Tue, Jan 17 - Jonah Continued

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 6 Test! Study guide is already posted.
- You have until Friday, 1/20, to retake Memory Quiz 6a

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Hours: There are three things to turn in for this on April 16: Essay, Record Form, Comm. Service Evaluation Form

Instructional Time: Unit 6: Elijah & Jonah (1 Kings 17-22 & Jonah)
Journal 6-9: Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in which we celebrate a key movement in our nation that brought about right justice and equality in our country.
- Read the following verses, then reflect on the Qs below: Deuteronomy 10:17-19, Deuteronomy 24:19-21, Proverbs 31:8-9, Isaiah 1:17, & James 1:27
- What do these verses teach about our role in caring for those who are most vulnerable to be treated without justice and equality?
- - You can see that God cares for those who are in great need (foreigners, widows, orphans, the poor, etc...), see Psalm 146:7-10 to see His heart on this!
- - In Deuteronomy 24 it explains their thing that is similar to modern 'soup kitchens;' when a farmer went through his field & harvested the grain--they were supposed to leave some back for the widows, foreigners, & orphans to pick up. That way those who had no steady job could still have food!
- - Prov 31:8 & Isaiah 1:17 point out how we're supposed to speak up for and defend the afflicted & needy, such as widows & orphans.
- - Therefore, He calls us to live out our religion by caring for those in need!
- Give two examples of how you can do this: Various answers given by students
- Extra time? Read & reflect on Psalm 146:7-10

After this we finished this discussion from Thursday's notes:
- 1 Kings’ Conclusion: 1 Kings 22

Jonah: A Review of our Introduction (See your Unit Handout, p28)
- Location in Bible? Minor Prophets
- The Characters? Jonah, Fish, God, The Sailors, The Ninevites (Remember that Israel viewed these as 'scum;' they hated them!)
- Setting? Joppa, Israel; The Mediterranean Sea; Nineveh, Assyria

Jonah Handout 1:
- For the next 20 minutes…
- In groups of 1-4,
- - Read through Jonah &
- - Answer Unit Handout 1, “What Did the Lord Do”
- - There should be one thing for every box.
- - - Look for things specific things this book says that God sends, appoints, or causes

Jonah Handout 1: What did the LORD do?
- 1:1) Came to Jonah & spoke
- 1:4, 15) Sent a great wind (made it grow calm)
- 1:17) Provided a great fish to swallow Jonah
- 2:6) Brought Jonah’s life out of the pit
- 2:10) Commanded the fish
- 3:1) Sent His word to Jonah
- 3:10) Had compassion on Nineveh, not bringing destruction
- 4:4) Replied to Jonah
- 4:6) Provided a vine, made it grow over Jonah
- 4:7) Provided a worm to eat the vine
- 4:8) Provided a scorching east wind
- 4:9, 10-11) Spoke to Jonah