RCCG YAYA Sunday School Students Manual – 17 March 2024 – Lesson 29 – Topic: National Development

RCCG YAYA Sunday School Students Manual – 17 March 2024 – Lesson 29 – Topic: National Development

RCCG YAYA Sunday School Students Manual 17 March 2024 Lesson 29 – National Development

TOPIC: National Development (RCCG Sunday School Manual For Young Adults And Youths (YAYA)

MEMORY VERSE: “Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.” – Nehemiah 2:4 (KJV)

BIBLE PASSAGE: Nehemiah 2:1-8 (KJV) (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 17 March 2024 HYMN)‬

1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.

6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

INTRODUCTION: National development is simply an approach that entails the process of progressive growth in a diverse and specified direction of a group of historically constituted, stable community of people. The nation and its development is a major concern to God, hence, He works through an individual or group of people as building blocks for any nation to develop. The quality of the people is indeed the quality of the nation.

LESSON OUTLINES:

THE MAKING OF A NATION
STEPS TO NATION BUILDING

1. THE MAKING OF A NATION

God is mindful of nations and their development (Genesis 17:5-6). His concern is such that He wants to make individuals become nations and at the same time influence nations even with His gospel (Matthew 28:19; Micah 4:1-2). The making of a nation, therefore, entails some principles which include:

The principle of Indoctrination (Daniel 1:3-8): To indoctrinate simply means to introduce someone to a kind of attitude. This is a principle adopted by the Babylonian king in order to align her citizens into their thought patterns. By so doing, there is a continuation of what the nation stands and lives for (Nehemiah 8:8).
The Principle of rightful positioning (Daniel 6:1-3): This simply entails positioning individuals who are knowledgeable and skilful in the various sectors of nation-building (Genesis 41:39-43).
The Principle of collective effort (Genesis 11:1-6): This principle focuses on joint efforts of people with a common outlook – in the direction of common growth and development. Everyone contributes positively in the right direction.
The Principle of preservation (Genesis 41:48): This focuses on resource management and distribution.

CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Students should discuss their views on the current state of their nation.

2. STEPS TO NATION BUILDING

God’s build-up in the life of an individual is always beyond that individual. His aim, however, is to bring nations out of the person or give him/her power over nations (Genesis 17:5; Revelation 2:26). Thus we are very instrumental in the hands of God in the development of nations. This development entails us knowing that our identity is beyond the “Me syndrome” but that of a nation, and thus we are to have a mentality that is induced with nation development (1 Peter 2:9).

There are steps individuals and groups must take to aid national development. These include:

Being born again: This put you at an advantage because of your oneness with God’s thoughts and ways (1 Peter 1:23).
Allowing the word of God indoctrinate us (Romans 12:2).
Partnering with the Spirit of God in the finding and fulfilment of our purpose (Nehemiah 2:3-5).
Learning valuable skills in line with what you have discovered as your sphere of influence (Daniel 1:3-4).
Being productive and getting involved in projects of national interest and recognition.
Being politically informed. Avoid being a political novice as politics control major decisions in every nation (Daniel 6:3).
Reaching out to people in our sphere with the reality of the gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16).

CLASS ACTIVITY 2: Students should discuss the practical things they would do to effect positive changes in their nation.

CONCLUSION: The quality of the people indicates the quality of the Nation; therefore, building people inevitably builds the nation. Let our hands be strengthened to build.

QUESTIONS:

What is national development?
Mention two principles that the making of a nation entails.

FURTHER READING:

Sunday: 1 Corinthians 6:3 (KJV)
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Monday: 1 Peter 1:14 (KJV)
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Tuesday: 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV)
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Wednesday: Ephesians 1:18 (KJV)
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Thursday: 1 John 2:15 (KJV)
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Friday: Colossians 3:10 (KJV)
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Saturday: Matthew 19:28 (KJV)
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

ASSIGNMENT: Mention five (5) things you can do to contribute to your nation’s development (2×5=10 Marks).

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 friend friendship suits me well,
Both young and 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 be 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?

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