The Waiting
Waiting until later for what you want now is called
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What is patience
After years and years of waiting, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and his wife Sarah had a child.
Who is Abraham
The monthly memory verse is Psalms 27:14. Find and recite it.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
"allow answers for multiple versions"
All month, what is the theme of what we have been talking about?
Can take multiple answers:
1. Moments we've had to wait
2. When it is hard to have patience
3. Waiting can make you wise
How many books are in the Bible?
What is 66
Find and recite Proverbs 14:29
Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.
How old was Abraham when his son was born?
Gen 21:5
What is 100 years old
What is the name of the second book in the Old Testament?
What is Exodus
What promise had been revealed to Simeon by the Holy Spirit?
Luke 2:25-26
25Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.
The Bible is made up of two large sections, what are those sections called?
What are the Old and New Testaments
King _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was also known as the wisest person in the world
Who is King Solomon
After 20 years of marriage, Isaac and Rebekah had twin boys named?
Gen 25
Who are Jacob and Esau
This special set of rules would help the Israelites stay connected to God, remain civil with each other, and keep them all safe.
Exodus 34
What is the Ten Commandments
What is a messiah, and who ended up being God's messiah?
What is "the chosen one" and Who is Jesus
Recite John 3:16
16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
King _ _ _ _ _ had to wait more than a decade before he became King (1 Sam 24: 1-7)
Who is King David
Which brother was the skillful hunter, and which brother was more skilled at cooking in the kitchen?
Esau - hunter
Jacob - great cook
Find a read Exodus 32: 1-4 and tell us what Aaron built for the Israelites who were tired of waiting on Moses to come down from the mountain.
What is a Golden Calf
Luke 2:27
Who are the parents of the child Jesus, Mary and Joseph
How old did the oldest person in the Bible live to be?
Gen 5:27
What is 969 years old
He was sold into slavery, imprisoned, became the second most powerful person in Egypt, and saved his family from starvation.
Who is Joseph
Find and recite Gen 25: 31-32
31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”
32“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”
After both God and Moses had seen the people worshipping the Golden Calf, what was God's response and what was Moses' response?
9“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
11But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’ ” 14Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
After Simeon had blessed Mary and Joseph, what was spoken by Simeon and by the prophet Anna about Jesus?
Luke 2: 33-38
33The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. 34Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
36There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. 38Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.
Who received the command, and what was the command of what could and could not be eaten in the Garden of Eden?
Who is Adam (Eve had not been created yet), and
15The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”