Sunday, October 7, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - THANKS

Give God thanks for all the things He has done in your life. Even things you may feel are not that great.

  • You don't like your job - thank God you have a source of income. 
  • You don't like things about your car - thank God you have transportation. 
  • You don't like where you live - thank God you have a roof over your head.
It is okay to pray and ask God to help you change your circumstances and the things you don't like in your life. But don't forget to thank Him for all that you have.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    How long was Jesus in Jerusalem before His parents found Him?
2.    What was Jesus doing when His parents found Him?
3.    To whom did Jesus explain that He was "about (His) Father's business"?
4.    What was the name of Jesus' earthly brother?
5.    How was John the Baptist related to Jesus?
6.    In what trade did Jesus work as a young man?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    3 days
2.    Teaching in the temple
3.    Mary
4.    James
5.    Second cousin
6.    Carpentry

Saturday, September 29, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - STEPPING UP

There may be times when it seems like everything is going good in your life and then something happens to set you back or knock you off track.

Don't get discouraged! Ask God to help you keep the faith. Sometimes you have to take a step back before you can step up to your blessing.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Where was Jesus mostly raised as a child?
2.    Who was promised by the Holy Spirit that he wouldn't die until he saw the Messiah?
3.    "And Jesus grew, and waxed strong in the spirit, filled with wisdom: and the ______ of God was upon him."
4.    What event brought Joseph and Mary to Jerusalem once a year?
5.    How old was Jesus when his parents lost Him in Jerusalem?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Nazareth
2.    Simeon
3.   Grace
4.    The feast of the passover
5.    12

Sunday, September 16, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - RECORDINGS

Don't let negative things people say about you or negative thoughts you have about yourself play as a bad recording in your head and hold you back from God's plan for your life.

Turn off those negative recordings by replacing them with positive recordings of the good things God has said about you. 

  • You are wonderfully and fearfully made.
  • You are a child of the most high God.
  • You are marvelous.
God does not want you to be down on yourself. Especially when He only has positive things to say about you.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What plant did Rachel beg of her sister Leah because it was said to help with fertility?
2.    Prior to His crucifixion, what piece of attire was placed on Christ's body to humiliate Him?
3.    What did Jacob give Esau in exchange for his birthright?
4.    Christ taught that even as the ______ of the field are cared for by God. He will take care of His people.
5.    Christ called Himself the true ______ and His apostles the branches.

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Proverbs 2:7
He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Mandrakes
2.    A crown of thorns
3.    Some pottage of lentils
4.    Lillies
5.    Vine

Sunday, September 9, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - TALENTS

God has given each and every one of us our own individual talents. We are meant to use these talents and not bury them or hide them away. 

Maybe you are a good writer, singer, or have a good business idea that you are afraid to pursue for fear of failure. 

Pray and ask God to help you not to hide your talents but to give you the strength to pursue your dreams.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What happened when Moses cast a tree into the waters of Marah?
2.    Paul compare the Gentiles to the wild branches grafted into a good and healthy______ tree.
3.   Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a ______ seed, which would grow from the tiniest seed into a huge tree.
4.    In a parable, Christ compared the separation of the righteous from the wicked to the harvesting of _______ from the tares.
5.    The Pharisees ridiculed Christ because His disciples plucked and ate _______ on the Sabbath.

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    The waters were made sweet.
2.    Olive
3.    Mustard
4.    Wheat
5.    Corn

Sunday, August 26, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - BREAKING CHAINS

There may be a lot of things you are allowing in your life to keep you stuck. You are fighting an addiction, loneliness,  or fear. These are all chains that are holding you back from experiencing the full blessing that God has for your life.

Pray today and thank the Lord that He is breaking the chains and bringing you into your full destiny.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    From what kind of lumber did Noah build the ark?
2.    When Aaron put his rod inside the tabernacle, what grew on it?
3.    In a parable, Christ compared the signs of His coming to the branches on a(n) ________ tree that show when summer is near.
4.    In an allegory, Isaiah prophesied that Israel will become desolate even as a tree that brings forth wild _____ will be allowed to be destroyed.
5.    The passover meal included lamb meat, unleavened bread, and ______. 

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Psalm 30:6-7
When I felt secure, I said, "I will never shaken." Lord, when you favored me, you made my royal mountain stand firm: but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Gopher
2.    Almonds
3.    Fig
4.    Grapes
5.    Bitter herbs

Sunday, August 12, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - HEALING

When you are going through an illness, sometimes it feels as though nobody can help you. The doctor can't find anything wrong but you know what you are feeling in your body is not right.

Pray and ask God to bless you with His healing powers and grace. He can either heal you without the need of doctors or He can lead you to the right doctor that can diagnose and treat your issue.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What food item did people from many countries travel to Egypt to buy?
2.    Which of Joseph's brothers in Egypt was not allowed by Jacob to travel to Egypt with the rest of his brothers?
3.    What did Joseph do when his brothers first came to Egypt?
4.    Which brother offered himself as a replacement for Benjamin to be taken captive in Egypt in order to spare their father?
5.    When Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, how did he treat them?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Psalm 34:22
The Lord will rescue His servants; no one who takes refuge in Him will be condemned.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Corn (Genesis 41:57)
2.    Benjamin (Genesis 42:4)
3.    Threw them in prison (Genesis 42:16-17)
4.    Judah (Genesis 44:18-33)
5.    He was overjoyed (Genesis 45:14-15)

Sunday, August 5, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - BELIEVING

It is important to trust and believe that God will bless you according to His will.

It is good to pray and ask God to make your hopes and desires come true, but you also have to believe that He will answer you and bless you in His timing and according to what His will is for your life.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    Who lusted after Joseph?
2.    Why did Joseph get thrown in prison?
3.    What did Joseph become well known for in prison?
4.    Who was restored to his office and who was hanged?
5.    What was the meaning of Pharaoh's dreams?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Psalm 42:5-6
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon - from Mount Mizar.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39:7)
2.    Potiphar's wife convinced Potiphar that Joseph tried to lie with her (Genesis 39:13-20)
3.    Interpreting dreams (Genesis 41:12)
4.    The butler; the baker (Genesis 40:21-22)
5.    Seven years of preparation will precede seven years of famine (Genesis 41:29-30)