Prepared by William Earnhardt, for Sabbath School class, March 30, 2024.

Main Theme: Waiting does not mean that we do nothing. It means we look forward to our hope as we keep doing the tasks at hand.

Read in Class: Psalm 27:14 and Psalm 131:1-3. Define the main idea of these passages.

Study: What do these passages teach us about our relationship with God, and what He wants us to do?

Apply: What are some things you are waiting for now from God? How do we learn to wait in faith and in trust, especially when what we are praying for hasn’t yet come?

Share: Your friend says that it souns like God wants us to be like a small child waiting and trusting Him all the time, but He also wants us to grow up in Christ. How can you be mature, indapendant and responsible while still being like a little child? What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Pslam 126:1-6. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: What gives strength and hope to God’s people? What is being said here, in this context, that we can apply to our own lives today?

Apply: Dwell on some times when you clearly and unmistakably saw the Lord working in your life or in the lives of others. How can you draw hope from those experiences for whatever you might be going through now?

Share: Your friend says he has so many unanswered prayers and is getting tired of “waithing” on the Lord. What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Pslam 92:1-15. Define the main idea of this passage.

Study: What two aspects of the Sabbath day are highlighted in this song for the Sabbath day?

Apply:  What great hope is offered to us in Psalm 92:1-5, and how can we, even right now, take comfort in what it says?

Share: Your friend says he has to take a job working on the Sabbath because he has a family to feed. He says its his God-given job to provide for his family, so he can’t be expected to just wait around for some miracle to put food on is family’s table. What do you tell your friend?

Read in Class: Psalm 30:5 and 2 Peter 1:19. Define the common thread on these passages.

Study: What time of day is symbolically portrayed as the time of divine redemption and why?

Apply: What happened in the morning here in Mark 16:1-8 and why is that so important to us?

Share: Your friend says, “Since Ecclesiastes 9:5 says the dead know nothing, in one aspect thier wait for the resurection is over.” Do you agree or disagree with the idea your friend is sharing? Is so, how? If not why?