RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 1 March 2020 Lesson 27 – Overcoming Barrenness
Click HERE for Previous RCCG Sunday School Teacher’s Manual
TOPIC: Overcoming Barrenness
OPENING PRAYER: Father, according to Your word, bless me above all people. Do not let me and my household be barren. (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 1 March 2020 HYMN)
BIBLE PASSAGE: Deuteronomy 7:11-14 KJV (RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 1 March 2020)
11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
MEMORY VERSE: “Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.” – Deuteronomy 7:14
LESSON INTRODUCTION:
God wants us to experience fruitfulness in every area of our lives – spiritually, physically, mentally, financially, relationally, etc. To be fruitful, we need to deal with barrenness. Barrenness means being unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, sterile, infertile, etc. It is the opposite or absence of fruitfulness. When you are in a state of barrenness, you have certain feelings such as shame, disgrace, forsaken, deserted or grieved in spirit ( Isaiah 54:4,6). God has good plans for us, if we will be opened to Him. It is to take us from barrenness to fruitfulness (Jeremiah 29:11).
TEXT REVIEW: Deuteronomy 7:14
“Thou shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.” – Deuteronomy 7:14
ACTIVITY: Teachers should find bout from the passage, other promises made by God to His children and how to attract those promises.
TWO OUTLINES
LESSON OUTLINE 1. AREAS OF BARRENNESS
A. Teacher should ask the students what barrenness is to test the contemporary knowledge of of the lesson
B. Teacher should ask the students to explain the meaning of the following form of barrenness according to the Bible passages:
i. Spiritual Barrenness: according to Matthew 25:18, 24-28, Luke 13:6-9, Gal. 5:22-23.
ii. Physical Barrenness: according to Luke 16:20-21; 2Kings 4:1-2.
iii. Marital Barrenness: according to Isaiah 34:16; Gen. 11:30; Exodus 23:26.
iv. Mental Barrenness: according to 1Cor. 8:2; Hosea 4:6.
C. Teacher should check the students responses against the answers below:
i. Spiritual Barrenness: Spiritual dryness, emptiness, loss of zeal for God, disconnection from God, lack of souls winning, unfruitfulness, etc
ii. Physical Barrenness: Lack of fund, begging, lack of food, poverty ailments, indebtedness, emptiness, etc.
iii. Marital Barrenness: Lack of mate or spouse, lack of child, miscarriages, etc.
iv. Mental Barrenness: Ignorance, poor knowledge, lack of idea, peril, etc.
CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Mention the dangers associated with barrenness.
LESSON OUTLINE 2: FROM BARRENNESS TO FRUITFULNESS
Class should discuss how the following can relocate the people from barrenness to fruitfulness:
i. Faith in God. James 1:6-8; Hebrews 11:11.
ii. Prayers. 1Samuel 1:9-11, 20.
iii. Prayer in the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:26; James 5:16b.
iv. Appropriate use of the word of God 2Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 19:14; 49:3.
v. Giving to God or Sowing Genesis 26:1,12; 1 Sam.1:11.
vi. Submission to God’s timing Ecclesiastes 3:1-3, 11a
vii. Patience, Hebrews 10:36, Job 14:14.
CLASS ACTIVITY 2: Mention other areas where believers can be fruitful
SUMMARY: God hates barrenness and loves fruitfulness. God’s children can break barrenness by applying the Bible principles of faith, prayer, sowing, Patience, and right words
CONCLUSION: Barrenness is not in the plan and programme of God for our life. You can overcome it by the grace and mercies of God.
CLOSING PRAYER: Father, let barrenness cease from among God’s people. Let the people be blessed.
ASSIGNMENT:
Those who obey God’s commandments would receive some blessings according to Deuteronomy 7:11-14. Mention any five(5) of such blessings.
NOTE:
Flatimes.com ENJOINS EVERYONE TO PURCHASE THE HARD COPY TO SUPPORT RCCG EDUCATION (SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT). THE SOFT COPY (ONLINE) IS JUST TO HELP EASY ACCESS. GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU DO SO.
RCCG Sunday School HYMN
- O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?