Week 29 Mission |
The Path to Maturity

What does it mean to be spiritually mature? If you took a moment to reflect on the question, what would you come up with in your own words? And how would your words align with God’s Word? The word maturity suggests growth, development, and even completion. It may remind us of the teenage years and […]

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Week 29
Study Questions

Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson. 1. What does it mean to be “mature” or “grown up”? 2. What are the similarities and differences of being clever and being wise? Read Colossians 1:24-27. 1. In prison, Paul’s suffering and affliction were key components to his knowing Christ more completely and […]

Week 29 Character |
Treasure Hunters

Remember the children’s poem, “Going on a Bear Hunt”? We learned it in camp or Vacation Bible School—an “echo” song with silly actions, where we followed the leader through tall grass and thick mud to find a bear . . . and then we ran back home to hide under the covers. Bear hunts were […]

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Week 29
Daily Reading

2 Chronicles 13–16Finish well. Judah’s King Asa was a breath of fresh air. In his devotion to God, he destroyed the nation’s rampant idolatry, led the people in a renewal of their covenant with God, and even deposed his grandmother because of the repulsive image she worshiped. When Asa’s army was overwhelmingly outnumbered, he turned […]