Key Thought : The proper response to the Lord’s nearness consists in a life of faith to Him and obedience to His commandments. God acts on behalf of those who call on Him.
January 27, 2024

1. Have a volunteer read Psalm 139:1-18.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How does this text show us God’s power, presence, and goodness?
3. Personal Application: What circumstances could cause us to lose our confidence in God?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Because God knows everything about us, even our darkest thoughts and secrets, isn’t that frightening and scary?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Psalm 17:7-9, 31:1-3, 91:2-7.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does the psalmist do in times of trouble?
3. Personal Application: How do we deal with troubled times when we can’t see the Lord’s protection? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What does it mean that God hears our prayers? Does that mean He will do something in response? That He will work to answer our prayers? Why don’t we see the response or answers to our prayers very often?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read I Corinthians 10:1-4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How does Paul describe the Exodus story? What does he seek to teach with it?
3. Personal Application: What are some of the spiritual dangers we face as believers, and how can we learn to lean on God’s power to protect us from these dangers? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Why does Paul say that it was Jesus who led Israel out of Egypt? Jesus didn’t even exist back then. He wasn’t born until the time of Rome.” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Psalm 3:4, 14:7, 20:1-3.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Where does help come from according to these verses?
3. Personal Application: How does understanding the sanctuary and its purpose give us hope and help in times of trouble? 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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Daily Lesson for Monday 22nd of January 2024

The Lord reveals Himself in Scripture as the living God who acts on behalf of those who call upon Him.

For the psalmist, “the Lord [is] always before me” (Psalms 16:8). Therefore, he trusts God and calls upon Him (Psalms 7:1, Psalms 9:10). The Lord will hear him even when he cries out of the “depths” (Psalms 130:1-2), conveying that no life circumstance escapes God’s sovereign dominion. Thus, the psalmist’s cry, no matter how urgent, is never devoid of hope.

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Psalms 121:1-8, meanwhile, celebrates the power of the Creator in the faithful individual’s life. This power includes:

1. “He will not allow your foot to be moved” (Psalms 121:3, NKJV). The image of “foot” is often descriptive of one’s life journey (Psalms 66:9, Psalms 119:105, Proverbs 3:23). The Hebrew word for “move” describes the security that God gives to the world (Psalms 93:1) and to Zion (Psalms 125:1).

2. The image of the Lord as Israel’s Keeper who does not slumber nor sleep highlights the Lord’s constant alertness and readiness to act on behalf of His children (Psalms 121:3-4).

3. The Lord is “your shade” (Psalms 121:5-6, NKJV) calls to mind the pillar of cloud in the time of the Exodus (Exodus 13:21-22). Similarly, the Lord provides physical and spiritual shelter to His people.

4. God is at their right hand (Psalms 121:5). The right hand typically designates a person’s stronger hand, the hand of action (Psalms 74:11, Psalms 89:13). Here it conveys God’s nearness and favor (Psalms 16:8, Psalms 109:31, Psalms 110:5).

5. God’s protection of His people is clearly confirmed in Psalms 121:6-8. God shall preserve His children from all evil. Neither “the sun” nor “the moon” shall strike them. God shall preserve their “going out” and “coming in.” These poetic figures underscore God’s comprehensive, unceasing care.

The bottom line? The psalmist trusted in God’s loving care. We, of course, should do the same.

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