The Encourager. December 10, Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm. Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am

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1 The Encourager Church of Christ 140 West 15th Street Front Royal Virginia FrontRoyalChurchofChrist.com SimpleBibleLessons.com We Welcome Our Guest! We are so glad you ve come for worship today! Our prayer is you will be blessed by your time with us. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have concerning our worship. December 10, 2017 Sunday Service s Bible class 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am Afternoon 2:00 pm Tuesday Ladies Class 11:00 am Wednesday Service 7:00 pm Personal Bible Study SimpleBibleLessons.com Online Correspondence In Home RSW Jail Ministry Correspondence 2nd & 4th In House Food Pantry By Appointment Minister John Stephen Smith ministerfrcoc@gmail.com

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4 The Cracked Acorn Getting Started December 10, 2017 c.r. van arsdall Getting Started for Dummies should be added to the list of the available Dummy books. It is the hardest thing under the sun to "get started" with that New Year's list of things you vowed to do in Volkswagen Beetle Repair for the Complete Idiot helped me get started into fixing my Bug. A search of the internet list books, consultants, and companies will guarantee a "getting started" approach to your dream job or to put you on the road to satisfying accomplishments. My father once in the dead of winter could not get the car started. The oil was too stiff. He actually started a fire under the oil pan. I forgot if it worked but learned if you "lit a fire" under anything it was bound to produce immediate results. Credit card companies seem to do well at getting plenty of people to use credit. Automobile companies are able to sell the latest loaded luxury cars. Those in the consulting business will say you need the right mood, the proper office furniture, the correct working temperature and the latest computer. If this does not work, there are classes available to ease you into the right mental atmosphere to get going. Familiar surroundings, music, a quiet room, the proper lightening are part of the list of aides to get you shoe horned into the fast lane to "getting started." How did people of a hundred years ago accomplish anything. We have eclipsed the past few generations with all kinds of inventions to give us more time to "get started". In the past 5 years, the sale of sleeping pills has gone up 60%. I imagined more of our citizens can't sleep because they are staying awake wondering how they are going to "get started" with the rest of their lives. Where we worshipped years ago, there was a need for more song leaders. We had men who had the desire to lead songs but could not "get started." I volunteered to teach a class on "getting started at song leading." We met for less than 30 minutes before Sunday night worship and practiced on simple ways to get up and start the congregation into singing. It bore fruit with one man who was "lit on fire" to lead singing. Consider these Scriptures: "Call upon Me in the day of trouble" (Psalm 50:15). "You shall seek and shall find Me" (Jeremiah 29:13). "Near is the Lord unto all that call upon Him in truth" (Psalm 145:18). Would you join this company? We remain competitive by paying less. We are a fast paced company, we have no time to train you. We don't pay enough for you to dress well. On your first day, you'll be six months behind schedule. Some overtime is required each day and on the weekends. Anyone in the office can boss you around. We need someone with a wide range of experience to replace the three people who just left. Remember, you're walking into a company in perpetual chaos. Positions for old, and ugly have been filled. (from the LAUGH LINE)

5 Serving Today Bill Adams Art Candenquist Bob Baleskie Peter Diaz Song Service Eugene Tewalt am David Born pm Scripture Reading Art Candenquist Mark Your Calendar s & Check Bulletin Boards December 17 Holiday Fellowship Meal Collection for: Holiday Baskets Linda Sullivan Eddie & Marian David & Brenda 22 Mark Derflinger Joel & Janet Remember our change in evening service from 6:00 pm. to 2:00 pm. Starts today!! Dining room is available for all wanting to bring your own meal. If you wish to contribute, please give your contribution to Eugene or mark it and drop in contribution tray. If you have any families who need help, please give information to Juanita or Deborah. We need to know number of people and ages of children. Relay for Life: Recyclables in blue tote in main foyer. Plastic cola caps, tabs, ink cartridges, aluminum cans. Anyone wanting to donate to the South Pacific missionary, Robert Martin, mark check and place in contribution tray or give money to Eugene.

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7 BSGFAA Lesson 176 AHIJAH 1 Kings 13 Jeroboam s Doom Prophesied Bible Quiz: 1. In prayer Jacob said that when leaving Canaan, he had crossed the Jordan with only and on his return, he had become two. Genesis 32:10 2. How did Esau greet Jacob? How did Jacob greet Esau? Genesis 33: Who, according to Daniel s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar s dream, would set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed? Daniel 2:44 4. Because Solomon was unfaithful to God, God told him He would give all but one tribe to Solomon s. Why did God say He would give one tribe to Solomon s son? 1 Kings 11:13 5. Yes or no Did the preacher (Solomon) say the eye is satisfied with seeing? Ecclesiastes 1:8 6. Yes or no Is there a time for everything? Ecclesiastes 3: What is a proverb? Proverbs 1:1; 25:1; 30:1; 31:1 A book of wise sayings concerning moral and religious truth as applied to life. According to the Dictionary: 1. Kingdom had lasted united 120 years, Saul ruled 40 years Acts 13:21, David 40 years 2 Samuel 5:4, and Solomon 40 years 1 Kings 11:42. After Solomon, the kingdom was divided about 950 B.C. Israel, the 10 northern tribes, lasted about 200 years and was destroyed by Assyria, Judah, the two southern tribes of Judah and Benjamin, lasted about 300 years and was destroyed by Babylon. 2. Priest from the tribe of Levi, Genesis 35:23; Exodus 4:14 From the family of Aaron, Exodus 28:1; 29:9 they was the ones who served God, offered sacrifices, taught the Law, and cared for the tabernacle and later the temple. 3. Prophet was chosen by God to give his message to the people Questions: 1. What would be the fate of Jeroboam according to the prophet of God from Judah? What was the sign which proved the prophet s words? 1 Kings 13:2-3, 5 2. Why would the prophet of God not eat and drink with Jeroboam? 1 Kings 13: The man from Bethel who lied to the prophet from Judah was (a) a prophet, (b) a king, (c) a judge, or (d) a 4. Describe the lie which the prophet from Bethel told the prophet from Judah. 1 Kings 13:15, What did the Lord say would be the punishment of the prophet from Judah for not obeying? 1 Kings 13: How did the prophet from Judah die? Who buried him? Where? 1 Kings 13:24, What did the prophet of Bethel say concerning the prophecies against the alter in Bethel and against the high places which the prophet of Judah had made? 1 Kings 13:32 Application on prayer for others 1 Kings 13:6

8 BSGFAA Lesson 177 AHIJAH 1 Kings 14 Bible Quiz: Prophecy of Jeroboam/ Treasures of Jerusalem Stolen 1. On his return to Canaan, did his family posses foreign gods? Genesis 35:2, 4 2. What did Nebuchadnezzar build on the plain of Dura? Daniel 3:1 3. How many men did King Nebuchadnezzar see in the fiery furnace? Daniel 3:25 4. What was the preacher s (Solomon) said all is Ecclesiastes 1:2 5. According to Solomon is anything new? Ecclesiastes 1: The writer of Proverbs said, is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7 7. Rehoboam followed the counsel of (a) the elders, (b) the young men. 1 Kings 12:8, Rehoboam, Solomon s son, reigned only over the tribe of. 1 Kings 12:17 9. What would be the fate of Jeroboam according to the prophet of God from Judah? What was the sign that proved the prophet s words? 1 Kings 13:2-3,5 10. What did the Lord say would be the punishment of the prophet from Judah for not obeying? 1 Kings 13:20-22 Additional Scriptures: 1. Doing God s will-luke 6:46-49; John 12: Prophet Ahijah told Jeroboam he would be king. 1 Kings 11: All Jeroboam s sons were killed by Baasha, king of Israel. 1 King 15: Israel was scattered beyond the Euphrates River by Assyria 2 Kings 15: 29 Questions: 1. Why did Jeroboam send his wife to Shiloh to the prophet? Why did he have her disguise herself? 1 Kings 14: Even though the prophet Ahijah was blind, how did he know that the wife of Jeroboam was approaching him? 1 Kings 14: When according to the prophet Ahijah, would the sick son of Jeroboam die? 1 Kings 14:12, Why did Ahijah tell Jeroboam s wife that all Jeroboam s sons would be killed? 1 Kings 14: Because Israel had not followed God, Ahijah told Jeroboam s wife that the people would be scattered beyond the (a) Nile River, (b) Jordan River, (c) Euphrates River, or (d) Tigris River. 1 Kings 14:15 6. When Rehoboam was king in Judah, the people (a) followed only God s ways or (b) followed after false gods. 1 Kings 14: What happened to the shields of gold, which Solomon had made during the reign of Rehoboam in Judah? 1 Kings 14:25-26 Application: on following God s will 1 Kings 14:8b