RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2023/2024 – AGE 6-8 TEACHER’S MANUAL – SUNDAY 3RD OF MARCH, 2024 – LESSON TWENTY SEVEN (27) – TOPIC: GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT DELIGHTS IN A GRATEFUL HEART

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RCCG LOWER JUNIOR ZEAL FOR 2023/2024
AGE 6-8 TEACHER’S MANUAL
SUNDAY 3RD OF MARCH, 2024
LESSON TWENTY SEVEN (27)
TOPIC: GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT DELIGHTS IN A GRATEFUL HEART

BIBLE TEXT: Acts 16:16-19
[16]And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
[17]The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
[18]And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
[19]And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

MEMORY VERSE: James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither or shadow of turning.”

LESSON AIM: The children will believe that God will give them the Holy Spirit if they believe in Jesus.

CHILD-RELATED TRUTH: God wants you to depend on the Holy Spirit.

INTRODUCTION:
After the conversion of Paul, the Holy Spirit was directing his movement. He made it clear where and when Paul should go. When Paul was in a place called Troas, God gave him a vision where a man from Macedonia begged him to come and help the people. Paul and his missionary team (Silas, Timothy and Luke) immediately traveled to Macedonia and stayed several days in a place called Philippi. Whenever Paul entered a new city, he usually try to locate the synagogue to start sharing the good news about Jesus, but Philippi did not have one so he located where the Jews met by the river to worship.

PROGRESSION OF EVENT

1. Paul and his friends arrived in Macedonia and stayed many days in a town called Philippi.
2. One day, Paul and his friends walked to the river to meet for prayer, and a slave girl started to follow them and began to shout that these men tell them to be saved are the servant of the most high God.
3. The slave girl had evil spirit living inside her that enabled her to predict the future, she followed Paul and Silas around for many days.
4. Her owners made a lot of money by using her because she was able to predict the future.

GOSPEL CONNECTION: The evil spirit in the slave girl made her a sinner. You and I are sinners and we offend God with our want to sin. So God made a way out for our sins to be forgiven by sending His only begotten Son to take the punishment we deserve. Jesus died on the cross for your sins, was buried and rose again on the third day. You can now have your sins forgiven and have eternal life.

CLIMAX: The Holy Spirit empowered paul to command the evil Spirit controlling the slave girl to leave in the name of Jesus and the evil spirit obeyed and left the girl.

CONCLUSION: Her owners made a lot of money from the slave girl so they were very unhappy.

CHALLENGE: If you have already put your trust on Jesus as Lord and Saviour, the Holy Spirit will enable you to share the good news with others. If you face difficulty you can trust that the Holy Spirit will give you the ability to stay focus on God just like Paul and Silas did when Paul cast out the evil spirit from the slave girl. The Holy Spirit enabled Paul to realize that it was time to stop what the slave girl was doing.

CARRY-OVER ACTIVITY: This week, be conscious of the Holy spirit and let Him direct you in all things.

INVITATION: The Holy spirit can only use you if you accept Jesus as Lord and Savior (John 1:12).

DAILY DEVOTIONAL
SUNDAY Psalms 48:9-12
MONDAY Psalms 48:13-14
TUESDAY Psalms 49:1-4
WEDNESDAY Psalms 49:5-8
THURSDAY Psalms 49:9-12
FRIDAY Psalms 49:13-16
SATURDAY Psalms 49:17-20

Open Heavens 2024 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.

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