#TSSGNotes – 📚💙🙌🏽 Lydia, the Generous Hostess – August 30, 2026

LESSON STUDY NOTES

Lydia, the Generous Hostess

Bible Basis: Acts 16:11–15, 40

Memory Verse: “And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us” (Acts 16:15).

Lesson AIM: By the end of the lesson, we will:

1. Summarize the circumstances that God used to bring the good news of Jesus to Lydia’s household.
2. Explain why acts of hospitality were vital for Christians of the first century.
3. Make a plan to practice hospitality as a characteristic of his or her own faithful witness.