Theme Devotional & Object Lessons Key Memory Verses for 2017-2018

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6 OL 1: Step In Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6

OL 2: Made New! Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17

OL 3: Stick Close Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:4

OL 4: Don’t Quit! Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:1-2a

OL 5: Tied Tight Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Deuteronomy 11:18

OL 6: Choices For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5 OL 7: Do Whatever His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” John 2:5

OL 8: Count the Ways But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5

OL 9: Identity Theft See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Isaiah 49:16

OL 10: Stand Firm Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58

OL 11: Build on the Rock Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24

OL 12: Identity in Christ See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1

OL 13: Jesus Is! In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

OL 14: The Gates Enter through the narrow gate. For the wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Matthew 7:13-14

OL 15: Follow Me “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” Matthew 4:19

OL 16: His Word & Ways My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27

OL 17: Jesus & Children Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14

OL 18: One Thing “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42