April 4, 2021 – Easter – Mark 16; Hebrews 9; Romans 8
Lesson Date: April 4, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Mark 16:1-7; Hebrews 9:11-14; Eph. 1:7; Rom. 4:25; 8:11, 32-34 AIM: To lead students to verbalize the cost and some of the benefits of our redemption, and to thank God for Christ’s completed work of redemption on their behalf. Before class: Locate and bring to class a sale flyer or advertisement for some item that would appeal to your class members. This might be clothing, shoes, jewelry, computers, guns, big-screen...
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March 28, 2021 – Exodus 4
Lesson Date: March 28, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Exodus 4:1-31 AIM: To lead students to discover how God addressed Moses’ feelings of inadequacy, and to encourage them to ask God to give them victory over their fears and feelings of inadequacy so they can effectively serve Him. Before class: Read the notes on Exodus 3 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Enlist three class members to help you with the brief role-playing activity described below. Prepare enough...
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March 21, 2021 – Exodus 3
Lesson Date: March 21, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Exodus 3:1-22 AIM: To lead students to discover how God called Moses into a personal relationship with Him and revealed Himself to Moses, and to tell how God called them to Himself and ways He has revealed Himself to them. Before class: Read the notes on Exodus 3 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Bring your cell phone to class. Prearrange with a class member to call your phone...
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March 14, 2021 – Exodus 2
Lesson Date: March 14, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Exodus 2:1-25 AIM: To lead students to discover ways God miraculously preserved Moses’ life so He could later establish a relationship with him and use him as His servant, and to thank God for preserving their life so that He could establish a saving relationship with them. Before class: Read the notes on Exodus 2 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write the lesson title, “Miraculous Preservation” on the...
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March 7, 2021 – Exodus 1
Lesson Date: March 7, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Exodus 1:1-22 AIM: To lead students to discover factors that made Israel’s situation desperate and compare those factors to the condition of lost people, and to encourage any who are not saved to place their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. Before class: Read the notes on Exodus 1 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write the words, “Desperate Situation” on the marker board or chalkboard. For greater visual...
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February 28, 2021 – Genesis 48 – 50
Lesson Date: February 28, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Genesis 48:1-5, 14, 21-22; 49:1-2, 9-11, 29-32; 50:15-21, 24-25 AIM: To lead students to discover God’s plans for the future of Israel that were revealed through the last words of Jacob and Joseph, and to thank God for the good plans He has for those who belong to Him. Before class: Read the notes on Genesis 48 – 50 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write the following words...
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February 21, 2021 – Genesis 45 – 47
Lesson Date: February 21, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Genesis 45:1-11, 25-28; 46:3-4; 47:12, 29-31 AIM: To lead students to recognize and describe the providence, provision, and promises found in Genesis 45 – 47, and to discuss ways God’s providence, provision, and promises work in our lives today. Before class: Read the notes on Genesis 45 – 47 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write the words “Providence,” “Provision,” and “Promises” on the marker board or chalkboard. To...
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February 14, 2021 – Genesis 42 – 44
Lesson Date: February 14, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Genesis 42:1-8, 13, 19-24, 38; 43:1-2, 8-9, 16, 26-28; 44:14-17, 32-33 AIM: To lead students to recognize and describe the changes God produced in the lives of Joseph’s brothers, and to humbly ask Him to change their lives, as well. Before class: Read the notes on Genesis 42 – 44 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write the words “Humility,” “Sacrifice,” and “Surety” on the marker board or chalkboard....
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February 7, 2021 -Genesis 40 – 41
Lesson Date: February 7, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Genesis 40:1-8, 13-14, 19-23; 41:1-7, 15-16, 25-32, 38-46, 56-57 AIM: To lead students to recognize that Joseph was God’s instrument used by God to bring glory to God, and to encourage them to submit to God as His instrument and ask Him to use them to bring glory to Him. Before class: Read the notes on Genesis 40 – 41 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. God made us...
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January 31, 2021 – Genesis 39
Lesson Date: January 31, 2021 Focal Scripture Passage: Genesis 39:1-23 AIM: To lead students to learn lessons from Joseph’s experience about resisting sexual temptation, and to encourage them to apply those lessons to their own lives. Before class: Read the notes on Genesis 39 found in the Sunday School Teacher Book. Write “Resisting Temptation” on the marker board or chalkboard. INTRODUCTION (Create Learning Readiness): Tell the class that in the middle part of the last century America...
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