Key Thought: Understanding the plan of salvation and prophetic events helps us to cultivate the hope that helps us overcome trials. The key is knowing who God is and that He is with us.
August 13, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Job 42:1-6..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What was God trying to tell Job and what was the effect on him?
3. Personal Application: Are there things happening right now that you can’t understand? How do we deal with these things? Ignore them? Try to face them? Share your thoughts..
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why did Job abhor himself and repent in dust and ashes when he came into the presence of the Lord? Shouldn’t he have rejoiced that God had favoured him?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Isaiah 41:8-14.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What reasons for hope are there for people waiting for deliverance?
3. Personal Application: How can we make the reality of God holding our right hand sure in our lives? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why does God tell Jacob He is with him, but then calls him a worm? That doesn’t sound very encouraging.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Jeremiah 29:1-10.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What reasons for hope are given in Jeremiah?
3. Personal Application: What do you look for in hope? A friendly smile? Financial security? A stable marriage? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbours states: “Why does God tell Israel to not listen to those who said that God would bring them out of captivity? Why did He tell them that it would be seventy years before He would deliver them?” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 12:5-13..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What is the message to us here?
3. Personal Application: What is the source, the response, or the goal of discipline? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Having scanned through the lesson quarterly, there are so many hymns from which to choose a theme. In effect, there is a commencing theme hymn which changes through the quarter to the finale theme hymn. To start with, we could use:
Hymn 552 – The Lord’s My Shepherd or 
Hymn 545 – Savior, Like a Shepherd.
Somewhere in the middle of the quarter one could change the theme and add in
Hymn 159 – On a Hill Far Away which is where we complete our studies in Lesson 13.

 Our lesson study title, as does Monday’s study, shouts so many hymns to us:
Hymn 214 – We Have This Hope,
Hymn 522 – My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less,
Hymn 5 – All My Hope on God is Founded, and
Hymn 440 – How Cheering Is the Christian’s Hope, just to name a few.

“When God seems far away, who is the one who has moved?” is an opening question for Tuesday giving us hymns to sing about solidity – no moving: 
Hymn 347 – Built On The Rock and 
Hymn 531 – We’ll Build On The Rock, showing that 
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less – Hymn 522. The day’s study closes with God being so close to us, close enough to hold my hand –
O For A Closer Walk With God – Hymn 315.

 Wednesday brings back the issue of hope: 
Hymn 5 – All My Hope on God is Founded with the answer coming in 
Hymn 523 – My Faith Has Found a Resting Place because 
Hymn 99 – God Will Take Care of You. This answers the question 
Does Jesus Care? – Hymn 181.

 Paul describes all the trials on Thursday and it will be amazing to sing 
The Glory Song – Hymn 435 when all my labours and trials are o’er!  Paul goes on to say that it is faith that keeps us going when faced with all sorts of trying situations: 
O For A Faith that will not shrink – Hymn 533. “
The key is to fix our eyes upon Jesus ( Hebrews 12:3): 
Hymn 290 – Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.

Ellen White (Friday) encourages us to “plant our feet upon a foundation more firm that the everlasting hills, and new faith, new life, would spring into being”: 
Hymn 509 – How Firm a Foundation.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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