First Lesson: Proverbs 3:5-10, Second Lesson: Acts 16:6-15 Proverbs 3:5-10 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.[a] 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. 8 This will bring health…
First Lesson: Ruth 1:6-18, Second Lesson: John 15:12-17 Naomi and Ruth Return to Bethlehem 6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had…
First Lesson: Judges 4:1-10, Second Lesson: Judges 4:17-24 Deborah 4 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. Sisera, the commander of his army, was based in Harosheth Haggoyim. 3 Because he…
Frist Lesson: Romans 12:1-8, Second Lesson: Matthew 16:13-20
First Lesson: Isaiah 56:1-8, Second Lesson: Matthew 15:21-28 Salvation for Others 56 This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. 2 Blessed is the one who does this— the person who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath…
First Class: Psalm 85:8-13, Second Class: Matthew 14:22-33 Psalm 85:8-13 8 I will listen to what God the Lord says; he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants— but let them not turn to folly. 9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. 10 Love and faithfulness meet together;…
First Lesson: Isaiah 55:1-5, Second Lesson: Matthew 14:13-21 Invitation to the Thirsty 55 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does…
First Lesson: Romans 8:26-39, Second Lesson: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Romans 8:26-39 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the…
First Lesson : 1 Peter 4:12-19, Second Lesson: Matthew 20:1-16 1 Peter 4:12-19 Suffering for Being a Christian 12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,…
First Lesson: Isaiah 55:10-13, Second Lesson: Matthew 13:1-9 Isaiah 55:10-13 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 11 so is my word that goes…