COP 2018 BIBLE STUDY & HOME CELL WEEK 20

THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST – 2018 BIBLE STUDY OUTLINE

WEEK 20 – SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 2018.

TOPIC: EVANGELISM MINISTRY WEEK – INFLUENCING A NATION FOR GOD

Review of Previous Week’s Lesson (5 Minutes)

a. What did you learn last week?

b. How did you apply it to your life?

Main Text: 1 Samuel 7:3-15

Memory Verse: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)

Introduction

No believer needs a seminary training or theological education to cause a change in their nation. God gives everyone a sphere of influence on any scale He chooses to give. It is our duty to recognise the exact direction God wants us to take. God first calls us not to force others to be Christians, but to know Him and His plan for lost humanity. Then, He desires that through His spirit, we re-establish Christian principles of morality and ethics in our governments and raise the biblical standard of behaviour. Our study today focuses on how we, as disciples, can influence our nations through the Word and Prayer.

Questions for Discussion

1. What was Israel to do in order to be delivered from the Philistines? Verse 3

2. What key thing did the nation Israel realise they had done, on the day they fasted? Verse 6

3. What did Samuel do for the nation when they were seized with the terror of the Philistines? Verse 9

4. How can we influence our nations for God in this era?

5. Examine Samuel’s life in this lesson and share how you intend doing similarly for your nation.

Conclusion

The Word of God is living and active; sharper than any double-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). At the critical time in 1 Samuel 7, Samuel used the power of the word in him to call his nation to repentance. The condition he set was: return to the LORD and forsake your gods. Truly, the people responded to Samuel’s call and forsook their sins. This encourages us to speak up to bring our nations to repentance when the need be. Calling them to repentance wasn’t enough. Samuel led Israel into a firmer commitment by calling the people to gather for prayer at Mizpah. As Samuel led the prayer, the people also confessed their sins verbally. God heard them and they defeated their enemies. Like Samuel, we can serve as agents of peace and influence our nation even in this dark world of sin.

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THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST – 2018 HOME CELL OUTLINE

WEEK 20 – SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 2018.

ACTIVITY: CELL EVANGELISM

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READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR GUIDE

Week 20 (Sunday 20^th May to Saturday 26^th May, 2018) 

1. Sunday:          2 Chronicles 35-36    
2. Monday:         Ezra 1-4         
3. Tuesday:        Ezra 5-7         
4. Wednesday:   Ezra 8-10
5. Thursday:      Nehemiah 1-4
6. Friday:           Nehemiah 5-7
7. Saturday:       Nehemiah 8-10

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