(1495)Daily Lessons
(1495)(1495)Thursday: Compassion and Passionate
Daily Lesson for Thursday 23rd of January 2025 The God of the Bible is compassionate and passionate, and these divine emotions are supremely exemplified in Jesus Christ. God is sympathetic (compare with Isaiah 63:9, Hebrews 4:15), deeply affected by the sorrows of His people (Judges 10:16, Luke 19:41), and willing to hear, answer, and comfort … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: A Jealous God?
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 22nd of January 2025 The God of the Bible is the “compassionate God.” In Hebrew, God is called el raḥum (Deuteronomy 4:31). The term “el” means “God,” and raḥum is a different form of the root for compassion (raḥum). Yet, God is called not only the compassionate God but also the … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: The Compassion of Jesus
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 21st of January 2025 In the New Testament, the same kind of imagery as in the Old is used to depict God’s compassion. Paul refers to the Father as the “Father of mercies and God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:3, NKJV). Further, Paul explains in Ephesians 2:4 that God is … Continue reading –>
Monday: Gut-Wrenching Love
Daily Lesson for Monday 20th of January 2025 The incalculable depths of God’s compassionate love for humanity are manifested in Hosea. God had commanded the prophet Hosea, “ ‘Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has committed great harlotry by departing from the Lord’ ” (Hosea 1:2, NKJV). … Continue reading –>
Sunday: More Than a Mother’s Love
Daily Lesson for Sunday 19th of January 2025 Perhaps the greatest love common to human experience is the love of a parent for a child. The Bible often uses the imagery of the parent-child relationship to depict God’s amazing compassion for people, emphasizing that God’s compassion is exponentially greater than even the deepest and most … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: God Is Passionate and Compassionate
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 18th of January 2025 Read for This Week’s Study: Psalms 103:13, Isaiah 49:15, Hosea 11:1-9, Matthew 23:37, 2 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. Memory Text: “ ‘Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: The Thankful Deacon
Inside Story for Friday 17th of January 2025 By Andrew McChesney Jong-Moon Yoon is known as the thankful deacon. The first words out of his mouth no matter the circumstances are “thank you.” When someone asks for help, he says, “Thank you.” When he faces a conflict, he says, “Thank you.” When hardships and even … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – To Be Pleasing to God
Daily Lesson for Friday 17th of January 2025 Read Ellen G. White, “ ‘Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled,’ ” Pages 662–680, in The Desire of Ages. “The Lord is disappointed when His people place a low estimate upon themselves. He desires His chosen heritage to value themselves according to the price He has placed … Continue reading –>
Thursday: A Worthy Goal
Daily Lesson for Thursday 16th of January 2025 Under the umbrella of God’s mercy and mediation, God takes pleasure in even the smallest positive response to His love. Through the One who alone is worthy of love and is Himself perfectly righteous, each one of us can be counted righteous and counted among God’s beloved … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Living Stones
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 15th of January 2025 How is it that we, as fallen, sinful beings, can be pleasing to a holy God? Read Romans 8:1 and Romans 5:8. What do these texts teach about our standing before God? God bestows grace on people prior to any human response. Before anything we say or … Continue reading –>