LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Daniel 1:3-17, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured the city of Jerusalem and took some prisoners, including young men from the royal family and nobility. The king wanted strong, intelligent, and handsome young men to serve in his palace. He ordered his servant to select these young men and give them the same rich food and
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 4:20-10:29, God demonstrates His power and love for His people through ten miraculous plagues upon Egypt. Moses and Aaron repeatedly came to Pharaoh with God’s command to release the Israelites from slavery, but Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened. Each time Moses warned of consequences, Pharaoh refused, and God sent increasingly severe plagues, from water turning
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 2:11-4:17, we encounter Moses at a pivotal moment in his life’s journey. After growing up in Pharaoh’s palace as an adopted son of Egyptian royalty, Moses witnessed the brutal treatment of his Hebrew people and killed an Egyptian taskmaster who was beating a Hebrew slave. Fearing for his life, Moses fled approximately two hundred
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Exodus 1:1-2:10, we find God’s people living in Egypt under harsh conditions. Four hundred years had passed since Joseph brought his family to Egypt as honored guests, but now the Israelites had grown numerous and the new Pharaoh feared their strength. He enslaved them and forced them into brutal labor, treating them with cruelty. Despite
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Genesis 41:53-47:12, we discover how God used Joseph to save his entire family during a terrible famine. When Joseph’s brothers traveled to Egypt seeking food, they had no idea the powerful Egyptian official before them was their long-lost brother whom they had cruelly sold into slavery twenty-two years earlier. Joseph recognized them immediately but chose
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Genesis 1:26-30, God created the world and everything in it. He made the sun, moon, stars, animals, plants, and all living things. Then God created something very special. He made people in His own image. This means God created humans to be like Him in special ways. God made Adam, the first man, and Eve,
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 16:14-23, we learn about David’s special gift of playing the harp. When King Saul was troubled by an evil spirit, his servants sought someone skilled in music to soothe him. David, a young shepherd, was known not only for his musical talent but also for his bravery and trust in God. When David
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Judges 13:1-7 and 16:15-31, we learn about Samson. The Hebrew people were suffering under Philistine rule when an angel appeared to Manoah and his wife, telling them they would have a son who would be dedicated to God as a Nazirite. This meant Samson would never cut his hair, drink wine, or eat unclean foods.
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In Acts 16:16-34, Paul and Silas traveled to Philippi to share the gospel. During their journey, they encountered a slave girl possessed by an evil spirit that gave her the ability to tell fortunes. When Paul commanded the spirit to leave her, her owners became angry because they could no longer profit from her abilities. These
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTSIn Luke 1:5-25, we meet Zechariah and Elizabeth, an elderly couple who served God faithfully but had never been blessed with children. Zechariah was a priest serving in the temple when the angel Gabriel appeared with astounding news: despite their advanced age, they would have a son named John who would help prepare people to follow God’s
