• #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ At Home in the Community – July 14, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    At Home in the Community

    Bible Basis: Philemon 1:8-18

    Memory Verse: “In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,” Titus 2:7

    Lesson AIM: That we will EXPLAIN why Paul pleaded for Onesimus; EXPLORE our feelings about standing up for someone needing advocacy; and IDENTIFY way we can stand up for someone being bullied or discriminated against.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Watch What You Eat- July 14, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    WATCH WHAT YOU EAT

    BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 8:1–13

    BIBLE TRUTH: Put the spiritual well-being of your brother as your top priority.

    MEMORY VERSE: “But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling- block to them that are weak” (1 Corinthians 8:9)

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLORE the positive and negative influences that community members have on one another; EMPATHIZE with Christians who may have been negatively affected by others in the community; and EVALUATE our own behavior to rid ourselves of actions that might negatively influence the people around us.

     

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  • **BONUS** TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Continual Proclamation – July 14, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Continual Proclamation

    Bible Basis: Psalm 71:2-21

    Memory Verse: “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” Psalm 71:14

    Lesson AIM: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

    1. Summarize what the biblical writer does to maintain hope.
    2. Contrast the biblical basis for hope with secular ones.
    3. Role-play a debate regarding conclusions from Lesson Aim 2.

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  • TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Continual Proclamation – July 14, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Continual Proclamation

    Bible Basis: Psalm 71:2-21

    Memory Verse: “But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” Psalm 71:14

    Lesson AIM: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

    1. Summarize what the biblical writer does to maintain hope.
    2. Contrast the biblical basis for hope with secular ones.
    3. Role-play a debate regarding conclusions from Lesson Aim 2.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Ceaseless Love – July 7, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Ceaseless Love
    Bible Basis: Lamentations 3:16–24

    Memory Verse: Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.—Lamentations 3:21–22

    Lesson Aims: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
    1. Identify by color coding elements of hope (green) as interspersed with elements of despair (yellow).
    2. Contrast those oppositional elements in terms of how God sees things.
    3. Write a prayer of thanks for God’s faithfulness in having led him or her through a time of despair.

     

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Glorify God with Your Body – July 7, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    GLORIFY GOD WITH YOUR BODY

    BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

    BIBLE TRUTH: Your body belongs to God 

    MEMORY VERSE:  1 Corinthians 6:19 “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will:

    • RECALL the Apostle Paul’s comparison of the body to a temple
    • RECOGNIZE how as Christians we’re called to keep our bodies pure
    • RESOLVE to promote and practice personal, moral and physical purity as part of the Body of Christ

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Live the Truth, Teach the Truth – July 7, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Live the Truth, Teach the Truth

    Bible Basis: Titus 2

    Memory Verse: “In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,” Titus 2:7

    Lesson AIM: That we will EXAMINE what it means to live as examples for Christ; FEEL  strongly that God desires and expects us to live godly; and COMMIT to display faith in God through acts and deeds.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Hope for a New Day – June 23, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    HOPE FOR A NEW DAY

     

    BIBLE BASIS: Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 4:1–3,  6–14

     

    BIBLE TRUTH: The Spirit of God is the  source of our success.

     

     

    MEMORY VERSE: “Then he answered and  spake unto me, saying, !is is the word of  the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by  might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith  the LORD of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).

     

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we  will:

    • ACKNOWLEDGE the connection  between God’s promises to Israel for  rebuilding the Temple and the Israelites’  obedience to Him;
    • APPRECIATE the  community’s restoration of the Temple  and God’s restoration of the people; and
    • ARTICULATE our thankfulness to God  for the blessings bestowed upon us for our  obedience.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Full Assurance – June 23, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Sunday June 23, 2024

    Full Assurance

    Bible Basis: Hebrews 6:9–20

    Memory Verse: We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.—Hebrews 6:19–20

    Lesson Aims: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

    • List elements of the “diligence” Christians are to practice.
    • Explain the meaning and significance of Jesus as “forerunner” and “high priest forever.”
    • Write a prayer of thanks for God’s keeping of his promises.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Visible to God – June 23, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Sunday June 23, 2024

    *Visible to God

    Bible Basis: 1 Thessalonians 1

    Memory Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:6

    Lesson AIMS:* By the end of this lesson we will:

    • RECOGNIZE how the Thessalonian church’s commitment to God was visible in their relationships to others;
    • FEEL confident in the power of the Holy Spirit to help in times of trouble;
    • IDENTIFY an opportunity to be more intentional in living out our commitment to Christ.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Empowered Servants – June 16, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Sunday June 16, 2024

    Empowered Servants

    Lesson #1 Summer Quarter: Hope In the Lord

    Text:  Romans 15:1-13

    Key Verse: “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Romans 15:5-6

    Lesson Aims:

    1. Identify who set the ultimate example of acceptance.
    2. Contrast the Christian concept of empowerment with secular concepts of that term.
    3. Suggest a way to react to a common failing of new Christians (“the weak”).

     

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Live Pure Lives – June 16, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    LIVE PURE LIVES

    BIBLE BASIS: Haggai 2:10–19

    BIBLE TRUTH: Live honorably.

    MEMORY VERSE: “Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pome- granate, and the olive tree,  hath not brought forth: from this day will I  bless you” (Haggai 2:19).

    LESSON AIM: By the end of this lesson, we will:

    • GRASP Haggai’s message of encouragement to press forward in rebuilding the Temple;
    • REALIZE that reneging on promises to God yields catastrophic results; and
    • DEVELOP ways to commit to doing God’s work on behalf of the community.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Hearts United in Love – June 16, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Hearts United in Love [ See lesson June 23, 2019]

     

    Bible Basis: Colossians 2:1-15

     

    Bible Truth:  Paul urged the Colossians to be united in love to fully understand the rich treasures offered to them by faith.  That way, they can resist false teachings and come to appreciate their new spiritual standing in Christ.

    Memory Verse: “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7

    Lesson AIM: That we will:

    CONTRAST the deceptive philosophies of true faith discussed in Colossians;

    BE ENCOURAGED by being rooted and built up in Christ; and

    EMBRACE our new standing in Christ as a guard against false teaching.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Devote All to Christ – June 9, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Bold Ministers

    Lesson Scripture: 2 Cor. 3:5-18 Key Text: 2 Cor. 3:18

    Background Scripture:  2 Cor. 3:5-18

    Lesson Scripture, KJV:  2 Cor. 3:5-18

    Lesson Aims

    1. Identify the nature of the hope to which Paul refers
    2. Explain the transformational change that is to occur as one matures in the faith.
    3. Make a plan to push toward that transformational change personally.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Bold Ministers – June 9, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Bold Ministers

    Lesson Scripture: 2 Cor. 3:5-18 Key Text: 2 Cor. 3:18

    Background Scripture:  2 Cor. 3:5-18

    Lesson Scripture, KJV:  2 Cor. 3:5-18

    Lesson Aims

    1. Identify the nature of the hope to which Paul refers
    2. Explain the transformational change that is to occur as one matures in the faith.
    3. Make a plan to push toward that transformational change personally.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ One in Jesus Christ – June 2, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    One in Jesus Christ [See same lesson December 11, 2022]

    Bible Basis: Ephesians 2:11-22

    Memory Verse:  “In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:” – Ephesians 2:21

    Lesson Aims: By participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:

    • UNDERSTAND Paul’s explanation of Jews and Gentiles becoming one in Christ.
    • EXPRESS pain and sorrow over the divisions within Christ’s church and joy when divisions are broken down.
    • BECOME acquainted with church-unifying and church-dividing issues in order to devise strategies for addressing them.

     

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