Lesson 1: God is the Owner and We are the Manager.
Definition Stewardship is the wise management of everything God has entrusted us with. Scripture Reading Psalm 24:1, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.” Main Points THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S: All the earth belongs to the Lord because He created it. In the beginning God created…
Read MoreJuly 19 | Disciples are Filled with Power
Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Jesus promised the first disciples they would be filled with power by the Holy Spirit and be His witnesses in…
Read MoreJuly 18 | Disciples Are Devoted to Maturity
Acts 2:42, “They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” In today’s passage, Luke the author of Acts and companion of Paul, notes four major things the first disciples were devoted to, (1) The apostle’s teaching, (2) fellowship, (3) breaking of bread and (4) prayer. These…
Read MoreJuly 17 | Disciples Serve
Matthew 23:11, “The greatest among you will be your servant.” Today’s verse is found in the midst of Jesus’ harshest rebukes to the Jewish teachers and Pharisees of his day (Matthew 23:1-39). He repeatedly rebuked them for their hypocrisy and selfish ambitions. They had placed their man-made traditions as a burden upon people’s souls, but yet…
Read MoreJuly 16 | Disciples Help the Poor
Acts 2:45, “They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.” The book of Acts serves as a historical record for the early church. The full name for the book of Acts is, “The Acts of the Apostles.” The book was written by Luke, who was a companion of Paul and a physician,…
Read MoreJuly 15 | Disciples Receive the Kingdom Like a Child
Luke 18:17, “Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Jesus was so popular that people from all over Israel began to come to Him just to be blessed. Some of the people would even travel with their children so Jesus could touch…
Read MoreJuly 14 | Disciples Have Nowhere Else To Go
John 6:68, “Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.’” Could you leave Jesus and no longer follow Him? What if hundreds of people left Jesus because of bitterness and offense, would you still stay? Jesus’ twelve main disciples watched a great exodus of their fellow disciples…
Read MoreJuly 13 | Disciples Receive Correction
Matthew 16:23, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.’” Could you imagine what it felt like to be Peter and have Jesus call you “Satan?” Some people think Jesus was actually talking…
Read MoreMark 3:20-30 (Part 2)
MARK 3:20-30 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” 22 And the teachers of the law…
Read MoreActs 4:23-31 (Part 3)
ACTS 4:23-31 23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and…
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