• #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Restoration – September 8, 2024

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    RESTORATION

    BIBLE BASIS: JEREMIAH 31:31–37

    BIBLE TRUTH: Jeremiah assures the people that God will make a new covenant with God’s people that will nurture and equip them for the present and the future.

    MEMORY VERSE: “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah” (Jeremiah31:31).

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will:
    – KNOW God’s new covenant to reveal Himself to all the people, forgive their sins, and hold them accountable;
    – SENSE the relief and joy that come from starting over in agreement with someone; and
    – MAKE PLANS for renewing our personal covenant with God.

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  • *BONUS* #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ A Vision of the Future – September 1, 2024

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    A VISION OF THE FUTURE

    BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 30:1-3, 18-22

    BIBLE TRUTH: God’s promise to restore the fortunes of the people, Israel and Judah, and to reestablish the covenant with them.

    MEMORY VERSE: “For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it” (Jeremiah 30:3)

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

    • REVIEW God’s written promise to restore the people and the land of Israel and Judah as of old
    • IMAGINE and EXPRESS the feelings of safety in a community that has great promise for the future; and
    • PLAN a way to invite people who are not part of the covenant community to become members of the church and Sunday School

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ A Vision of the Future – September 1, 2024

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    A VISION OF THE FUTURE

    BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 30:1-3, 18-22

    BIBLE TRUTH: God’s promise to restore the fortunes of the people, Israel and Judah, and to reestablish the covenant with them.

    MEMORY VERSE: “For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it” (Jeremiah 30:3)

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

    • REVIEW God’s written promise to restore the people and the land of Israel and Judah as of old
    • IMAGINE and EXPRESS the feelings of safety in a community that has great promise for the future; and
    • PLAN a way to invite people who are not part of the covenant community to become members of the church and Sunday School

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Abram Builds an Altar – September 1, 2024

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    Abram Builds an Altar

     

    Bible Basis: Genesis 13:8-18

     

    Memory Verse: “The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,”— Genesis 13:18

     

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

    1. Outline the events that led to Abram’s building an altar.
    2. Explain the significance of Abram’s actions.
    3. Create a physical reminder of a time when God worked in his or her life.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ An Appeal for Reconciliation – August 25, 2024

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    AN APPEAL FOR RECONCILIATION

    BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13

    BIBLE TRUTH: The believer should let nothing separate him from his brother.

    MEMORY VERSE: “Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man”(2  Corinthians 7:2).

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we  will: acknowledge Paul’s estrangement  he felt from the Corinthians and assess  his reaction to it;

    • FEEL the need to heal estrangement within the church fellowship;  and
    • ARTICULATE ways to end any misunderstandings and estrangements and
    • LIST ways to restore health to the community.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ The Washing of Regeneration – August 25, 2024

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    The Washing of Regeneration

    Background Scripture: Titus 3:3-11 Printed Scripture: Titus 3:3-11

    Lesson Aims: (NIV Standard Lesson Commentary 2023-2024)

    1. List the means by which God saves.
    2. Explain how to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable conversations from Paul’s

      perspective.

    3. Make a commitment to participate in conversations that only are profitable.

    Key Verse:

    4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, – Titus 3:4-5 NIV

    Lesson Outline:

    1. Gospel Reminder – Titus 3:3-8 2. Gospel Behavior – Titus 3:9-11

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Everything’s Brand New – August 25, 2024

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    Everything’s Brand New

    Bible Basis:  Revelation 21:1-8

    Bible Truth: God will create a new Heaven and earth where life’s challenges and stresses will be banished forever.

    Memory Verse:  “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:1-8

    Lesson AIM:  By the end of this lesson we will:

    • EVALUATE the “apocalypse” genre that characterizes the book of Revelation to understand its message;
    • CONTEMPLATE the coming of a “new heaven and a new earth” for the hope that this vision brings; and
    • EMBRACE the peace of God that begins in this life with Jesus.

     

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ The Rules of Life – August 18, 2024

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    The Rules of Life

     

    Bible Basis: Titus 1:1-3, 2:11-15

    Memory Verse: “The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,”—Titus 2:11–13

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

    1. Recall the “blessed hope.”
    2. Contrast godly and ungodly lives of Paul’s day.
    3. Make a plan to eliminate one ungodly element in his or her life.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ The Rules of Life – August 18, 2024

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    The Rules of Life

     

    Bible Basis: Titus 1:1-3, 2:11-15

    Memory Verse: “The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,”—Titus 2:11–13

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

    1. Recall the “blessed hope.”
    2. Contrast godly and ungodly lives of Paul’s day.
    3. Make a plan to eliminate one ungodly element in his or her life.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Praise Builds Us Up – August 18, 2024

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    Praise Builds Us Up [See also ISSL Sustaining Our Faith]

    Bible Basis: Jude 17-25

    Memory Verse: “24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” Jude 24-25

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

    1. ANALYZE how God is able to sustain and keep us in our Christian life;
    2. FEEL ASSURED that God is able to sustain and keep us; and
    3. THANK God that He does sustain and keep us.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Treasure in Clay Jars – August 18, 2024

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    TREASURE IN CLAY JARS

    BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 4:2–15 

    BIBLE TRUTH: God gives believers the power  in the midst of hardship.

    MEMORY VERSE: “We are troubled on every  side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,  but not in despair; Persecuted, but not  forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed”  (2 Corinthians 4:8–9).

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

    • CONSIDER Paul’s position in seeing himself as a slave for Christ’s sake;
    • CONTEMPLATE goodness in relation to God and community; and
    • COUNT on God’s power to work through us to do His will in  ministry to others.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Love One Another – August 11, 2024

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    Love One Another

    Bible Basis: 1 John 3:11-24

    Memory Verse: “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”– 1 John 3:11

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

    1. Examine John’s message about loving one another;
    2. Affirm the fundamental discipleship principle of love for God and others;
    3. Express unconditional love to others.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ The Love of God – August 11, 2024

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    The Love of God

    Bible Basis: 1 John 3:1-10

    Memory Verse: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.” – 1 John 3:1-10

    Lesson Aims: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
    1. State the reason the Son of God came.
    2. Explain the significance of Christ’s purity.
    3. Recruit an accountability partner for mutual resistance to sin.

    BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 1: 23-2:17— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ A COMMUNITY FORGIVES – August 11, 2024

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    A COMMUNITY FORGIVES

    BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 1:23–2:11

    BIBLE TRUTH: People need to forgive each other.

    MEMORY VERSE: “To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:10).

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: GRASP Paul’s message to the Corinthians about the connection among people in a community; GAUGE the influence of harm or benefit to one person in a community on the whole group; and GENERATE a list of people to pray for who may need forgiveness for harming others.

    BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 1: 23-2:17— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ The Word of God – Hope in Christian Fellowship – August 4, 2024

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    The Word of God  – Hope in Christian Fellowship

    Bible Basis: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 ESV

    Memory Verse: We also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.—1 Thessalonians 2:13

    Lesson Aims:

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

    1. Summarize Paul’s concerns regarding the believers in Thessalonica.
    2. Compare and contrast the Jews and Gentiles as Paul describes them in the lesson text.
    3. Commit to offering Christian encouragement to a fellow believer in the week ahead.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Stick to Your Faith – August 4, 2024

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    Stick to Your Faith

    Bible Basis: 2 Peter 1:1-15

    Bible Truth: James asserts that loving and obeying God opens the door to God’s blessings and frees us from conflicts and disputes.

    Memory Verse: “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”  James 4:8

    Lesson AIM: That we will ACCEPT James’ teaching about the source of conflicts and his prescription for avoiding them; REPENT of attitudes and behaviors that keep adults mired in conflicts and disputes; and DEVELOP ways to draw near to God in humble submission.

     

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