RCCG YAYA SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER’S MANUAL 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
LESSON FIVE (05)
TOPIC: GOD-PLEASERS
OPENING PRAYER: Father, help me to please You always in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 NKJV
[1] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.
[2] But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
[3] For our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness, nor was it in deceit.
[4] But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.
[5] For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness—God is witness.
[6] Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.
MEMORY VERSE: “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” Colossians 1:10 (NKJV).
INTRODUCTION: The Almighty God created us human beings with the capacity to relate with Him and with one another. It is the level of your relationship with God that determines whether you are willing to please Him or not.A God-pleaser refers to someone who does things that bring pleasure to God. Things that make Him smile. These approved behavioural patterns are available in the word of God to learn from.
LESSON AIM: To teach students about the prospects of pleasing God.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES: At the end of this lesson, students are expected to:
a. Understand what it means to be a God-pleaser.
b. Identify what to do to please God.
c. Know the benefits of pleasing God.
TEXT REVIEW: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6.
Teachers to fill in the gaps.
A. Their visit to the brethren is not a failure, V1.
B. Despite the suffering, bad treatment and strong opposition they face in preaching the gospel at Philippi, ……………………………V2.
C. Their exhortation …………………………V3.
D. As they were allowed ……………….……..V4.
E. They neither engage …………………….V5.
F. They do not ……………………………..……V6.
OUTLINES:
1. Becoming A God-Pleaser
2. Benefits Of Being A God-Pleaser
1. BECOMING A GOD-PLEASER
You must be determined to be a God-pleaser because every good thing requires seriousness and grit for it to succeed. Below are some of the ways to become a God-pleaser.
(i) Be a devout worshipper: God loves to be worshipped because He cannot worship Himself, therefore He seeks worshippers (John 4:23-24).
(ii) Believe and trust God wholeheartedly: One of the ways to give pleasure to God is your absolute trust in Him. (Psalm 118:8). This gives you easy access to Him always (Hebrews 11:5-6).
(iii) Obey and serve Him: God takes pleasure in the people who obey His word (Exodus 19:4-5).
(iv) Actively enlarge His kingdom: Seek to testify about your salvation experience to someone daily, draw men out of darkness into the light, expanding God’s kingdom. (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-18).
CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Students should share with the class other things that can be done to please God. Support with scriptural references.
2. BENEFITS OF BEING A GOD-PLEASER
There are so many rewards available to those who choose to please God (Hebrews 11:6). Some of these include:
A. Divine presence with all its abundant wonders. The presence of God brings fullness of Joy (Psalm 16:11).
i. It was the presence of God that prospered Joseph everywhere he went and in everything he did (Genesis 39:2).
ii. The presence of God makes mountains move out of the way (Psalm 68:8).
iii. It was the presence of God that separated the Red Sea. (Psalm 114:3-8).
B. Glorious manifestation both here on earth and in eternity. Those who please God shall be abundantly blessed here on earth and reign with Christ in eternity as kings and priests (Mark 10:28-30; Revelation 5:10).
C. Demonstration of God’s power. When you are a God pleaser, you do not only make the promises of God to come to pass in your life, (2 Corinthians 1:20), but you turn them into time-bound decrees (Job 22:28).
D. Divine safety and security. As a God pleaser, your defence is sure, because God will shield you against every evil targeting you and fight your battles. In other words, your battles become God’s battles (2 Chronicles 20:17, Exodus 14:13-28).
E. Divine promotion. Anyone who pleases God will be divinely promoted and made ten times better than all his/her contemporaries. (Daniel 1:8, 20).
CLASS ACTIVITY 2: Students should share the benefits of doing God’s will.
CONCLUSION: Beloved, it is better and extremely profitable now and for eternity to be a God-pleaser. Be determined to be one and God will help you.
EVALUATION: Students should mention three benefits of pleasing God.
CLOSING PRAYER: Father, like Jesus, let my life be pleasing unto you.
ASSIGNMENT: List five (5) people in the Bible who pleased God (2X5=10 Marks).
