Week 6

GENESIS 8:13-18

13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.

15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”

18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.

GENESIS 9:11-17

11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

SYNOPSIS

• Noah had been on the ark for many days
• After the earth is dry, God instructs Noah to step off the ark
• Noah is asked to bring out every creature on the ark in order to repopulate the earth
• God creates a covenant with Noah and all people that He will never again destroy the earth by flood
• The rainbow is a sign of this covenant 

TALKING POINTS

• Had never rained on the earth before
• What is is like first stepping off the boat?
• What does Noah do? What would you do?
• How do you feel about solitude?
• Flooding of the earth can be thought of as wiping the slate clean, new beginnings
• Are you in the rain or on dry land?
• You have to build your own boat for your rainy days
• How?
• Who's with you in the boat?
• What is your rainbow?
• What is your role when standing in the rain?
• What is your role when on dry land?
• CELEBRATE
• Serve as a light for those in the rain
• Stand with those in the rain, offer an umbrella
• God makes this promise to all people
• God keeps His promises
• Promised to those who don't even acknowledge him
• The rain will come but the rain will end

MUFFIN OF THE WEEK

PINEAPPLE COCONUT BANANA

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped, drained, canned pineapple
• 2 bananas, mashed

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F. Prepare pan with paper muffin liners and grease. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together butter, sour cream, egg, and vanilla. Slowly stir butter mixture into flour. Fold in coconut, pineapple, and bananas. Using an ice cream scoop, fill muffin tin 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.