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Lesson Summary:

Joel describes a great calamity for Israel and calls them to cry out to the Lord.

Focus Passage: Joel 1.

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. The Great Invasion (Joel 1:1-7)

Principle: Devastating Events can Wake Us Up from our Complacency.
Application: What event in your life has been significant enough to wake you up from your complacency?
Scripture Reference

⁵for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
⁶so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.
⁷For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
I Thessalonians 5:5-7 (NASB)

II. The Great Devastation (Joel 1:8-13)

Principle: Devastating Events Should cause Us to Humble Ourselves.
Application: What were the results of that significant event or calamity in your life?
Scripture Reference

⁸Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
⁹Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
¹⁰Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
James 4:8-10 (NASB)

III. The Great Convocation (Joel 1:14-20)

Principle: Devastating Events should Cause us to Cry Out to the Lord for Deliverance.
Application: How have you cried out to the Lord when you have experienced a devastating event in your life?
Scripture Reference

O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.
2 Chronicles 20:12 (NASB)