1. Faith in Biblical Characters
Student Handout
Faith in Biblical Characters

2. Who Am I?
I showed kindness to Mephibosheth, the crippled son of King Saul. 

3. DAVID

4. My husband was Mahlon
My son is Obed

5. Ruth

6. My uncle came after me when I was captured by 4 kings
I lived in Sodom

7. LOT

8. Moses’ sister
prophetess

9. Miriam

10. Son of Zebedee
Brother of John
Patron saint of Spain

11. James

12. What is faith?
How can we see faith in Biblical characters?

13. Read Hebrews 11
Focus on verse 2

14. The Assignment Choose a character from the Old or New Testament
You will do in-depth research to determine how faith has an effect on that person’s life
You will create a 2-sided Facts Card about your chosen Biblical character
Side 1: Artistic Side
Side 2: Information Side

15. Some Faith Heroes Genesis 15:6 New International Version (NIV)
 6 Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

16. Exodus 15:25-26
New International Version (NIV)
 25 Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
   There the LORD issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the dwill not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.”
 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

17. New International Version (NIV) Joshua 7:1 Achan’s Sin 1 But the Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted things[a]; Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri,[b] the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the LORD’s anger burned against Israel.

18. Habakkuk 2:4
New International Version (NIV)
 4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;    his desires are not upright—    but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness.

19. Isaiah 7:9
The Message (MSG)
 7-9But God, the Master, says,
   "It won't happen.    Nothing will come of it Because the capital of Aram is Damascus    and the king of Damascus is a mere man, Rezin. As for Ephraim, in sixty-five years    it will be rubble, nothing left of it. The capital of Ephraim is Samaria,    and the king of Samaria is the mere son of Remaliah. If you don't take your stand in faith,    you won't have a leg to stand on."

20. Matthew 9:19-22
Today's New International Version (TNIV)
19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
 20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
 22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment.

23. Matthew 9:27-29
Today's New International Version (TNIV)
Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute
 27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”  28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
   “Yes, Lord,” they replied.
 29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;

24. Matthew 21:21
Today's New International Version (TNIV)
 21 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.

25. Today's New International Version (TNIV)
Hebrews 11
Faith in Action
 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for:
Abel
Enoch
Noah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob…

27. 2 Peter 1
 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
   To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

28. Now look at the Student Hand out: Fact Cards Assignment