RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 18 January 2026 – Lesson 20
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TOPIC: Managing Resources (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 18 January 2026)
OPENING PRAYER: Father, help me to be prudent with resources in Jesus‘ name.
MEMORY VERSE: Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. – Matthew 25:16 (KJV)
BIBLE PASSAGE: Genesis 39:2-4 (KJV) (RCCG Sunday School Student Manual 18 January 2026)
2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
INTRODUCTION: Resources in general are anything that is useful and adds value to life. This could be air, water, metals, minerals, animals, plants, humans, etc. (Genesis 1:29-30). God in His mercies has endowed every society with human and natural resources which enable them to produce the goods and services needed for their survival and prosperity (1Kings 5:6). Resources can be grouped into three; capital resources, natural resources and human resources. Our focus in this lesson is on how to effectively manage the resources that surround us.
LESSON OUTLINES
- MANAGING CAPITAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- MANAGING PEOPLE
1. MANAGING RESOURCES CAPITAL AND NATURAL
Capital and natural resources in our care must be properly accounted for (Genesis 31:38-40). This shows a high level of responsibility in making sure that the resources are fully maximised. Resources are to be properly controlled and used (Genesis 1:28-30). For instance, money as a capital resource must be spent wisely and multiplied through investment (Luke 19:12-16). Abusing resources through any form of wastage is gross indiscipline and a disservice to humanity (Proverbs 21:20; Luke 15:11-14).
Resource management also comes with a high level of integrity; irrespective of the number of re-sources in our care, we must be honest about the way we dispense them (1 Samuel 12:3). It is expedient that we take proper care and be productive with the resources in our sphere of influence (Genesis 30:29-30; Genesis 39:3). We also need to know that we are holding forth for any re-source in our care; we shall all give account (Matthew 25:19).
2. MANAGING PEOPLE
Every creature of God is useful if properly discovered and engaged appropriately (Judges 11:7-8; Ephesians 3:7-8). This is evident in the case of the four lepers regarded as outcasts but whom God used to bring succour to the nation of Israel in the time of famine (2 Kings 7:8-9). Like David, we must harness the strength of the people society may regard as invalid and turn them from dross into silver (1 Samuel 22:1-2; 1 Chronicles 11:10-11). Bring out the best in everyone just as Jesus turned timid Peter into a bold evangelist (Luke 22:55-61; Acts 2:14; Acts 4:13). Manage people well; Nehemiah did these with the people of Jerusalem and got results (Nehemiah 2:18; 4:17; 12:27).
Humans are created with varying talents; the gifts should be discovered and used to the optimum. When humans are inspired, they will delightfully work effectively (Nehemiah 2:17-18). Discover people’s strengths and leverage them while you help them work on their weaknesses (Acts 18:24-26).
CONCLUSION: Every resource must be seen as a gift that must be well managed to bless others.
QUESTIONS
- What can be regarded as resources?
- Mention the three groups of resources stated above.
FURTHER READINGS:
Sunday: 2 Kings 7:8-9 (KJV)
8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
Monday: Ephesians 3:7-9 (KJV)
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Tuesday: Matthew 25:19 (KJV)
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Wednesday: Nehemiah 4:17 (KJV)
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Thursday: Nehemiah 2:17-18 (KJV)
17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Friday: 1 Chronicles 11:11-13 (KJV)
11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Saturday: Genesis 1:28-30 (KJV)
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
ASSIGNMENT: Students should identify five (5) ways people can be managed (2×5=10 Marks).
RCCG Sunday School HYMN
- O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?
