RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2021/2022 AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL SUNDAY 6TH OF FEBRUARY, 2021 LESSON TWENTY THREE (23) TOPIC: ATTRACTING GOD’S BLESSINGS (THROUGH DIVINE FAVOUR)
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RCCG JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2021/2022
AGE 9-12 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 6TH OF FEBRUARY, 2021
LESSON TWENTY THREE (23)
TOPIC: ATTRACTING GOD’S BLESSINGS (THROUGH DIVINE FAVOUR)
Esther 2:1-17
[1]After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
[2]Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
[3]And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
[4]And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
[5]Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
[6]Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
[7]And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
[8]So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
[9]And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
[10]Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
[11]And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
[12]Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
[13]Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
[14]In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
[15]Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
[16]So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
[17]And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 5:12 “For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.”
LESSON AIM: To make them understand the importance of favor in a man’s life
CENTRAL TRUTH: Favour sets you on high in your discipline.
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INTRODUCTION: Favor is what set you apart in life. Divine favour definitely comes from God. Many people in the bible received favor from God. Examples are Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph all did.
(A) WHAT IS DIVINE FAVOUR – Proverb 3:1-4
- Act of kindness out of goodwill.
- Preferential treatment shown to somebody.
- Seizure to struggle for anything one desires Ephesians 3:20.
- God giving ability to get something done.
- To get something you don’t actually quality for.
(B) ACTIVATING DIVINE FAVOUR
- Life of obedience: God favors the request of the obedient. Deuteronomy 28:1 -2
- Walk righteously Psalm 5:12, Genesis 6:8.
- Sow into the life of a favored person. Hebrews 7:6
- Be humble.1 Peter 5:5
- Constant Prayers. Luke 18:1
- Give generously. Proverbs 19:6
- Goodness. Proverb 12:2
- Honor your parents – Ephes. 6.1
(C) Blessings of Divine Favour
- Salvation 2 Corinthians 5:17, Acts 2:41&47, Acts 9:1-6
- Mercy Proverbs 3v34.
- Protection and security Psalms 5:12.
- Elevation Daniel 1:9, Esther 2:15-17.
(D). Other Examples of people that obtained favour from God
- Ruth – God caused her to received favour from Boaz – Ruth 2:10
- Noah found favour with the Lord. Genesis 6:8
- Joseph experienced favour because the Lord was with him. Genesis 39:21
- The Children of Israel found favour with the Egyptians because the Lord gave it to them. Exodus 11:3
- Moses found favour in the sight of God.
CONCLUSION: Favor is getting things despite not deserve it
INVITATION: An encounter with (God is the first step to connecting with divine favour)
ACTIVITY: When a man is favoured, share three (3) things that happens to him
LIFE APPLICATION: Favor changes your life, we already have His favor, no wonder we are saved. To be saved means delivered, protected, preserved, healed and made whole.
DAILY DEVOTION
SUNDAY – GENESIS 30:33-38
MONDAY – GENESIS 30:39-43
TUESDAY – GENESIS 31:1-6
WEDNESDAY – GENESIS 31:7-12
THURSDAY – GENESIS 31:13-20
FRIDAY – GENESIS 31:21-27
SATURDAY – GENESIS 31:28-34
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