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Tag: Making Friends for God

A Step in Faith

  • Lesson 13 for the week of September 19 to September 26, 2020
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Scripture: Phil. 2:5-11; Matt. 4:18-20; Acts 9, John 21, 1 John 3:16-18 Leading Question: How does one explain a life-long commitment to God? Our lesson this week focuses of the example of Jesus in giving...

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A Message Worth Sharing

  • Lesson 12 for the week of September 12 to September 19, 2020
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Scripture: Revelation 14 Leading Question: “What is God’s message for today?” As I prepared the study guide for this lesson, I found myself moving further and further back into biblical history, looking for the great...

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Sharing the Story of Jesus

  • Lesson 11 for the week of September 5 to September 12, 2020
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Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Leading Question: Will a before-and-after difference always be clear when a person is converted? We could cite several dramatic conversion stories from the New Testament. But there are other examples, too. Can...

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An Exciting Way to Get Involved

  • Lesson 10 for the week of August 29 to September 5, 2020
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Scripture: Matt. 9:37-38 Leading Question: Why do some people really like small groups and some people really don’t? This week’s lesson trumpets the advantages of small groups. Before looking at some biblical material relating to...

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Developing a Winning Attitude

  • Lesson 9 for the week of August 22 to August 29, 2020
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Scripture: Eph. 4:15-16; 2 Tim. 2:24-26 Leading Question: How can we overcome deeply-rooted negative attitudes? Galatians 3:28 lays out the agenda for those of us who follow Jesus: “There is no longer Jew or Greek,...

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Ministering Like Jesus

  • Lesson 8 for the week of August 15 to August 22, 2020
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Scripture: John 4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Leading Question: Was Jesus always gentle in his ministry? Human beings are visionary creatures. Isaiah’s vegetarian kingdom is a powerful, tantalizing, and attractive vision, even if we can scarcely...

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Sharing the Word

  • Lesson 7 for the week of August 8 to August 15, 2020
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Scripture: John 4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Leading Question: Why is the Word of God as found in Scripture more powerful than our own words? Over 100 years ago, a popular American preacher, P. T. Forsyth,...

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Unlimited Possibilities

  • Lesson 6 for the week of August 1 to August 8, 2020
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Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1, 12; Matthew 25:14-30 Leading Question: What is God’s plan for employing a wide variety of skills and talents in the work of his kingdom? Not all of us have the same...

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Spirit-empowered Witnessing

  • Lesson 5 for the week of July 25 to August 1, 2020
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Who is the Holy Spirit? In the early centuries of the Christian era, Christians struggled mightily to understand and define the three members of the Godhead. Its...

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Prayer Power: Interceding for Others

  • Lesson 4 for the week of July 18 to July 25, 2020
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Why is prayer so mysterious? In a rather tantalizing quotation, C. S. Lewis comments about the mysteries of holy places: I say the gods deal very...

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Seeing People Through Jesus’ Eyes

  • Lesson 3 for the week of July 11 to July 18, 2020
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Scripture: Mark 8:22-36; John 4:3-34; Acts 8:26-38 Leading Question: Why doesn’t Jesus fix everything and everyone at once? Comment: This lesson brings together a wide diversity of people whom Jesus helped. Some got on the...

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Winsome Witnesses: The Power of Personal Testimony

  • Lesson 2 for the week of July 4 to July 11, 2020
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Scripture: Mark 5, 16; Acts 26 Leading Question: Is it possible to be consistently “winsome” in our witness, or is it inevitable that believers must sometimes face heavy weather? In approaching this week’s topic, the...

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Why Witness?

  • Lesson 1 for the week of June 27 to July 4, 2020
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Scripture: Luke 15; 1 Tim. 2:3-4 Leading Question: The call to public witness seems to be a plan crafted for extroverts. What is God’s plan for introverts? In this new series of lessons, the focus...

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