Lesson 1, 2 & 3
Provide 2 spiritual qualities or characteristics of Esther.
Obedient, Prayer warrior
Who accused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego of disobeying the king's command?
The Chaldeans.
When Daniel was brought up out of lion's den, Why he was unharmed?
Because he trusted in his God
What was the name of city God asked Jonah to go and preach?
Nineveh
Why did God command Jonah to preach against Nineveh?
because of their wickedness
4 Attributes of Nehemiah
1. He had burden for his people and his city.
2. He was prayer warrior.
3. He was humble.
4. He was grateful.
5. He didn’t pass his work to others.
6. He encouraged the people.
7. He didn’t get discouraged when enemies planned against him. Instead, he stayed careful and took steps to protect himself and the people with him.
8. He had firm confidence in God.
9. He feared God and didn’t misuse his power over the people.
10. Even though the enemies threatened them, he stayed responsible and focused on his work.
11. He didn’t leave his work or run away to save his own life.
12. He was zealous / passionate about following God's law.
For how many days Daniel and his friends were proved with vegetables and water?
10 Days
____________ appointed Daniel as the first among three presidents who oversaw the _____________ governing the kingdom.
King Darius
120 princes
From where did Jonah try to flee from the Lord, and from which port did he board the ship?
Tarshish
Joppa
What was the purpose of casting lots, and who was found to be responsible?
To know for whose cause the evil was upon them and the lot fell upon Jonah.
When he saw the broken walls of Jerusalem what he did?
He encouraged others to build those broken walls and rebuilt it.
Daniel continued to serve in Babylon until the reign of King __________
Cyrus
When Daniel learned that the decree had been signed what he did?
He went to his house, with the windows of his upper room open toward Jerusalem, he knelt three times a day to pray and give thanks to his God, just as he had always done.
Who swallowed Jonah, where did he stay, and for how long?
Great fish
In the belly of the fish
3 days & 3 Night
What prayer did Jonah offer while he was inside the fish?
Salvation is of the Lord.
Any 4 reformations
Rebuilt broken walls of Jerusalem and its gates
Stopped usury
Put away priests not of correct genealogy
Renewed observing the feast of booths
Reformation concerning marriage
Renewed observance of the Sabbath
Renewed the land to rest to the seventh year
In which book the name of Mordecai was written? Who sought to destroy all the Jews? and Who was the keeper of the women in whose care Esther was placed?
Book of the Chronicles
Haman
Hegai
When king signed the decree the men gather together and found Daniel doing what?
Praying and supplication/making requests to his God
What did the people of Nineveh do after Jonah preached to them?
People of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them
When word came unto the king of Nineveh what he did?
He arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
What King Nebuchadnezzar declared after he saw the miracle of God saving Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from fire and what gift he gave to them.
The king declared that anyone who will speak against God will be punished, for no other god could save like this. And he promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Babylon
According to king's decree why people must fear and revere the God of Daniel?
Because He is the living God, eternal and unchanging.
Why Jonah as angry? And what explanation did Jonah give for not wanting to go to Nineveh when God chose not to destroy the city?
He wanted God to destroy these enemies of the Jewish people &
he knew God is merciful & would forgive them
Moral
If we go away from the center of God’s will, we will bring trouble to ourselves and to others.