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Doodle Bible School
Lesson 14
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1. What is the theme of Numbers 18?
2. Can you doodle the picture clue?
3. Members of what tribe were to minister to Aaron and his sons? (18:2)
4. Can you quote the memory verse?
5. Who besides Aaron was to bear the iniquity connected to the sanctuary? (18:1)
6. Who was to keep guard over Aaron and the whole tent? (18:3)
7. To whom were the gift of Levites given? (18:6)
8. Who was responsible for guarding the the concerns of the altar and within the veil? (18:7)
9. What was to happen to an outsider who comes near? (18:7)
10. Are you in charge of any special areas of work within your home?
Application Sermon Questions
Lesson 14
Were you able to watch the entire lesson?
1. Aaron and his sons were to be held accountable for what two things? (Numbers 18:1)
2. The Levites were to guard Aaron and the tent from who? (Numbers 18:3)
3. Why was Aaron to keep guard over the sanctuary and the altar? (Numbers 18:5)
4. Who was given as a gift to Aaron? (Numbers 18:6)
5. What were the three points of this lesson?
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Home Church Worship Guide – Numbers 18
The Joy of Doodling Assignment
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Reading Assignment
Lesson 14
Avoiding the Money Menace
Key #1 Work
With total amazement the father leans over the crib of his newborn son. His wife enters the room and notices the expression on his face. With tears forming in her eyes she asks, “A penny for your thoughts?” The husband looks up and replies, “I just can’t believe they can make these cribs for only $99.95!”
Provide for your family, but don’t forget that the good stuff is never found in things. Value your relationships.
Approximately half of the marriages in America today end in divorce. Therapists say that conflict over money is one of the most common reasons for this tragedy.
In 1 Timothy 6:10, the Holy Spirit points out that “…the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. Some people eager for money have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” To have happiness and peace at home, money management skills must be applied. Consider the first of three keys to money management.
1. Work – In 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, Paul gives this command, “…If a man will not work, he shall not eat. We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.”
Every month, L.C. and his wife, Rosie, go to a post office in southern Louisiana and pick up nine federal welfare checks totaling $3,893. This totals $46,716 in tax-free income per year. Few working families in this bleak, impoverished Mississippi River backwater earn more. Except that L.C. and Rosie do not earn it. L.C., age 56, gets $343.50 each month because of obesity (he weighed 386 pounds when he qualified for payments). Rosie, his common law wife, receives the same amount monthly in government disability payments because she was found by the Social Security law judge to be too stressed out to work.
A visitor to their small bungalow would be hard pressed to find any sign of high living, however. The screen door hangs open. Soaps blare from the television. Roaches crawl on the walls; the kitchen is caked with dirt. The house lacks even a telephone, but they do have a police scanner to monitor police calls. “That’s so I know what’s going on,” Rosie explains.
The couple has seven children, ages 13 to 22. All of them have lagged behind in school and at various times scored poorly in psychological tests. Under the government’s rules, this translated into a failure to demonstrate “age-appropriate behavior” and qualified them to each get $458 monthly. Welfare payments such as these are so widespread in communities like this around the nation that they are popularly known as “crazy checks”. (Condensed from “Baltimore Sun”, John B. O’Donnell and Jim Haner, published in “Readers Digest”.)
Work makes a person feel good about themself while a constant search for free handouts breeds misery. When a person does not provide for his own, he often feels frustrated, unfulfilled, and without value. Working, and being appreciated for it, builds contentment and gives strength to a happy home.
Key #2 Budget
A “successful” young couple explained their lifestyle this way: “In order to afford our new house and cars, we each had to take on extra jobs – so we don’t have much time to spend with our kids – but it’s all worth it so long as we can provide a better quality of life!”
I ask you, “Is this really the quality of life that you want?
2. Budget – The second key to money management is to budget. 1 Corinthians 6:12 says, “’Everything is permissible for me’ – but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me’ – but I will not be mastered by anything.” Here Paul points out a very important principle for successful living. Be in control.
Do you control your budget or does your budget control you? The average credit card debt in America is in the thousands. Debt robs you of control. Live within your budget. Someone said, “If you want out of debt, act your wage!”
Imagine what you could save if you were willing to sacrifice just a little and buy only the things that your family truly needed. Go to the closet and count the number of pairs of shoes your family owns. How many of them do they really need? Now count the number of outfits that haven’t seen the light of day for the last two years. Despite this virtual thrift shop of clothing within our very own home, we still buy hundreds of dollars’ worth of outfits every year just to fit in.
How many video games, televisions, and DVD players does one family really need? We gripe about immoral television content, yet we pay for cable, premium channels, and satellite dishes to beam the material right into our own homes with little to no restrictions. How many smartphones, computers, and internet hookups does it really take to be connected?
How many times do you eat out each week? What kind of exorbitant interest rates are you paying on those regular credit card purchases? What could you save if you eliminated one of the vehicles in the driveway along with its license, insurance, and repair costs? Is a medium-sized house really necessary, or could a smaller one do? Is it really necessary to heat and cool the entire house even when people aren’t in those rooms? Wouldn’t water and juices be better for your family than sodas anyway? How many varieties of cereal are in your cupboard? How much do you spend each week to feed the pet? I don’t mean to sound sarcastic, but the list of money-saving suggestions really is endless. The question is, are you willing to make these small sacrifices to honor God and live within your budget?
Before leaving this subject, it should be noted that having a separate budget for the husband and another for the wife is a good way to invite problems into your relationship. Creating a lasting marriage is hard enough without inviting Satan to separate you through jealous arguments over what belongs to whom. Be the “one flesh” that God has called you to become (Genesis 2:24).
Key #3 Faith
One day Satan encountered a man walking home from church. After recognizing the man as a Christian, Satan began slinging evil darts of temptation in his direction. The first dart was thrown at his head, but the Christian was wearing the “helmet of salvation” and the dart fell harmlessly to the ground. Next, Satan aimed at his chest, but the evil dart was easily deflected by the “breastplate of righteousness.” Moving further down the man’s body, Satan hurled dart after dart until he reached his feet, but even they turned away the temptations because he was wearing shoes of the “Gospel of peace.”
Confident with the protection he had against Satan’s deadly darts, the Christian turned and began to walk away. But just then it happened. A sharp cutting pain pierced his lower back. He winced and grabbed his hip. As he turned, he found an evil dart of temptation stuck securely in his wallet. Satan found his weakness and hit him where it hurt.
3. Faith – The third key to money management is faith. In Matthew 6:25-34, God instructs His children not to worry about material things, because He will provide what they need. In 2 Timothy 4:10, Paul said that his companion, Demas, had deserted the Lord’s work, because “he loved this world.” Although money is a necessary part of a family’s survival, it must not become your passion.
The story is told of some mischievous college students, on spring break, who decided to pull a prank on a local department store. Late one evening, they broke into the store and, for several hours, went through all the items exchanging price tags. Although they stole nothing during their evening’s work, the result of their actions was even worse than if they had. As the doors opened the next morning, shoppers rushed in and discovered the outrageous bargains. Bubblegum was priced at five hundred dollars a pack, but fur coats were on sale for fifty cents. Doughnuts were marked at seven hundred dollars each, but diamonds were on sale at a dollar a dozen. What a mess, and all because someone switched price tags.
Many years ago, Satan broke into America’s department store. After switching all the price tags, Americans rushed in and accepted the changes, offering little to no resistance. Job promotions were given a costly price while time with the family was made to look cheap. Two story homes were marked with high value, but two parent homes were tagged “out of season.” “Quality time” was displayed as being “fashionable,” but a “quantity of time” was marked as “unnecessary.” On and on our values have changed until even Christians now pursue material things at the expense of their family. Satan has a way of convincing us that good is evil and evil is good. He loves to twist our standards until he has made us see valuable things as cheap and cheap things as valuable. What a mess he has made of our world!
Too many Christian homes have given in to the devil’s subtle temptation to exchange God-given values for those of a money-centered world. Many families today work two or more jobs, not because they have too many needs but because they have too many wants. A good friend once told me, “You are only as poor as your wants are many.”
Too many of us have accepted Satan’s value-swapping scheme. Lucifer has made big salaries appear valuable and even necessary, but he has made time with the family appear cheap and even expendable. Don’t mistake it for a minute. Satan is laughing at us just as hard as those mischievous college students must have laughed at the store owner who discovered the price tags were switched on all his merchandise. We say, “God comes first.” We sing, “All to Jesus, I surrender.” We pray, “Thy will be done.” We quote, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God,” but do we really, sincerely mean it?
Nothing is more important than your family’s spiritual well-being. Money is only a means to an end. Provide what you must. Budget what you have. Never lose focus of Heaven.
Marital Blissters Questions
Lesson 14
1. What is the connection between being “idle” and being “busybodies”? How might the words “settle down” apply to maturity and responsibility in money matters? (2 Thessalonians 3:10-12)
2. How can a couple keep their budget from becoming their master? (1 Corinthians 6:12)
3. Make a list of five necessities in life and then a list of five things the world wants you to believe are necessities.
4. List three ways that seeking first “his kingdom” and “his righteousness” can apply to money matters. (Matthew 6:33)
5. What can a couple do to strengthen the faith of each other? What can parents do to raise children with great faith and responsibility? (Matthew 6:25-34)