Reflection
My identity is what the world says about me.
True or False?
False
We are God's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do _ _ _ _ works.
What are creation and good.
We have learned that God can use _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _
for good.
What are all things
Salvation is being rescued from _ _ _ and brought back into a right relationship with _ _ _.
What is sin and God
God spoke to this person through a burning bush.
Exodus 3: 1-2
1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
Who God says I am matters more than what anyone else says.
True or False?
True
Ephesians 2:10, says:
For we are God’s handiwork, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Christ Jesus to do _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
What are created and good works
True or False
It is more like, "Why is this happening to me?"
If we declare with our m_ _ _ _ , "Jesus is Lord," and believe in our _ _ _ _ _ that God raised him from the dead, we will be saved.
What is mouth and heart
This person was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
Genesis 21:5
Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
So God created human beings in his own _____.
Fill in the blank
This disciple was the author of the book of 1 Timothy. A letter delivered to the people of Ephesus on what true leadership in the Church looks like.
His name is _ _ _ _.
Who is Paul.
Find and recite Romans 8:28-29
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
What does the Bible tell us about WHO can be saved?
How many people in the world can be saved?
Romans 10:13
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
This queen had been prepared for "such a time as this."
Esther 4:12-14
12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
It is important for us to understand that we don't glorify God someday, once we're older. We glorify God now. Through our next step. Through our next choice. Through our next act of love.
Find and recite 1 Timothy 4:12
12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
When God works in all things, the goal is not to make life p_ _ _ _ _ _; it's to make us more like Jesus.
What is perfect
Christianity is NOT a religion of humans going up. It is the belief that God _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _.
This disciple walks on water!
Matthew 14:28-30
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,”he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
The more we follow Jesus, the more our lives start clearly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ God's image.
What is reflecting
Your big purpose is the same as Timothy's -
to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ God. To show the world how _ _ _ _
He is.
What are glorify and good
God doesn't w_ _ _ _ anything. Even when life feels confusing or hard, God can work through every part of our story to shape us to be more like _ _ _ _ _.
What are waste and Jesus
This person has an encounter with Jesus that starts with him sitting in a tree and ends with him being face to face with Jesus. It ends with Jesus proclaiming, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
He also happens to be known as a "wee little was he"
This cousin of Jesus was known to eat locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:4
4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.