Watch the “Lord’s Day Live!” and “The Joy of Doodling” videos then copy the following “Doodle Bible School,” “Application Sermon Questions,” and take a photo of your drawing for “The Joy of Doodling” class. Click the “Submit Answers” button below each set of questions and paste the questions into the email. Answer the questions and send them to us. Read “Why Your Family Needs to the Know the Biblical Timeline… ” then follow the same instructions to submit the “Biblical Timeline Questions.”
Doodle Bible School
Lesson 9
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1. What is the theme of Numbers 13?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. What type of tribal leader was Moses supposed to send? (13:2)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. How many days were the spies gone? (13:25)
6. What did the spies bring back to show the people? (13:26)
7. How did the spies describe the bounty of the land? (13:27)
8. The spies said that the descendants of who dwelt in the land? (13:28)
9. Who quieted the people and said they should go up at once and occupy the land? (13:30)
10. If you were to show off the best fruits of your area, what would they be?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 9
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1. How did the 10 faithless spies describe themselves as compared to the inhabitants of the land? (Numbers 13:31)
2. What was listed first that grasshoppers should do? (Numbers 13:27)
3. What are three things the people should have remembered about the power of God?
4. What was listed second that grasshoppers should do? (Numbers 13:30)
5. What was listed third that grasshoppers should do? (Numbers 13:31)
For additional ways to capitalize on the information in the chapter above, click the link below.
Home Church Worship Guide – Numbers 13
The Joy of Doodling Assignment
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Reading Assignment
Lesson 9
Keys to Effective Communication
Key #2 Think
“Honesty is the best policy, although sometimes keeping your mouth shut is even better.”
Although thinking is vital to the effectiveness of communication, couples too often get this step ahead of the first. Instead of listening to their partner’s full comment, they begin thinking about a defense before their partner is even finished explaining their point of view. The second step, thinking, can only be effective when a person has first collected as much information as possible through listening.
In Psalm 46:10 the Lord said, “Be still, and know that I am God.” The same principle is true of good communication within a marriage. First, we must “be still” and listen. Only after listening can we truly “know” by thinking.
Consider five important questions which you should ask yourself while thinking about your partner’s comments:
- If I were in their position, how would I feel? Give consideration to the circumstances that have shaped their comments. Someone noted that there is a vast difference between putting your nose into someone else’s business and putting your heart into someone else’s problem. Try not to be nosey. Instead, put all of your heart into relating to your partner’s position.
- Am I responding to what they said or how I feel? Conversations often come at a bad time or step on a tender nerve. Resist the temptation to respond purely out of emotion. Communication needs logic to be best understood.
- Am I being honest or defensive? Communication should not be viewed as a contest. There are no losers. Everyone wins if pride is kept in check and the goal is to understand. Don’t allow pride to interfere. If your partner is correct, tell them so and be wise enough to learn from their comment.
- Have I considered the differences between the male and female mind? It is very important that each of us process what the other has said from the other’s point of view. Men tend to think in compartments and have little problem disconnecting themselves emotionally from one area of their life while communicating about another. Women, on the other hand, tend to think in rivers. All parts of their life flow into one stream. Men must not dismiss their wife’s emotions as unimportant and women must not accuse their husbands of being calloused because they don’t often cry.
- W.W.J.T. (What Would Jesus Think?) – Perhaps the most important question of all is, am I thinking about their comments with the same love and understanding as the One who created them? To do anything less is to devalue what God has said is priceless.
Bible Verses to Consider Regarding the Topic of Thinking:
Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Proverbs 21:29
“A wicked man puts up a bold front,
but an upright man gives thought to his ways.”
Philippians 2:3-4
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit,
but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Each of you should look not only to your own interests,
but also to the interests of others.”
Marital Blissters Questions
Lesson 9
1. Make a list of the three things you can know about a person just by being still. (Psalm 46:10)
2. Have you ever shaken your head in a conversation, not because you understood, but because you wanted to move along? How might that be like the “bold front” of a wicked man? (Proverbs 21:29)
3. Discuss the following words or phrases and how they relate to our topic.
“selfish ambition or vain conceit”
“consider others better than yourselves”
“look not only to your own interests”
(Philippians 2:3-4)
4. Make a list of three areas of conversation in your marriage that always seem to step on a tender nerve. How can you better communicate about these areas?
5. Thinking about the five important questions listed in this article, which one do you struggle with the most? Why? Ask your husband which one he struggles with the most and why. How can you help each other do better in this area?