Inside Story for Friday 23rd of August 2024 By Andrew McChesney Father kept his word about organizing Sabbath worship services at home in Armenia. Having prohibited Mother and their daughter, Anush, from going to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he called them to the living room on Sabbath morning. For Sabbath School, they studied the Adult … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 23rd of August 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “Blessing the Children,” Pages 511–517; “ ‘One Thing Thou Lackest,’ ” Pages 518–523, in The Desire of Ages. “Jesus was ever a lover of children. He accepted their childish sympathy and their open, unaffected love. The grateful praise from their pure lips … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 22nd of August 2024 Read Mark 10:46-52. How did Bartimaeus react to Jesus’ passing by? Up to this point in the Gospel of Mark, with few exceptions, Jesus has been telling people to keep quiet about His miracles and about who He is. In this account, as He is leaving Jericho, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 21st of August 2024 Read Mark 10:32-45. How do these verses reveal the continued ignorance of the disciples regarding not only Jesus’ mission but what it means to follow Him? As Jesus approaches Jerusalem, He reveals to His disciples what will happen there. It is not a scenario they believe in … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 20th of August 2024 Read Mark 10:17-31. What crucial lessons about faith and the cost of discipleship—for anyone, rich or poor—is revealed here? The man’s approach indicates his sincerity and respect for Jesus. He runs up, kneels before Him, and asks the question central to the destiny of every soul—What are … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 19th of August 2024 Read Mark 10:13-16. What did Jesus do for those who brought children to Him? While children were greatly desired in the ancient world (particularly boys in the male-dominant culture), birth and childhood were not easy. Without modern medical care, the risks to mothers in giving birth and … Continue reading –>
The Pharisees ask Jesus if it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife. Among the Pharisees, divorce was considered lawful. The question was on what grounds on what grounds could a marriage be dissolved.
Continue reading -->Daily Lesson for Sabbath 17th of August 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 10:1-52; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:24; Galatians 4:1-2; Romans 6:1-11; Isaiah 11:1-16. Memory Text: “ ‘For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many’ ” (Mark 10:45, … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 16th of August 2024 By Andrew McChesney One Sabbath, Anush and Mother returned home from church to learn that Father had made plans for a countryside picnic. “Let’s barbeque,” he said. Anush remembered how the Israelites had prepared their Sabbath meals on Friday, before the Sabbath hours (Exodus 16:1-36), and wondered … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 16th of August 2024 Read Ellen G. White, “Ministry,” Pages 426–431; “Who Is the Greatest? “Pages 432-442, in The Desire of Ages. “Before honor is humility. To fill a high place before men, Heaven chooses the worker who, like John the Baptist, takes a lowly place before God. The most childlike … Continue reading –>
