Knoxville, TN May 2019

M aybe you are familiar with all the tests and quizzes on Facebook or other online venues that are testing your knowledge of government, history or geography. They can be fun and enlightening. They can also be a remind-er that you need to brush up on some subjects.

What follows is a basic Bible quiz with 10 questions from the Old Testament and 10 from the New Testament. The answers will be found elsewhere in the GraceNet with a suggestion for further action on your part. Hope you do well!

Old Testament Questions

1. God created the world in _______ days.

2. Abraham was 100 years old when his son __________ was born.

3. Jacob had ___ sons and God changed his name to __________.

4. Which son of Jacob was sold into slavery? __________

5. Moses led the Jews out of Egypt after they experienced ________ plagues.

6. The day the Jews left Egypt become a celebrated Holy Day called

__________ 7. The greatest King of Israel was King _________

8. This King wrote 3000 proverbs. King _________

9. This prophet is called the weeping prophet. ___________

10. This prophet was fed by ravens during a drought. ___________

New Testament Questions

1. The mother of John the Baptist was ___________.

2. In Matthew 5-7 Jesus’ most important teaching is called _______________.

3. Jesus stories are called _____________.

4. What was Jesus doing when on a boat in the Sea Galilee and a furious storm arose? _________

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GraceNet is published monthly by

Grace Lutheran Church – LCMS

9076 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923

Phone: (865) 691-2823 Fax: (865) 691-4895

E-mail: glc@visitgrace.org

Reverend Richard M. Elseroad, Senior Pastor

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Grace Prayer Team Welcomes Requests

T he Grace Prayer Team is up and running! If you have a prayer request that you would like prayed over by the Grace Prayer Team, we welcome your requests. Please contact Kristin McGee at kdmcgee08@gmail.com (865-384-9834) or Ev

Brown (evbrown@gmail.com (865-870-5603). The request will then be passed on to the team. We continue to welcome Prayer Team members as well. If you are interested in pray-ing for the needs submitted by our church family, please contact Kristin or Ev with your in-terest.

5. Jesus said if you want to be His disciples you had to _______ yourself, and _____ ___ your ____ and follow Him.

6. At the cross Jesus said: “Father _______ them they don’t ________ ______ ______ are doing.”

7. The day the Holy Spirit came upon the people in Jerusalem is called _______________.

8. Paul writes to the Ephesians: “For it is by _____ you have been saved, through ______ - and this

not from yourselves, it is the ________ of God – not by _______, so no one can boast.”

9. Paul’s young assistant who ended up writing two books in the New Testament is _________.

10. In the book of Revelation God rebukes the church in Laodicea for being _______.

How’d You Do?

18-20 correct: Maybe you ought to be teaching a Bible study.

15-17 correct: You are a good student.

10-14 correct: Time to brush up!

0-9 correct: Get ye to a Bible class, PRONTO!!

Check your answers on page 7 and give your self one point for each question you got correct (1 point for each question—not each blank.). My Score:

____________

Bible Quiz (Continued)

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Last Day to Register for Grace Summer Camp is

May 20!!!!!

Camp Dates: June 9-14, 2019

Location: John Knox Center Ten Mile , TN

Who: Rising 2nd—8th Graders

Cost: $325

(Scholarships based on need may be available)

Registration and health forms can be found on the www.visitgrace.org website under “Events—Grace Summer Camp” link

Contacts:

To attend camp: childrensmin@visitgrace.org

To volunteer to help: youthministry@visitgrace.org

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DATE THEME VERSE

May 5 Be prepared to tell others about

Jesus. Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season. (6 Timothy 8:6)

May 12 Jesus saves us. They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.” (Acts 56 :75)

May 19 When we live by God’s spirit,

God changes us.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, pa-tience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentle-ness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)

May 26 God teaches us how to love.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (1 Corinthians 13:4-5)

I n an attempt to connect the adults and children of Grace just a bit more, I will be letting people know the theme and verse of the week in our children’s Sunday school classes. I would love it if the adults would join in memorizing or at least talking about it to the children as they see each other in the halls. Listed

below are the themes and scripture for May.

~ Frieda Guthrie

May Children’s Curriculum Themes

“There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother.”

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H ow do we get people to do the right thing? It would be great if we could get our church members to come to church more regularly, to give more, to read their Bibles more, and other things. Our usual tendency is to devel-op rules aimed at promoting the desired behavior, even if that strategy does not have a good success rate over

time. Why don't rules change behavior? God gave His law, and it is good. But, it also has been weakened by our sinful na-ture. (Romans 8:3 and Galatians 3:21) Consider this: When God gave His law He wrote it on stone tablets and set it before people. See Deuteronomy 4:8. (Literally: "...ordinances, judgments, righteousnesses, and instructions that I give before your face.") "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink." Something in front of our faces may be very goods for us, but that does not mean we will adopt it as our own, even if it is right under our noses. God addressed that problem in Jeremiah 31:31-34. There God promised a new covenant. He would write His instruc-tions on the hearts of the people and in their innermost parts instead of on tablets of stone. It would not be something merely set in front of people, but would be something internal deeply a part of them. It would not be like the old cove-nant which the people broke. Still, He promised to be their God and forgave their failure to keep His commandments. We now live under that new covenant. Ezekiel 36:24-27 repeats some of these things, but adds others. God washes His people with clean water and they are clean. He removes a heart of stone from people and replaces it with a heart of flesh. He puts His Spirit into our innermost parts. God's Spirit moves us to follow His statutes and to keep His commandments so that we might to do them. Our task is not about making more effective rules that address people from outside themselves, but about God work-ing changes in people from the inside. We do want to see results. We want to see changes in people. But, God works in His way in His time. That can require more time than we would like to wait. We could pray for people in need of growth and encourage them. We know God's Spirit changes hearts. He works through the Gospel of God's free forgiveness for the sake of Christ. Think of the sinful woman who broke into the dinner where Jesus was a guest. Jesus said of her, "She loves much because she has been forgiven much." (Luke 7:36-50) In addition to praying for others to grow in their Christian commitment, we could consider becoming friends with someone whom we might influence for growth in following Jesus. Helping others follow Jesus helps us grow in following Jesus, too.

~ Rev. Phil Bohlken

Pushing for More Morality

1. No one can ruin your day without YOUR permission.

2. Most people will be about as happy as they decide to be

3. Others can stop you temporarily, but only you can do it permanently

4. Whatever you are willing to put up with is exactly what you will have.

5. Success stops when you do.

6. When your ship comes in, make sure you are willing to unload it.

7. You will never “have it all together.”

8. Life is a journey not a destination. Enjoy the trip!

9. The biggest lie on the planet: “When I get what I want, I will be happy.”

10. The best way to escape your problem is to solve it.

11. Ultimately, “takers” lose and “givers” win.

12. Life’s precious moments don’t have value, unless they are shared.

13. If you don’t start, it’s certain you won’t arrive.

14. We often fear the thing we want the most.

15. He or she who laughs . . . lasts.

16. Yesterday was the deadline for all complaints.

17. Look for opportunities . . . Not guarantees.

18. Life is what’s coming . . . not what was.

19. Success is getting up one more time.

20. Now is the most interesting time of all.

21. When things go wrong . . . don’t go with them!

21 Things to Remember

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HealthLine

P lease note that everything written in this column will be backed by research, various studies, and facts. There will be no personal opinions.

~ Sheila Wittke

Johns Hopkins Cancer Prevention Update—Part 1

E very person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the de-

tectable size. Cancer cells occur between 6-10 times in a person’s lifetime. When the person’s immune system is strong, the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors. When a person has cancer, it indi-cates the person has nutritional deficiencies, which could be due to genetic, environmental, food, and lifestyle factors. By changing the diet, eating healthy, and taking supplements, the immune system will then be strengthened. Chemotherapy poisons cancer cells and healthy cells in the bone marrow and can cause organ damage, like the liver, kidneys, heart, and lungs. Radiation, while destroying cancer cells, also burns, scars, and damages healthy cells, tissues, and organs. Chemotherapy and radiation initially reduce the tumor size. However, when the body has reached a toxic level from chemotherapy and radiation, the immune system is either compromised or destroyed. The person will then develop infections or complications. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a sur-vivor. Anger, unforgiveness, and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit, to relax and to enjoy life. Next month: Part II—What Cancer Cells Feed On

Bible Quiz Answers

Old Testament

1. 6 days

2. Isaac

3. 12, Israel

4. Joseph

5. 10

6. Passover

7. David

8. Solomon

9. Jeremiah

10. Elijah

New Testament

1. Elizabeth

2. Sermon on the Mount

3. Parables

4. Sleeping

5. Deny, take up, cross

6. Forgive, know what they

7. Pentecost

8. Grace, faith, gift, works

9. Timothy

10. Luke-warm

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