Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Why do you say that? 2. Do you think the world is getting better or worse? How confident are you that your grandchildren will have a better life than you have had? Why? Read Luke 18:1. […]
In a small community in Germany in 1727, a band of Moravian Christians began a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week prayer vigil that lasted for 100 years. During those years, Moravian men, women, and children prayed without interruption. They claimed as their motto the words from Isaiah 62:6, 7 which references God’s placing of watchmen on the wall. […]
Etched in our nation’s history is a motto found in the final chapters of the book of Micah. The motto has become a rally cry for religious leaders and politicians who strive to inspire the hearts of the people. It was the rally cry of abolitionists and Quakers as they sought to end slavery. It […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 8:40-56 Colossians 3:15-25 Psalm 130–131 1 Chronicles 15–16 1 Chronicles 15–16 Jerusalem celebrated as the ark of the covenant was brought home to the city—this time in accordance with God’s Word. On the first attempt, the ark was carried on an oxcart but when the oxen stumbled and the ark […]
If the unforgiving servant had a shrunken heart (last week’s lesson), the unjust leaders who condemned Jesus had shrunken souls (today’s lesson). While many Jews received Jesus gladly and became children of God (John 1:12), these “religious leaders” played the role of antagonists in the gospel record and in this text we see evidence of […]
