Preparing for Sunday | March 27
SONGS WE’LL BE SINGING TOGETHER
Amazing Grace | [listen]
John Newton (1779)
Psalm 107:14
In Christ Alone | [listen + lyrics]
Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
Galatians 2:20
SERMON TEXT
1 Thessalonians 5
MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
Preparing for Sunday | March 20
SONGS WE’LL BE SINGING TOGETHER
I Will Look Up | [listen]
Mack Brock, Chris Brown, Wade Joye, Matt Redman
Psalm 121:1
Let There Be Light [listen]
Bryan Torwalt, Katie Torwalt, Hank Bentley, Mia Fieldes
Genesis 1:3-4
Promises | [listen]
Aaron Moses, Carrington Gaines, Dante Bowe, Keila Alvarado, Lemuel Marin
Psalm 113:2-3
Your Great Name | [listen + lyrics]
Michael Neale, Krissy Nordhoff
Philippians 2:10-11
SERMON TEXT
1 Samuel 17
MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1:16)
Family Quest: The Hope – The Story of God’s Promise (Lesson 19)
LESSON 19: LOVE AND JUSTICE, PART 2
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46).
At the cross Jesus suffered the humiliation, physical death, and most dramatically of all, the separation from the Father, spiritual death, that our sin has earned us. That is the intersection of love and justice.
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ABOUT FAMILY QUEST: At Reston Bible Church, we firmly believe that parents are a child’s first and most important spiritual leader. In order to support you that mission, we have created a parent devotional and some discussion starters to go along with each lesson your grade school age children are learning at Quest on Sundays. Our hope and prayer is that this material will help you to engage with your children around the topics they are learning on Sunday mornings, answer their questions, go deeper with them, and find real, day-to-day applications. We are honored to be able to partner with you in the critical task of sharing Christ with the next generation.
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for March 13
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
God’s Messenger, p. 160
This week’s Big Idea:
God loves people and so should we!
This week’s Key Verse:
Jonah 2:9
Preparing for Sunday | March 13
SONGS WE’LL BE SINGING TOGETHER
Great Is Thy Faithfulness | [listen + lyrics]
William Marion Runyan
Lamentations 3:22-23
Wonderful Merciful Savior | [listen]
Dawn Rodgers, Eric Wyse
Psalm 117
His Mercy Is More | [listen]
Matt Boswell, Matt Papa
Romans 5:20
Death Was Arrested | [listen + lyrics]
Adam Kersh, Brandon Coker, Heath Balltzglier, Paul Taylor Smith
Hebrews 2:9
In Christ Alone | [listen + lyrics]
Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
Galatians 2:20
SERMON TEXT
Proverbs 19
MEMORY VERSE
“Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.” (Proverbs 19:20 ESV)
Family Quest: The Hope – The Story of God’s Promise (Lesson 18)
LESSON 18: LOVE AND JUSTICE, PART 1
“And so it came to pass, that Jesus, whom John called the Lamb of God, went up to Jerusalem, to observe Passover…Jesus gathered His disciples to celebrate Passover. Taking the Passover bread, Jesus broke it and said, “This is my body, which is given for you.” Then He took the wine, which represented the blood of the Passover lamb, which had been placed over the entrances of the Hebrew dwellings. And He said, “This is my blood which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.” – The HOPE, Chapter 10
Jesus walked resolutely into Jerusalem at the start of the Passover week knowing full well the mission he had come to accomplish.
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ABOUT FAMILY QUEST: At Reston Bible Church, we firmly believe that parents are a child’s first and most important spiritual leader. In order to support you that mission, we have created a parent devotional and some discussion starters to go along with each lesson your grade school age children are learning at Quest on Sundays. Our hope and prayer is that this material will help you to engage with your children around the topics they are learning on Sunday mornings, answer their questions, go deeper with them, and find real, day-to-day applications. We are honored to be able to partner with you in the critical task of sharing Christ with the next generation.
BABY QUEST: March Lessons
Baby QUEST is Reston Bible Church’s ministry to the youngest members of our Body.
Each month, we will feature a guide for your family to use with children ages 0-2. The guide includes follow up activities, a craft or sensory activity, recommended reading, a song, and other tips that are uniquely tailored to the development of infants and toddlers.
The guide follows the themes we are teaching in our nursery classes, giving you an opportunity to connect and reinforce the ideas taught at home. Because children this age need repetition, each activity can be done multiple times throughout the month to continue to press it upon your child’s memory as they grow!
This month, we’re focusing on the story of Noah and the ark. Children will learn to identify God as a protector who desires to keep us safe as He kept Noah, his family, and the animals safe.
Big Idea:
God Keeps Me Safe
Scripture Focus:
Genesis 6-9
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for March 6
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
Daniel and the Scary Sleepover, p. 152
This week’s Big Idea:
God rescued Daniel and He has sent another to rescue us all!
This week’s Key Verse:
Jonah 2:9
Preparing for Sunday | March 6
SONGS WE’LL BE SINGING TOGETHER
Only King Forever | [listen]
Mack Brock, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Wade Joye
1 Timothy 1:17
Christ Is Enough | [listen + lyrics]
Reuben Morgan, Jonas Myrin
2 Corinthians 12:9
Jesus Is Better | [listen | lyrics]
Aaron Ivey, Brett Land
Mark 9:24
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus | [listen]
Helen H. Lemmel
Hebrews 12:2
Cornerstone | [listen]
William Bradbury, Eric Liljero, Reuben Morgan, Edward Mote, Jonas Myrin
Ephesians 2:20
SCRIPTURE TEXT
Proverbs 11
MEMORY VERSE
(Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.” (Proverbs 11:28)
Family Quest: The Hope – The Story of God’s Promise (Lesson 17)
LESSON 17: DIVINE CLAIMS
“He began asking His disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Simon Peter answered and said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.” – Matthew 16:13–17
In the past two lessons we talked about how Jesus, as God’s anointed One, was a great teacher and a powerful prophet. These statements are true, but Jesus did not leave room for us, or the people of 1st century Israel, to leave it at that. In his famous interaction with the Jewish leaders during the Feast of Dedication (John 10:22-39) Jesus says, “I and the Father are one.” Those who heard him understood exactly what that meant, “The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
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ABOUT FAMILY QUEST: At Reston Bible Church, we firmly believe that parents are a child’s first and most important spiritual leader. In order to support you that mission, we have created a parent devotional and some discussion starters to go along with each lesson your grade school age children are learning at Quest on Sundays. Our hope and prayer is that this material will help you to engage with your children around the topics they are learning on Sunday mornings, answer their questions, go deeper with them, and find real, day-to-day applications. We are honored to be able to partner with you in the critical task of sharing Christ with the next generation.