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March 8th, 2026: Watching our Consumption | Daniel 1:8-17, 1 Timothy 4:7-8
The lesson this week takes us into the book of Daniel. Daniel is a young man taken into captivity by the Babylonians during their overthrow of Jerusalem in 597 BC. The book covers Daniel’s lifetime; he is an old man when it ends. Daniel is best known for his faithfulness and dedication to the one true God. The relationships in this lesson are of key importance. There is more to our consumption than just food. As you study, think about your responsibilities, your relations
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
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March 8th, 2026: Watching our Consumption | Daniel 1:8-17, 1 Timothy 4:7-8
The lesson this week takes us into the book of Daniel. Daniel is a young man taken into captivity by the Babylonians during their overthrow of Jerusalem in 597 BC. The book covers Daniel’s lifetime; he is an old man when it ends. Daniel is best known for his faithfulness and dedication to the one true God. The relationships in this lesson are of key importance. There is more to our consumption than just food. As you study, think about your responsibilities, your relations
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
13 minutes ago8 min read
March 1st, 2026: Loving God, Loving Others | Mark 12:28-34, James 2:14-17
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (1 John 4: 7-8). What age are you spiritually? If it sounds like an odd question, let me explain. The lesson today can be best illustrated using the well-known stages of childhood. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, or someone living around children, you know that at different stages of our lives, we behav
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Feb 267 min read
February 22, 2026: Stewardship and Mission | Acts 1:6-8, 2 Corinthians 8:3-9
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 3: 9-11). In our world of modernization, we have time management skills, life planning programs, and phone A
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Feb 197 min read
February 15th, 2026: The Lord's Day | Exodus 20:8-11, Romans 14:4-6, Revelation 1:10
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. (Hebrews 4: 9-10). Our lesson is about The Lord’s Day. As you study with us, think about your life. Do you have true rest? Why should you rest and in whom do you rest? Does perfect rest only come through Jesus? It feels like everyone is constantly rushed; meeting or trying to meet impossible deadlines, living miles away
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Feb 126 min read
February 8th, 2026: Baptism and the Lord's Supper | Matthew 2:13-17, 28:19-20, I Corinthians 11:23-29
Salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Feb 46 min read
February 1st, 2026: The Christian Church | Mark 4:26-32, Ephesians 4:4-6, 11-18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18) The first use of the word church is in Matthew as Peter answers the question Jesus asked,” Who do you say that I am?” Peter’s answer is that Jesus is the rock or foundation for a new covenant. Jesus is so much more than men realize. He is not just a good prophet or just a miracle worker. Jesus is the Christ, the son of
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jan 308 min read
January 25th, 2026: Call and Growth | Matthew 4:18-20, 16:16-18, John 21:15-18, 2 Peter 3:14-15,18
I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning…to the end. He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years. Copyright ©:: Linda Ellis Today’s lesson is about our calling and our growth as Christians. How well do we use the time between our birth and our death to understand and follow our callin
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jan 238 min read
January 18th, 2026: Prayer and Humility | Genesis 18:25-27, Luke 18:9-14
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6, 9-13). The most significant weapon in the Christian arsenal is prayer. Yet, talking to God in
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jan 147 min read
January 11th, 2026: Repentance and Faith | Luke 15:11-24, Acts 2:38-39
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2Corinthians 7:10). For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9). The prodigal son is one of the most recognized of Jesus’ parables. This parable contains all of the drama of modern reality television. Repentance is foundational to our faith; it is not just
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jan 89 min read
January 4th, 2026: Sin and Forgiveness | 1 John 1:5-10, 1 John 2:1-6
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:22-23). Let’s talk a bit about sin. Society and culture may blur the lines on what is or is not sin; however, God has not forgotten or changed His word on the matter. What is sin? In Hebrew, the word is “khata” and means “missing the mark or
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Jan 311 min read
December 28th, 2025: The Holy Spirit | Romans 8:12-17, 26-27
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:15-18). Accepting Jesus changes EVERYTHING. The old self is taken away, and a new believer emerges. Paul
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Dec 26, 20256 min read
December 21st, 2025: Christ the Savior | Luke 15:3-7, Romans 5:6-10
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. (John 10:13-16). What is a savior and why is this a foundation of the christian faith? If yo
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Dec 20, 20257 min read
December 14th, 2025: Our Heavenly Father | Matthew 6:24-34
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6: 19-20). Who are you? No laughing - who are you really? Who is that person that you deal with when no one is looking? Are you a pretender - talking a good talk but walking crooked and broken? Are you fearful that if people kn
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Dec 10, 20256 min read
December 7th, 2025: God's Word | Psalm 19:7-13
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12). To the skeptic, the word of God, or simply belief in God, is viewed as a crutch to a believer. To the atheist, there is no god and no need for one. Agnostics contend that any knowledge of a god is unknown and unknowable. The ideas th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Dec 4, 20258 min read
November 30th, 2025: Ezekiel's Vision | Ezekiel 37:1-9, 12
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall he
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Nov 26, 20256 min read
November 23rd, 2025: Ezekiel's Responsibility | Ezekiel 33:7-16
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. (Jeremiah 17:9-10). The setting of Ezekiel chapter thirty-three is in the time after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians and the burning of the temple. The prophetic words written by Jeremiah and Ezekiel have been fulfilled in the violent aftermath of the att
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Nov 20, 20257 min read
November 16th, 2025: Ezekiel's Sign | Ezekiel 3:10-11, 24:15-24, 27
Around the time of Israel’s defeat and captivity, cataclysmic battles were being waged between two great world empires: Babylon and Assyria. Egypt, once the powerhouse of the region, had been defeated and was rapidly losing influence. Meanwhile, not long after Babylon was victorious, the rise of the Medo-Persian Empire loomed large as it began to rise in power and influence. It was a time of great upheaval, resettlement, and profound loss for the people of God. Through th
Laura Neal & Debbie Barcus
Nov 17, 20257 min read
November 9th, 2025: Jerusalem's Fall | 2 Kings 24:18-20, 2 Kings 25:1-9
2 Kings 24:18-20 During the final days of the nation of Judah, before it was crushed and burned by the armies of Babylon, King Mattaniah, who was renamed by Nebuchadnezzar Zedekiah, sat on the throne in Jerusalem. Long gone was the abundance of a land flowing with milk and honey; compromise and looting had cheapened and sullied Solomon’s temple, and the great armies created by King David were a distant memory. Long-time enemies, the Syrians, the Moabites, and the Amorites,
Laura Neal
Nov 7, 20256 min read
November 2nd, 2025: Jeremiah's Rescue | Jeremiah 38:7-13
Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. (Jeremiah 38: 2-3). For many years, the prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) spoke warnings to Judah of a coming judgment day. The day
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 31, 20258 min read
October 26th, 2025: Changes Promised | Jeremiah 31:29-34, John 1:17
For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in th
Debbie Barcus & Laura Neal
Oct 22, 20257 min read
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