Intimations of Hope – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: This lesson dwells in the hope of a resurrection. The reason for this hope can be found only in the resurrection of Jesus Christ..
1. Have a volunteer read Job 13:3-10.
Job Praying
a. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
b. What was Job saying here to his friends and their approach to him?
c. Personal Application : When was the last time you said things that were wrong and shouldn’t have said? Share your thoughts.
d. Case Study : One of your relatives states: “I don’t think the church is immune from gossip, judgmentalism, and even back-biting and slander. How does this kind of activity affect the church and its members?” How would you respond to your relatives?
2. Have a volunteer read I Corinthians 15:11-20.
a. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
b. What does Christ’s resurrection have to do with John’s suffering?
c. Personal Application : Why is praise so important in helping us to stay hopeful in the Lord? Share your thoughts.
d. Case Study : One of your friends states, “Of all your church’s teachings, which ones do you find to be the most hopeful?.” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read I Peter 1:18-20.
a. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
b. What does this passage do for you in terms of hope?
c. Personal Application: Why is it so easy to get discouraged by events, even with so much hope presented to us? Share your thoughts.
d. Case Study : One of your neighbors states, “How could Christ have been foreordained before the foundation of the world?” How would you respond to your neighbor?
4. Have a volunteer read Job 13:15.
a. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
b. How did Job retain his faith in God amid all that happened to him?
c. Personal Application : How can you find hope in a situation where all the solutions have failed and there doesn’t seem to be any way out? Share your thoughts.
d. Case Study : Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).
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