Tue, Jan 3 - Memory Quiz 6a Prep

Next Quiz/Test: Friday = Memory Quiz 6a: Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV, 1984)

Handouts: Unit 6 Handout

Reminders:
- Service Hours: These are due April 16, but please get them done early!
- Devotion 3: This is due Jan 10, See RenWeb for further details.

Instructional Time: Unit 6: Laws, Blessings, & Numbers! (Leviticus 23-27 & Numbers)
Journal 6-2: Open your Unit Handout to page 25
- Work on Questions 1-5
- - Typo: When it says Genesis 26:1-1 it should say Genesis 26:1-10
- - Chaff: The skin of a seed, a worthless part that you can’t do anything with.
- Save the other questions and the bottom section for later
- Work on page 27 if you have more time!

A Story of Peer Pressure:
- See your handout, pg 25
- Break into a groups of 4-6
- - Together, re-read through Psalm 1:1-6
- - Then read through the bottom section, “A Story of Peer Pressure”
- - Then, as a group, discuss how you would answer the reflection questions at the bottom

Psalm 1:1-3 Discussion:
- What do you think it means to avoid walking, standing, & sitting with these people?
- - To avoid focusing and spending a lot of your time with people who do bad things, they may cause you to do it, too!
- What do you think it means to delight & meditate ‘in the law of the Lord’?
- - Instead of spending time with the wrong people, we are supposed to try and spend time getting to know God better!
- - Be delighting in His word, we'll enjoy reading it and thinking about what it means
- - To meditate on it means to consider it's meaning and how it can change your life or your way of thinking.
- Why is it important that he emphasized ‘day & night’?
- - We are supposed to meditate on and delight in the Word of God all the time!
- - This isn't just something to do on Sundays or in Bible class.

Memory Verse Quiz Prep:
- Your Verses: Psalm 1:1-3
- Your Questions: Based upon class discussion & your personal reflection of these verses, use complete sentences & your own words to specifically answer:
- - In your own words, summarize the general idea of the three things this Psalm encourages us to avoid. (1 point)
- - - It encourages us to avoid spending time with people who are going to cause us to do wrong things; to avoid people who usually make choices.
- - - I shared an example from when I was a child--my dad gave me some sound advice, he told me to choose my friends carefully, because they will determine who I become!
- - In your own words, describe the better choice, seen in v2. Then give an example of how Jr. Highers can do this. (2 points)
- - - The better choice is to 'delight in' and 'meditate on' the Word of God.
- - - This means that we should try to 'spend time with God' through knowing His Word more. We could also do such things as go to church and Bible Studies.
- - - Just like how we become like the people we spend most our time around, we will also become more like God if we spend most of our time trying to get to know Him better!
- - Give a Jr. High example of the result of this better choice. (1 point)
- - - If we make this better choice, Psalm 1:3 says that we will prosper.
- - - I want you to think of some ways that we could be more prosperous by... (A) Choosing not to spend time with people who lead us the wrong way, & (B) Choosing instead to spend time getting to know God better through His Word.