8 Weeks OF BiBle lessOns FOr small GrOups - Seventh-day Adventist Church

8 Weeks OF Bible Lessons for Small Groups

General Conference Women's Ministries Department

INTRODUCTION

God longs for us to "prosper and be in health." His desire for us is not merely physical health but also emotional health. Yet sin has impaired our emotional health. Often, instead of our being in control of our emotions, they control us, even impelling us to make wrong choices that cause great grief and sorrow. Fortunately, that need not be the case. The Lord has something better for us. And for us and those in our community whom we want to reach, this series of Homes of Hope and Healing Bible Study Lessons provides biblical principles of sound emotional health.

In these lessons, we will look at Bible characters, focusing on their emotional reactions to events in their lives. We will ask ourselves, "What can we learn from their experiences that will help us cultivate emotional health and strength founded on faith?"

Our prayer is that this eight week journey, by helping us understand our emotions, will help us reach out to the Lord, who has bestowed on us the greatest emotion of all: love. As a tool for outreach and service, may these lessons provide a bridge to the people around you, helping them to know the love of Jesus and then through God's grace to reflect that love to others. May all who make the journey through these lessons together grow in His love and share His love, His healing love.

God Bless you in the journey, General Conference Women's Ministries Department

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of

the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the

world. Amen."

Matthew 28:19, 20

"Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, 'Follow Me.'" . . .

"Accompanied by the power of persuasion, the power of prayer, the power of the love of God, this work will not, cannot, be without fruit."

The Ministry of Healing, pp. 143, 144

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