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CENTRAL THOUGHT: Christ is our peace in a troubled world. HYMN: WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER ATTENDETH TEXT: John 16:33, 2 Cor. 11:23-33, Eze. 34:25-26 INTRODUCTIONAfter teaching the multitude, Jesus and His disciples set sail for the eastern shore of the sea of Galilee. It was night and the Savior rested comfortably near the stern, asleep on a pillow.In time, there arose a storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship. Terrified, the disciples awakened Him: “Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?” (Mark 4:35-41).He who had created the earth was again commanding the elements. In wonderment (astonishment), His disciples asked, “what manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him”,We are living through turbulent times. A great storm of evil has come upon the earth. The winds of wickedness haul about us: the waves of war beat against our ship. As Paul wrote to Timothy: “In the last days perilous times shall come”. It is time that ominous...

CENTRAL THOUGHTOnly a people prepared will meet the Lord. HYMN: HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS FOR THE CLEANSING POWER. TEXT: John 2:13-17, 2 Cor 6:14-18. INTRODUCTION The Passover celebration took place yearly in Jerusalem. Every Jewish male was expected to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem during this time ( Deut.16:16). The temple area was always crowded during Passover with foreigners who needed to change their money to local currency and buy the needed animals for sacrifice. The merchants and money changers exploited the people, turned the temple to a market place and this attracted Christ righteous indignation. Purging is to make clean or free of physical, moral or spiritual impurity. In the bible, the temple being a physical place of worship where the lord chose to put his name, was highly revered, and it was forbidden to do some things or talk carelessly, and of such was seen as sacrilegious ( see John 2:20-21). Before the death of Jesus, God dwelt in the physical temple; however, the light of this topic purging the temple will involve both the church and our bodies. LESSON OBJECTIVESThe objectives of this study are:1.To know what made Jesus chase the merchants and currency changers away from the temple. 2.To know the reasons for the...

CENTRAL THOUGHTGod fulfills His promises in His time. HYMN: WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD. TEXT: 1 Sam 16:1-3; 2 Sam 2:1-4; 5:1-10. INTRODUCTION The promises of God never fail even in the face of hardship and affliction. Humanly speaking, it was possible for David to think that God has forgotten him like we do at times. This also happened in the life of Joseph, Abraham among others. Abraham was fully persuaded that what God had promised, HE was able also to perform ( Rom 4:21). God has not failed in any of His promises ( 1 Kings 8:56b). His words are yea and amen. He is not slack concerning His promises ( 2 Pet. 3:9). A Child of God should therefore, hear from God expressly, understand Him well and believe Him. He should continue to live, walk, work and patiently behave or do things in consonance with God’s instructions. We are in a race where distractions abound, but we are expected to follow the principles spelt out rigidly for a crown to be given to us at the end ( 1 Cor 9: 24-27). It is expected in stewards that a man be found faithful ( 1 Cor 4:2). We should therefore, not be like the fools who...