Sunday, November 18, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - WISDOM

We all want things in our lives that sometimes may seem unattainable. Maybe you want a new car, or to be able to save money but it just doesn't seem possible with the current state of your finances.

Pray and ask God for the wisdom to do the things that seem impossible. Maybe you need to reevaluate your finances to see if you are able to save $10 a week with the plan to increase the amount when you can.

Wisdom would be to start small until you can do better. Starting slow with saving a small amount is better that having no savings at all.

After time, you will be able to afford to purchase that new car or at least have some savings to fall back on.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    How could the Hebrews avoid death of the first born?
2.    What was the fourth plague against the Egyptians?
3.    What was the eleventh plague against the Egyptians?
4.    What was the sixth plague against the Egyptians?
5.    What book of the Bible are the plagues in?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Psalm 27:14
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Paint the door post with the blood of a lamb
2.    Flies
3.    There weren't eleven plagues
4.    Boils
5.    Exodus

Sunday, October 28, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - GRACE

Pray and ask God to give you the grace to handle everything that comes you way. 

Sometimes it may seem that things are going wrong in your life and you can't understand why. Your alarm did not go off and you overslept and you were late for work. You got home and wanted to relax by soaking your feet in the foot bath but it would not come on. 

Instead of getting mad and frustrated, thank God because if you could see the bigger picture you would have known that had you left on time for work, you would have been in the path of a drunk driver. The foot bath had a short in the cord and if it would have come on it would have shorted out the power in your apartment.

God is looking out for you even when it doesn't seem like it.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What was the tenth plague against the Egyptians?
2.    What is the fifth plague against the Egyptians?
3.    What was the seventh plague against the Egyptians?
4.    What was the first plague against the Egyptians?
5,    What is the ninth plague against the Egyptians?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Isaiah 41:13
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your righthand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Death of the first born
2.    Livestock diseased
3.    Thunder, hail, and fire
4.    River turned to Blood
5,    Darkness


Sunday, October 21, 2018

GOD'S PROMISES - JUDGING OTHERS

It is easy to judge the people around you. Your friends, family, coworkers, even strangers you encounter in your daily life.

They make unwise decisions, they keep making the same mistakes over and over again. They do things that in your opinion is just downright stupid.

Do not look down on or judge others for their actions, pray and ask God to help them overcome the difficulties they are going through. No one is perfect and it is easier to make the mistakes than it is to fix them.

Remember while you are looking and judging others, someone else may be looking and judging you. Think of how that would make you feel and allow those thoughts to help you have compassion for others.

Bible Trivia Questions
1.    What was the second plague sent against the Egyptians?
2.    How many plagues were sent against the Egyptians?
3.    Did the plagues hurt the Hebrews and the Egyptians?
4.    What was the third plague send against the Egyptians?
5.    What was the eighth plague sent against the Egyptians?

Inspirational Bible Verse of the Week
Proverbs 18:10
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Bible Trivia Questions Answers
1.    Frogs
2.    10
3.    No
4.    Lice
5.    Locusts


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