Only Jesus Can Save [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 17:14–21]

Why can’t we save? Matthew 17:14–21 prepares us for the sermon in the morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that only Jesus can save, because Jesus is God. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Jesus, the Lord of the Harvest [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 9:35–38]

How does Jesus respond to seeing the cursed humanity? Matthew 9:35–38 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus responds to cursed humanity with compassion in which He sends preachers and commands prayer for them.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Healing for Your Blindness and Muteness [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 9:27–34]

What are we to see about Jesus? Matthew 9:27–34 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that faith sees Jesus’s Kingship, mercy, power, and devil-defeating glory.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Jesus Loves His Little Children [2024.06.23 Morning Sermon in Matthew 9:18–26]

Jesus combines tender love and death-destroying power as He Himself saves His people through faith in Him Himself.

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The Two Families [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 56:9–57:21]

What sinner can find peace? Isaiah 56:9–57:21 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these twenty-five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the only sinners who find peace are those whom the Lord heals and brings from the family of idolatry into His own family. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Trusting Jesus's Ability, Authority, and Atonement [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 8:1–17]

How did Jesus attest to Himself? Matthew 8:1–17 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these seventeen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus attested to Himself by miraculous healings.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Soundness and Strength in Jesus's Name for All of Us Cripples (Family Worship lesson in Acts 3)

What does Peter have to offer at the temple gate? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Acts 3 prepares us for the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-six verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that our greatest crippling (sinfulness) can be cured by the strength and soundness that is in Jesus’s Name not only to give us repentance, conversion, and forgiveness, but that turning from our iniquities which is necessary for living according to all that Christ has commanded.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

(Family Worship in Luke 9:1–11) Recognizing and Responding to God's Demonstration of Power and the Spirit in Preaching

Does God still attend gospel preaching with miracles? What does this mean for us? Pastor leads his family in tomorrow's "Hopewell @Home" passage. In these eleven verses, we learn that God attends the faithful preaching of His Word with miraculously transformed lives. This is gladness and encouragement for those who receive that Word, but dreadful warning to those who are unaffected by it or even reject it.

Why and How to Pray for One Another's Health (2020.10.07 Prayer Meeting in 3John v2–4)

Often, we hear of a believer's health needs, or a believer asks us to pray for health needs. This Scripture gives us a plan for how to do so: pray first and foremost that their soul would do well, but pray further that God would do for their health whatever enables them to do well in all things.