{"id":2233,"date":"2023-03-07T12:19:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:35:51","slug":"bsf-kingdom-divided-lesson-22-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/?p=2233","title":{"rendered":"BSF Kingdom Divided &#8211; Lesson 22 March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctrine: Suffering<br>Attribute: Faithful<br>Big Idea: Seeking God\u2019s purpose in our suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shared-Image-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"171\" data-id=\"2237\" 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data-id=\"2226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jesus_washing_apostles_feet.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" data-id=\"2238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shared-Image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shared-Image-24.png 320w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shared-Image-24-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shared-Image-24-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"2243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Prayers-for-Christians-in-1024x791.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Prayers-for-Christians-in-1024x791.png 1024w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.romans15four.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5838-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eye of the storm &#8211; stop at 2:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eye Of The Storm - [Lyric Video] Ryan Stevenson\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2FqFLKisys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening Prayer:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Praying verses of hope and help in suffering<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John 26:33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#f0e4c1\" class=\"has-inline-color\">*** These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Second Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Third Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaiah 55:8,9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#c8e2f3\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">*** \u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,\u201ddeclares the Lord. \u201cAs the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John 3:1-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#f3d2da\" class=\"has-inline-color\">***. As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.\u00a0His disciples asked him, \u201cRabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?\u201d<br><br>\u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned,\u201d said Jesus, \u201cbut this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 12:9,10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#dac1f1\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">***\u201dMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me.\u00a010\u00a0That is why, for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 4:16-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#bff4b9\" class=\"has-inline-color\">**** \u201cTherefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Revelation 22:3,4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#f3ceb3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">***\u00a0\u201cAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, \u201cLook! God\u2019s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. \u2018He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death\u2019 or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fourth Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Corinthians 12:9,10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#f5e8c4\" class=\"has-inline-color\">***\u201dMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me.\u00a010\u00a0That is why, for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fifth Day<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*** Lamentations 3:22,23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fad9f2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201cYet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord\u2019s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Genesis Class Slideshow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Is Thy Faithfulness\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-Pvu2loXiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*** Psalm 46:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#dac2f0\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u201cGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romans 5:3,4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#c7e6b8\" class=\"has-inline-color\">***\u201dbut we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;\u00a04\u00a0perseverance, character; and character, hope.\u00a05\u00a0And hope does not put us to shame, because God\u2019s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.\u201d<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Closing Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is Well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VirtualChoir\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I7-yUhjTFYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctrine: SufferingAttribute: FaithfulBig Idea: Seeking God\u2019s purpose in our suffering. 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