LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Joshua 24:1-28, near the end of his life, Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem to stand before God. He recounted the entire sweep of God’s faithfulness to His people, beginning with Abraham’s calling out of a land of idol worship, through the miraculous deliverance from Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea,
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Numbers 13:16-31, God instructed Moses to send twelve men (one leader from each tribe of Israel) into the land of Canaan to scout it out and bring back a report. After forty days, the men returned with samples of the land’s fruit, including a large cluster of grapes, and described what they had seen. The
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 35:4–40:38, God gave His people a remarkable assignment while they were traveling through the desert. He asked them to build Him a home. This special tent, called the Tabernacle, was to be placed right in the middle of the Israelite camp so that God could dwell among His people. Every detail of its construction
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 5:22-23 and 12:31-42, we find the dramatic conclusion to God’s deliverance of His people from Egyptian bondage. Moses had been faithfully following God’s instructions, speaking to Pharaoh time and again, yet Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened. Moses cried out to God in frustration, questioning why the Lord had brought trouble upon the Israelite people when
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 31:18-34:35, we find Moses on Mount Sinai receiving detailed instructions from God, including the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets. While Moses was away for forty days, the Israelites grew impatient and anxious. They approached Aaron, Moses’ brother, demanding that he create a god they could see and worship. Aaron collected gold jewelry from
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 5:1-23, Moses and Aaron approach Pharaoh with God’s command to let the Israelite people go into the wilderness to worship Him. Pharaoh responds with defiance, refusing to acknowledge God’s authority and rejecting the request. Instead of releasing the Israelites, Pharaoh increases their burden by commanding that they continue making the same quota of bricks
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 3:1-4, we find Moses tending his father-in-law’s sheep when he encounters a bush that burns but does not consume itself. God speaks to Moses from this burning bush and calls him to return to Egypt to lead the Israelites out of slavery. Moses responds with doubt and fear, focusing on his weakness in speaking
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 19:1-20:21, God’s people arrived at Mount Sinai after traveling for three months from Egypt. This mountain held special significance as the place where Moses had encountered the burning bush and received God’s promise to deliver Israel. Now, God was fulfilling His covenant by establishing His people as a treasured nation set apart from all
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 15:22-16:36, the Israelites embarked on their journey through the desert toward the Promised Land, facing immediate challenges of thirst and hunger. After traveling for three days without water, they discovered a water source at Marah, but it was too bitter to drink. The people complained to Moses, who cried out to God for help.
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Acts 9:26-30, we find Saul (who would later be called Paul) arriving in Jerusalem after his dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. The disciples there were terrified of him because they remembered how he had persecuted Christians and put them in prison. They did not believe he had truly changed. Barnabas stepped forward as
