Brian Maloy
things of first importance
Category: Sunday School
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This week’s lesson is Psalm 139 — this is a Maloy family favorite. There is a Worship Pastor down in Birmingham who records as “The Corner Room”, and he has some beautiful versions of Psalm 139, we’ve listened to them as a family for years. We LOVE this Psalm, I love this Psalm. While we’re…
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It’s important to consider where we came from last week, Psalm 38. It leaned into the idea of conviction. That conviction is actually a tremendous blessing from the Holy Spirit. God uses even our own sin, which we are made aware of by the law, to convict our hearts of a need to repent —…
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Psalm 132 had me excited for this week. Admittedly, I did not have as much time to prep and stew on it as I love — I returned from Colorado feeling unusually sick—tired, weak, migraine-ridden, and worn down, with a shorter time chunk on Saturday afternoon. Nevertheless, I was excited for Psalm 132 for the…
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In a fun twist, the first three Psalms we are studying this summer all deeply exalt the Word of God, so last week we covered Psalm 1, this week Psalm 119 (just Aleph and Beth, v. 1-16), and next week Psalm 19. I am not teaching the next two weeks, we’ll be out in the…
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“The Way of the Righteous and WickedHow blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,Nor stand in the way of sinners,Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!But his delight is in the law of Yahweh,And in His law he meditates day and night.And he will be like a tree…
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This is our last week in 1/2 Peter in our Sunday School Class. Naturally, I lament. I become a bit attached to whatever book we spend three to six months studying. BUT, we are moving onto Psalms next quarter, so that’s fun! This week I found incredibly encouraging. Peter sought to build up the readers…
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I am a week behind in posting this, but I’ll post it with the correct date. This week we were really close to wrapping up our time in 1/2 Peter (which always makes me sad, I get attached to the book we’re studying). Nevertheless, the topic was a firm warning about false teachers, and continued…
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Truly, there is a LOT in this section, more than I would have preferred to squeeze into one Sunday Morning. Alas, me sitting down to organize my notes this afternoon is more important, since I sadly had to skip much. Being rather a long section of scripture, I will not copy and paste the entire…
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We are in a battle, yet many of us fail to see it. This week’s lesson I for Sunday School is 1 Peter 5:1-11, there are a couple themes we could pick apart. Initially, it touches on elders and their leadership, the humility needed for their work. Then it builds to the humility needed by…
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We’ve been studying 1 Peter in our class now for six weeks, and I am thankful that while we still cannot slow down as much as I like, we are able to cover it without skipping chunks. Sometimes the quarterly guide we use hits high points of books (think Job or Genesis, while important, incredibly…
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