We can learn godly (and some ungodly) ways of thinking from the interesting lives of God’s people in the Old Testament. Look at the ATTITUDES listed below that were shown by different Old Testament people. Then read the Bible verses with your parents or siblings to figure out the correct answer to each statement needing completion.

FAITH (Exodus 13:8, 14:21-31)

1. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and across the:

a. Mississippi River.

b. Red Sea.

c. River Jordan.

DISOBEDIENCE (Jonah 1:1-17)

2. Jonah didn’t want to go to Nineveh to preach to the people there, so he hopped onto a boat going the opposite direction. When God caused a big storm at sea, the men found out it was Jonah’s fault, so they:

a. Made Jonah repent.

b. Made Jonah write on the ship’s deck 100 times, “I will never run from God ever again.”

c. Threw Jonah into the sea, and the storm stopped.

COVETOUSNESS (1 Kings 21:1-16)

3. King Ahab whined and cried to his wife, Jezebel, that he wanted to buy Naboth’s vineyard, but Naboth wasn’t interested in selling it, so Jezebel:

a. Had Naboth falsely accused of blasphemy against God, and then stoned.

b. Yelled at Ahab for acting like a baby.

c. Realized it was wrong to covet someone else’s possession and did nothing.

KINDNESS (Joshua 2:12-21)

4. Rahab helped the two spies sent by Joshua to get out of Jericho by letting them out her window and down the city wall using a:

a. Thick wire.

b. Scarlet cord.

c. Bungee rope.

FEARFULNESS (1 Samuel 17:1-24)

5. The Philistine giant Goliath challenged the armies of Israel to send one man to fight him. The losing side would serve the other. What did King Saul and his men think about this challenge?

a. They laughed. “Piece of cake,” they said.

b. Brave men lined up and argued over who would be first.

c. They were afraid.

TRUST IN GOD (1 Samuel 17:32-37)

6. The boy David told King Saul that he would fight Goliath and not fear because:

a. David had been lifting weights and was very strong.

b. David had killed a lion and a bear that had threatened his flock of sheep.

c. David trusted God to help him defeat the giant.

HUMILITY (1 Samuel 17:38-51)

7. The weapon David chose to kill Goliath was:

a. The armor and spear of King Saul.

b. His trusty sling shot and stones.

c. His bare hands.

ARROGANCE (Genesis 11:1-9)

8. Years after Noah’s flood, everyone spoke one language. The people decided to make bricks to build a city and a tower to reach heaven, to “make a name for themselves.” What happened?

a. The Lord came down to stop them by giving each group a different language. The work stopped, and the people scattered all over the earth.

b. The people completed the tower and celebrated, but God destroyed the tower.

c. The people stopped working on the tower because they couldn’t stand working in the hot weather.