LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 3-4, the people of Israel had spent forty years wandering in the wilderness, and the moment to enter the Promised Land had finally arrived. There was just one problem standing in their way: the Jordan River. It was harvest season, which meant the river was overflowing its banks, running fast and deep. God gave
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 1-2, God’s people had spent forty years wandering through the wilderness, and now the time had finally come for them to enter the land God had promised them. Under the leadership of Joshua, the Israelites camped along the east bank of the Jordan River, just across from the fortified city of Jericho. Before any
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Numbers 27:12-23 and Deuteronomy 31:1-8, we find the account of God’s final instructions to Moses and the transition of leadership to Joshua. God reminded Moses he would not be permitted to enter the Promised Land, a consequence of an earlier act of disobedience when Moses struck a rock instead of speaking to it as God
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In John 3:16, we find the heart of the entire Christian faith captured in a single verse. God, who created all things and loves all people, looked upon a world broken by sin and chose not to leave it that way. He sent His only Son, Jesus, into the world to live a perfect life and
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Mark 4:30-34, Jesus gathers a crowd near the sea and speaks to them in parables, using comparisons drawn from everyday life to help them understand spiritual truths. In this particular parable, Jesus asks His listeners to consider what the Kingdom of God is like, and then He points them to one of the smallest seeds
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Luke 10:25-37, a man skilled in the Jewish law approaches Jesus with a question about how to receive eternal life. Jesus turns the question back to the man, who correctly answers that the greatest commands are to love God completely and to love your neighbor as yourself. Rather than accepting this as settled, the man
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Matthew 28:5-6, Luke 19:28-35, Matthew 26-28, we see the story of Jesus’ final days, His death, and His resurrection. Jesus entered Jerusalem as a King, humbly riding on a donkey, showing that He came to bring peace. Later, He shared a special meal with His disciples and prepared them for what was to come. Jesus
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Genesis 2:1-3, we see that after creating the world in six days, God finished His work and chose to rest on the seventh day. This was not because He was tired, but because His work was complete and good. God set apart the seventh day as holy, giving us an example of the importance of
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Genesis 1:24–31, God completes His creation by making land animals and human beings. He speaks animals into existence, filling the earth with creatures of every kind, each designed with purpose. This moment shows God’s creativity and authority as everything comes into being exactly as He commands. God then creates people in His own image, setting
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Genesis 1:20–23, God continues His creation by filling the empty spaces He had already formed. After making the sky and seas, God speaks and brings life into them. The waters begin to swarm with living creatures, and birds fill the sky. This shows God’s intentional design, He not only created places but also filled them
