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ACROSS
THE BIBLICAL
COLOR SPECTRUM
1. What color was the hideous
seven-headed dragon in Revelation?
2. What is the first color mentioned in the Bible?
3. What doting father gave his favorite
son a coat of many colors?
4. What New Testament woman was
a seller of purple cloth?
5. What book describes a handsome man
whose hair is black like a raven?
BIBLE TRIVIA
Mind
+
Body
+
Spirit
The Bible has a lot to say about
prayer. The first mention of prayer
is found in Genesis, chapter 4.
Genesis 4:26
And as for Seth, to him also a son was
born; and he named him Enosh. Then
men began to call on the name of the
Lord. (NKJV)
___________
Your prayers need not be wordy
or impressive in speech.
Matthew 6:7
"When you pray, don't babble on and on
as people of other religions do. They think
their prayers are answered only by
repeating their words again and again."
___________
Why should I pray?
Prayer Develops Our
Relationship with God.
If we never speak to our spouse or never
listen to anything our spouse might have
to say to us, our marriage relationship will
quickly deteriorate. It is the same way
with God. Prayer--communicating with
God--helps us grow closer and more inti-
mately connected with God.
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5 large strawberries, halv
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2 bananas, peeled and cut int
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1 apple, cut into chunks
10 wooden skew
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of the last), as has elapsed between
its last book and now. This means that
writing styles vary not just between
modern books and the Bible, but
among the Bible books themselves.
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New and Old Testament
The terms Old Testament and New
Testament originated with the
prophet Jeremiah. When he spoke
about the glorious future for Israel of
which the prophets often spoke, he
said that God would "make a new
covenant with the house of Israel."
Testament means "covenant," and
Jesus of Nazareth, the long�awaited
Messiah, made a new covenant with
God's people. The books of the New
Testament provide the fulfillment of
the promises made throughout the
Old Testament books.
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Old Covenant
Jesus Himself knew the "old covenant."
As a Jewish boy, He diligently studied
the Torah, Prophets and Writings. He
could recite them by heart when He was
twelve. Because there was no Bible as
we know it, He would have learned by
rote from scrolls kept by local teachers
or rabbis.
1
Biblia
The word Bible comes from the Greek
word
biblia, which means "books" which
comes from another word,
byblos, mean-
ing papyrus, a material books were made
from in ancient times.
2
Elapsed Time
At least half as much time elapsed be-
tween the Bible's first book and its
last (with well over a thousand years
between the first writing and the time
Instruction
s
Thread cut f
ruit
alternately
onto
skewers, u
sing
several pie
ces
of fruit for e
ach.
Use a hard
er
fruit such a
s
apple as yo
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last fruit to
hold
other fruits i
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place. Arrange
the fruit sk
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decorative
ly on
a serving p
latter.
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THE
BIBLE
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
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