• #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Living in Faith – March 24, 2024

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    Living in Faith

     

    Background Scripture: Acts 6

     

    Printed Text: Acts 6:7-15

     

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

    1. State the charge against Stephen and its basis
    2. Critique the \”ends justify the means\” tactic used by Stephen’s opponents.
    3. Evaluate various ways of responding or reacting when he or she faces opposition to Jesus today.

     

    Key Verse:

    Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called) – Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia – who began to argue with Stephen. But they could not stand up against the wisdom the spirit gave him as he spoke. – Acts 6:9-10, NIV

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ A MESSIANIC PRIEST-KING – March 24, 2024

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    A MESSIANIC PRIEST-KING

     

    BIBLE BASIS: JEREMIAH 23:5–6; ZECHARIAH 6:9–14; JOHN 19:1–5

     

    BIBLE TRUTH: Jesus should be received as Priest and King. MEMORY VERSE: \”And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands\”(John 19:3,KJV).

     

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

    • OBSERVE how Jesus’ humility amid suffering fulfilled prophecies made about Him;
    • TRUST that we will become all that God has ordained us to be, even if the road to our destiny is a humble one; and
    • PRAY for strength to endure when things don’t appear as God has promised.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Zechariah Calls for a Return to God – March 24, 2024

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    Title: Zechariah Calls for a Return to God

    Printed Text: Zechariah 1:1-6; 7:8-14

    Lesson Aims: By the end of the lesson, we will:

    IDENTIFY God’s calling for us to repent of our sins and seek forgiveness; feel

    CONVICTED for any wrong things that we have done; and

    PRAY for forgiveness of our sins.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ TRIUMPHANT AND VICTORIOUS – March 17, 2024

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    TRIUMPHANT AND VICTORIOUS

    BIBLE BASIS: ZECHARIAH 9:9; MATTHEW 21:1–11

    BIBLE TRUTH: Jesus deserves all the honor.

    MEMORY VERSE: “And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David:  Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the  Lord; Hosanna in the highest” (Matthew  21:9, KJV).

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

    • EXPLAIN why so many gathered to acknowledge Jesus as Lord and King;
    • EXPRESS a willingness to always honor Jesus through our everyday actions; and
    • REPENT of the times when we have not given Jesus the honor due to Him.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽🕍 The Temple Rebuilt – March 17, 2024

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    The Temple Rebuilt

    Bible Basis: Haggai 1:1-4, 7-10, 12-15

    Memory Verse: Haggai 1:8

    Lesson AIM: That we will:

    • EXPLORE why God withheld His blessings from His people.
    • SENSE times when our own ambitions are contrary to God’s plans for us;
    • DECIDE that we will do exactly as God has commanded.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Defending Our Faith – March 17, 2024

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    Testing our Faith

    Lesson Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5-11
    Key Text: 2 Corinthians 13:5a

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Testing Our Faith – March 10, 2024

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    Testing our Faith

    Lesson Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5-11
    Key Text: 2 Corinthians 13:5a

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Zephaniah Announces God’s Justice – March 10, 2024

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    Zephaniah Announces God’s Justice

    Bible Basis: Zephaniah 3:1-5

    MEMORY VERSE: “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” Zephaniah 3:8

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, you will:
    • EXPLORE those things that will bring God’s judgment upon us.
    • DEVELOP heats that are not arrogant, treacherous, or profane;
    • PRACTICE obedience to God’s law.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Rejoice Anyway – March 3, 2024

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    Rejoice Anyway

    Bible Basis: Habakkuk 2:1-5, 3:17-19

    Memory Verse: Habakkuk 3:17-18

    Lesson AIM: That we will

    • DISCOVER God’s message of patience and assurance that God will act with justice.
    • EXPERIENCE the feeling of joy that comes from patiently waiting on God’s promises;
    • PRACTICE responding to difficulties by trusting in God’s presence and by praising God for strength to endure.

     

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Sustaining Our Faith – March 3, 2024

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    Sustaining Our Faith

    Bible Basis: Jude 17-25

    Memory Verse: “But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”—Jude 20–21

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

    1. Identify the doxology in the text.

    2. Distinguish between what God promises to do and what he expects us to do regarding personal holiness.

    3. Create a plan to implement the imperatives of the Key Text.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT – March 3, 2024

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    THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT

    BIBLE BASIS: Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 4:35; 6:1-9; Mark 12:28-34

    BIBLE TRUTH: God is love. 

    MEMORY VERSE: “And thou shalt love the  Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all  thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all  thy strength: this is the first commandment.  And the second is like, namely this, “Thou  shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than  these” (Mark 12:30–31, KJV).

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

    • EXPLORE the roots of the ancient Hebrew tradition of loving our neighbors;
    • UNDERSTAND how to express genuine kindness to everyone even when it isn’t  easy; and
    • PRAY for forgiveness for when we haven’t universally applied God’s love to  those around us.

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽🗣️ Control Your Speech – February 25, 2024

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    CONTROL YOUR SPEECH

    BIBLE BASIS: JAMES 3:1–12

    BIBLE TRUTH: It is important to study the  impact of words on others.

    MEMORY VERSE: “Out of the same mouth  proceedeth blessing and cursing. My  brethren, these things ought not so to be”  (James 3:10).

    LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we  will: REVIEW James’s teachings concerning  how we speak to others; EXPRESS how it  feels to be criticized and praised; and FIND  WAYS to express praise and criticism in love  despite the circumstances.

     

     

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Justice, Love, and Humility – February 25, 2024

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    Justice, Love, and Humility

    Bible Basis: Micah 6:3-8

    Memory Verse: Micah 6:8 

    Lesson AIM: That we will:

    • EVALUATE how to honor God gratefully by exhibiting the character traits that God requires;
    • EXPRESS feelings about living up to God’s expectations for us to be just, loving, and humble;
    • LEAD the community into making God’s requirements a reality.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🙌🏽❤️ Faith in God‘s Purpose – February 25, 2024

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    Faith in God‘s Purpose

    Bible Basis: Habakkuk 2:1–5

    Memory Verse: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;—Romans 12:6

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

    1. Describe the dialogue between Habakkuk and God.
    2. Contrast the first half of Habakkuk 2:4 with the second half of that verse in light of Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; and Hebrews 10:37–38.
    3. State a commitment of “yet I will rejoice in the Lord” in spite of some lingering and personal negative situations.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚🐳🌊 Jonah Rejects God’s Call – February 18, 2024

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    Faith in Times of Trouble

    Bible Basis: Daniel 6:10–11, 14, 16, 19–23, 26–27
    Key Verse: “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”—Daniel 6:22
    Unit 3: The Righteous Live by Faith
    February 4 Faith in the Power of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaiah 40:12-13, 25-31
    February 11 Faith in the Fiery Furnace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel 3:19-28
    February 18 Faith in Times of Trouble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel 6:1-28
    February 25 Faith in God’s Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Habakkuk 2:1-5

    Lesson Aims: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
    1. Summarize Daniel’s personal conviction of faith in God in the midst of injustice.
    2. Compare and contrast Daniel’s faith-expression with those of his three colleagues in last week’s lesson.
    3. Commit to bearing faithful witness to God in facing a personal “lions’ den.

     

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  • #TSSGNotes – 📚😃🙌🏽 Faith in Times of Trouble – February 18, 2024

    LESSON STUDY NOTES

    Faith in Times of Trouble

    Bible Basis: Daniel 6:10–11, 14, 16, 19–23, 26–27
    Key Verse: “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.”—Daniel 6:22
    Unit 3: The Righteous Live by Faith
    February 4 Faith in the Power of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isaiah 40:12-13, 25-31
    February 11 Faith in the Fiery Furnace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel 3:19-28
    February 18 Faith in Times of Trouble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel 6:1-28
    February 25 Faith in God’s Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Habakkuk 2:1-5

    Lesson Aims: After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
    1. Summarize Daniel’s personal conviction of faith in God in the midst of injustice.
    2. Compare and contrast Daniel’s faith-expression with those of his three colleagues in last week’s lesson.
    3. Commit to bearing faithful witness to God in facing a personal “lions’ den.

     

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