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Week 26
Lessons 176-182 are a final look in the mirror as we head out the door.
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Overview:
- A Look In The Mirror Before You Head Out The Door
- Don’t Stop Here!
- Wrap Up
- You Made It!
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
Obedience to Christ-Day 177
May 26th, 2026
Before we look at number 8 and 7 on God’s Top 10 list, jump forward 1400 years to Jesus. He bumped into the Ten Commandments a few times. Once He was asked by a group of Pharisees “What is the greatest commandment”? Jesus wisely pointed not to one of the Ten Commandments, but to a passage in Deuteronomy (6:5) that brings us back once again to the heart of it all. “Love the Lord your God with all y...
Obedience to Christ-Day 178
May 26th, 2026
“The TOP 10 WAYS HUMANS MESS UP THE IMAGE OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES.”Number 6… (Exodus 20:12) “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”Look at the first family—Adam and Eve sinned, left the Garden of Eden, lost regular contact with God, and started raising a family. Both sons were approached by God to offer their best in worship—one do...
Obedience to Christ-Day 179
May 26th, 2026
And finally, the last two on the list of “The TOP 10 WAYS HUMANS MESS UP THE IMAGE OF GOD IN THEIR LIVES.”Number 2… (Exodus 20:16) “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”Jesus said in John 8:44 (while talking to a bunch of religious guys) “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to ...
Obedience to Christ-Day 180
May 26th, 2026
READ ROMANS 8:1-4, PHILIPPIANS 3:7-10We don’t want to stop on this street corner (the street corner of the Law – it will beat you up pretty bad and leave you for dead). Our purpose for looking closely at the Ten Commandments these last five days has not been to “condemn” you or depress you! Remember their purpose is not to save you, but rather to be a “mirror” to show you what God sees in your hea...
Obedience to Christ-Day 181
May 26th, 2026
Jeremiah 17:5-8This is what the LORD says:“Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD. That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confide...
Essentials Wrap Up-Day 182
May 26th, 2026
For 1/2 a year we’ve pursued just ONE thing – what it means to follow Christ. We’ve covered just six basic things. They are six essentials that you’ll never get away from as you grow in your eternal relationship with Christ. As with a sport or diet plan, these essentials must be “practiced” and not simply “known.” And now, one final exhortation from Christ and from Paul: “From everyone who has bee...