Spiritual Toolkit

Lord's Prayer
Scientific Statement of Being
91st Psalm
Definition of Man
Daily Prayer
Hymns
1:

What is man?

 Man is not matter; he is not made up of
        brain, blood, bones, and other material elements. The
        Scriptures inform us that man is made in
475:9   the image and likeness of God. Matter is
        not that likeness. The likeness of Spirit cannot be so
        unlike Spirit. Man is spiritual and perfect; and be-
475:12  cause he is spiritual and perfect, he must be so under-
        stood in Christian Science. Man is idea, the image, of
        Love; he is not physique. He is the compound idea of
475:15  God, including all right ideas; the generic term for
        all that reflects God's image and likeness; the conscious
        identity of being as found in Science, in which man is
475:18  the reflection of God, or Mind, and therefore is eternal;
        that which has no separate mind from God; that which
        has not a single quality underived from Deity; that which
475:21  possesses no life, intelligence, nor creative power of his
        own, but reflects spiritually all that belongs to his Maker.

        And God said: "Let us make man in our image, after
475:24  our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish
        of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle,
        and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
475:27  creepeth upon the earth."

                              Man unfallen

        Man is incapable of sin, sickness, and death. The
        real man cannot depart from holiness, nor
475:30  can God, by whom man is evolved, engender
        the capacity or freedom to sin. A mortal sinner is not
476:1   God's man. Mortals are the counterfeits of immortals.
        They are the children of the wicked one, or the one evil,
476:3   which declares that man begins in dust or as a material
        embryo. In divine Science, God and the real man are
        inseparable as divine Principle and idea.

                        Mortals are not immortals

476:6   Error, urged to its final limits, is self-destroyed.
        Error will cease to claim that soul is in body, that life
        and intelligence are in matter, and that
476:9   this matter is man. God is the Principle of
        man, and man is the idea of God. Hence man is not
        mortal nor material. Mortals will disappear, and im-
476:12  mortals, or the children of God, will appear as the only
        and eternal verities of man. Mortals are not fallen chil-
        dren of God. They never had a perfect state of being,
476:15  which may subsequently be regained. They were, from
        the beginning of mortal history, "conceived in sin and
        brought forth in iniquity." Mortality is finally swallowed
476:18  up in immortality. Sin, sickness, and death must dis-
        appear to give place to the facts which belong to immortal
        man.

                          Imperishable identity

476:21  Learn this, O mortal, and earnestly seek the spiritual
        status of man, which is outside of all material selfhood.
        Remember that the Scriptures say of mortal
476:24  man: "As for man, his days are as grass: as
        a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind
        passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall
476:27  know it no more."

                           The kingdom within

        When speaking of God's children, not the children of
        men, Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is within you;"
476:30  that is, Truth and Love reign in the real
        man, showing that man in God's image is
        unfallen and eternal. Jesus beheld in Science the per-
477:1   fect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal
        man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour
477:3   saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man
        healed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom
        of God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy.
477:6   Man is not a material habitation for Soul; he is himself
        spiritual. Soul, being Spirit, is seen in nothing imperfect
        nor material.

                     Material body never God's idea

477:9   Whatever is material is mortal. To the five corporeal
        senses, man appears to be matter and mind united; but
        Christian Science reveals man as the idea of
477:12  God, and declares the corporeal senses to be
        mortal and erring illusions. Divine Science
        shows it to be impossible that a material body, though
477:15  interwoven with matter's highest stratum, misnamed
        mind, should be man, - the genuine and perfect man,
        the immortal idea of being, indestructible and eternal.
477:18  Were it otherwise, man would be annihilated.

Favourite truths and ideas

• God made me perfect.  ( I can return to that original perfection if I find myself muddled)
• This is not your thought, God never gave you a spirit of fear.
• Error is never real.. It only exists because we're believing.. We don't have to continue to believe it. Kick it out.
• You can't fall out of God's arms.  ( you'd end up in His lap.)
• You never have to worry about the future, because God doesn't deny you anything, and he's  got a plan for you. 
• God is already where you are.. and where you are , God is
• We're all the same spiritual age. - it can't be measured. 
• God really enjoys working with us.. He delights in it.
• You are  not in control of how good will be unfolded.
• God doesn't not mess up.
• Recognition of what's good  makes us ready to see more
• God is  just getting bigger  for all of us.
  

Sunday School Review

Sunday School Inquirer....Show What You Know

Match these words to their meanings:

Synagogue A central place for communal prayer - Jewish

Gentile --------------- It doesn't last

Temporal -------------- A person who is not Jewish

Immortal -------------- Exact likeness

Image -------------- Lasting forever

Hypocrite A person who says one thing but does another


What is the difference between the Christ and Jesus?

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Do you know three people in the Bible who either didn't die or leave a body behind when they left?
1.____________________

2._____________________

3_____________________

MATCH
Parable-------------- You can hear it

Audible -------------- The day that everyone heard disiples in their own language

Pentecost-------------- A long parable

Allegory -------------- It has no edges

Finite --------------A story that teaches a lesson


Can you list four times when Jesus raised the dead? Who were the people?
___________________________________ _______________________________

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What were these people's names changed to?

Simon _______________

Jacob _______________

Abram _______________

Sarai ______________________

Saul ______________________




What do these names mean?

Abraham________________"father of many (nations)"
formerly: My father is exalted

Peter__________________ rock
.. Simon: obedient, Simeon: I have heard
Sarah_________________ my princess
Backgrounder on Sarai
Paul____________________
Israel__________________ one who has prevailed with God
... Jacob: struggled with God

Who changed this person's name?

Abram________________
Sarai_____________________
Saul__________________
Jacob_____________________
Simon_______________________



Why did Zachaeus climb a tree to see Jesus?

Why did Jesus have to heal the high priest's ear?


Why did Jesus walk through the wall?


Name as many parables as you can?

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How did Elijah leave this earth?




Put an O for Old Testament and a N for New Testament for these characters:

Moses
Jesus
Elijah
Lazarus
Adam
Mary
Peter
Paul
Nebuchadnezzar
King David
Solomon

Who was over 90 when she gave birth to her first baby?________________________

Who gave us the commandments?__________________________________________

Who got into trouble for praying 3 times a day?___________________________

What two people in the Bible healed leprosy?___________________________

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COMMANDMENTS


What shouldn't you do to your neighbour's donkey?____________________________

What is the commandment phrase for lie? (3 words)____________________________

Which commandment is about having one thing?______________________________

What shouldn't you do in vain?_____________________________________________

What do the commandments say about your parents?__________________________


Beatitudes
What will the meek get?

Who will be filled?

Whose is the kingdom of heaven? (there are 2 answers for this one)

Who will be comforted?

Who will be called the children of God?

What will the pure in heart see?

Who will be treated with mercy?






What is written around the cross and crown on Science and Health?



What does the Bible contain?

History
Poetry
Allegory
Parable
Prophecy
Healings
Truth
Letters

Do these appear in the Old or New Testament, or both? ( O, N or B)
Crucifixtion

Parting of the Red Sea

The Flood

Virgin Birth

Resurrection

Manna in the wilderness

Raising of the dead

Healing of leprosy

Feeding a crowd with little food

Water made wine

Rocks being burned up by fire

Walking on water

Tower of Babel


How did the Jews come to be knows as such?
The Middle English word Jew is from the Old French giu, earlier juieu, from the Latin iudeus from the Greek Ioudaios (Ἰουδαῖος). The Latin simply means Judaean, from the land of Judaea. Judaea is in turn derived from Judah which was the name of the Kingdom of Judah, and one of the Tribes of Israel.

Spiritual ID: March 22

Spirit

[ using def'n of Benjamin]
pure
renewed
gleaming
creative
supportive

Think of a team, or performer that has a good spirit..
-- or a Bible character..

Think of someone who you look up to..

Joseph
David
Moses
Ruth



How else would you describe them?


persevering
powerful
undaunted
unafraid
complete
effective
imaginative
tireless
charismatic
present
clear

Joseph story strips

Jacob (Israel) gave his favourite son Joseph a coat of many colours.

Joseph dreamed his brothers were sheaves of grain that bowed down to him

He dreamed his brothers were stars that bowed to his star.

Joseph's brothers were jealous and hated him.

Jacob sent Joseph to check on his brothers with the flocks.

When the brothers saw Joseph coming they planned to kill him.

Reuben convinced them to just throw him in a pit, where he could rescue him later.

While Reuben was away the brothers sold Joseph to be a slave.

The brothers dipped the coat in blood and showed it their father.

Jacob was very very sad.

Potiphar, an officer in Pharaoh's army bought Joseph.

Joe was so successful, Pharaoh put him in charge of everything he had.

Potiphar's wife tried to get Joseph to lie with her, but he would not. He had

to jump out of his shirt to get away.

Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's shirt and told her husband a false version of what really happened, so he put Joseph in jail with Pharaoh's prisoners.

While in jail, Joseph gained a reputation for explaining dreams.Pharaoh started having very strange dreams: 7 skinny cows ate 7 fat ones, but stayed skinny -7 skinny ears of corn ate 7 fat ones but stayed skinny. The dreams made him upset.

No one could interpret the dream to Pharaoh, so Joseph was summoned to try to explain the dreams.

Joseph said that 7 years of famine and drought would follow the next 7 years of plenty. Joseph advised storing away food for the 7 good years to save people in the 7 bad years.

Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph's explanation that he put him in charge of all of Egypt.

When the 7 years of famine came, the Egyptians were in good shape, but Jacob and Joseph's brothers were starving in Canaan.

Jacob sent all his sons except Benjamin to Egypt to buy food.

Joseph recognized his brothers right away, but they had no idea who he was.

Joseph pretended he thought they were spies and when he sold them food he made hi brother Simeon stay behind in Egypt. He told his brothers not to ever come back without Benjamin, the youngest.

Jacob thought he would never let Benjamin go after losing Joseph and Benjamin, but finally because they were all so hungry, he let them all go back.

Joseph gave them food, but he planted his silver cup in Benjamin's sack. He accused Benjamin of stealing it and said Benjamin must be his slave.

When the brothers defended Benjamin and Judah offered to be a slave instead of Benjamin, Joseph knew his brothers loved their father and Benjamin. He knew they had improved a lot.

Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers and told them not to be angry with themselves for what they had done, since by coming to Egypt, Joseph had saved them all from starving.

Pharaoh invited Jacob and all of Joesph's brothers and their families to come to Egypt and live as Egypt's guests in honour of Joseph who had saved them all.

10 Commandments - positive / negative keywords

10 commandments.. what does each one mean
http://www.allabouttruth.org/10-commandments.htm
Where are they found?
Who gave them?
Why were they helpful?
How can we use them today?
Point out a school, neighbourhood or world situation where they would benefit.

Restate it with one or two words:
Positive // Negative

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

Who am I?

Bell Ringer: “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.

Who Am I?

For each of the characters create a question that brings out part of their story.

Noah G V
Samuel E V
David K E
Sarah N
Mary (mother of Jesus) E
Lazarus B
Joseph E D
Moses E Hg
Eve Hg
Martha E
Solomon K HG
Daniel E
Ruth E G
Abraham E HG
Jacob N
Nebuchadnezzar K D
Adam D G HG M
Jonah M HG
Nehemiah E
Elijah R HG
Saul K

Categories:

M/F

Old/ New Testament
Jew / Gentile
Raised the dead/Been raised
Underwent a name change
Made a big mistake
Transformation -- personal
King
Does the Bible describe God talking to them

DReams
Hear God as a voice
good Example

BUilt something

Faced danger