I Used to be a People Person but People Ruined It For Me
As this week’s Sabbath school lesson focuses on Living with Each Other, I am reminded how isolated our world is becoming. A couple of summers ago, I was in New York City riding the subways. On the subways, passengers mind their own business. Strangers don’t strike up conversations with other strangers. I get it. There … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Standing in All the Will of God
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 21st of March 2026 Read for This Week’s Study Colossians 4:7-18; Ephesians 6:21; Acts 15:36-40; 2 Timothy 4:10-11; 2 Peter 3:10-14; Isaiah 60:1-3. Memory Text: “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NKJV). This final portion of Colossians reveals … Continue reading –>
Inside Story: “Nothing Is by Chance”
Inside Story for Friday 20th of March 2026 The headquarters of the 1000 Missionary Movement in Silang, Philippines, was constructed with the help of a 1996 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. Just as that offering is still being felt across the Southern Asia-Pacific Division and beyond through the work of the 1000 Missionary Movement, this quarter’s offering … Continue reading –>
Friday: Further Thought – Living With Each Other
Daily Lesson for Friday 20th of March 2026 Further Thought “Every member of the family should realize that a responsibility rests upon him individually to do his part in adding to the comfort, order, and regularity of the family. One should not work against another. All should unitedly engage in the good work of encouraging … Continue reading –>
Thursday: Walking in Wisdom
Daily Lesson for Thursday 19th of March 2026 What is the most important truth that we, as Christians, can know? Of course, it is that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that, through faith in Him, we can have eternal life. This is a truth that we could have never figured out on our … Continue reading –>
Wednesday: Praying for One Another
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 18th of March 2026 Read Colossians 4:2-4. What principles for prayer do you find in these verses? What prayer requests does Paul make? Some of the most important words we can say to someone who is struggling with issues of various kinds, be they family, health, money, or something else, are … Continue reading –>
Tuesday: Work Relations
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 17th of March 2026 Read Colossians 3:22-25 and Colossians 4:1. What instructions are given to slaves? What principles are here for work relations generally? People today sometimes bring up slavery as a way to relegate some of the Bible’s counsels to the past, if not to discredit Scripture entirely. But, ironically, … Continue reading –>
Monday: Parents and Children
Daily Lesson for Monday 16th of March 2026 Children have a vital role as part of the family firm. They need to know they are loved and valued as members of the family and citizens of the heavenly kingdom. Family worship is crucial, simple but regular, morning and evening. At an early age, children can … Continue reading –>
Sunday: Husbands and Wives
Daily Lesson for Sunday 15th of March 2026 Several sets of instructions for Christian homes are included in the New Testament (see Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9, Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1, Titus 2:1-10, 1 Peter 2:18-25; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Notably, these “household codes,” as they are called, are not completely hierarchical but include elements to make … Continue reading –>
Sabbath: Living With Each Other
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 14th of March 2026 Read for This Week’s Study Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1-6; Ephesians 5:22-25,33; Proverbs 22:6,15; 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:17. Memory Text: “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6, NKJV). When people … Continue reading –>