Why God Lets People Suffer
       Week 1- On Suffering and to Teach Us About Himself
       Week 2 - Result of Freedom of Choice
       Week 3 - The Result of Other’s Sin
       Week 4 - Discipline
       Week 5 - To Perfect Our Faith
       Week 6 - To Make Us Like Him
       Week 7 - To Comfort Others
       Week 8 - To Bring Others to Faith
       Week 9 - To Contrast This Life to Eternity
       Week 10 - To Contrast This Life to Eternity
       Week 11 - A Sign of the End Times
       Week 12 - To Bring About God's Plan
       Week 13 - Faith, Joy, Trust

Deuteronomy
     Deuteronomy Week 2
     Deuteronomy Week 3
     Deuteronomy Week 4
     Deuteronomy Week 5
     Deuteronomy Week 6
     Deuteronomy Week 7
     Deuteronomy Week 8
     Deuteronomy Week 9
     Deuteronomy Week 10
     Deuteronomy Week 11
     Deuteronomy Week 12
     Deuteronomy Week 13
     Deuteronomy Week 14
     Deuteronomy Week 15
     Deuteronomy Week 16

While there are many books about parenting, there are none that look directly to our heavenly Father to see how He parents us. It is only logical that we look to Him, our perfect Parent, for a role model and guide in our parenting. The goal of these lessons is twofold, to help us better understand God, our Father and our relationship with Him, and to use that understanding to develop in our children the trust and love that leads to obedience to the parents and to God. This 14 week curriculum can be collapsed to 12 weeks.

Week                             Topic

1.              Building Trust - Proverbs 22:6 
                           Train a child in the way he should go, and when he
                            is old he will not turn from it.

2.              In His Image - Gen. 1:27 
                            So God created man in his own image, in the image
                            of God He created him; male and female He
                            created them.

3.              Not Like Us - Isa. 55:8 
                            "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
                            your ways my ways," declares the Lord

4.              His Character We Strive For - 1John 4:17 
                            In this world we are like him.

5.              The Hats Our Father Wears - Deut. 32: 26 Is he
                             not your Father, your Creator, who made you and
                             formed you?

6.              Unconditional love - Ps. 100:5 
                             For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
                             his faithfulness continues through all generations.

7.              Unselfish love - John 3:16 
                             "For God so loved the world, that He gave His
                             only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him
                             should not perish, but have eternal life.

8.              Providing for Needs - Matt. 6:8 
                             Your Father knows what you need before you ask
                             Him.

9.              Accounting for Limitations - Rom. 3:23 
                             For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
                             God.

10.            Communicating Instructions and Consequences -
                             Jer. 5:4
                             They do not know the way of the Lord, the
                              requirements of their God.

11.            Allowing Freedom of Choice - Gen. 2:16 
                             And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are
                             free to eat from any tree in the garden".

12.            Keeping Your Word - Neh. 9:8 
                              You have kept your promise because you are
                              righteous.

13.            Staying in Control - Prov. 29:11 
                              A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man
                              keeps himself under control.

14.            The Perfect Parent - Matt. 5:48 
                              Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is
                              perfect.

Lessons from Women's Lives in the Bible

Lessons from Women’s Lives in the Bible is comprised of 13 lessons
on the lives of 14 women. The purpose of this series of lessons is to 
teach three things:

 1) that God uses women throughout the Bible to bring about His
      plan for mankind's salvation;

 2) that the women of the Bible were real people, a family into which 
      we were grafted, from whom we can learn; and

 3) that the lessons learned from their lives apply to everyone.

Three themes run throughout the course:

            1.  Believe - God is who He says He is in the Bible.

            2.  Trust - God can and will do all He has promised.

            3.  Obey - What God has commanded us. Act on your faith.

Week             Topic                         Lesson

  1                Welcome            Biblical Foundations and You 

  2                Eve                     Freedom and responsibility

  3                Sarah                  Intermittent Faith

  4                Rebecca             Giving up on God

  5                Leah & Rachel    Two lives, one lesson

  6                Miriam                Even the best sometimes sin

  7                Rahab                 Faith and works

  8                Deborah             God’s tools

  9                Naomi & Ruth    In God’s family

 10               Mary                  God's people: faith, humility 
                                                                          & service; God's work: 
                                                            difficulty, joy & reward

 11              Mary & Martha   The Meaning of the Sabbath

 12              Mary Magdalene   Unshakable Faith

 13              Sapphira              In a pickle? Choose God

This curriculum is for 12 weeks.  After we look at what we mean by suffering, the kinds of suffering, and the many reasons for suffering, we will spend 12 weeks learning that each reason for suffering is illustrated in the Bible and will learn how to apply those lessons to our lives.

Week                                        Topic

   1                      On Suffering, Kinds, Reasons, Inevitability: 
                           Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything and 
                           a time for every activity under heaven.

                           To teach us about God:  Job 40:8 Will you condemn
                           Me that you may be justified?

   2                      Result of Freedom of Choice: Joshua 24:15 Choose 
                           for yourselves today whom you will serve.

   3                      Punishment: Proverbs 3: 12 The Lord disciplines 
                           those He loves.

   4                      Result of Others’ Sin: Joshua 22: 20 And he did not
                           perish alone for his iniquity.

   5                      Show Us Our Need for Him, Perfect Our Faith: 
                           Psalm 119: 50 My comfort I my suffering is this, 
                           that Your promise preserves my life.

  6                       Make Us Like Him: Philippians 3: 10 I want to know
                           Christ and the power of His resurrection and the
                           fellowship of sharing in His sufferings.

  7                       So We May Comfort Others: 2Corinthians 1: 4 We 
                           can comfort those I in any trouble with the comfort 
                           we ourselves have received from God.

  8                       Bring Others to Faith: Joshua 2: 11When we heard 
                           our hearts melted for your God is God in heaven 
                           and on earth.

  9                       The Strength of Our Faith as Testimony: 
                           Deuteronomy 28:10  So all the peoples of the earth 
                           shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord.

 10                      Contrast Life to Eternity: 1Timothy 4: 18 The Lord 
                           will rescue me from every evil and will bring me 
                           safely to His heavenly kingdom.

 11                      Sign of the End Times: Mark 13: 13 All men will hate
                           you because of  me, but he who stands firm to the 
                           end will be saved.

 12                      Bring About His Plan: Proverbs 16: 9 The mind of 
                           man plans his way but the Lord directs his steps.

                                 From Faith to Trust to Joy: Psalm 56: 3 When I am
                           afraid, I will trust in You.