Chap 1-4: Strong Foundations
What position did King Cyrus give to Nehemiah?
Cup Bearer
Hypocrite
Allowing your parents to be husband and wife means you will need to see them ______. ...no matter how gross you may think it is.
Kiss
The ultimate question on your reputation is how ______ assesses it.
God [the Lord]
James 1:19 says, "Let every man be ______ to hear and ______ to speak..."
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
What does James say is "pure and undefiled religion' in James 1:27?
To care for orphans and widows.
What two people did our book highlight from the NT as Paul having close son-like relationships with?
Timothy and Titus
The beginning of Galatians 2:20 says, " I have been __________ with Christ."
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
In Psalm 16:11, David recognizes that there is ________ in the presence of the Lord.
Joy
The gospel is the same every day, but the _________ for sharing will change.
Genesis 2:24 tells us when a man marries he must leave __________ and __________.
Mother and Father
This is the first commandment with a promise...
James 4:4 says, "Don’t you know that _______ with the world is ________ toward God?
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity [hostility] with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Matt 5:16 tells us to Let your ______ so shine before men that they may see your good _______ and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.
Light, Works
Y'all are a bunch of ________ and you need _________.
Sinners, Jesus
What parable does Jesus use to show the importance of a strong foundation.
Wise and Foolish Builders (on stone or sand) [on Jesus' teachings]
What is the one need the author (Chap 5) says we will have throughout life, not just as youth?
The need to be appreciated.
In Philippians 2:4, we are told "Everyone should look not to his own _________, but rather to the _______ of others.
Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others.
Deuteronomy 6 urges parents to both teach and talk with their children about God's ___________ and His ___________.
Character and Commands
Matt 7:15-20 says there are _________ teachers and we will know them by their _________.
In Eph 4:30-32, what did the bad behaviors cause the Holy Spirit to do?
30 And don’t GRIEVE God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice. 32 And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Demas left the ministry because he...?
...loved the present world.
The author (Chap 9) says _______ ____________ is the strongest influence shaping the lives of young people today.
Proverbs 3:5 says, "5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on _____ ___ ______________;
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
For _______ exercise profits a little, but __________ is profitable for all things...
For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.