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A Prayer for the Pastor
A Prayer for the Pastor

A Prayer for the Pastor

Heavenly Father, I pray for my pastor as the senior leader and shepherd of this congregation. Give him the wisdom and insight he needs to direct our church according to your will. May we follow his lead, instead of arguing, complaining, or revolting against his leadership. Instead, help us to join hearts, hands, and minds in one accord as we seek your Spirit’s leading.

Bless our pastor with understanding of how best to teach and equip our church for service. Give him fresh insight each week as he studies your Word to deliver to our congregation. Help him to demonstrate how the truths of your Word are extremely practical to our lives.

Encourage our pastor as he seeks to train volunteer workers, such as myself, how to better serve the church. Help him to see areas in which we can improve and be able to equip us for greater ministry. Help us to be humble enough to receive the training we need, even though we may have served in our volunteer ministries for many years. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-26T09:00:06+00:00October 26th, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: blessing, pastor, prayer, support|0 Comments

A Prayer for the Superintendent
A Prayer for the Superintendent

A Prayer for the Superintendent

Heavenly Father, thank you for my Sunday school superintendent and all the work that he/she does to make sure our Sunday school department runs properly.

You see the stress this person experiences when teachers are absent without warning or complain and argue over little things. Help me to be an encouragement by faithfully showing up each week and letting the superintendent know well in advance if I cannot come. Help me also to have such a sweet spirit that it gives joy to him/her.

Enable this person to have the strength and energy to serve in this position. Help them not to feel overwhelmed by the various administrative tasks for which they are responsible. Give this person creative ideas for how to encourage and train us teachers to disciple our students more effectively. Help us teachers to work together for the good of our church, but most of all because we love you, Lord. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-19T09:00:11+00:00October 19th, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: Leadership, prayer, stress|0 Comments

A Prayer of Confession
A Prayer of Confession

A Prayer of Confession

Focus Text: Daniel 9:3-6, 11-19
Central Truth: God’s grace is extended to those who confess their need to Him.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify some areas of need in their lives which require God’s help.
Lesson Outline:
I. The Burden (Dan. 9:3-10)
II. The Confession (Dan. 9:11-15)
III. The Request (Dan. 9:16-19)

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-15T09:00:40+00:00October 15th, 2018|Categories: Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: Forgiveness, prayer, Repentance|0 Comments

A Prayer for Fellow Teachers
A Prayer for Fellow Teachers

A Prayer for Fellow Teachers

Lord, I pray today for my fellow Sunday school teachers. I thank you that our church has a team working together to train people how to live for Christ. I value their ministry, whether they are teachers of younger ages or a different class of adults. Thank you for the privilege of serving you with others.

I pray that my fellow teachers might be filled with wisdom and understanding as they direct their classes. Give them the creativity to teach their students so that every week the class is excited to learn about you.

Give my fellow teachers encouragement in their ministry. I know that they, like me, will have those days and weeks where busyness, troubles of various kinds, and interruptions tend to suck the energy and life from their spirit. Help them to persevere for you. Let them know that their work has eternal results and eternal rewards.

Help me to be an encouragement to my fellow teachers. May I never be a source of frustration or irritation. Instead, help me to be a great team player for the cause of Christ. I pray all this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-12T09:00:49+00:00October 12th, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: classes, prayer, teachers|0 Comments

A Prayer for Believers
A Prayer for Believers

A Prayer for Believers

Focus Text: John 17:1-5, 14-26
Central Truth: The Christian lives in victory through Christ’s provision.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify several things for which Christ prayed in John 17.
Lesson Outline:
I. A Prayer for Eternal Life (John 17:1-5)
II. A Prayer for Preservation (John 17:14-16)
III. A Prayer for Sanctification (John 17:17-19)
IV. A Prayer for Unity (John 17:20-26)

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-08T09:00:03+00:00October 8th, 2018|Categories: Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: John 17, prayer|0 Comments

A Prayer for a Lesson
A Prayer for a Lesson

A Prayer for a Lesson

Heavenly Father, I ask for your wisdom and enlightenment as I study for next week’s lesson.

Help me, Lord, to understand your Word. I know that hundreds of years separate us from when your Word was written. The culture today is very different from that of those to whom your Word was first written. Therefore, I pray for your help as I seek to understand how the first hearers of Scripture understood what you were saying to them and then bridge it to our context and culture today.

Father, I ask for wisdom in applying your Word. Help us not to use your words as “proof texts” to create legalistic rules with which you are not pleased. Yet help us also to regard your Word as authoritative, rather than merely “good suggestions” for living.

I pray also that you would give me creativity and passion in delivering this lesson. Help me to present it in such a way that my students are truly engaged with the topic and text. Help me to teach it with such passion that the students are not bored or might think that the text does not matter to their lives.

Thank you for the help you are sure to give. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-05T09:00:55+00:00October 5th, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: enlightenment, prayer, Study|0 Comments

A Prayer of Praise
A Prayer of Praise

A Prayer of Praise

Focus Text: 2 Samuel 7:18-29
Central Truth: Prayer should include praise to God for who He is.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify ways in which praise may be shown to God.
Lesson Outline:
I. Praise for the Knowledge of God (2 Sam. 7:18-21)
II. Praise for the Greatness of God (2 Sam. 7:22-24)
III. Praise for the Character of God (2 Sam. 7:25-29)

Herald & Banner Press2018-10-01T09:00:33+00:00October 1st, 2018|Categories: Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: greatness, prayer, thanks, worship|0 Comments

A Prayer for the Absent
A Prayer for the Absent

A Prayer for the Absent

Heavenly Father, I come to you again asking for your blessing upon our class. I pray especially now for those who were absent from class this past weekend.

I pray for (list each absentee student by name) who missed class this week because (list the reason each student missed, if known).

Father, some of these who missed class this past Sunday could not avoid it because of sickness. We pray for healing for them. Encourage them in their walk with you. Help them, even though they had to miss, to study their lesson and hear your Holy Spirit’s encouraging voice.

Some of our absentees are out of the area for various reasons — work, vacation, etc. Go with each one wherever they are. Keep them safe. Help them to worship you, even though they are out of their regular routine. Bring them back to us, encouraged in their faith, and on fire for God.

Some who missed did not come because the things of this world are more enticing to them than your Word. Father, speak to them about their spiritual condition. Help them to see how their love for you is cooling. Convict them of this sin and reignite in them a passion for you, we pray. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-09-28T09:00:54+00:00September 28th, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: Passion, prayer, routine|0 Comments

A Prayer of Hope
A Prayer of Hope

A Prayer of Hope

Focus Text: Psalms 71:1-5; 130:1-8
Central Truth: God’s merciful nature extends help to those who seek Him.
Objective: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify ways in which God shows His mercy to man.
Lesson Outline:
I. Trusting in God (Ps. 71:1-5)
II. The Sinner's Cry (Ps. 130:1-3)
III. The Hope for Forgiveness (Ps. 130:4-6)
IV. The Mercy of God (Ps. 130:7, 8)

Herald & Banner Press2018-09-24T09:00:30+00:00September 24th, 2018|Categories: Weekly Lesson Summaries|Tags: Forgiveness, Grace, mercy, prayer|0 Comments

A Prayer for Visitors
A Prayer for Visitors

A Prayer for Visitors

Heavenly Father, I pray today for those who visited our class this past Sunday, and those who will come this next weekend.

Some of our visitors are Christians from out of the area who have come here for different reasons. Encourage them in the faith. Help them to feel welcome in our church, even though their visit may be brief. Work through them to encourage our class, that we might see in a new way how you are working around the world to build your Church.

Other visitors are not Christians. We pray that their time in our Sunday school class will be enjoyable and profitable. We know that many of our traditions have become so ingrained in us that we do not even recognize how confusing they are to outsiders. Help us to know how best to ease new people into our religious patterns.

Help each visitor to our class to feel welcomed but not suffocated, accepted rather than isolated, and challenged instead of bored. Help our class to prepare ahead of time for guests so that we will welcome them appropriately when they come.

In Jesus’ name we ask all this. Amen.

Herald & Banner Press2018-09-21T09:00:28+00:00September 21st, 2018|Categories: Teacher Helps|Tags: prayer, visitors|0 Comments

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