A Life of Praise – Hit the Mark Sabbath School
Is praising God an emotional response to an external stimulus? Join us as we answer that and other questions during this week’s discussion on A Life of Praise.
(3)(3)Yearly Archives: 2022
(3)9: A Life of Praise – It is Written – Discussions with the Author
“Join host Eric Flickinger from It Is Written as he discusses this week’s Sabbath School lesson with the author, Gavin Anthony. Come away with unique insights and discover the main points the author wished to convey in this week’s lesson.” (3)
Continue reading -->9: A Life of Praise – HopeSS Video Discussion
You can view an in-depth discussion of A Life of Praise in the Hope Sabbath School class led by Pastor Derek Morris. Click on the image to view: With thanks to Hope Channel – Television that will change your life. (4)
Continue reading -->Thursday: A Weapon that Conquers
Read 2 Chronicles 20:1-30. As Jehoshaphat discovered, praise is a powerful weapon. After receiving the report that a “vast army” was coming against him, Jehoshaphat did not immediately jump to military action, but “resolved to inquire of the LORD” (2 Chronicles 20:3, NIV). As the people of Judah came to Jerusalem for a fast, Jehoshaphat admitted the … Continue reading –>
9: A Life of Praise – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: Praise is faith in action. When we practice praise, it has the power both to convert and to conquer. August 27, 2022 1. Have a volunteer read Philippians 4:4-7. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage. What does it mean to let … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: A Witness Who Convicts
In the book of Acts, praise had an astonishing effect on those who heard it. Read Acts 16:16-34. Having been stripped and beaten hard, Paul and Silas were thrown into prison. No one was there to put ointment on their badly cut and bruised backs. In great physical pain and with their feet in stocks, they … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: The Life of Praise
Praising the Lord might not be natural to us, even in good circumstances. Thus, how much more difficult to do it in bad ones? Yet, that is what we are called to do. Praise is something that we must practice until it changes from being an activity done at a particular time to an atmosphere … Continue reading –>
9: A Life of Praise – Singing with Inspiration
Having scanned through the lesson quarterly, there are so many hymns from which to choose a theme. In effect, there is a commencing theme hymn which changes through the quarter to the finale theme hymn. To start with, we could use: Hymn 552 – The Lord’s My Shepherd or Hymn 545 – Savior, Like a Shepherd. … Continue reading –>
Monday: Praying Down Walls
There’s an expression in English: “to be painted into a corner.” Imagine painting the floor of a room but then realizing that you have wound up in a corner and cannot get out — except by walking over the fresh paint. You have to stay there until it dries! Sometimes our faith seems to paint … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Framework for Praise
The great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky had been sentenced to death, only to have the sentence commuted at the last moment. He spent years in prison instead. Talking about his prison experience, he wrote: “Believe to the end, even if all men go astray and you are left the only one faithful; bring your offering … Continue reading –>