Hope Sabbath School

Our twenty-first century society is filled with restless people. Worry and anxiety combined with uncertainty about the future contribute to this restlessness of the soul. There is a growing concern among mental health professionals with the increasing number of depressed people they are treating.  This week’s discussion will be constantly reminding us of Christ’s invitation to rest throughout the Scriptures.

This week’s lesson, “Restless and Rebellious,” focuses on the relationship between the sinfulness of our fallen human nature and a lack of inner peace.

Carefully examine roots such as pride, selfishness, unhealthy ambition, and hypocrisy which tarnish our witness (Heb 12:15). We will study ways to recognize them—and then, by God’s grace, root them out of our lives.

Edwin Cooper was famous across American television in the 1950s as Bozo the clown. In addition to entertaining both young and old, Cooper had a message for his ‘buddies and partners’ every week: get checked for cancer. Yet Cooper was so busy working that he neglected to follow his own advice. By the time his cancer was discovered, it was too late for it to be treated. Edwin Cooper died at just forty-one years of age from a disease that he had warned many others to watch out for. Sin is far more deadly than the most aggressive, malignant cancer. Sin kills and destroys everything it touches. In this study, we will discover the cost of rest. 

Have you ever felt that the burdens you are carrying are just too heavy? Have you ever felt that your stress level is at its limit and you just cannot cope any longer? This study provides practical help when we come to the breaking point. In fact, whether our burdens are extremely heavy or relatively light, Jesus invites us to come to Him to find relief. 

For many people, this may seem a little strange. How can you find rest in family ties if your family is dysfunctional? What if you have an authoritative, overbearing father or no relationship with your mother? there are others who have close family bonds.

We will look at two eternal truths - 
1. God’s love reaches us where we are, no matter what life throws at us.
2. God has a plan through it all and is working to accomplish His ultimate purpose in our lives.

This study will look into the power of forgiveness. The idea of forgiveness raises questions for many people. What is forgiveness? 

Have you ever wondered why we do not see miraculous healings more often today? In this study, “Free to Rest,” we will discover the answer to this and many other questions about healing. 

In this study,  “The Rhythms of Rest,” we will discover how the Sabbath is knit into the fabric of time as a memorial to our Creator for His gift to us of life, both temporal and eternal

Throughout Scripture the Sabbath reminds us that Christ made us, redeemed us, delivers us, re-creates us, and is coming again for us. This study underscores the fact that in God’s eternal plan, the Sabbath is a day of blessing, delight, worship, and service. 

The Old Testament is filled with types, shadows, and rituals that, although often neglected by twenty-first-century Christians, have deep spiritual significance. The lessons taught in these types are rich with meaning. Understood correctly, they enhance our spiritual lives immensely

One of the most interesting stories in Scripture has to be that of Jonah. Here he was, a prophet of God, someone called of God, and yet—what? He ran away from God’s call. Then, after being persuaded in a dramatic way to change his mind and obey the Lord, he did so—but then only to do what? To complain that the people to whom he was called to witness actually repented and were spared the destruction that, otherwise, would have been theirs! What an example of someone not at rest, not at peace!

We rest in Christ today, but our rest is always in the context of a world of suffering, sorrow, and sickness. As the battle between good and evil rages on a global scale, Christ invites us to “watch” and “be ready” for His soon return and to be ready to enter His eternal rest.