.    Peter
3.    Luke
4.    The Gospels
5.    Paul

Sunday, October 1, 2017

GOD'S PROMISES - ANCHORED TO HOPE

When you are discouraged regarding the things that are not going right in your life, keep your anchor down.  Keep your hope in the Lord.  

Constantly repeat the follower prayers:

  • Thank you Lord the answer is on the way.
  • All the forces of darkness can't keep me from what you have for my life. 
  • Thank you that healing and promotion is coming.
  • Thank you that favor is in my future.

Don't let other people's doubt or negativity convince you to pull up your anchor when what you are hoping for seems impossible.

When you are anchored to hope, you may have difficulties but you will not drift into doubt or worry.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who murders John the Baptist?
2.    When Christians observe Palm Sunday, what biblical narrative are they celebrating?
3.    According to the Gospels, what is the unique literary genre Jesus employs to preach his message?
4.    Which Gospel is most concerned with the mystery and identity of the person of Jesus?
5.    Who baptizes Jesus?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Herod Antipas
2.    Jesus' entry into Jerusalem before his death.
3.    The parable
4.    John
5.    John the Baptist