Thanksgiving. RCCG Sunday School Teachers.

Opening Prayer: Father, I thank you for your loving kindness towards me and my family.

Previous Knowledge: The Teacher should review the lesson for the previous week.

Memory Verse: “Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms”-Ps. 95:2.

Bible Passage: Psalms 100:1-5.

Lesson Introduction

To be thankful literally means to be full of thanks or appreciation. It is an expression of gratitude to someone. Thankfulness in this context is an act of thanksgiving or a show of gratitude to God. Though some people are ungrateful for various reasons, we must not be ingrates because of its attendant dangers.

Lesson Aim

To enlighten the students on the need to be thankful to God always, its attendance blessings and the dangers of ingratitude.

Teaching Objectives

At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

a. State what thankfulness means.

b. State the reasons and benefits of thanking God.

c. Mention the dangers of ingratitude.

Teaching Plan

To achieve the above-stated objectives, the teacher should:

a. Allow the students to recite the memory verse, read the Bible passage, contribute to the discussion, and do class activities and assignments.

b. Allow the Assistant teacher to see to the well-being of the class, and mark attendance and assignment.

c. Teach the lesson outlines, summarise, conclude, evaluate the lesson and give assignments.

TEXT REVIEW: Psalms 100:1-5

A. The Psalmist states that all lands,(nations, and tribes) should make a joyful noise to the Lord. v1.

i. ……………………………………..v2a.

ii……………………………………..v2b.

C. He states the reasons as follows:

i. The Lord is God………………………………….v3a.

ii……………………………………………………………v3b.

iii. We are……………………………………………….v3c.

D. Therefore;

i………………………………..v4a.

ii. Be thankful……………………………………v4b.

E. other reasons to be thankful to God are:

i. ………………………….v5a.

ii…………………………………….v5b.

iii………………………………….v5c.

Teaching Method: The Question and Answer Method.

Time Management: The Teacher should apply two-lesson outlines of teaching time.

OUTLINES

1. REASONS AND BENEFITS OF THANKSGIVING

2. DANGERS OF INGRATITUDE

REASONS AND BENEFITS OF THANKSGIVING

Question 1: What are the reasons for thanksgiving?

Answer: The reasons for thanksgiving are inexhaustible: some of them are:

i. Thanksgiving is a command (1 Chro. 16:8).

ii. Believers’ requests should start and end with thanksgiving (Phil. 4:6).

iii. We thank God for victories over battles of life (John 2:9).

iv. It is important to thank God for his mercies and divine provisions (Psalms 58:19; Michah 7:18-20).

v. Thanksgiving is offered to God for his miracles and restoration of hope (1 Sam. 2:1-5; Psalms 126:1-2).

vi. The primary reason God created us in His image is for fellowship, thanksgiving, praise and a joyful heart (Is. 43:21).

Question 2: What are the benefits of thanksgiving?

Answer: If you will cultivate the habit of showing gratitude to God, you will compel overflowing blessings from Him. These blessings from Him. Here are some of them:

1. Thankful people receive answers to prayers (John 11:41-44.

2. Thankful people enjoy abundant provision (Mark 8:6-8).

3. Thankful people enjoy deliverance from bondage (Acts 16:25-26).

4. Thankful people are peaceful and joyful (Phil. 4;6-7).

5. They enjoy divine presence (Psalms 22:3;95:2).

6. They enjoy complete restoration, and wholeness (Luke 17:16-19)

7. Thankful people enjoy victory without a fight (2 Chro. 20:21-23).

CLASS ACTIVITY 1: The class should mention other benefits of giving thanks to God.

DANGERS OF INGRATITUDE

Question 1: Why do some people find it difficult to show gratitude to God?

Answer:

A. Ingratitude is the result of vain imagination and a darkened heart. Sometimes your thanksgiving is senseless to the ordinary person but it is more profitable to be thankful than to complain (Romans 1:21; Prov. 15:8).

B. There are several reasons people are ungrateful to God.

i. Sin or spiritual blindness (Eph. 4:17-18).

ii. Refusal to take account of what God has done. (Romans 1:21).

iii. Pride (Acts 12:21-23).

Question 2: What are the dangers of ingratitude?

Answer: Every act of ingratitude comes with its attendant danger.

i. Risk of losing the existing blessing, salvation and Heaven (Matt. 25:24-25,30).

ii. Limiting one’s blessings or answered prayers (Luke 17;12-16,19).

iii. It could result in emptiness and sorrow (Prov. 15:13; 17:22).

thereby making restoration practically difficult.

CLASS ACTIVITY 2: Students should share their experiences of when they found it difficult to thank God and how they were able to pull through.

SUMMARY: Every child of God should learn to be thankful so as not to be caught in the web of ungratefulness and its dangers.

CONCLUSION: Showing gratitude to God ensures continuous divine presence and fellowship.

EVALUATION: Why is ingratitude dangerous?

CLOSING PRAYER: Father, forgive me for every act of ingratitude, and give me the grace to always be thankful from today in Jesus’ name.

ASSIGNMENT: Mention five (5) things God did for you last year, for which you need to show gratitude (2X5=10 marks).

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