Sunday School

CENTRAL THOUGHT God will answer the sincere requests made to Him. HYMN: WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Text:    Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-42 Introduction: Blindness is a disability which makes an affected person incapacitated and unable to move freely like others. Bartimaeus found himself in this condition. The reason for which he had the problem was not disclosed. Today, various reasons or causes could be adduced by medical experts to be responsible for such predicaments. Bartimaeus must have made up his mind to overcome his situation. He must have been unsatisfied with moving with stick or being led by someone’s arm all his life. He refused however, to give up or resign to such a fate. Rather, he took the challenge and called on the Creator who has the ability to heal all manner of diseases, sicknesses and afflictions. Christ responded to His faith and healed him. By faith therefore, he lived the rest of his life in joy, testifying of the goodness of the Lord Jesus Christ to all. LESSON OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are: To know who Bartimaeus was.To learn how we can regain freedom from bondages and afflictions of the devil.To learn how to approach God in prayers.To appreciate the fact that God...

CENTRAL THOUGHT Gratitude expressed from the heart produces joy and attracts more blessings. HYMN: BLESSED ASSURANCE Text: Luke 17:11-19, Mark 14:3-9 Introduction: Our Lord Jesus Christ commended the only man who came back to give thanks to Him for cleansing him of leprosy out of the ten that were healed of the same ailment. According to Matthew Henry’s commentary “The rest were made whole by the power of Christ, in compassion to their distress, and in answer to their prayer: but he was made whole by his faith, by which Christ saw him distinguished from the rest. …Temporal mercies are then doubled and sweetened to us when they are ferried in by the prayers of faith, and returned by the praise of faith”. We are today living in a world where many humans are very selfish and self-centered. It is a part of the signs of the end time to fail to appreciate the good done to us for any reason. The fact remains that Christ as our example appreciated Peter for allowing Him the use of his boat to preach, by making him to catch “a great multitude of fishes” after an earlier fruitless effort. Part of the Lord’s reasons for this could be to teach the lesson...

CENTRAL THOUGHT Caring for church members promotes growth and unity. HYMN: FADING AWAY LIKE THE STARS OF THE MORNING. Text:    Galatians 6:1-10; Acts 4:32-33 Introduction: Christ’s followers were nicknamed Christians in Antioch in the early apostolic days as a result of the activities they were involved in. The major deeds of the believers then were sharing and caring for one another such that no one lacked. Believers today are happy to be called Christians and should be ready to do things worthy of the name. The church of the early apostles had majorly, the need for the basic necessities of life, food, shelter and clothing. The needs of the church today are far wider in scope than that. The devil is fighting his last battle before the rapture of the saints; he is using deceit, suffering, denials of rights, frustration and delay of believer’s miracles, false teachings and lack of good things of this life, etc., to do this. The church of today should be conscious of these facts and come up with a program of activities that are capable of building members wholesomely to withstand the strategies of the devil. The care of Church members should be all-embracing. Thus, delayed marriages, child-bearing, joblessness, illnesses suffered by church members should...