SUMMER QUARTER (June/July/August)

ADULT / YOUNG ADULT (18 AND ABOVE)

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OBEY THE LORD

BIBLE BASIS : Haggai 1:1-11

BIBLE TRUTH: Doing the work and will of God should be our first priority.

MEMORY VERSE: Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? (Haggai 1:3–4)

Lesson AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: UNDERSTAND why God commanded Haggai’s encouragement to the Israelites to rebuild the Temple; INTERNALIZE the connection between the neglect of God’s house and the poor results of the Israelites’ selfish efforts; and LIST ways to carry out God’s desires before attempts to satisfy our personal agendas.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Haggai 1:1-11 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson

TRUST GOD’S PROMISES

Bible Basis: Haggai 1:12, 2:1–9

Bible Truth: God’s promise to bless is linked to our promise to obey.

MEMORY VERSE: “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts” (Haggai 2:9).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: KNOW God’s promises to the Israelites linked to His command to rebuild the Temple; TRUST that God pledges assistance and prosperity in response to obedience to Him; and IDENTIFY ways that God seeks our obedience and how we can demonstrate it.

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BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Haggai 1: 12-2:9— Read and incorporate the insights

gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

LIVE PURE LIVES

BIBLE BASIS: Haggai 2:10–19

BIBLE TRUTH: Live honorably

MEMORY VERSE: “Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pome- granate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you” (Haggai 2:19).

Lesson AIM: By the end of this lesson, we will: GRASP Haggai’s message of encouragement to press forward I rebuilding the Temple; REALIZE that reneging on promises to God yields catastrophic results; and DEVELOP ways to commit to doing God’s work on behalf of the community.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Haggai 2:10- 19— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

HOPE FOR A NEW DAY

BIBLE BASIS: Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 4:1–3, 6–14

BIBLE TRUTH: The Spirit of God is the source of our success.

MEMORY VERSE: “ “Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: ACKNOWLEDGE the connection between God’s promises to Israel for rebuilding the Temple and the Israelites’ obedience to Him; APPRECIATE the community’s restoration of the Temple and God’s restoration of the people; and ARTICULATE our thankfulness to God for the blessings bestowed upon us for our obedience.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Nehemiah 7: 1-7; Haggai 2:20-23; Zechariah 4 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson

JOYFUL WORSHIP RESTORED

BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 1:10–17

BIBLE TRUTH: There should be no division in the Body of Christ.

MEMORY VERSE: “Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: INVESTIGATE the divisions within the Corinthian community ; IDENTIFY past hurts caused by divisions experienced within a faith community; and INTRODUCE methods of achieving unity within the Body of Christ.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 1: 10-17; 3:1-17— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

GLORIFY GOD WITH YOUR BODY

BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 6:12–20

BIBLE TRUTH: Your body belongs to God.

MEMORY VERSE: ““What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: RECALL the Apostle Paul’s comparison of the body to a temple; RECOGNIZE how as Christians we’re called to keep our bodies pure; and RESOLVE to promote and practice personal, moral, and physical purity as part of the Body of Christ.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 6: 12- 7:40 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

WATCH WHAT YOU EAT

BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 8:1–13

BIBLE TRUTH: Put the spiritual well-being of your brother as your top priority.

MEMORY VERSE: “But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling- block to them that are weak” (1 Corinthians 8:9)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: EXPLORE the positive and negative influences that community members have on one another; EMPATHIZE with Christians who may have been negatively affected by others in the community; and EVALUATE our own behavior to rid ourselves of actions that might negatively influence the people around us.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 8, 9 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 10:9–22

BIBLE TRUTH: Yielding to temptation is sin.

MEMORY VERSE: “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: PONDER Paul’s warnings about yielding to temptation; SENSE the joy of resisting the temptation of sin; and PRAY over specific needs of one another for God’s help in overcoming temptation.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-22— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

SEEK THE GOOD OF OTHERS

BIBLE BASIS: 1 Corinthians 14:13–26

BIBLE TRUTH: Whatever you do in worship should edify other believers as well as yourself.

.MEMORY VERSE: “How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying” (1 Corinthians 14:26).

LESSON AIM:

By the end of the lesson, we will: RECOUNT what Paul says about the value of speaking in tongues; REALIZE the importance of speaking plainly in the company of others; and REAFFIRM strategies for effectively communicating the Gospel to both believers and unbelievers.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Corinthians 14: 13-26 — Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

CONSOLATION GRANTED THROUGH PRAYER

BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 1:3–11

BIBLE TRUTH: God never leaves His children alone and unprotected.

MEMORY VERSE: “And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation” (2 Corinthians 1:7).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: DISCERN Paul’s meaning in explaining reliance on God during affliction; sense the JOY of resting in God’s protection and consolation; and DETERMINE how we can extend the loving concern that God has for us to others.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 1: 3-11— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

A COMMUNITY FORGIVES

BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 1:23–2:11

BIBLE TRUTH: People need to forgive each other.

MEMORY VERSE: “ “To whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:10).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: GRASP Paul’s message to the

Corinthians about the connection among people in a community; GAUGE the influence of harm or benefit to one person in a community on the whole group; and GENERATE a list of people to pray for who may need forgiveness for harming others.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 1: 23-2:17— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

TREASURE IN CLAY JARS

BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 4:2-15

BIBLE TRUTH: God gives believers the power in the midst of hardship.

MEMORY VERSE: “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:8–9).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will CONSIDER Paul’s position in seeing himself as a slave for Christ’s sake; CONTEMPLATE goodness in relation to God and community; and COUNT on God’s power to work through us to do His will in ministry to others.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 4: 1-15— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

AN APPEAL FOR RECONCILIATION

BIBLE BASIS: 2 Corinthians 6:1–13; 7:2–4

BIBLE TRUTH: The believer should let nothing separate him from his brother.

MEMORY VERSE: “ “Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man”(2 Corinthians 7:2).

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will: acknowledge Paul’s estrangement he felt from the Corinthians and assess his reaction to it; FEEL the need to heal estrangement within the church fellowship; and ARTICULATE ways to end any misunderstandings and estrangements and LIST ways to restore health to the community.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 2 Corinthians 6: 1-7:4— Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.