Soul Search -- Weekly Scripture and Reflections for Sunday School Teachers

Teachers often express the need to read Scripture more prayerfully and on a regular basis. This is so important for any Christian, but above all for a Sunday School teacher! Soul Search will consist of brief Scripture readings and reflection questions for each Sunday of the two-month period and can be read Sunday mornings before leaving for Sunday School or Saturday night or any time at all.

The readings will follow the Armenian liturgical calendar. Reproduced for you will be one or two important verses which you might occasionally choose to memorize. Print out the readings and post them where you will remember to stop, read, and reflect.

Download a printable PDF version of this issue's Soul Search at the bottom of this page.

January 1
Luke 22:24-30
26. “But you are not to be like that. Instead the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.”
Would this advice change anything in how you behave in your family life? At work?

January 8
Hebrews 1:1-12
1. “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2. but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the universe.”
At what times in your life do you feel God has spoken to you?

January 15
John 2:1-11
11. “This< the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.”
In what ways does Jesus reveal His glory to you that strengthens your faith in Him? Before the communion chalice? The beauty of nature? Or?

January 22
John 3:13-21
16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
This is one of most famous verses of the New Testament. Reflect prayerfully on the first half of this verse. What is the one word that stands out for you? Why?

January 29
John 6:39-47
40: “For my father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life.”
In your own words, what does God the Father want for us? What do you think you need to do to accomplish this?

February 5
2 Timothy 2:15-26
16: “Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.”
Describe your “godless chatter.” How does it make things more ungodly?

February 12
John 6:22-38
35. I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”
What kind of hunger and thirst in your life might Jesus fulfill?

February 19
John 7:37-52
37. “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”
How does faith act on you to create “streams of living water “within you? Describe how a person of faith might experience this empowerment.

February 26
Poon Paregentan! Isaiah 58:1-14
6.Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7.“Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”
Lent begins tomorrow. How could God’s view of “fasting” modify your approach to Lent this year?