Daily Lesson for Tuesday 31st of October 2023 Jonah’s experience in the belly of the fish (see Jonah 2:1-10) was a dramatic show of God’s love and mercy, and Jonah’s prayer reveals that he didn’t miss God’s message of love. But just because he had had an incredible encounter with God didn’t mean that his … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 30th of October 2023 When the storm came, Jonah blamed himself (Jonah 1:1-12). His attitude does reveal something about the kind of worldview and understanding of God or “gods” that many had back then. While various gods, they believed, ruled in their various lands, the sea was deemed the chaotic realm … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 29th of October 2023 Read Nahum 1:1; Nahum 3:1-4; and 2 Kings 17:5-6; 2 Kings 19:32-37. What do these verses reveal about Nineveh and the relationship between Assyria and Israel? How might this relationship have impacted Jonah’s decision to go to Tarshish instead? One of the reasons Jonah may have been … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 28th of October 2023 Read for This Week’s Study Jonah 1:1-17; Jonah 2:1-10; Jonah 3:1-10; Jonah 4:1-11; Nahum 1:1; 2 Kings 17:5-6; Psalms 24:1; James 1:27; Isaiah 6:1-8. Memory Text: “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ Then I … Continue reading –>
Inside Story for Friday 27th of October 2023 By Andrew McChesney It seemed the Seventh-day Adventist Church on Rügen island in Germany would have to close. Only six people worshiped there: four elderly members of a single family, and two other older people. Membership had dwindled from seven when the church was founded in 1940 … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Friday 27th of October 2023 “Love for perishing souls inspired Abraham’s prayer. While he loathed the sins of that corrupt city, he desired that the sinners might be saved. His deep interest for Sodom shows the anxiety that we should feel for the impenitent. We should cherish hatred of sin, but pity … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Thursday 26th of October 2023 Read Genesis 12:1-9. What do these verses teach about submitting to God’s will, even when the path ahead does not seem clear? One of the main qualities of Abraham was his submission to God’s will. All the experiences of Abraham with God were characterized by this submission. … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 25th of October 2023 Read Genesis 19:1-38:1-29. What was the result of Abraham’s spirit of hospitality, love, and prayer? The text gives an interesting indication about the position of Lot in the city of Sodom: “Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom” (Genesis 19:1-38:1, NKJV). This means he was an … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 24th of October 2023 Read Genesis 18:23-32 and James 5:16. What should this teach us about the power of intercessory prayer? The dialogue between Abraham and God is a type, a representation, of intercessory prayer. Abraham is presented in this chapter as an intercessor before God for the people of Sodom … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 23rd of October 2023 Read Genesis 18:1-33:16-33. How did Abraham exercise his great quality of love for all people without distinguishing tribe, race, or people? The second quality of Abraham drawn from Genesis 18:1-33 was his love for people, even for those he did not personally know. This is a great … Continue reading –>
