1. The habits of a good steward. We all have habits, don’t we? Are our habits a quick way of making decisions? If so, is that their primary benefit? Can we have only good habits? If habits reveal our purpose in life, as our lesson points out, then what are some examples of good habits … Continue reading –>
Hymn 372, “Lord, I Have Made Thy Word My Choice” adds to the memory text for this week, Psalm 119:9-11. Our first good habit is to seek God first. This is reflected in: Hymn 224, “Seek Ye First the Kingdom”. We may then add: Hymn 539, “I Will Early Seek the Savior”. This will then … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: The believer who lives debt-free is both financially and emotionally free. Wise management of financial and material resources includes saving and investing. Lesson 11, March 17, 2018 1. Have a volunteer read Deuteronomy 28:44,45. a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is. b. … Continue reading –>
“Give everyone what you owe him.” Have you ever been tempted to spend more than you have? What should we do when we are tempted to borrow money for things we’re sure we need but maybe we could get by without them? Is it wrong in every case to borrow money? The house you live in, … Continue reading –>
Our continuing debt is to “Love one another” says our memory text for this week: Hymn 76, “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”, Hymn 77, “O Love of God Most Full” and Hymn 79, “O Love of God, How Strong and True!”. The “old hymnal” (pre 1985) has the perfect hymn for Monday’s study: Number 498, Yield … Continue reading –>
How deep and wide. I could be wrong, but looking at the illustration at the start of this week’s lesson I see, or imagine to be seeing, two characters who have just been washed by Jesus in His hands. Doesn’t a good steward in Christ’s church want more than anything to be free from sin? washed clean … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Stewardship calls us to bring all things under Christ’s Lordship. We are to become stewards of all of God’s counsel. Lesson 10, March 10, 2018 1. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 4:14-16. a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is. b. What do … Continue reading –>
This week’s study theme commenced with a flood of hymns having “Christ as the Centre”: Hymn 185, “Jesus is all the World to Me”, Hymn 305, “Give Me Jesus”, Hymn 329, “Take the World, but Give Me Jesus”, Hymn 577, “In the Heart of Jesus”, culminating in Hymn 309, “I Surrender All”. Hymn 518, “Standing … Continue reading –>
Tuesday’s lesson this week is about Christ-centered doctrinral beliefs. This reminds me of a passage that has become the theme of my ministry. The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which all other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood and appreciated, every truth in the word … Continue reading –>
The Missing Ingredients This week as we continue our study of stewardship by focusing on offerings, we are reminded of some of the reasons why we give. Using some of the biblical examples of people expressing their gratitude to Jesus, we affirm that the best motivation for giving springs from a love of God. But … Continue reading –>
