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♪ theme music ♪

(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,

an in-depth, interactive study

of the Word of God.

Have you ever felt hopeless

like you were going through a
dark time and couldn't see light

at the end of the tunnel?

Today on Hope Sabbath School,

we're going to be talking
about intimations of hope,

glimmers of hope even in a difficult time,

which will change our
hearts and give us courage.

I'm glad you joined us in our
study of the Book of Job.

And welcome to the team.

What a series this has been,

and we've been looking for hope all along.

We found it in a living
connection with God, right?

And here's Job who doesn't
even know about Jesus.

We have the advantage
of the full revelation

of the character of God in the
Person of Jesus our Savior,

but there is hope, even
in the challenging times,

and we're so thankful for that today.

And we're glad you've joined us for our
study wherever you are around the world.

We don't know how many countries are
represented, though the last statistics

I had on our Android app, 150 countries
were using the Android app, 137, I think,

using our IOS app, which is for
Apple devices, so lots of you.

We'd love to hear from you even
if you've written to us before.

Tell us how the Word of
God is blessing your life

and your sharing that with others.

You can write to us at [e-mail],

or you can put a note
on our Facebook page,

just go to our Hope Sabbath
School Facebook page

and leave a comment.

Here's a note from Zambia.

Chileshe writes from Zambia

and says, "Hi, Hope Sabbath School."

(Team) Hi.

(Derek) "Thanks for the amazing
Sabbath School discussions.

They are helping me grow
spiritually every week."

That's our prayer, isn't it?

"May God continue blessing
you as you help us."

Chileshe, and I must confess
I do not know, Chileshe,

if that's a man's name or a lady's name;

you'll have to send me another email,

but Chileshe attends the
University SDA Church in Lusaka.

So we're glad you wrote to us.

Here's a note from Samuel.

Thank you for writing,
Samuel, from Nigeria.

We have a lot of Hope Sabbath
School members in Nigeria.

"I'm from the 'Goody' Sabbath School Center in Nigeria.

We're just a family of three, but we enjoy
our Sabbath worship because on Fridays

we watch Hope Sabbath School.

It helps me to teach the class
in a very interesting way."

And Samuel says, "I'm a
high school teacher,"

so we are teaching teachers
to teach the Word.

Isn't that awesome?

(Team) Yes.

(Derek) "God bless the Sabbath
School in-depth teaching.

It's the reason why we
have an interesting class."

(Derek, Team) Amen.

Well we are exciting whenever we hear
from Hope Sabbath School members

who are becoming Hope
Sabbath School teachers.

And you can download the outline that
we write, that semi-structured outline,

interactive outline,
website: hopetv.org/hopess,

and you can click on the outline and
download it and use it in your own class.

Thanks for writing to us, Samuel.

Here's a note from Peter in Kenya,

and I was impressed with what Peter said.

He said, "I'm writing to you
from Chuka University in Kenya.

Hope Sabbath School's been quite a
blessing since I started following

just one month ago.

We usually assemble on Friday
evenings together with my roommate

and other hostel mates."

I guess that's like a dormitory situation.

"It's helped us to understand
the lesson in an amazing way."

Sounds like you've got a mini
Hope Sabbath School there, right?

In Chuka University.

That's wonderful, Peter.

Keep inviting other
classmates to join you.

"We pray for special blessings

as you present God's message

to the souls of the world.

Praise the Lord."

Well, Peter, praise the Lord for you, too.

Thanks for writing to us from
Chuka University in Kenya.

And one last note from Phoenix in
California, thanks for writing.

Now is Phoenix a man's name or a lady's
name or can it be used for both,

does anybody know?

Phoenix.

We'll need another email.

Good morning, beautiful
servants of the Most High.

Just wanted to say Praise the
Lord for Hope Sabbath School.

It is the high point of my day.

I learn so much; it's interesting,

plus it's just a blessing.

Being filled with the
understanding of God's Word,

it's like tasting water in the desert."

(Team) Wow.

(Derek) "Excellent job, team.

Plus now with the app on my phone,

it really rocks."

That sounds American,
doesn't it, Timoetel?

But, you know, you can go to the App Store

or to Google Play; you
can download our app.

We've got an Android
app and an Apple app.

Put it on your phone;
it's free to download.

It says, "Now I can watch Hope Sabbath
School anytime with no excuses.

Just keep up the good work.

God encourage your heart to keep
going forward towards the mark

of the high calling in Christ Jesus."

Now I've not taken a poll, but there
may have been a time when you said,

"Well, I'm supposed to come and
film Hope Sabbath School today,

but I'd rather just relax
and not do something."

When you hear these stories,
what does it do for you?

It's encouraging, isn't it?

To see the miracles that are
happening, and so we want to thank you

for writing to us wherever you are
around the world at [e-mail].

When you send that, we send it
out to our media team as well,

so they can be encouraged.

We want to thank God for what
He is doing in your life.

By the way, if you go to our website,

hopetv.org/hopess,

you can download the song,

the outline.

We've got sheet music for the song.

You can start a Hope Sabbath School group

in your area and sing the
Scripture song with them.

In fact, we're going to sing it right now.

It's 3,000 years old;
at least the words are.

My wife wrote a simple tune,
but I love this promise,

"I would have lost heart," it says in
Psalm 27:13,14, "unless I had believed

that I would see the goodness of
the Lord in the land of the living.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage,
and He shall strengthen your heart."

Let's sing that beautiful
promise together.

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(Derek) Let's pray together.

Lord God, we thank You that
we can study Your Word today.

It is a lamp to our feet,
a light to our path.

As we talk about intimations
of hope, glimmers of hope,

we pray that we might not only
see hope but experience hope

even during the challenges of our lives,
that we would have that living connection

with You that changes everything.

So bless in the study of
Your Word today we pray,

each Hope Sabbath School member
blessed, in the name of Jesus.

Amen.

(Team) Amen.

(Derek)