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Key Thought: Paul shares with us secrets to having a joyous Christian life, along with many high moral values that guided Paul, influenced by the teaching of Jesus
February 14 , 2026

1. Have a volunteer read Philippians 3:17-19.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How are good and bad role models described in this passage? What are the keys given to distinguish between them?
3. Personal Application: Jesus is the only true role model, but there are others that could be good role models. What kind of role model do you present to others? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, I have been in churches where I saw and heard things that caused me not to want to go back. There are many that claim to be Christian, but show very little growth in the Christian graces. I know we are not supposed to judge, but some people and some churches make me not want to visit or attend them.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Philippians 4:4-7, Psalm 29:11, Isaiah 9:6.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How are we to experience the peace of God?
3. Personal Application: How would you describe to someone what it means to experience the peace of God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “How can I experience God’s peace when my prayers are unanswered and my life seems to be on a downward spiral”Do you get that peace when God answers your prayers? How do you get it when He doesn’t?” How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Philippians 4:7-9.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How do we guard our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ?
3. Personal Application: Do we spend more time thinking about negative things and trivial things that bother us rather than on pure, right, and true things? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What do you spend most of your timr thinking about? How well does what you are thinking about strengthen your faith and work with the Lord?” How would you respond to your friend?

4. Have a volunteer read Philippians 4:10-13, 19.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What ideas does Paul give us for a happy, contented life?
3. Personal Application: How do you deal with the things that you have prayer for but have not yet been answered, and may never be in the way you want? 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).

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/7-a-heavenly-citizenship-teaching-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=7-a-heavenly-citizenship-teaching-plan

Daily Lesson for Tuesday 10th of February 2026

After touching on, again, the need for unity (Philippians 4:1-3), Paul moves on to another theme: rejoicing in the Lord (Philippians 4:4-7).

How many times have you been stressed over things that ultimately melted effortlessly away as quickly as they appeared? For good reason, Jesus repeatedly emphasized that we should not worry (see Matthew 6:25-34, Matthew 10:19), and Peter reminds us that we can cast all our worries or anxieties (ESV) on the Lord, “because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7, ESV). In fact, the increasing problems worldwide should inspire us with hope that the coming of the Lord is near (compare Matthew 24:33, Luke 21:28, James 5:8).

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The antidote to anxiety in everything, including every situation, is sending up a prayer of faith (Philippians 4:6-7). Clearly, we are to believe and act on our prayer as having been answered even before we see its realization, because we are to pray “with thanksgiving.” Also added is the word “supplication” (Greek: deēsis), signaling times of extremity and urgency (see, for example, Luke 1:13, Philippians 1:19, 1 Timothy 5:5, James 5:16). Our prayers are still “requests,” but we can know our petitions have been received as long as we ask “according to His will” (1 John 5:14, NKJV). Then we can rest and have peace, knowing that all our requests are in God’s hands.

God’s peace is something the world can never give, because God’s peace comes from the assurance that we have the gift of eternal life through Jesus our Savior (Romans 5:1, Romans 6:23). This peace impacts every aspect of life and “surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4:7, NKJV). It cannot be grasped by the mind alone, as the Greek word nous (minds) used here indicates.

<–Monday Wednesday–>

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/26a-07-rejoice-in-the-lord-always/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=26a-07-rejoice-in-the-lord-always

Daily Lesson for Monday 9th of February 2026

Unlike the enemies of the Cross, who “set their mind on earthly things” and have no greater god than their bellies (Philippians 3:19), Christian citizenship is in heaven, and our ruler is Jesus Christ Himself.

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To underscore the point, Paul highlights the need for “these humble bodies of ours” (Philippians 3:21, NET), subject to disease, deterioration, and death, to be transformed to be like Christ’s glorious resurrection body.

• Job 19:25-27

• Luke 24:39

• 1 Corinthians 15:42-44

• 1 Corinthians 15:50-54

• Colossians 3:4

In the end, through Jesus, death, “the last enemy,” will be destroyed (1 Corinthians 15:26). And that is our greatest hope, the ultimate promise that we have been given in Jesus—not only the end of death but a whole new body, even a “glorious body” (Philippians 3:21, ESV).

In a book about how to find “salvation” without God, which argued, rather foolishly, that overcoming the fear of death is “salvation,” author Luc Ferry does admit that Christianity “enables us not only to transcend the fear of death, but also to beat death itself. And by doing so in terms of individual identity, rather than anonymity or abstraction, it seems to be the only version that offers a truly definitive victory of personal immortality over our condition as mortals.”—Ferry, A Brief History of Thought (New York: HarperCollins, 2011, Kindle edition), p. 90. Quite an admission, coming from an atheist.

Thus, for Paul, our heavenly citizenship includes the promise of the resurrection and eternal life in a whole new existence that we can barely imagine now.

<–Sunday Tuesday–>

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The great lesson we learn from dear Paul this quarter is that we are to 
Stand Up! Stand Up For Jesus! – Hymn 618. This is a beautiful theme hymn to give us a great reminder of what we need in our world that is falling apart these days.

We gain wonderful help in our memory verse encouraging us to put everything to God in prayer and supplication just as we can in singing 
Hymn 510 – ‘Tis The Blessed Hour Of Prayer. Paul then shares with us the “secrets of living a joyful Christian life”: 
Hymn 12 – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.  The instructions from Paul keep us learning and we are then able to find “He will supply everything we need”:  
Hymn 104 – My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. Our Sabbath introduction then concludes with our citizenship having wonderful privileges 
When We All Get To Heaven – Hymn 633.

We each have had a role model (Sunday) to some degree in our lives with our best Role Model helping us to sing 
I Would Be Like Jesus – Hymn 311. Our Dear Saviour, Jesus, knows 
I Need Thee Every Hour – Hymn 483 and 
I Need Thee, Precious Jesus – Hymn 484 to help me along life’s pathway. 

Our theme hymn helps us to “Stand Fast in the Lord” (Monday) as does 
Hymn 610 – Stand Like The Brave.

With all this wonderful help from our Saviour, we can really 
Rejoice, The Lord Is King – Hymn 221 (Tuesday) “because He cares for you” – 1 Peter 5:7, ESV. We may still ask 
Does Jesus Care? – Hymn 181, oh, yes, He cares! And we know 
Christ Is Coming – Hymn 201 to take all the cares of this world away forever. It is with such wonder that we are then able to understand God alone can give us peace: 
Wonderful Peace – Hymn 466. Wednesday points out this wonderful peace, as well so that we are able to “practice what we have learned”; i.e., practice what we preach.

To keep growing with all we have learned so far this week, we can then see 
Faith Is The Victory – Hymn 608, especially 
Just When I Need Him Most – Hymn 512.

Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless others.

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/Search 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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