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ANNUAL LENTEN BIBLE STUDY

“How Do We Know God Loves Us?” will be held each Sunday beginning Sunday, March 9 and ending April 13. The study will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 9:50 a.m. Every member of SAUMC is invited to join together as one Unified Class via Zoom and/or telephone conference call.

EDUCATION

SAINT ANDREWS UMC FTW

3/9/20253 min read

Our Lenton Season

Lent is a period of preparation before celebrating the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter.

What is Lent?

Lent is the Christian season of preparation before Easter.
The Lenten season is a time when many Christians observe a period of fasting, repentance, moderation, self-denial and spiritual discipline.
The purpose is to set aside time for reflection on Jesus Christ—his love for us demonstrated by His birth, suffering, his sacrifice, his life, death, burial, and resurrection.

This Lenten study will focus on God’s love for us to confirm and dispel any doubts we may have.
The lessons are designed to provide divine absolute proof so we will know without a doubt that He loves us in spite of ourselves.
As we study the next six weeks, take time to remember, reflect appreciate the grace, mercy and unwavering love God has for us.
It is our prayer that this study will encourage your spiritual growth, faith, trust, and dedication to God and others in love.
God’s love is so great for us, He never stops pursuing us, wherever we are He is there waiting for us to turn to Him in complete submission.
King David realized this and pinned his thoughts about God’s constant presence in his life in Psalms 139.
Please find time to read this passage. (*Rev. Dr. Demetrius K. Williams).

SCHEDULE FOR EACH SUNDAY

DATES FACILITATORS LESSONS SCRIPTURES

March 9

March 16

March 23

March 30

April 6

April 13

1 Deuteronomy 7:6-9

2 Psalm 86:16

3 Psalm 136:2-3

4 Romans 8:35-39

5 1 John 4:10

6 John 3:16

Minister Gerald Masters

Dennis and Janet Lee

Reverend Luther Henry

Reverend Doyle Allen

Minister Lela Manning

Pastor Carol Grant Gibson

Annual Lenten Bible Study

To be held each Sunday beginning Sunday,

March 9, and ending April 13.

The study will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 9:50 a.m.

Every member of SAUMC is invited to join together as

one Unified Class via Zoom and/or telephone conference call.

The Lenten handout points out the purpose of Lent,

lists the facilitators, scriptures, questions, and how to join the Study.

Please study the scriptures which form the foundation of the lessons, and bring your question sheets each Sunday.

The Sunday School Superintendent has requested that all SS classes join

the Lent Bible Study as no Sunday School classes are to be conducted by anyone during Lent.

For the next few Sundays, you may obtain the Lent Handout from the ushers

or from the tables at the two main entrances to the church.

Daisy DuBose, Education Ministry Chairperson

Reverend Carol Grant Gibson, Pastor

“How Do We Know God Loves Us?”

Lesson 1 Questions:

1) After reading the assigned scripture in Deuteronomy, what evidence is there of God’s love?

2) Can you look back and see God’s love in your generations? If so, what do you remember?

3) Can you recall a time when you knew for sure God loved you? What were the circumstances?

4) Was there ever a time when you felt that God did not love you? Explain.

5) Write a prayer thanking God for His enduring love for you and your family.

6) What response does this prayer evoke from you to God?

Lesson 2 Questions:

1) How does David approach God?

2) What is his supplication to God?

3) What is David’s understanding of who God is?

4) Why does praise glorify God?

5) What emotions does this Psalm evoke in you? Why?

6) Using the Psalm assigned as your model, write your own Psalm to God.

Lesson 3 Questions:

1) Why do you think David wrote this Psalm?

2) What is David telling us about his relationship and understanding of who God is?

3) What feelings does this Psalm invoke in you?

4) How many times does “His love endures forever” appear and Why?

5) How does God expect us to respond to “His love endures forever?”

Lesson 4 Questions:

1) How can “believers” begin to work towards the goal of “loving like God?”

2) If God commanded us to love, why do so many people choose not to love?

3) Explain why a “believer” should love?

4) Can anyone have the ability to not just love on the surface but to love “unconditionally” on the inside; namely,

spiritually?

Lesson 5 Questions:

1) Can you write three points of interest about love that you learned from John?

(You should be able to).

2) How do you truly feel about God loving you “before the foundation” of the world?

Can it help you to love God and others better?

3) Christ died for us “While we were yet sinners,” what makes it difficult for you to love others as Christ has commanded?

4) Have you ever met anyone that was difficult/easy to love? What made it difficult/easy.

Lesson 6 Questions

1) What do you think Jesus was attempting to get Nicodemus and us to understand?

2) Based on this Lenten study series, would you say that you love more, less or the same?

3) God can not lie. Jesus says, “All who believe in Him have eternal life,” based on God’s Word of love how do you view death?

“HOW DO WE KNOW GOD LOVES US”

The questions are designed to provide for discussion at the end of each lesson.

How to Join the Lent Bible Study

(Suggestion: Practice signing in before Sunday to make sure you can.)

You may begin signing in at 8:30 a.m. Please make every effort to sign in before 9 a.m. to avoid distracting the lesson which begins promptly at 9 a.m. If you sign in after 9 a.m., simply state your name in a low voice—no other conversation is necessary. Roll call will be taken at 9:45.

To join by Video Conference, input the following: https://zoom.us/j/95340265377?pwd=TU5BNmVGcXRla1IwWkJscmdVOUduUT09

or Click on the word Zoom if already downloaded and follow the instructions--

Enter Meeting ID: 953 4026 5377 Enter Passcode: 458666

To join by telephone conference, input and follow the instructions. (It is easier to follow the instructions if you place your telephone on speaker, so you will be able to hear the instructions.)

Enter on keypad: 1-346-248-7799 Enter Meeting ID: 953 4026 5377 #

Enter: # Enter Passcode: 458666 # Click *6 to unmute or to mute.

Contact Cheryl Bassett for signing in problems at—972-655-8388.
Contact Daisy DuBose for questions with lessons or handout—817-366-9201.

After February 16, handouts are available in the foyer of each entrance or from ushers.