Second Semester Goals.

Goal 1:  I want to represent God much better. 

• To do this, I need to be able to reject temptations to sin.
• I must gain a deeper understanding of the Bible to represent God better.

Goal 2:  I want to be exempt from some of my exams

• To accomplish this, I need to focus harder on my classes.
• I need to be more organized to stay on top of my work.
• I need to make more time to study for tests and quizzes.

Goal 3:  I want to get my list of colleges narrowed down.

• To do this I need to spend time visiting colleges to narrow down my list.
• I need to figure out what I want in schools so I know what to look for.

The Story of Jonah

                In the story of Jonah, God tells Jonah to go to the great city of Ninevah to preach.  Jonah then goes in the opposite direction towards Tarshish.  While on the boat on the way, a huge storm hits.  Everyone on the boat begins to pray to their God, except Jonah.  Jonah is then thrown out of the boat.  He then is swallowed by a giant fish.  While inside the fish, Jonah calls out to God, but does not admit his own sin.  Instead, he basically blames God for his own doing.  After God sparred Jonah by having the fish vomit him out at Ninevah, God then again commands Jonah to preach to Ninevah.  Jonah obeys this time.  The city repents but Jonah himself becomes bitter

Creation.

The first two chapters of Genesis are about the story of Creation.  In the beginning, the Earth was a formless void with darkness covered everything.  In six days, God created the entire world.  He began with saying “Let there be light.”  When he said this, light shone over the Earth.  After that, God created the sky, creating night and day, the second day.  God created man, all animals and creatures on Earth.  God created woman by taking a rib from man.  God brought woman to man.  God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27)  Everything God created happened from the words he spoke.

How should God's story impact our daily lives?

                How should God’s story impact our daily lives?  God’s story impacts our lives in many ways.  If you have a good understanding of God’s story, your life should be lived for him and to glorify him.  You should live for God, and when either good or bad things happen in your life, you should give the thanks to God.  You should try to be the best Christian you can be every day because God’s only son gave his life so that we could live ours.  God’s story should lead a person to be a good person and attempt to do the right thing with everything they do.   

The Bible.

The Bible.  The age long story of God, the creation of the world, and Jesus Christ.  The Bible begins with the book of Genesis, telling how the world was created.  The book begins with God creating the universe.  God says “Lets there be light” and it is so.  He then creates night and day.  He also creates human beings, a man and a woman named Adam and Eve.  The Bible repeatedly states that as God creates, he sees everything is “good”, including when he saw everything he made, and thought it was “very good”.  Also, in Genesis, first sin was committed.  God had told both Adam and Eve that the could eat from any tree, except the one in the middle of the garden.  Adam and Eve obeyed the rule, until the serpent, which was also Satan, told them that the reason God did not want them to eat from that tree was because if they did, “their eyes would be opened, and they would be like God, knowing good and evil”.  After hearing this, both Adam and Eve eat from the tree.  When this happens, they both appear naked.  God then comes in and when he asks what happened, Eve replies, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate”.  When he hears this, God curses all animals. 

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