Making Meaning Out Of Vanity
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:8-14 Memory Verse: “Remember now your creator in the days of your youth. Before the difficult days come and the years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). Ecclesiastes states powerfully and repeatedly that everything is vanity. The world is frequently confusing and frustrating to live in….
Expecting A Different Result?
Text: Isaiah 43:18&19 Memory Verse: “Behold, I will do a new thing,…” (Isaiah 43:19a). Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results does not make sense. New year resolutions about improving relationships, habits etc. are not kept because people are expecting different results though they are still doing things the same…
Salvation Depends On God
Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Memory Verse: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest anyone should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9). As Christians, our salvation does not come from our attendance at Achurch services, baptism, fasting or whatever spiritual exercise we get…
Serving God Willingly
Text: Matthew 25:20-30 Memory Verse: “His Lord said unto him, well done, you good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will make you ruler over many things. Enter the joy of your master” (Matthew 25:21 MEV). The chorus of the hymn, “It Pays to Serve Jesus” says: I love…
God Does Not Cast Off His People 2
Text: Hosea 2:14-23 Memory Verse: “Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’” (Hosea 2:23). God decided to…
God Does Not Cast Off His People 1
Text: Judges 6:1-4;7-12. Memory Verse: “And the angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him ‘The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valour’” (Judges 6:12). The generation which rose up after the death of Joshua did not know the TLord. God ruled them through the judges who came to their…
Recognising The Lord
Text: John 21:1-7 Memory Verse: “Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’” (John 21:7a). The disciples had just had a major setback. They had left everything to follow Jesus in the new direction He was leading them, but now He was gone. Their daily routine while with Him had…
The Value Of Difficult Things
Text: Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 Memory Verse: “The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth” (Ecclesiastes 7:4). Life is not a bed of roses and, even if it was, it would still have thorns like rose bushes. During difficult times, which come in…
Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus
Text: Hebrews 10:1-10 Memory Verse: “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). Robert Lowry in his hymn ‘Nothing but the Blood’ penned the following words- “What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; what can make me whole again? Nothing…
Don’t Miss Jesus
Text: Luke: 24:13-21 Memory Verse: “But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him. “(Luke 24:16). These were two of Jesus’ disciples. They loved the Master and went all Tthe way with Him. They had interacted with Jesus and thought they knew Him and understood His mission. However, His death got them…