Words from the Bible

Why We Choose to Love God

Text: 1 John 4:16 (NIV)
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.”
THE LOVE WE ALL LONG FOR
Every person is born with a hunger for love.
We chase it in relationships… careers… even in approval from strangers online.But deep inside, there’s a craving that nothing in this world can fill.
Why?Because we were made by Love and for Love.As 1 John 4:16 declares, “God is love.”
And if God is love, then everything else is just a shadow of what we truly need.To know Him… is to finally know real love.

Strength Under Control: The Self-Control of Jesus

Isaiah 53:7 (NIV)“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his mouth.”

From Empty Nets to Overflowing Purpose

Luke 5:1–11 – The first miraculous catch of fish
John 21:1–14 – The second miraculous catch after the resurrection
 
Have you ever worked so hard… only to come up empty?Have you tried everything—every method, every effort, every connection—but the results are still zero?
Peter and the disciples knew that feeling. They fished all night and caught nothing.
But one encounter with Jesus changed everything.
Jesus said, “Cast your nets into the deep” — and everything shifted. Today, He is saying the same to you:
“If you’ll trust Me, I will turn your emptiness into purpose. Your failure into a calling. Your ordinary work into Kingdom impact.”

Carrying the Death, Revealing the Life

Text: 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
"We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies."

There Is Power in the Name of Jesus

Philippians 2:9–11 (NKJV)"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow... and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

Mastered or Mastering? The Call to Cultivate Self-Control in Christ.

“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” – Proverbs 25:28 (ESV)
WHY SELF-CONTROL MATTERS MOST FOR BELIEVERS
Self-control is not just a good habit — it’s fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23). For those who follow Jesus Christ, cultivating self-control is not optional; it is the mark of being under the Lordship of Christ rather than being ruled by our emotions, habits, or fleshly desires.

Sent by Two, Powered by One

Luke 10:1–9 (ESV)"After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go."
Lesson Objective:
To understand the intentional, Spirit-led mission strategy Jesus modeled through the sending of the 72 disciples, how this applies to evangelism today, and to call participants to walk in obedience as Gospel-bearers.

WALKING IN CIRCLES

Numbers 13–14, Deuteronomy 1:2-3, Hebrews 3:7-19
Why Do We Walk in Circles?
Have you ever felt like you are going through the motions, but not really moving forward in life?
Even seasoned Christians—those saved for years—sometimes find themselves in seasons where they feel stuck, dry, aimless.
Today, let’s look at the Israelites, freshly redeemed from Egypt, yet found themselves wandering for 40 years — walking in circles.