Caring for the Poor and Needy 2
Text: Ruth 2: 2-6,8&9,14-16 Memory Verse: “Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, ‘Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.’ So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied and kept some back” (Ruth 2:14). The…
Caring for the Poor and Needy 1
Text: Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Memory Verse: “For the poor will never cease from the land; therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land’” (Deuteronomy 15:11). Jesus’ words, “You will always have the poor with you” (Matthew 26:11), reminds us that there…
Your First Love
Text: Revelation 2:1-5 Memory Verse: “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love” (Revelation 2:4). The message to the church in Ephesus reminds us that, even amid good works and commendable actions, we can lose sight of our first love for God. God commended the Ephesians for their perseverance and…
Shine The Light
Text: Matthew 5:14-16 Memory Verse: “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). Believers are called upon to arise and shine for their light has come (Isaiah 60:1). This command is a call to manifest the light that God has placed…
A Living Sacrifice
Text: Romans 12:1-3 Memory Verse: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2). Paul urges believers to present their bodies as a living sacrifice, which is a call to…
The Greatest Disservice To God
Text: 2 Kings 17:1-8 Memory Verse: “For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods” (2 Kings. 17:7). Israel, God’s beloved nation, was…
Memorial Stones
Text: Joshua 4:1-10 Memory Verse: “Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day” (Joshua 4:9). Religious festivals often serve to commemorate significant historical events where God intervened…
The Peril of Wrong Passion
Text: Luke 15:11-20 Memory Verse: “And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living (Luke 15:13). Passion is a powerful driving force, defined as a strong desire or inner urge to achieve a goal. As Anthony Robbins puts it, passion…
The Danger of Untimely Rest
Text: 1 Kings 13:11-24 Memory Verse: “and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, ‘Are you the man of God who came from Judah?’ And he said, ‘I am’” (1 Kings 13:14). Rest is defined as taking a break after hard work to regain…
Rahab: Saved By Faith
Text: Joshua 2:1-11 Memory Verse: “And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath” (Joshua 2:11). After the death of Moses, Joshua sent two spies to…