Hi guys!
So, we already know how exciting Acts it getting, right? The adventures, the traveling, the friendships, the betrayal, the conversion, i mean this is big stuff! So i'm going to begin at the beginning (big surprise), and go over the stories that the author-who is never really mentioned-wrote down for us. Chapter 1, section 1 (using the NIV 2011 version;specifically used in Nazarene teen Bible quizzing.) 1:1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 1:3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 1:4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 1:5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 1:6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 1:7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 1:9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. 1:10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” There are two memory verses to memorize in this section, 1:4-5, and 1:8. if you don't know them, i would encourage you to. I will be posting some helpful hints to memorize verses soon, but try to do it on your own as well. You will be amazed at how much faster you will get at memorizing, as your memory muscle strengthens. Anyway, the author of Acts is telling us about when Jesus went back up to Heaven after spending the forty days with the Apostles-later in chapter 10, it refers to Jesus being seen by those whom God had already chosen-by us (meaning the apostles, because Peter is speaking) who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead-and teaching them about the kingdom of God and sent them off to be His witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth. After he is taken up, and they are still watching for Him, two angels-two men dressed in white- appear to them, and tell them pretty much not to worry, and that Jesus will come back down, in the same way they had seen Him go up. This is really a solid and simple and exciting way to start off the book of Acts and the quizzing season. I'd like to challenge you to do something every time you read one of these 'Epic story' posts, so for this one, here it is. Challenge: Read the section three times, out loud with an English accent. (It's harder than it looks.) I hope that helped you get into God's word some more today,Thanks for reading. Keep calm and quiz on (and out) -Your fellow quizzer
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We've all been in that mood when we're fighting our lazy selves, and our quizzing self. Without a doubt, being a good quizzer takes studying, and besides jumping and good judgement and logic, it's the only thing. So, it's good to stay stocked with different ways to study, so that it keeps your interest. So here are a few ideas that i have collected from my coach, quiz products, friends, pinterest, ext..
Well i hope that helps you get studying! Thanks for reading. Keep calm and quiz on (and out) -Your fellow quizzer Hi guys, me again!
So, we all know that there's usually that one (or those few) quizzers around who seem to get out of the round before question six, almost without fail, right? You've probably also noticed that there are three other groups that seem just as strange. There are those who just come to hangout, then those who jump once or twice, those who know it but just can't get off their seat fast enough, and then, there are those few quizzers that can be in multiple groups during the year-but they just are not consistent at all. These are the five different groups that i'm going to be talking about in this post, and what to do, for which one you're in. 1. The quizzers that get out of the round without fail- These guys are really into quizzing. They probably spend at least ten hours a week studying and practicing, and they even study after they get out of the round. Crazy, right? Well, not really. These guys usually have good support from their family and friends (Sometimes their family actually leads or helps with their team practices, or more.), they're absolutely completely committed to quizzing, and they live and breath Acts and jumpseats - it's always in the front of their mind (or just a little behind.) If you're one of these guys (congratulations on your success!), here's a couple things to keep in mind; don't burn yourself out. The absolute worst thing that can happen in studying for a quiz, is studying too much. Listen to what I'm saying - don't take this as an excuse not to study. I'm just saying that if you study too much, then one of two things can happen - you could literally get sick (from reading too long-speaking from personal experience from about a year ago last week), or you could get emotionally sick of quizzing completely, to where you never want to set eyes on your scripture portion again. And just in case you hadn't noticed - that's not good. Because it's the Bible - you need to read it. So, to avoid this, take breaks and pace yourself - it's as simple as that. 2. The quizzers who just come to hangout- If you're one of these, you probably don't really care about quizzing all that much, right? If you think that quizzing could benefit you, to start you can just open your quiz portion and read for like ten minutes. That's it, ten minutes a day. This will make quizzing a heck of a lot more fun, and if you let it, it can change your life. 3. The quizzers that jump once or twice- You probably study right before practices, you are really busy, or you just don't really enjoy quizzing all that much anyway, so what's the point of throwing hours upon hours of studying in. Well, find something - really try - you really like about quizzing, and build on that. For example, if you really like being the first one off the seat, but it's hard for you to get the right answer, then just try studying for fifteen minutes more each day. Or, if you like studying God's word, and are interested in the stories in Acts, then maybe ask your coach for some sets of questions to practice with at home. It's really hard, sometimes, to read the scripture, thinking about using the knowledge you're absorbing on the jumpseats in that format. For a start, try going verse by verse, just coming up with as many questions out of that verse as you can. It'll take a long time, but just do like five or ten verses a day, and you'll be able to see yourself get better at it if you're really trying. Try putting up some motivational quotes in your bedroom-this is really for all of the groups. 4. The quizzers that know it but can't get off their seats- This is probably the most painful situation you can be in, concerning quizzing. You have to forcibly cover your mouth when someone else gets a jump you know to keep from just blurting out the answer, you feel cheated because you don't receive any credit for how much you're studying from your coach or team mates, and you are constantly fighting giving up. I live off of other people saying how i'm doing. If they say that they're noticing my falling behind, i step it up-most of the time higher than i ever had before. If they compliment me on how well i'm doing, then i'm filed with fuel to feed the fire of determination to be the best quizzer there is, and it blows up, and i study like never before. Really, the jumping part just takes practice. But, since you probably don't have jump seats available to you, you can use this method that will help you during a competitive quiz- while your studying with questions during the week, stop reading the question before it ends, and try to come up with the rest of the question to create an artificial pre-jump. (There's even some software that you can buy that will ask you questions-i use it almost everyday and it helps a lot. You can get it at Acmequiz.com - no, it's not acne, it's acme, as in the peak of a mountain. People who don't know about quizzing very much find the name humorous, and it is... until you've heard the same joke a thousand times.) 5. The inconsistent quizzer Your biggest problem is either jumping too fast for your knowledge, or jumping too slow. You don't really have a set pattern or routine for studying, or maybe for anything in your life. The best Thing that you can do for yourself, is to aim for a studying time in between the times that you put into it when you're really pumped and excited, and the time that you put into it when you're not really excited about quizzing at all. For a quick example, if you put in an hour a day of study when you're excited, and no time when you're not, then try to put in a half an hour into studying on a daily basis. Of course, it really depends on your life style, and the amount of free time you have, and how much you really have to commit to quizzing. Quizzing takes commitment. There's just no way around it. But, there's no other pleasure hobby that you could have that could help you years-maybe decades- down the road in such a large scaled way. One thing that i do, (and i'm a very organized person, so it might not help you if you're not.) but i make a graft beginning right after a quiz, that had a time scale on one side, and the day on the other. And, being honest, graft out the amount of time that you put into hard studying (Meaning that you're not doing anything else at the time. Soft studying is reading the book while your doing dishes or taking a shower or some other 'brain not engaged' task that is already part of your routine. It's good too, but a half an hour of that, amounts to about fifteen minutes or less of hard studying. don't get them mixed up.), Then, after the next quiz, calculate the average, and then set that as your daily goal (no less, and no more for your goal. if you feel like studying for hours more than your goal for a day, that's awesome! but make a goal that you can achieve. It's very disheartening to not reach your goal if you're trying really hard. Make it realistic at least.), and stick to it as much as possible. keep doing this throughout the year, and soon you'll have a pretty consistent schedule, and a pretty consistent outcome at the quizzes. Well, i hope that helped you some. I will post some more ideas for studying soon, but try to come up with some yourself. It really just matters what your life style is like, and what part of quizzing that you enjoy the most. build on that spark, and feed it, until it becomes a blazing fire for God's word, and for quizzing. Thank you for reading. Keep calm and quiz on (and out) -Your fellow quizzer Hi all, and welcome to my blog.
This is designed for Quizzers and coaches/officials in particular, but feel free to read on anyway. We will be discussing the season of 2014/2015, studying Acts, and quizzing in general. So far this season, I have memorized the first eleven chapters (only "jumping on the according to questions on the reference" ready on the first two chapters though.), and gotten fifth and forth place at the quizzes that i have been to this year. I am hoping on going to the Top Ten St. Louis invitational next month, but because of some personal problems, this might not come to pass. However, even if I do not, then I am still very excited for the quizzes coming up this January, and eventually the Regional tournament at SNU. This year, my goal is to get on the Regional A team to quiz with them in the national tournament that is in Kentucky this year. I am one of the top quizzers in my district now, yes. but last year, I didn't get out of the round one way or the other at least half of the time - I was scared of getting questions wrong, so I waited for a question that I knew. Now, I studied a lot, but not nearly as much as I do now. I study maybe ten times more than I did last year on average, I would think. I knew a lot of the answers, but now if I don't know an answer I feel guilty that I hadn't studied it, and then go back and study that section until I'm pretty sure that I wont ever miss the question again. Anyway, I am going to track and tell you how my studying goes, and what troubles I run into, and the ways that I fix them so that you can too, and different ways to study, as well as motivation to keep on studying when it gets hard. Just remember that, through all of the stress and hardship of moving forward, that at the end of the season, you're going to be pulling away a TON of information about the Bible that you didn't know before, and you will remember it, whether you like it or not, when you have problems later on. So thank you for reading, and stay tuned for all of that and more, coming up soon! :-) Keep calm, and quiz on (and out)! -Your fellow quizzer |
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