If you have been enjoying our Daily Lesson posts, you probably appreciate that the illustrations add significantly to the attractiveness of the lessons and sometimes even add layers of meaning. Jean Raphael has been doing an admirable job of choosing appropriate illustrations for some time, but he is currently busy preparing next quarter’s lessons for … Continue reading –>
So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?…” Mark 10:51 NKJV While we were studying last week’s Sabbath School lesson in class, a friend told an interesting and disturbing story. She said several years ago her stepfather was in the hospital. A “sunshine band” from her local … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 27th of August 2024 Read Mark 11:27-33. What challenge did the religious leaders bring to Jesus, and how did He respond? The day after Jesus cleanses the temple, the religious leaders confront Him in the temple courts, asking by what authority He acted the day before. They are not seeking truth … Continue reading –>
Coming from Bethany towards Jerusalem, Jesus saw a fig tree in full leaf, and approached it, hoping to find some figs. Finding none, He cursed the tree, and by the next day, it had withered and died! (See Mark 11:12-26.) What a strange story this appears to be – a contrast to the loving acts … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Monday 26th of August 2024 Read Mark 11:12-26. What is the significance of the events depicted here? In the morning, coming from Bethany, only about two miles (a little more than three kilometers) from Jerusalem, Jesus was hungry. Seeing a fig tree in leaf, He went to it to find perhaps some … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sunday 25th of August 2024 Read Mark 11:1-11 and Zechariah 9:9-10. What’s happening here? Half of this story involves Jesus sending two disciples to a nearby village to retrieve a donkey for Him to ride on into Jerusalem. Why is so much time spent on this account? The answer is twofold. First, … Continue reading –>
Daily Lesson for Sabbath Afternoon 24th of August 2024 Read for This Week’s Study Mark 11:1-33; 1 Kings 1:32-48; Zechariah 9:9-10; Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11; Mark 12:1-34. Memory Text: “ ‘And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses’ ” … Continue reading –>
The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week:/p> (8)
Continue reading -->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 –>
Join the Hit the Mark panel as they discuss Sabbath School Lesson 8 – Teaching Disciples: Part II. It’s the fastest hour of the week! (2)
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 –>
