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Fall, 2009
Junior High through Adults
Godly Women of the Bible Quarterly Aim: To show how God worked in the lives of women for His glory.
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Fall Literature Age 2 through grades 6 History reveals that people have pursued happiness since early in time. It is a consuming desire in today’s society with lots of possessions and entertainment designed to provide moments of pleasure and at least temporary happiness. Yet, many people feel unfulfilled and empty even with packed schedules and lots of belongings. True joy is sadly lacking because they look for it in the wrong places. The aim of this study is that each child involved in the lessons will learn what true happiness is and know the right way to find it. If happiness is a choice, then that choice must be to follow the guidelines Jesus gave for experiencing happiness. The studies for this quarter on the theme God Wants Me To Be Happy direct children to the true way for inner peace and joy. The Beatitudes and other material from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are the basis for the principles that can help God’s people to know happiness every day. The Beatitudes build on each other with each addition giving expanded spiritual dimension to life. Children who memorize the Beatitudes, the Memory Verses in the first nine lessons, will have resources to help them grow God’s way. Make memorization an important part of class time. The children will absorb your attitude and benefit from enthusiastic promotion of learning Bible verses. Plan to award weekly stickers to add beside a verse when they can say it with no help. The Beatitudes Teaching Poster included in the visual aids for this course is ready to display. Use it for the entire quarter to help with learning those verses and to add a beauty spot to your room. God wants each of His children to be happy. Get up each morning with the expectation that today is going to be the best day of your life. You cannot do anything about changing yesterday or last week. They are history. Tomorrow will have its own special blessings and decisions to deal with. God gives you today, this moment, to enjoy fully with Him. Experiencing a joyful journey with God allows you to feel extraordinarily enthusiastic about what He has in mind for you today. You can even get excited when you get up each morning as you look forward with great anticipation to doing His will for your life. This is the day the Lord has made! I will rejoice and be glad in it! That is a choice for happiness. Lesson titles:
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