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What can we understand about  God?

There is much about  God  that we can understand. For an example

everything about Him is good. There is not one thing about Him which

is evil. God is holy He is perfectly  holy. He is the  Creator of

everything. God  made everything that exists He has the right

to rule everything. In addition, He  is Lord over everything.  God is a God of love.

Everything  He commands us to do to is good. Therefore, we  know that  He deserve

our love obedience and worship. These are truths about  God that are not too hard for

us to understand. Loving God means obeying his commands And God's commands are

not too hard for us.  

Does God want me to be punished?

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Does God want me to be punished?

Does God want me to be punished?God is kind loving and  forgiving  He created us for friendship with Him He made us to enjoy His glory. God still loves us even though  we sin against Him.It pleases God to keep people from being punished in hell. That is why He has  made a way for people to pay for  their sin  so they do not have to go to hell. Instead God can take them to live with Him forever in His beautiful heaven.We know that God cannot just overlook our sinif He allowed us to sin and ignored it withoutpunishing anyone He would not really be holy.Because God is holy He must require us to be  holy too. 

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God's promise to Joshua Be strong and courageous Do not be terrified do not be discouraged for the Lord your God will with you wherever you  go. The Lord is my shepherd he makes me lie down in green pasture he leads me beside me still waters  even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil.  He guides the humble in what in right and teaches them his way. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and  will forgive us our sins and cleanse will forgive us our sin and cleanse us all uprightness.  

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Forgiveness from God

Many people feel guilty because of wrong things they've done.

For these people the Christian message is good news. God

accepts people exactly as they are. He loves them and

then gives them the power to change.

Forgiveness is God's gift but we have to want it and accepts.

In addition, Jesus died on the cross as punishment for our sins.

Peter wrote He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree by

his wounds you have been healed.  

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A Basket Boat the Israelites were treated as slaves by

the Egyptian rulers . In addition, when Moses was

a tiny baby the pharaoh king ordered that all Israelites

baby boys were to be put   to death.

A Promise Abraham was to become the father or

founder of the Jewish nation.

God told Abraham You will have

as many descendant as stars in the

sky.

Houses Village houses were usually

made of mud Brick to make a roof

a carpenter laid beams of wood across

the top a house the top of a house

and filled the gaps with reeds or straw

and mud.   

                                                

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Why is it important to learn what the Bible says? 

The Bible is fill with truth. You can spend time your whole life

studying it and it still will be fresh and wonderful It is the most

important book in the world. In the Bible  God tells us what He is like
He tells us what He wants us to do. He shows us the way to eternal life

God tells us everything we need to know to please Him.   

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Count for christmas #21

''Thank You God for Christmas'' part 1Written by Henrietta D GambillIllustrated by Kathryn HuttonChristmas is a very special time. It's a time to say thank you to God. In addition, And this is how Christmas began a long long time ago. An angel named Gabriel knew about Christmas before anyone else.God  sent him all the way from Heaven to talk to Mary. He told Mary that soon she would have a baby boy. Her little boy would be Jesus. Thank you for the angel Gabriel. Mary wanted to tell someone her good news so she hurried to see her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth was happy to hear that Mary would soon have a baby boy. She said that Mary was special because God had chosen her to be the mother of His Son Jesus. Thank You God for Elizabeth. A little brown donkey helped Mary just before her baby was born. She and Joseph needed to go a long trip and the little donkey let Mary ride on his back.  He took Mary from her home in Nazareth to the little town of Bethlehem. It was a long way too but the little donkey kept clip clopping along  until they reached Bethlehem. Thank You God for the little brown donkey. In Bethlehem Mary and Joseph met a kind man. He was an innkeeper. They wanted to stay in his inn but all the rooms were filled by the time Mary and Joseph get there. The innkeeper knew that Mary would soon have  her baby so he let them stay in a warm stable where animals were kept. Thank You God for the kind innkeeper. 

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The Bible Land

Some  events you can read about in the Bible took

place in little walled town perched on the sides
of rocks hills The town had dark narrow twisting

streets where the house were crowded together. Other

stories are set the rocky desert with the sun scorching

down or on dusty roads. On the blue Sea of Galilee

surrounds by busy fishing villages  with tree covered

hills rising behinds is the background to others events.

This map shows you some of the places mentioned in

some of the Bible. Turn to the next two page to read about some

of the most  well known stories in the Bible. You

can see where they took places on this map. The

story of the Bible is acted out in what we today calls

the Middle East has been described as the seed bed

of the world. 

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Count for    Christmas  #19Washing Clothing
Most often clothes werewashed in the Bible timessimply by dipping them
in water and beatingthem with sticks.Professional laundereders used
ashes to treat cloth and
then whitened in the sun.   

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House roofs
House roofs in New Testament times
were made by laying branches over
roofs beam Mud was packed over
the branches. The friends who
carried a paralyzed man to Jesus
dug  through the mud roof of
a house and lowered the
sick man into the room
where Jesus was teaching.

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Count for Christmas #16

1 John 3:5 You know that Christ came to take away sins There is no sin in Christ.

1 Peter 2:21-23 Christ suffered for you He gave you an example to follow So you should do as he did He did no sin He never lied People insulted Christ but he did not insult them in return Christ suffered but he did not threaten He let God take care of him God take care him God is  the One who judges rightly.

Acts 2:23 Jesus was given to you and you killed him With the help of evil men you nailed him to a cross But God knew all this would happen This was God's plan which he had made long ago.

Isaiah 53:6 We all have wandered away like sheep Each of us has gone his own way But the Lord has put on him the punishment for all the evil we have done.

Romans 3:24-25 People are made right with God by his grace which is a  free gift They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ God gave Jesus as a way to forgive sin through faith And all of this is because of the blood of Jesus death This showed that God always does what is right and fair God was right in the past when he was patient and did  not punish people for their sins.

1 John 2:2 Jesus is the way our sins are taken away And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins taken away too.

1 Peter  2:24 Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross.

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Count for Christmas #15

The story of Jesus

God sent His Son Jesus Christ to live on earth as a

completely sinless man Jesus was born as a baby
in Bethlehem. He grew up be a man without ever

doing one wrong things He never had a bad attitude

or an  evil thought. He  never said a bad word. He

was God He was perfect. But even though He was

perfect some people did not like Him. In fact because

He was perfect people who loved sin hated Him. So

they killed by nailing Him on cross. God allowed that

to happen because on the cross. Jesus took the punishment

for every person's guilt throughout history for every person

as if it guilt throughout history as if it

were His own. By dying He paid the penalty for our sin.

He 's Here  part 1

Everything was ready. The moment God

had been waiting for was at last. God was

coming to help his people just as he promised in

the beginning. In addition but how would he come

what would he be like? What would he do?

Mountain would have bowed down. Seas

would have roared Trees would have clapped

their hands. But the earth held its breath. As

silent as failing he came in. And when no

one was looking in the darkness he came.

There was a young girl Mary  who was engaged a man

named Joseph.  

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Count for Christmas #14The Stable
A stable was a placewhere animals keepand feed. The  stables
in Bethlehem were usuallycaves rather than buildingsThe stable where Jesuswas born was probablyone of these caves.

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Count for Christmas #13Mary's song Part 1Luke 1:46-52
And Mary said:My soul glorifies the Lordand my spirit rejoices in God my Saviorfor he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.From now on all generations will call me blessedfor the mighty one has done great things for me holy his name.His mercy extends to those who fear himfrom generation to generation.He has performed mighty deedswith his arm. He scattered those who are
proud in their inmost thoughts.He has brought down rulers fromtheir thrones but has lifted up the humble. 

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Count for Christmas #12Birth of Jesus  Christ
Matthew 1:18-21  Luke 2:1-7Joseph was a carpenter in Nazareth. He wassoon to  be Mary's husband. One night he
had a dream. In it an angel spoke Josephtake Mary as your wife. The child in her is fromthe Holy Spirit. When he's born call him Jesus.He'll save his people from their sins.
In those days Emperor Augustus  Caesar
commanded that his people be counted. To do thiseveryone went to their hometown. For Mary andJoseph this was Bethlehem was also King David's hometown.It was a long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.Mary who was almost ready to have her baby traveled with Joseph.
They hills in Galilee to the  Jordan River. Then they followed the river to Judea.Up in the Judean hills they came to Bethlehem. The town was full of people whohad come to be counted. An inn was there but it was full of people.Suddenly Mary had to give birth. So they went into a stable. Here Mary had her child Jesus.  Shewrapped him in a blanket and put him to sleep in a feed trough.  

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Jesus is born

In about the year 5 B.C two people were
planning to get married. Their names were

Mary and Joseph and they lived in Nazareth a

town  in the hills of  Galilee.

One day something very exciting happened to

Mary The angel Gabriel appeared said You

will give birth to a son. He will be the son of God.

Jesus as baby

After Jesus was born Mary and Joseph moved to a house in

Bethlehem. After eight days. Jesus was named and circumcised

according to Jewish to custom. Forty days later Mary and Joseph

took Jesus to the Temple in  Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice and

pray for him to serve God all his life.  

JOURNAL FOR CHRISTMAS #9

Friday, December 9, 2016

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How the Jews longed for another

national hero who would out  who

would throw out  the hated Roman

legions and set up a Jewish kingdom

again If only God would send his promised

King to bring them freedom. Other in the

were more concerned about justice and

obedience to God's  anointed King but

they looked for a just and good ruler

rather than a great warrior. 

Zechariah was a priest and

he and  his wife Elizabeth  prayed

that God would send a king like that.

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Count for Christmas #8Hoping and Praying Luke 1 part 1Over four hundred years had passedsince Malachi had warned the Jewishpeople to be ready for the day whenGod would visit them. And they hadbeen hard times. Greek conquerorshad followed the Persian emperors.After one glorious burst ofindependence  under the great Jewishfreedom fighter Judas Maccabeus
the Jews were now once more underforeign rule. Rome had conquered
Greece and the emperor hadmarched into Jerusalem itself.
Roman soldiers were stationed
throughout the land.
How the Jews longed for
another national herowho would throw outthe hated Roman legions
and set up a Jewish kingdomagain. If only God wouldsend his promised King tobring them freedom. 

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The visit of the Magi part 3Matthew 2:11-12
On  coming to the house they saw thechild with his mother Mary and they
bowed down and worshipped him. Thenthey opened their treasures and presented
him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.And having been warned in a dream not to go backto Herod they returned to their country by another route.
 

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The Visit of the Magi part 2Mathew 2:7-10Then Herod called the Magi secretlyand found out from them the exacttime the star had appeared. He sentthem to Bethlehem and said Go andmake a careful search for the child. Assoon as you find him, report to me sothat I too may go and worship him.After they had heard the king theywent on their way and the star theyhad seen in the east went ahead ofthem until stopped over the placewhere the child was. When they sawthe star they were  overjoyed. 

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Count for Christmas #5The visit of the Magi part 1Matthew 2:1-6After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the time ofKing Herod Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and askedWhere is the one who been bornking of the Jews? We saw his star inthe east and have come to worship him.When King Herod heard this hewas disturbed and all Jerusalem withhim. When he had called together allthe people's chief priests and teachersof the law he asked them where theChrist was born. In Bethlehem in Judea they replied for thisis what the prophet has written.
But you Bethlehem in the landof Judah are by no means least amongthe ruler of Judahfor out of you will comea ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.  

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Count for Christmas #3 #4A Message for Mary

Luke 1:26-55Four weeks later God sent Gabriel tothe town of Nazareth in Galilee.A young woman named Mary lived there.Gabriel had a message for Mary too. He said toher Don't be afraid. God is pleased with you andyou will have a son. His name will be Jesus. He willbe great and will be  called the Son of God. MostHigh.Mary did not understand these words How can this be He askedThe  angel answered The holy spirit will comedown to you and God's powers will come over youMary put her faith in God I am the Lord servant she told Gabriel.Let it happen as you have said Mary sang a song to praise God. 

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Matthew 1:14-25 The Birth of Jesus Christ

This is how the birth of Jesus

 Christ came about: His mother Mary

was pledged to be married to Joseph,

but before they came together, she

was found to be with child through the

Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her

husband was a righteous man and did

not want to expose her to public dis-

grace, he had in mind to divorce her

quietly.

But after he had considered to this

an angel of the Lord appeared to him

in a dream and said, Joseph son of

David do not be afraid to take Mary

home as your wife because what is

conceived in her is from the Holy

Spirit. She will give birth to a son and

you are to give him the name Jesus

because he will save his people from

their sins.

All this took place to fulfill what

the Lord had said through the proph-

et. The virgin will be with child and

will give birth to a son and they will

call him Immanuel which means

God is with us.

When Joseph woke up he did

what the angel of the Lord had com

manded him and took Mary home as

his wife. But he had no union with

her until she gave birth to a son. And

he gave him the name  Jesus.

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

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Good News from  the Angel Gabriel

When Herod the Great was king of the land called

Judea there lived an old man by the name of Zechariah.

His wife was Elizabeth. They had no children.

Zechariah and Elizabeth were good people. They

tried hard to obey the laws of the Lord God. God saw

this and He was pleased with them. In addition, The

first governor of Galilee he eventually become king

of Judea Galilee Samaria and the area east of the Jordan River.

One day Zechariah was in the Lord's Temple. He was

serving as a priest that day. Suddenly an angel from the Lord came down and

stood near him. Zechariah didn't know what to do.

Don't be afraid the angel said. I am Gabriel God's

servant and I was sent to tell you good news.

Your wife Elizabeth  is going to have a son. You will

call him John. He will be a great servant to God.

Because of him people who do not  obey God will

change their ways John will get people ready for the Lord.

Zechariah was amazed But my wife and I are both very old

he said how will I know this is going to happen?

The angel answered you do not believe and so you

will not be able to say anything until the child is born.

When Zechariah left the Temple he could not speak

write it on a writing tablet.

Soon Elizabeth discovered she was expecting

a baby just as the angel had promised. She

was amazed and happy.