The Unguarded Hour
Text: Matthew 13: 24-30, 2 Samuel 11: 1- 4 Memory Verse: “But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way” (Matthew 13:25). An unguarded hour is the hour that one is not protected. A time when something is done carelessly or a time when one is not…
SAVED TO SERVE
Text: Matthew 25:32-46 Memory Verse: “Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’” (Matthew 25:34). God created man for His service. Our service to God is also reflected in our service to humanity. Only…
You Are Not Alone
Text: Isaiah 49:13-16 Memory Verse: “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls arecontinually before Me” (Isaiah 49:16). A story is told of a man walking through the storm with God. At first, Ahe could see two sets of footprints, presumably his and God’s and this gave him confidence to…
A LIFE DRIVEN BY PURPOSE
Text: Philippians 3:7-14 Memory Verse: “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:14). Life is a journey, we are travelling, inevitably, from where we started gradually to the end. This accords with the saying that “whatever has a beginning surely has an end.” The…
A Hunger That Compels God’s Visitation
Text: Luke 19:1-6 Memory Verse: “And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house’” (Luke 19:5). Luke 19:3 says that Zacchaeus “sought to see who Jesus was.” Sought, is the past participle of…
Dare To Be Different
Text: Genesis 37:1-4; Numbers 25:6-13 Memory Verse:“This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, beingseventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad waswith the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father’ (Genesis 37:2). Being different from…
When God Blesses You!
Text: Job 42: 7-12 Memory Verse: “Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him…
God Keeps You In Mind
Text: Genesis 8:1-5 Memory Verse: Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided (Genesis 8:1). Have you been in situations, like valleys, where you felt that God did not care;…
True Forgiveness
Text: Matthew 18:21-35 Memory Verse: “Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34a). Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things to do. Though a difficult decision to make, once taken, one regains freedom from a self-imposed prison. To forgive, one must be intentional and ready to understand…
What Are Your Hands Doing?
Text: Deuteronomy 28:1-8 Memory Verse: “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you” (Deuteronomy 28:8). The word “bless” here means to empower you in the work of…