“Where Is Your Church Going?” Series from I Timothy
Lesson Four: “The Priority in Problem Solving”
I Timothy 1:18 – I Timothy 2:8
Conqueror’s Sunday School Class – Sunday, July 3, 2022
Our Lesson’s Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks,
be made for all men;.”
I Timothy 2:1
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Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this one Statement…
“It’s Time To Pray!”
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Lesson: ‘The Priority in Problem Solving’
I : The Problems
A: Internal Problems
- I Timothy 1:18-20, I Timothy 1:8, Proverbs 4:13, Hebrews 10:23
- 1: Remember Your Calling
- 2: Be a Good Soldier
- 3: Don’t Ever Let Go!
B: External Problems
- I Timothy 2:1-2
II : The Priority
A: The Components of Prayer (I Timothy 2:1, Romans 8:26-27, Philippians 4:6-7)
- 1: Supplications
- 2: Prayers
- 3: Intercessions
- 4: Thanksgiving
B: The Scope of Prayer
- I Timothy 1:1-2
C: The Objective of Prayer
- I Timothy 1:1-8, Psalm 119:165, II Peter 3:9, Matthew 18:11,
Luke 19:10, John 10:9-11, Romans 10:11-17
- What is the main objective in prayer?
1: That we may live a Quiet and Peaceable life
2: The Spreading of the Gospel to those who need it most!
Conclusion:
Oh, that you and I would only pray for God to use us to the light our dark world needs us to be before them!
God wants you and me, dear Conqueror’s Class member, dear child of God, to spend some time alone with Him in prayer and in obedience unto Him…but, as Paul wrote there in verse 8, “…I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
Dr. Lee Roberson once said, “All our failures are prayer failures…”
If that is true, then it is high time for you and for me to put the right priority in problem solving into action and pray as we have never prayed before!
I got up early one morning and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish that I didn’t take time to pray.
Problems just tumbled about me, and heavier came each task,
“Why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered.
He answered, “You didn’t ask.”
I wanted to see joy and beauty, but the day toiled on gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn’t show me; He said, “But you didn’t seek.”
I tried to come into God’s presence; I used all my keys at the lock;
God gently and lovingly chided,
“My child you didn’t knock.”
I woke up early this morning, and paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish that I had to take time to pray.
Let’s determine to make prayer time with God the priority in problem solving today!