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Focus Text: Ephesians 3:7-21

Central Truth: God’s empowerment is available for all who seek it.

Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify several ways the Spirit strengthens Christians.

Lesson Outline:

I. Appointed by God's Grace (Eph. 3:7-13)

II. Prayer for Strength (Eph. 3:14-19)

III. Prayer for Power (Eph. 3:20, 21)

November 5th, 2018|Categories: Front Page, Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: Grace, power, strength|0 Comments

Focus Text: Ephesians 3:7-21
Central Truth: God’s empowerment is available for all who seek it.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify several ways the Spirit strengthens Christians.
Lesson Outline:
I. Appointed by God's Grace (Eph. 3:7-13)
II. Prayer for Strength (Eph. 3:14-19)
III. Prayer for Power (Eph. 3:20, 21)

November 5th, 2018|Categories: Front Page, Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: Grace, power, strength|0 Comments

A Prayer for the Community

Heavenly Father, I pray today for our community. All around our church live many people who do not know you as their Lord and Savior. Some may know much about you, but they have not surrendered their lives to your control. Others may actually not know much about God and the gospel. Some may hate you. But I know that you love them and want each one to trust in you as Lord and Savior.

Therefore, Lord, I pray for the good of my community. Lord, break into the routine of this community to demonstrate your love and grace. Through tragedies that may come, I ask for your abiding peace to overshadow us. Create a hunger for yourself that will not be satisfied by worldly success and pleasure.

Help our local church to provide the witness necessary to attract lost people to you. Draw them by the power of the Holy Spirit, and change them by your grace. This I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

November 2nd, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: group, neighborhood, prayer|0 Comments

A Prayer at Midnight

Read Acts 16:25-34

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them” (v. 25).

“We must learn from Jesus what our attitude should be when life becomes painful — one of earnest prayer to our Father who is in heaven,” wrote Dennis Kinlaw in his devotional book, This Day with the Master That is just what Paul and Silas did when they were cast into prison.

The dramatic result, of course, was that God answered via an earthquake that opened the prison doors and shook off the chains that bound the two missionaries and other inmates. The quake also awakened the jailer, who feared for his life until Paul spoke encouraging words to him. And best of all, the jailkeeper gave his heart to God!

But these weren’t the only results of that midnight prayer. One that we almost always overlook is mentioned at the end of today’s verse: “and the prisoners heard them.” Scottish preacher George MacDonald picked up on that phrase and preached and wrote a wonderful sermon about it. Think of the prisoners lying in dark, cold, damp cells, perhaps bound with chains, losing hope of freedom with each day that went by. What did Paul’s singing mean to them? How did Silas’s praying affect them? How could it be that someone could sing in the dark night of suffering?

The missionaries’ worship not only brought deliverance — it ministered to others! (Steven E. Hight)

In our darkness do we encourage others?

October 31st, 2018|Categories: Opening the Word|Tags: All night, rescue, results|0 Comments

The Power of Believers’ Prayers

Focus Text: Acts 4:23-35

Central Truth: Great things can be accomplished when believers unite in prayer.

Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to list evidences of power in a believer’s prayer life.

Lesson Outline:

I. An Earnest Prayer (Acts 4:23-30)

II. An Answered Prayer (Acts 4:31)

III. A Willing Response (Acts 4:32-35)

October 29th, 2018|Categories: Front Page, Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: answers, Requests, willingness|0 Comments

The Power of Believers' Prayers

Focus Text: Acts 4:23-35
Central Truth: Great things can be accomplished when believers unite in prayer.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to list evidences of power in a believer’s prayer life.
Lesson Outline:
I. An Earnest Prayer (Acts 4:23-30)
II. An Answered Prayer (Acts 4:31)
III. A Willing Response (Acts 4:32-35)

October 29th, 2018|Categories: Front Page, Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: answers, Requests, willingness|0 Comments

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