Category: Lessons

Your Mercy Reaches Unto the Heavens

• Lesson 7 for the week of February 10 to February 17

Leading Question: When do we as humans need God’s mercy? Scripture Focus: Psalm 57:9, 10, Psalm 136, Psalm 51 The Big Idea: The covenant loyalty of God is a theme that runs throughout the Bible,...

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I Will Arise

• Lesson 6 for the week of February 3 to February 10

Leading Question: What does it mean when God stands up? Scripture Focus: Psalm 12:5, Psalm 18, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Psalm 96, Psalm 99 The Big Idea: The writers of the Psalms understood God as a divine...

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Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land

• Lesson 5 for the week of January 27 to February 3

Leading Question: Have you ever had something asked of you that felt like an insult, a misunderstanding of who you are and what matters most to you? What was this like for you? Scripture Focus:...

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The Lord Hears and Delivers

• Lesson 4 for the week of January 20 to January 27

Leading Question: What is it like to be truly and deeply heard? Scripture Focus: Psalm 34, Exodus 2:23-25, Exodus 3:7-8, Psalm 17:8, Psalm 44, Psalm 80 The Big Idea: Throughout the Bible, God is described...

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The Lord Reigns

• Lesson 3 for the week of January 13 to January 20

Leading Question: In the Bible, God is depicted in a variety of ways, with imagery from kingship, priesthood, motherhood, and many more arenas. What messages about God and God’s relationship with humanity are communicated by...

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Teach Us to Pray

• Lesson 2 for the week of January 6 to January 13

Leading Question: What messages have you received over the course of your life about what prayer is? How did you learn how to pray? Scripture Focus: Psalm 23, Daniel 2:20-23, Psalm 44, Psalm 22, Psalm...

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How to Read the Psalms

• Lesson 1 for the week of December 30 to January 6

Leading Question: Robert Alter, in his book The Art of Biblical Poetry, argues that “poetry is not just a set of techniques for saying impressively what could be said otherwise. Rather, it is a particular...

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Introduction

• Introduction

The book of Psalms could be described as the most eclectic and diverse collection found in the Bible, and this collection has served as a centerpiece in individual and collective worship for thousands of years....

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The End of God’s Mission

• Lesson 13 for the week of December 23 to December 30

Leading Question: What will heaven be like for God? Will he finally be able to relax? Will his work for us be done? Scripture Focus: Luke 11:23; 1 Timothy 2:4; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:1-7,...

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Esther and Mordecai

• Lesson 12 for the week of December 16 to December 23

Leading Question: When faith is out of favor, is it best to keep it quiet, or to openly stand for truth and let the chips fall where they may? Scripture Focus: Esther 2:1-10, 3:1-15, 4:1-14,...

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Mission to the Unreached: Part 2

• Lesson 11 for the week of December 9 to December 16

Leading Question: Which is the greater danger—that we isolate ourselves from ungodly people and leave them unreached, or that we mingle too closely with them and are ourselves led astray? Scripture Focus: 1 Kings 11:1-6;...

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Mission to the Unreached: Part 1

• Lesson 10 for the week of December 2 to December 9

Leading Question: What are the most popularly worshipped idols today? Scripture Focus: Acts 17; Romans 1:18-25; 1 Corinthians 2:2 The Big Idea: The content and manner of our communicating the gospel must be sensitive to...

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Mission to the Powerful

• Lesson 9 for the week of November 25 to December 2

Leading Question: Are rich and powerful people less likely to respond to the Gospel? Scripture Focus: 2 Kings 5:1-19; Daniel 4; Matthew 19:16-22; John 3:1-12, 19:38-42 The Big idea: God is interested in the salvation...

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Mission to the Needy

• Lesson 8 for the week of November 18 to November 25

Leading Question: Is it possible to hurt the needy while trying to help? And who are the needy? Scripture Focus: Deuteronomy 10:19; Leviticus 23:22; Matthew 25:34-40; Luke 4:17-19, 5:17-26 The Big Idea: Followers of Jesus...

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