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Week 18
Lessons 120-126 Introduces planting the seeds of the Gospel of Jesus Christ into lives that need Him.
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Overview:
- The Seed Of The Gospel
- Harvesters Needed
- The Power Of The Seed
- Enjoying The Fullness of God – Sharing
- In Their Own Words
Video Lesson
Memory Verses
Primary Verse:
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
Secondary Verse:
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35
Daily Lessons
Witness-Day 120
May 18th, 2026
Today marks a most significant change in the direction of this study on the essentials of the Christian life. Up to this time, we’ve either been drilling below the surface into an unseen relationship with an ever-present yet invisible God, or we’ve been in relationship with “brothers and sisters” in the amazing gathering He’s called both “Bride” and “Church.” These have been relatively safe and to...
Witness-Day 121
May 18th, 2026
[ Jesus tells The Parable of the Sower ]
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture....
Witness-Day 122
May 18th, 2026
Paul picks up on Jesus’ paradigm of “seed” as he describes the role both he and another famous teacher, Apollos, had in the early years of the Corinthian church in 1 Corinthians 3:5-9:“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So n...
Witness-Day 123
May 18th, 2026
Matthew 9:35-38 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the h...
Witness-Day 124
May 18th, 2026
An acorn germinates next to a large two story house. As the years go by the roots eventually work their way into the foundation, eventually displacing the house. Maple seed helicopters float down into a bare field of grass and scrub pine. Turn the clock up 50 years and the field is no longer a field, but a woodland whose rich autumn reds and oranges burn with color and life. A kudzu seed drops on ...
Witness-Day 125
May 18th, 2026
“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.”Paul had an interesting way of praying for people. Consider this prayer above, praying for a guy named Philemon who helped to start a church in his own home, wealthy, and passionate about the people of God. Paul gives away an interesting insight. ...
Witness-Day 126
May 18th, 2026
If you look up the word “gospel” in Wikipedia, you’ll find a nicely summarized entomology of the word as follows: The word gospel derives from the Old English gōd-spell (rarely godspel), meaning “good news” or “glad tidings.” It is a calque (word-for-word translation) of the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον, euangelion (eu- “good”, -angelion “message”). The Greek word “euangelion” is also the source (via Lat...