Banana Nut Bread

This banana nut bread recipe is delicious. My family loves it. 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3-4 very ripe bananas (mashed up)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Stir in the eggs, 1 at a time mixing well each time. 
4. Stir in vanilla and bananas.
5. Stir in salt and baking powder.
6. Stir in flour.
7. Fold in the nuts. 
8. Pour into baking pan and bake for 1hr or until a case knife comes out clean. 

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Essential 7th grade Science Topics

The 7th grade science student:

• Continues exploring the skeletal and muscular systems, different types of viruses, bacteria, algae, and fungi. 
• Studies characteristics of 
• birds
• mammals
• botany - the needs, conducting, and reproductive systems of plants.  
• Learns about simple and complex invertebrate animals
• the structure and characteristics of vertebrates, embryos, inherited traits, gene functions, and alterations
• Studies ecology
• balance and cycles of nature 
• biomes 
• effects of water and air pollution
• how pollution can be controlled
• Increases vocabulary with the introduction of new words 

Resources:

• https://allinonehomeschool.com/science-year-1/
• https://allinonehomeschool.com/zoology/
• https://www.athomemiddleschool.com/science7
• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ms-biology
• https://emedia.uen.org/courses/utah-oer-textbooks-7th-grade-seed/
• https://freedomhomeschooling.com/science-websites-for-homeschoolers/
• https://freedomhomeschooling.com/free-science-unit-studies-and-lesson-plans/
• https://freedomhomeschooling.com/virtual-science-labs-and-dissections/
• https://freedomhomeschooling.com/virtual-field-trips/

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Understanding the Resurrection of the Dead

 How Are the Dead Raised Up? What body are they raised up with? The answers to these questions can be found in 1 Corinthians 15:35, 42-58.

Body is Sown:

• in corruption
• in dishonor
• in weakness
• a natural body

First Adam:

• a living being
• was of the earth
• made of dust
• we have borne the image of the man of dust
• flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
• was of the earth
• made of dust
• we have borne the image of the man of dust
• flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God

Body is Raised:

• in incorruption
• in glory
• in power
• a spiritual body

Last Adam (Christ)

• life-giving spirit
• the Lord from heaven
• we shall bear the image of the heavenly man
• incorruption will inherit the kingdom of God

We Shall all be changed:

• in a moment
• in a twinkling of an eye
• at the last trumpet sound
• the dead will be raised incorruptible
• all in Christ will be changed
• corruptible must put on incorruptible
• mortal must put on immortality
• death will have not sting!
• Hades will have no victory!

What about Those Who have fallen Asleep? See 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

The Day of the Lord: (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)

• will come as a thief in the night
• sudden destruction shall come upon those in darkness; they shall not escape
• will not overtake the sons of light; the sons of the day
• God did not appoint us to wrath
• God appointed us to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ
• whether we wake or sleep, we shall live together with Christ

Therefore: 

• 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

The Judgement seat of Christ

• 2 Corinthians 5:6-11 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
• Romans 14:7-13 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
• Hebrews 4:12-13 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

The Marriage of the Lamb

• John 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
• Revelation 19:6-8 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

The Praise of Heaven

• Revelation 11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
• Revelation 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

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Baptism by the Holy Spirit Explained

Believers To Be Baptized With The Holy Spirit
Acts 1:4-5 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

Believers To Receive Power By The Holy Spirit To Witness
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Believers Filled With The Holy Spirit And Spoke With Other Tongues
Acts 2:1-4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Old Testament Prophecy; New Testament Fulfillment
Joel 2:28-29: Acts 2:14-18 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: and it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh: your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

Who Is the Holy Spirit?
The Spirit of God - The Three in One- The Eternal Godhead - The Power of the Highest
Seen in the Fruit of the Spirit - Spiritual Gifts- Dove, Wind, Fire, Rain, Oil, Water, River

Functions of the Holy Spirit
Salvation (Titus 3:4-7)
by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit
Seals (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Holy Spirit of Promise - the guarantee of our inheritance
Temple (1 Corinthians 6:19)
the body is now the temple of the Holy Spirit - where He dwells
Bears Witness (Romans 8:14-17)
the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God
Empowers (Acts 1:8)
believers get power to witness
Teaches, Guides, Reveals, Comforts, Convicts, Glorifies Jesus (John 14-16)

Functions of Believers
is to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18b)
is not to grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30)
is not to quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5: 19)
is to pray in the Holy Spirit (Jude 1:20)
is to abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13)
is to have communion/fellowship with the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 13:14)

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The Ascension

The Resurrection

• Jesus taught His disciples that He must suffer many things, be rejected, be killed but on the third day He would rise again! (the gospels)

The Empty Tomb

• Jesus is alive!
• He is risen!

Appearances Of Jesus After His Resurrection

• Jesus appears to the women first! (Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of James, Salome, Joanna and other women not named)
• Jesus appeared to Peter
• Jesus appears to His disciples several times
• Jesus walks with two believers on the Road to Emmaus (Cleopas; the other believer's name not mentioned)
• Jesus appears to a group of five hundred at one time
• Jesus appears to James
• Jesus appears to all the apostles including Paul

The Forty Days Before His Ascension (Acts 1:2-8)

• Jesus gave commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen
• Jesus presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs
• Jesus spoke to them of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God
• Jesus commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the Promise of the Father - to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, to receive power to be His witnesses in the earth.

The Ascension

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven. (Acts 1:9-l1)

The Throne of Grace (Hebrews 4, 7, 8, 12)

• Jesus is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God
• Jesus as our High Priest ever lives to make intercession for us
• Jesus as our High Priest sympathizes with our weakness
• we can come boldly to the throne of Grace to obtain mercy
• we can come boldly to find grace to help in time of need

The Love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:34-35, 37-39)

Nothing can separate us from the love of God- we are more than conquerors!

• not tribulation
• not sword
• nor things present
• not distress
• neither death
• nor things to come
• not persecution
• nor life
• nor height
• not famine
• nor angels
• nor depth
• not nakedness
• nor principalities
• not peril
• nor any other created thing
• nor powers

Behold, He is coming with clouds and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:7-8)

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Reviewing Bible Topics through Playing Cards

A Deck of Cards

It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.

The young soldier knew it was Sunday. As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

Just then an army sergeant came in and said, "Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?"The soldier replied, "I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord."

The sergeant said, "Looks to me like you're going to play cards." The soldier said, "No, sir. You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards."

The sergeant asked in disbelief, "How will you do that?" "You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one God. 

The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.

The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.

The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The Five is for the five virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified.

The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.

The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.

The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives - the eight people God spared from the flood that destroyed the Earth.

The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.

The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.

The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.

The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.

The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.

When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.

There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.

The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

Each suit has thirteen cards - there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.

Therefore, when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for."

The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, "Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?"

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Tuna Dip for a Crowd

Tuna Dip for a Crowd

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs, boiled, peeled, and sliced
• 4 cans water packed tuna; drained
• 2 packs of cream cheese, softened
• Juice of 2 lemons 
• l cup onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups salad dressing
• Seasonings to taste; salt, pepper, Tabasco, garlic salt, and paprika

Directions:

1. Mix first five ingredients together.
2. Add salad dressing and seasonings.
3. Serve with crackers or raw vegetables.

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