God's Grace & Mercy
JONAH WAS CHOSEN BY GOD TO GO TO THE CITY OF NINEVEH TO PREACH TO WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE ABOUT REPENTING AND SEEKING GOD’S MERCY. NAME THE CITY THAT JONAH PLANNED TO VISIT.
WHAT IS TARSHISH?
“…YOU ARE A JEW AND I AM A ______ ________, HOW CAN YOU ASK ME FOR A DRINK?
WHAT IS A SAMARITAN WOMAN?
HOW MANY DISCIPLES DID JESUS SEND TO CARRY THE GOSPEL MESSAGE?
THAT IS 12 + PLUS 72 = 84.
WHEN THE WOMEN CAME TO PREPARE JESUS’S PHYSICAL BODY’ FOR BURIAL, THERE WAS NO BODY. WHERE DID THE JEWS TAKE THE BODY? WHY WOULD ANYONE STEAL A BODY? WHERE WERE THE MEN HIDING?
THE JEWISH LEADERS TOLD A LIE. THEY COULD NOT STAND AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND THE TRUTH. MEN WERE HIDING IN THE UPPER ROOM. UNTIL THIS DAY, THE STORY OF JESUS STOLEN BODY IS TOLD.
BECAME A CHRISTIAN IN 1775. WORKED TO BECAME A FREE MAN. BOUGHT HIS FAMILIES' FREEDOM AND FEES. HE LATER BECAME A MISSIONARY IN JAMAICA.
WHO IS GEORGE LIELE
(C. 1780-1820)?
WHEN JONAH’S FELLOW PASSENGERS REALIZED AND ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT JONAH WAS THE REASON FOR THEIR PROBLEMS AT SEA, WHAT DID THEY DO?
WHAT IS THROWING HIM OFF THE BOAT”?
THE STORY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMEN IS ONLY TOLD IN ONE OF THE FOUR GOSPELS. WHICH GOSPEL INCLUDES THIS STORY.
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN?
We are sent by Jesus to share the nearness of God’s kingdom. We are to trust Jesus to provide, stay focused on the mission, and find joy not in the outcomes, but knowing we belong in HIM.
WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF JIGGING?
BORN IN ORANGE, VA IN 1879. ATTENDED SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, DC AND IN LOUISVILLE, KYNANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS. SHE WAS SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION , A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, AND WAS CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT HERBERT TO CHAIR A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HOUSING FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.
WHO IS NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS?
(1879-1961)
NAME THE TYPE OF ANIMAL THAT CAPTURED JONAH AND HELD HIM FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS.
ANS: WHAT IS A BIG FISH
JESUS TOLD THE SAMARITAN WOMAN THAT HIS WATER WOULD BE ALL SHE WOULD EVER NEED. IT HELPED THE WOMAN LEAD PEOPLE TO CHRIST WHEN SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT HER AMAZING ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST. THE SPIRITUAL WATER SHE RECEIVED WAS NOT IN JACOB’S OLD WELL. IT WOULD BE INSIDE QUENCHING HER THIRST FOREVER.
WHAT IS LIVING WATER?
LORD, BY YOUR POWER, YOU HAVE DONE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. PLEASE HELP US TO TRUST IN YOUR POWER ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CAUGHT?
BORN IN CHARLES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA . HE LEARNED TO READ THE BIBLE AND LATER BEGAN SCHOOL WITH A SMALL GROUP OF ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS. HE PURCHASED HIS AND HIS CHILDREN’S FREEDOM , HE WAS A MISSIONARY, AND FOUNDED THE FOREIGN MISSION CONVENTION, ESTABLISHED IN 1897 AND NAMED FOR HIM.
WHO IS LOTT CAREY ?
(1780 -1828)
WHAT WAS JONAH’S REACTION TO THE SALVATION OF THE NINEVITES.
WHAT IS ANGRY?
WHAT DO ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS PURITY REALLY MEAN; DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE WAYS THAT THE JEWS INTERPRET THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS (TORAH ) OF THE BIBLE; ESCALATING VIOLENCE, SHELTERING OUTLAWS; DESTRUCTION OF THE SAMARITAN TEMPLE
GIVE THREE REASONS WHY SAMARITANS AND JEWS HATED EACH OTHER.
WHERE DO YOU SEE MODERN DAY IDOLS IN OUR CULTURE, AND HOW MIGHT GOD CALL YOU RESPOND WITH TRUTH AND COMPASSION LIKE PAUL DID IN ATHENS?
WHAT ARE MATERIAL THINGS, JOBS, JEALOUSY OF OTHERS WHO ARE PERCEIVED AS HAVING MORE, JEALOUSY WITH REGARDS TO POSITION. CREDITING YOURSELVES FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS.
RAISED IN PHILADELPHIA. HER FATHER FOUNDED THE MT SHARON BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE INNER-CITY. HALL EARNED HER MASTER OF DIVINITY , MASTER OF THEOLOGY, AND HER PH. D . HALL IS BELIEVED TO BE THE INSPIRATION FOR DR. KING’S “I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH” IN 1963. SHE TAUGHT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, HOLDING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CHAIR
WHO IS PRATHIA HALL?
1940- 2002
WHAT ARE THREE OF THE REASON’S FOR JONAH’S HATRED OF THE NINEVITES’? WHAT ARE……
WHAT IS CRUEL, HATEFUL , FEARED BY SURROUNDING NATIONS, MADE UP OF THE ASSYRIANS.
WHAT DOES BOLDNESS LOOK LIKE TO YOU? HOW IS GOD CALLING YOU TO BE BOLDER FOR HIM?
WHAT IS SHARING THE PRAISE THAT GOD DESERVES WITH OTHERS’; BEING PROUD OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WITHOUT FEAR; LIVING THE LIFE YOU SING OR SPEAK ABOUT.
EARNED A BACHELOR’S OF DIVINITY DEGREE FROM MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. HE LATER EARNED HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY, SHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY, BORN IN MOUND BAYOU, MS. HE JOINED NASHVILLE’S FIRST COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH. TIME MAGAZINE RECOGNIZED HIM AS ONE OF THE TEN MOST OUTSTANDING PREACHERS IN 1954. IN 1958 HE FOUNDED THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
WHO IS KEITH MILLER SMITH, JR.?
1920-1964