FALL QUARTER (Sept/Oct/Nov)

ADULT / YOUNG ADULT (18 AND ABOVE)

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A VISION OF THE FUTURE

BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 30:1-3, 18-22

BIBLE TRUTH: God’s promise to restore the fortunes of the people, Israel and Judah and to reestablish the covenant with them.

MEMORY VERSE: “For, lo, the days come saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it” (Jeremiah 30:3)

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: REVIEW God’s written promise ti restore the people and the land of Israel and Judah as of old; IMAGINE and EXPRESS the feelings of safety in a community that has great promise for the future; and PLAN a way to invite people who are not part of the covenant community to become members of the church and Sunday School.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Jeremiah 29:10-14- Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

RESTORATION

BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 31:31-37

BIBLE TRUTH: Jeremiah assures the people that God will make a new convenant with God’s people , that will nurture and equip them for the present and the future.

MEMORY VERSE: “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:” Jeremiah 31:31 KJV
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.” Jeremiah 31:3 AMP

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: KNOW God’s new covenant to reveal Himself to all the people, forgive their sins and hold them accountable; SENSE the relief and joy that come from starting over in agreement with someone and MAKE PLANS for renewing our personal covenant with God.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 8:1-7; Jeremiah 31– Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

A NEW FUTURE

BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 32:2-9   BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Isaiah 12; Jeremiah 32

BIBLE TRUTH: While Jerusalem was under siege , God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to purchase property as a sign that there was a future for the people and their land beyond defeat and exile.

Memory Verse: For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jeremiah 32:15

LESSON AIM: By the end of this lesson, your students will: RETELL the hopefulness of Jeremiah’s purchase of a field while he awaits the invasion and siege of Jerusalem: APPRECIATE hope and hopeful actions in the face of deep hardship: REVIEW our personal times of hardship in the past that held and hold, hope for the future.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 12 – Read and incorporate the insights gained from background scriptures into your study of the lesson.

IMPROBABLE POSSIBILITIES

BIBLE BASIS: Jeremiah 33:2-11

BIBLE TRUTH: God is willing to forgive and bring recovery, healing and restoration.

MEMORY VERSE: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3

LESSON AIM: By the end of this lesson, your students will: REALIZE that God’s promise to follow punishment with forgiveness and restoration is still a valid promise; AFFIRM that with God, punishment, forgiveness and healing. come as a package and DESIGN a thanks offering for hope, healing and forgiveness we receive from God.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 12- Read and incorporate the insights gained from the Background Scriptures into your study of lessons.

REJOICE ANYWAY

BIBLE BASIS:  Habakkuk 2:1-5, 3:17-19

BIBLE TRUTH: Job, the psalmist, and Habakuk all affirm that — no matter what calamities might come their way–they will trust God, rejoice in God’s presence in their lives, and praise God for strength to carry on.

MEMORY VERSE: Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:17-18) 

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: HEAR God’s message of patience for the people and assurance that God will act with justice: EXPERIENCE the feeling of joy when we have patiently awaited God’s promises; and PRACTICE responding to difficulties by trusting in God’s presence and by praising God for strength to endure.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Psalm 56:  Job 1; Habbakuk 1-3- Read and incorporate the insights gained from Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.

EVEN SO, MY REDEEMER LIVES

BIBLE BASIS: Job 19:1-7, 23-29

BIBLE TRUTH: God, the Redeemer, lives and constantly sends forth stedfast love to all people.

MEMORY VERSE: “For I know that my redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

LESSON AIM: By the end of the lesson, your students will: UNDERSTAND that Job had unwavering belief in God’s redemption even as he was made to suffer; AFFIRM that, though we suffer much, God loves us and offers us redemption; and ACKNOWLEDGE ways we loved and blessed during times of trouble.

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Job 19; Psalm 57; 1 Chronicles 16:28-34 – Read and incorporate the insights gained from Background Scriptures into your study of the lesson.