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Doodle Bible School
Lesson 11
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1. What is the theme of Joshua 13?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. Joshua divided the land east of what city? (13:32)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. How old was Joshua when the Lord told him to divide the land? (13:1)
6. Who received their inheritance beyond the other side of the Jordan? (13:8)
7. On what side of the Jordan did they receive their inheritance? (13:8)
8. At what location had Mosed distributed their land previously? (13:32)
9. What did the tribe of Levi receive as their inheritance? (13:33)
10. In what way was the Lord the inheritance of Israel?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 11
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1. What was the title of this lesson?
2. What was the first point made within this lesson? (Numbers 22:27, 29)
3. What was the second point made within this lesson? (Numbers 22:28)
4. What was the third point made within this lesson? (Joshua 13:22)
5. For what sin is Balaam remembered in Joshua 13:13?
For additional ways to capitalize on the information in the chapter above, click the link below.
Home Church Worship Guide – Joshua 13
Scripture Explains Itself!
Lesson 11
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1. What word is used to describe the level of knowledge had they obtained? (Hebrews 6:4)
2. What three things had they “tasted”? (Hebrews 6:4-5)
3. Can a person fall away from a place they have never been? (Hebrews 6:6)
Reading Assignment
Lesson 11
Dependence (Part 2)
Developing Loyalty to the Spiritual Network
As I said in the last lesson, we will take a look at Hebrews 10:25. But first, let’s look at some suggestions for helping your children change their appetite for social interaction from the things of the world to their spiritual network—their church family.
Suggestions:
- Take church family mission trips.
- Go on campouts as a group. (A ropes course can be a powerful tool to build unity.)
- Plan men’s and women’s retreats and find a way to involve the children.
- Establish a Big Brother/Big Sister Program with the senior saints.
- Plan regular family cookouts complete with family games. (Example: Have a tailgate party after Sunday services.)
- Support each other’s events. Go to sporting events, piano recitals, award ceremonies, etc., of other church members and their children.
- Host events that help demonstrate the talents of your children, like debates (public speaking), recitals, plays, spelling bees, etc.
- Go hiking with your church family or take a nature hike.
- Plan a fishing derby or take a day to float, canoe, or raft down a river.
- Host a summer reading program for various ages along with bringing in special guests who teach a skill or act out Bible stories.
- During worship services and Bible classes, keep the adults and children together instead of separating them from one another, such as happens with children’s church or a “teen room.”
Conclusion
Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
It has always been assumed that this verse is talking about the Christian worship assembly. Read the context before and after. Is it possible that this verse is just as much about the importance of being together socially as it is about attendance at religious services?
In this verse, encouragement and meeting together are connected. What is it about simply being together that brings encouragement? What should this tell us about the importance of a Christian’s social network?
When a church family only comes together three times a week to engage in formalized, pre-scripted meetings, intimate bonding is unlikely to occur. Without that bonding, young people are not likely to make long-term investments in the group. Create a spiritual social network on which young people are dependent and their loyalty to the church WILL be the result. *
*Borrowed from “To Keep the Faith” by Sonny Childs
As I was reading over this part of the chapter from Sonny’s book, “To Keep the Faith,” I asked myself, “Besides meeting together, what do we do to encourage one another? What can we do?” So I read the verses surrounding Hebrews 10:25. Beginning with verse 19, the writer of Hebrews says that, because of the blood of Jesus, we are to “draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.” (Hebrews 10:19-22, ESV) We are told to “hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,” because the Promise Maker keeps His promises. (10:23, ESV) Then verse 24 tells us to “consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.” (ESV)
So, is confidently drawing near to God a way to encourage other Christians? (This brings up the question, “How do we draw near?”) Does it encourage our brothers and sisters when we boldly speak of our hope (confident expectation) in the promises of God—salvation and life with Him in eternity? Yes, I believe it does. If you have spent any time with a Christian who lives life full of hope and confidence in God and His Word, then you understand how encouraging it can be. They bolster the courage you need to also express confident expectation in Jesus Christ and the blood He shed. They stir us up to love others and do good works.
Let’s look at Hebrews 7:18-19, 23-25 to answer the question, “How do we draw near to God?” These verses indicate that we can do this through prayer, but the main point is being able to do this through Jesus by trusting in Him—the “better hope” and the forever priest who “always lives to make intercession” for those who “draw near to God.” It is like a circle that continues on and on. When we draw near to God through Jesus who intercedes for us then God draws near to us. God is always there, always ready to move closer, all we have to do is move closer to Him.
James 4:7-8 tells us to submit to God, resist the devil, draw near to God and He will draw near to us, cleanse our hands, and purify our hearts. These are the things that Homemaker Heroes must teach their children about having a relationship with God and the Church of our Lord. All those who desire to be near God must learn to practice what James 4:7-8 and Hebrews 7:18-25; 10:19-25 teach us.
NOTE: If you missed the first nine lessons in this series, you can go here (lesson 1), here (lesson 2), here (lesson3), here (lesson 4), here (lesson 5), here (lesson 6), here (lesson 7), here (lesson 8), here (lesson 9) and here (lesson 10) to catch up.
To Keep the Faith Questions
Lesson 11
1. List three of the suggestions above that you can use to connect your children with their church family? What other suggestions would you add to this list?
2. Is Hebrews 10:25 about more than attending religious services? What else could it mean?
3. What is it about simply being together that brings encouragement?
4. According to Hebrews 10:19-24, what are three things we are told to do?
5. As a Homemaker Hero, what must you teach your children about having a relationship with God and the Church?