An overview for Sunday School teachers and Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of Psalm 132, for Sunday June 29, 2025, with the title, “God’s Promises.” A video version of this overview is available at:
INTRODUCTION:
??? Can you share a time someone made a promise that was important to you???
(Most of us can share something here: my dad once made a promise to me as a boy, to take me to an OU game — which he later surprised me and did; that meant a lot to me. Some might share about their wedding vows, etc.)
Then you can say: In this morning’s lesson we’re going to look at a great promise God made to us as His people, in Psalm 132.
ALTERNATE INTRO (or use this ILLUSTRATION later in the lesson):
During a crucial vote in Congress during President Abraham Lincoln’s administration: “Lincoln walked over to (Assistant Secretary R.H. Dana’s) office, said, ‘Dana, I am very anxious about this vote. It has got to be taken next week. The time is very short … There are three [members of Congress] that you can deal with better than anybody else, perhaps, as you know them all.’ … ‘What will they be likely to want?’ asked Dana. The President said, ‘… It makes no difference what they want. Here is the alternative, that we carry this vote, or be compelled to raise another million … men, and fight no one knows how long. … ’Well sir, what shall I say to these gentlemen?’ ‘I don’t know, but whatever promise you make to them I will perform.’ … So the extra votes needed to pass the Nevada bill through the House were gotten.” (Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years and the War Years, p. 497)
President Lincoln made a big promise that day: “Whatever promise you make to them, I will perform.” This morning in Psalm 132, we see that our Heavenly Father also made some big promises — and as we know, whatever promise He makes, He WILL certainly perform! Today’s lesson reminds us of that.
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