HOW TO PLEASE GOD

1.  Col. 1:10-12  List the 4 things here that please God:

   A.

   B.
   
   C. 

   D. 

2.  What is another way in which we can please God?  II Tim. 2:4



3.  How did Solomon please God?  I Kings 3:10-12 (note Prov. 15:8)



4.  How can we NOT please God?
    A. Heb. 11:6 (Remember from the FAITH study what faith is)


    B. Rom. 8:8-9


    C. Is God pleased with VERY GOOD DEEDS done without faith,
       even though the deeds help people?


5.  What is another way we can please God every day?  Psalm 69:30-31


6.  Heb. 13:16 gives another way to please God.  THINK! (Meditate)
    Why is it a "sacrifice" to do good and share?

MEDITATE

Meditate means "to think"

Joshua 1:8
1.  What is commanded?


2.  When should we meditate?


3.  Why should we meditate?


Suggested guide for meditating:
    A. Say the verse 5 times emphasizing different words each time.
    B. Paraphrase the verse in a 7-year old's language.
    C. II Timothy 3:16 Ask, "Is this verse good (for my life)
       for doctrine or reproof or correction or instruction?"
    D. Ask, Who What When Where Why How

See if you can meditate on these verses to "observe to do"
(apply) them.  Only one per day:

Proverbs 21:23
	 22:7
	 22:24,25
	 23:4,5
	 23:17,18
	 23:26
	 28:9
	 28:13

MARRIAGE

Why did God make woman?  Genesis 2:20-23


Should a Christian marry a nonbeliever?  2 Corinthians 6:14


In what ways could two BELIEVERS be unequally yoked?


What is the first command for the wife as stated in Ephesians 5:22?


In what areas should the wife submit to the husband?  Ephesians 5:24?


Should she only ask his permission in important decisions?


What are two roles of the husband in Ephesians 5:23?


What is his role as the "Savior of the body"?


What is commanded of the husband?  Ephesians 5:25


To what extent should he love his wife?


How does the Bible define love?  I Corinthians 13:4-7


What is the husband's responsibility toward the wife regarding
the Word of God?  Ephesians 5:26


Why do wives need to be washed with the Word?


How should wives regard correction from her husband?


What is the relationship between the husband and his parents?
Ephesians 6:31, Genesis 2:24


What are seven qualities a wife should have?  Titus 2:4-5


Should the wife pursue a career outside the home?

LOVE

Think of the one you love best, then test your love by this study
of what God says of love.

1.  What is even greater than faith?  I Cor. 13:13


2.  God's definition of LOVE.  Paraphrase I Cor. 13:4-8 in words a 
    7 year old child would understand.






3.  According to I Cor. 13:4-8, is love a feeling or an action?


4.  By God's standard, do you truly love the person you thought of
    at the beginning of this study?  Do you want to love him/her God's
    way?


5.  How do we KNOW if we love God?  John 14:21


6.  If we love God, does it grieve us to obey Him?  I John 5:3, Psalm 40:8


7.  Why should we love each other?  I John 4:10-11, 20

THE LAW

Exodus chapter 20:1-17

      write the 10 Commandments:

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Exodus Chapter 21

1.  What is God's punishment for someone who hits his parents?
    v. 15.


2.  What is the punishment for kidnapping? v. 16


3.  What is the punishment for cursing you parents? v. 17


4.  Read v. 28-31 THINK!  If your big dog bit someone innocent (not
    trying to steal or hurt you) what should be done?


    If you did nothing about it and later he killed some little
    kid, what should be done?

Exodus chapter 22
1. v. 1-4 For thieves:
      a. Who should pay back 5 times?

      b. Who should pay back 4 times?

      c. Who should pay back double?

2. v. 6  If you ACCIDENTALLY destroy something belonging to	
   someone else what should you do?

3. v. 14  If you borrow something and it gets broken, what do
   you do?

4. v. 18  What should be done to a witch?

5. v. 22-24  Why should you be very careful not to be mean to a 
   widow or orphan?

6. v. 28  Should we curse the president when he does evil?


Exodus chapter 23

1. v. 2  Should we do things because everyone else does them?


2. v. 3 & 6  Should we be partial to a poor man?


3. v. 9  If a new kid moves to your neighborhood, should you
   pick on him/her?


4. v. 13  Should you talk respectfully about Allah?



Deut. 19:17-20  What should be done to false witnesses in court?


Deut. 22:1-2  Should you take care of your brother's stuff?

LAW & GRACE

1.  What is the Law?  Exodus 24:12-18

    A.  Find and name the 10 commandments.  Exodus 20:3-17
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	10.

     B. Name other commandments from chapter 22.  (On another page)


2.  God gave the Law through whom?  John 1:17

3.  Has anyone (besides Jesus) ever kept the Law?  Romans 3:9-10
    Romans 3:19-23  James 2:10

4.  Since God knew before that no one could keep His righteous Law
    why did He give it?  Gal. 3:24-25  Romans 7:7

5.  Are Christians under the Law now?  Romans 6:14, Gal. 3:24-25


    Are unbelievers under the Law?  Gal. 3:24-25


    What are Christians under?  Romans 6:14


    "Grace" basically means "a gift" (unearned) and is sometimes
    translated that way.  It has been defined as "a God-given 
    ability to do the unnatural."  Such as to love your enemies 
    or to rejoice in infirmity.  II Cor. 12:9-10.

6.  What are 2 commandments for Christians?  I John 3:23-24
    John 13:34-35

KINDS OF PRAYER

Prayer is talking to God.
It is possible to pray in a wrong way.  
Name the wrong ways to pray in these verses:

     James 4:3
     Psalm 66:18
     Proverbs 28:9

Right ways to pray:

1. Psalm 100:4 

   When we come before the Lord, how are we supposed to enter His gates?


   How are we supposed to enter His courts?


   What are the two kinds of prayer in this verse?


2. I John 1:9 -- Name another kind of prayer in this verse.


3. Supplication (Requests)
   
   For others -- A. Ephesians 6:18-19  Who are we commanded to pray for?
   

		 B. Phil. 1:4  What should be our attitude in praying for
		    for fellow Christians?


   For self -- A. Matt. 6:11,12  What do we pray for ourselves?



	       B. I Samuel 1:27  What did Hannah pray for herself
	          (and received)?

		  

	       C. Matt. 26:41  Why does Jesus tell us to pray for ourselves?


  To get each kind of prayer into our daily lives, it is helpful to 
  remember the word TACS.

	   T - Thanksgiving
	   A - Adoration (praise)
	   C - Confession
	   S - Supplication

John 9 -- Read verses 1-38.  See if you can recall these things:

1.  When did the blind man become blind?
2.  What did the disciples ask Jesus when they saw the blind man?
3.  Is sickness always caused by our sin?
4.  Is sickness always caused by SIN?  THINK!
5.  Who is the light of the world?  What does that mean?
6.  What did Jesus do to heal the blind man?  
    Does that seem gross to you?
7.  Name the pool Jesus sent him to.
8.  What did the neighbors say?
9.  When the neighbors asked how he could see, what did he say?
10. To whom did they bring the blind man?
11. What did the Pharisees divide over?
12. What did the blind man say to the Pharisees about Jesus?
13. Why did the Jews call his parents?
14. What did his parents answer?  Why?
15. What did the Jews tell the blind man Jesus was?
16. Did the blind man believe them?
17. When they asked the blind man again how Jesus healed him,
    what did the blind man answer?
18. What day of the week was it when Jesus healed the blind man?
19. Whose disciples did the Jews claim to be?  Were they?  See John 5:46
20. Jews said they did not know where Jesus was from.  Where did
    the blind man say He was from?
21. What did the Jew do to Him for that statement?
22. Who looked for the blind man after that?  Did He find him?
23. Who did Jesus say was the Son of God?
24. Did the blind man believe Him?
25. What did the blind man do then?
26. THINK!  Did Jesus find you?  Did you react like the blind man?

HEALING

Four reasons why God's people get sick:

I. James 5:14-16

   If someone is sick because of sin, what should he do to be healed?
      
      A.

      B.

      C. 

II. John 9

    A. Was the blind man blind because of sin? v. 3


    B. Why was he blind?


    C. How should we pray for these in whom God has chosen
       to show His works?



III. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

     A. Was Paul sick because of sin?


     B. Why did he have a "thorn in the flesh"?


     C. Did he pray about it?


     D. Why didn't God heal him?


     E. How should we pray about this type infirmity?


IV.  Job 1:1, 2:4-10

     A. What did Job's friends accuse him of?  5:17, 8:6, 11:6, 15:5, 22:5
     

     B. Actually, why was Job sick?  Job 1 & 2


     C. What did Job say God was doing with him?  23:10


     D. How should we pray for those being tested as Job?

WHAT WE HAVE IN CHRIST

Paraphrase Philemon 6

Things that happen when one becomes a Christian.  Take only two 
verses a day and then meditate on what these verses declare you
have in Christ.

l. Phil 4:3, Dan 12:l, Luke l0:20, Rev 3:5, l3:8, 20:15, 21:23-7

2. Romans 8:29

3. Ephesians l:l3

4. I Peter l:23

5. Ephesians 2:l

6. John l:l2

7. Ephesians 2:8

8. I Peter l:l8

9. Romans 7:6

l0. John l4:2,3

ll. I Pet 2:5,9

l2. James l:l8

l3. James 2:5

l4. Ephesians l:l8

l5. Romans l2:5

l6. Romans l2:5

l7. I Cor l2:13

l8. Romans 2:29

l9. I Cor 2:l4

20. Romans 6:ll, Col 3:3

2l. Romans 7:4

22. Romans 7:4

23. I Cor l2:7-ll

24. Luke l5:l0

25. I Pet l:3

26. I Thes 4:l6,l7

27. Ephesians l:l3

28. Ephesians l:l9,20

29. Ephesians l:l8

30. Matthew 7:7, John l6:24

31. Romans 8:28