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Race to the Finish

January 20th, 2020

Bible Trivia Quiz for Fun (don't worry if you don't know the answers)

1. First color mentioned in the Bible? Green 
2. Name OT book in the Bible that contain only one chapter. Obadiah 
3. Name 4 books in the Bible that contain only one chapter - Philemon, 2 & 3 John and Jude
4. What two men in the Bible never died? Enoch and Elijah
5. Sabbath means? "Stop"
6. Manna means? "what is it"
7. What type of insect did John the Baptist eat in the desert?  Locusts
8. After Jesus fed 5,000+ people with two fish and five loaves of bread, how many baskets were left over? 12
9. Who asked Pilate for Jesus’ body after the crucifixion? Joseph of Arimathea
10. Paul was shipwrecked on what island? Malta
11. What did Paul do for a living? Tentmaker
12. Which gospel never mentions the Sadducees? John
13. Which gospel never mentions a parables? John
14. How many times in the Bible did Jesus said "I love you" - zero (showed it)
15. Woman most mentioned in the Bible? Sarah/Rachel 
16. What book of the Bible does not mention God? Esther
17. Who wrote the most words in the NT? Luke
18. How many kings came to Jesus birth? unknown
19. Who was first apostle martyred?  James 
20. Who built the first altar in the Bible? Noah

Tiebreakers

31,102 verses and 1189 chapters
Methuselah was the oldest man at 969 yrs old
Most used word: "the"

Hope you had some fun with this. It is not fun going into a serious competition without some training like a race...

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Running in a race this weekend - Groundhog Run. I am always reminded of lessons I can relate to our spiritual race:

Race training takes discpline
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 

• Stirct training, what does that mean for you in your spiritual walk?
• Purposeful - what does look like? you look like strange otherwise running aimlessly - walking into a spider web, starting a race and going to get ice cream instead
• Crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever - how much more should we be training?
• Show metals from races - fun to look at but they meaningless compared to a crown that will last forever

Starting the racing takes perpective

Galatians 6:1-5

What instructions here can be applied to running a spiritual race?

• Humility, it can be painful
• Takes others, not just about you - running partner helps
• Comparing is a path of no joy - can be humbled by someone passing you; can become prideful if you pass someone

Finishing the race takes perservere
Hebrews 12:1-3

• We have those times where our walk with God does not go as planned
• As so with my run, biggest mistake is starting to fast. 
• How can we get off track in our spritual race?
• How do we recover from it?
• Jesus never got off track but he preserve through his trials to gain the crown/finish the race