Monthly Archives: December 2018

RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual For December 30, 2018 : Lesson 18 – Practical Love in Marriage (Part 1)

By | December 30, 2018

  RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual For December 30, 2018 : Lesson 18 – Practical Love in Marriage (Part 1) TOPIC: Practical Love in Marriage (Part 1) OPENING PRAYER: Father, let true and genuine love flow in all our marriages. MEMORY VERSE: “My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and… Read More »

RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual For December 30, 2018 : Topic – Practical Love In Marriage (Part 1) 

By | December 30, 2018

  RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual For December 30, 2018 : Topic – Practical Love In Marriage (Part 1) Sunday School HYMN O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, O how I love Thee well, I am happy, it makes me glad To rejoice at Thy birth. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy… Read More »

Bible Story : Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man

By | December 27, 2018

  Bible Story : Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man   Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man WHEREVER JESUS WENT, crowds followed him. In the streets, or even in the homes of Capernaum, many people gathered when they knew he was present. Some of these people were… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant

By | December 27, 2018

    Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant AFTER HEALING THE leper, Jesus returned with his disciples to Capernaum, where he had healed so many sick people at the close of one Sabbath-day. News of his coming reached the city before he arrived, and his friends… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old

By | December 26, 2018

Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old NAZARETH, THE BOYHOOD of Jesus, was nearly seventy miles from Jerusalem. The Jews who lived in this city could not go every week to worship God at the temple, so they built a house of worship, called synagog, in their home town. Here they attended religious services,… Read More »

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 1

By | December 26, 2018

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 1 The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes.  The Jews, who rejected Jesus as a prophet, called him an imposter, while the Christians, on the other hand, considered him to be the son of God and worship him as such.  Islam considers Jesus to be one… Read More »

Bible Story : Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple IN THE LAND where Jesus lived there was among the Jews one class of people whom all other Jews despised. This class was the publicans, or tax-gatherers, who worked for the Roman government. The Jews hated the Roman government… Read More »

Bible Story : Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem

By | December 26, 2018

Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem NEWS OF NEHEMIAH’S talk with the rulers and the priests spread rapidly among the Jews living in Jerusalem. And they rejoiced because God had sent this nobleman from the palace in Shushan to help them rebuild their city. The great work began at once, and nearly everybody seemed interested.… Read More »

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 3

By | December 26, 2018

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 3 His Crucifixion God clarified in the Quran that Jesus was not crucified; rather, it was made to seem that way to the Jews, and that God raised him to the Heavens.  The Quran does not explain, though, who was the person crucified instead of Jesus, may the… Read More »

Bible Story : Zacharias and Elizabeth Name Their Child

By | December 26, 2018

Zacharias and Elizabeth Name Their Child A TIME OF great rejoicing had come to the quiet little home in the hill-country of Judah, for God had sent the promised child to Zacharias and his aged wife, Elizabeth. And all the neighbors and relatives were rejoicing with these happy parents of the baby boy. When the… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand NOT FAR FROM the temple in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda. At certain times the water in this pool was made to bubble on the surface. Many sick… Read More »

Bible Story : The Twelve Men Called Apostles

By | December 26, 2018

    Bible Story : The Twelve Men Called Apostles The Twelve Men Called Apostles MANY PEOPLE BESIDES the fishermen and Philip and Nathaniel and Matthew, the publican, followed Jesus. His teachings were so wonderful that others wished to be learners, or disciples, of him, and so they followed in his company from one place… Read More »

Bible Story : Four Fishermen Follow Jesus

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Four Fishermen Follow Jesus Four Fishermen Follow Jesus WHEN JESUS RETURNED from the Feast of the Passover at Jerusalem, his disciples were with him, you remember. But after coming into Galilee Jesus went to his home in Nazareth and the disciples returned to their homes in Capernaum. After the proud men… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son MANY PEOPLE WHO lived in the country of Galilee were eager to see Jesus. They had heard about his first miracle at Cana, where he turned water into wine, and they had also heard about his teachings and his miracles performed… Read More »

Bible Story : The Temptations of Jesus

By | December 26, 2018

The Temptations of Jesus YOU REMEMBER THE story about the beautiful Garden of Eden, where the first man and woman lived when the world was new. And you remember about the visit of the tempter, who came into that beautiful garden one day and persuaded Eve, the woman, to do wrong. Before that time there… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth A SAD DAY had come for Nazareth, the city where Jesus had lived since his babyhood years. And this sad day had come on the Sabbath. The Jews from different parts of the city were gathering in their house of worship,… Read More »

Quran Story : The story of Prophet Ibraheem, Part – I

By | December 26, 2018

Prophet Ibraheem was born in Iraq. His father, whose name was Aazar, would carve idols from wood and sell them to the idol worshippers. Prophet Ibraheem led his life in continuous struggle to comprehensively establish Islam. He is mentioned with praiseworthy titles in the Quran which help us to understand his distinguished character. Prophet Ibraheem… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Leperous Man

By | December 26, 2018

  Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Leperous Man Jesus Heals a Leperous Man WHEN JESUS AND his twelve disciples came down from the mountain, a great multitude of people followed them. These people had come from cities and villages in every part of Galilee, and some had come even from Jerusalem and from country… Read More »

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 2

By | December 26, 2018

Qu’ran Story : Jesus in Islam, Part 2 His Divinity Muslims believe in the Absolute Oneness of God, Who is a Supreme Being free of human limitations, needs and wants.  He has no partners in His Divinity.  He is the Creator of everything and is completely separate from His creation, and all worship is to… Read More »

Bible Story : John the Baptist – The Preacher in the Wilderness

By | December 26, 2018

John the Baptist – The Preacher in the Wilderness WHILE JESUS WAS growing to manhood in the city of Nazareth, in Galilee, John, the son of Zacharias, was growing to manhood in the desert country of Judea. John spent much of his time alone in this desert country, listening to God’s voice. And when he… Read More »

Bible Story : An Angel Visits Zacharias

By | December 26, 2018

An Angel Visits Zacharias ZACHARIAS, THE PRIEST, was an old man. All his lifetime he had been in the priesthood, for he was a descendant of Aaron. And he had married a woman named Elizabeth who also belonged to the family of the priests. Zacharias and Elizabeth loved God and lived to please him as… Read More »

Quran Story : The story of Prophet Ibraheem, Part – II

By | December 26, 2018

Ibraheem Smashes the Idols When Ibraheem recognised that his father and people would not give up worshipping their idols, he left his father’s house and abandoned his people and what they worshiped. He decided to do something about their state of disbelief, but did not reveal it. He knew that there was to be a… Read More »

Islamic Hadith Daily Devotional For December 24, 2018 : Topic – Heart

By | December 24, 2018

  Islam : Islamic Hadith Daily Devotional For December 24, 2018 : Topic – Heart Abu Al-Ja’d – meaning Ad-Damri (RA) narrated, and he was a Companion according to the claim of Muhammad bin Amr (RA): “Allah’s Messenger said: ‘Whoever neglects the Friday prayer three times (in a row) without an excuse, then Allah sets… Read More »

Bible Story : Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

By | December 23, 2018

  Bible Story : Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well BETWEEN JUDEA AND Galilee was a little country called Samaria. This country used to belong to the kingdom of Israel but when the Israelites were carried away as captives by the king of Assyria, strangers… Read More »

Islam : Hadith for Today December 23, 2018 : Topic – Pardon

By | December 23, 2018

  Islam : Hadith for Today December 23, 2018 : Topic – Pardon Abu Ayyub Ansari (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then… Read More »

RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual For December 23, 2018 : TOPIC – Before You Say “I Do”

By | December 23, 2018

  RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual For December  23, 2018 : TOPIC – Before You Say “I Do” TOPIC – Before You Say “I Do” MEMORY VERSE: “Let all things be done decently and in order.” – 1 Corinthians 14:40 BIBLE PASSAGE: GENESIS 29:11-20  11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and… Read More »

Islam : Hadith for Today December 22, 2018 : Topic – Reward

By | December 22, 2018

  Islam : Hadith for Today December 22, 2018 : Topic – Reward Abu Musa (RA) reported The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying The faithful trustee who gives what he is commanded completely and in full with a good will, and delivers it to the one whom he was told to… Read More »

Islam : Hadith for Today December 21, 2018 : Topic – Prostration

By | December 21, 2018

  Islam : Hadith for Today December 21, 2018 : Topic – Prostration Narrated `Aisha (RA): Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) used to offer eleven rak`at and that was his prayer. He used to prolong the prostration to such an extent that one could recite fifty verses (of the Qur’an) before he would lift… Read More »