Unit 3 We Can Know God through the Bible BIBLE POINT: ‘The Bible teaches US who God Is, what He does, and what pleases Him. BIBLE PASSAGE: 2 Kings 22:3-13; 23:1-3 C2 prepare paper fruits for the Tree Attendance Char, © Learn the song, The Bible Says. Copy the lyrics o, manila paper or cartolina (see page 45). Bring yoy CD player and the Faith Grower Music CD. You may also bring the maracas you used in Lesson 6, forthe Introduction, bring several books: an illustrateg storybook for kids, a preschool textbook, a songbect or piano lesson book, and a cookbook. Q For the Bible Story, print and color the Teaching Pictures (Q1L9) for this lesson. BIBLE POINT: God tells us about Himself through His Word, the Bible. LESSON OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, the learners will: 1. tell what the Bible is all about; . express eagerness to readjlisten to stories from the Bible: 3. ask someone to read them a Bible story every day. LIFE VERSE: All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth. 2 Timothy 3:16 > is 2 ° Scanned with CamScannerUsing glue or transparent tape, connect the pictures from side to side according to sequence. Attach a stick to one side of Picture 1 and another stick to Picture 4, Then roll the stick taped to Picture 4 toward the stick taped to Picture 1, to form a scroll. Q forthe Application, try to bring samples of the following materials: Bibles for children, especially for young readers, Bible stories in comics form, storybooks and coloring books featuring Bible stories, and DVDs featuring animated Bible stories for kids. (Any or all of these materials are available in most Christian bookstores.) Write the following references on colorful notepaper. Make enough copies for your students Genesis 2:4-25 (How God Created the First Man and Woman) Genesis 3:1-13 (How the First People Disobeyed God) Genesis 3:14-21 (How God Punished the First Sinners and Helped Them, Too) Genesis 6:9-7:24 (How God Saved Noah’s Family and the Animals from a Great Flood) Genesis 8:1-22 (How God Let Noah's Family and the Animals Out of the Ark) Genesis 9:1-17 (How God Made the Rainbow a Sign of His Promise) Genesis 11:1-9 (How God Gave People Different Languages) QO Draw the shape of a large book on cartolina and write the Life Verse inside it using color markers. Cut out the shape. Bring masking tape. Q Bring your offering box. SESSION PLAN Pe OPENING re ACTIVITIES gS ROLL CALL Greet the children as they enter the room. Give each one a paper fruit for the Tree Attendance Chart. Jforeune PRAYER AND SINGING Lead the children in an opening prayer. Then teach them the song, The Bible Says. If you have brought maracas, distribute them and have the children shake these as they sing. BIBLE LESSON THE LOST BOOK 2 Kings 22:3-13; 23:1-3 Coe Put the books you have brought on a small table or chair. Let the children look at the books. Ask them what each book is useful for. How is the Bible different from all these other books? Hold up your Bible as you wait for the children to answer. Yes, the Bible is God’s Book. It tells us who God is. It tells us the things that God has done. And it tells us what God wants and how we can please Him. Long ago, the Bible did not look like the usual books that we have now. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE BIBLE Scanned with CamScannerelved God's messages ho rect eee hich looked like wrote them In scrolls this. Show them the scroll. These scrolls were thelr books at that time. It was only after many, many years that these scrolls were printed Into a book similar to the books we read today. (a BIBLE STORY (Open your Bible to the story.) There was a scrolls got lost. No o passage of today’s time when some of these ne knew that they were in the Temple. The Temple was the house of the Lord—the place where the people of Judah worshiped Him. ‘One day, the king of Judah decided to have the Temple repaired. (Unroll the scroll to show Picture 1.) So the Israelites were busy repairing the Temple for many days. The High Priest Hilkiah was always in the Temple to see how the workers were doing. One day, he found something unusual in the Temple. It looked like pieces of old paper rolled together. He picked it up carefully and discovered that it was a scroll. He shook the dust off the scroll and unrolled it. He recognized the scroll at once. It was the book that contained the laws that God wanted the people to obey. (Unroll the scroll to show Picture 2.) Hilkiah went to Shaphan, who was the secretary of King Josiah, and showed him the scroll. Shaphan unrolled the scroll and read it. He knew right away that the king would be happy to know what they had found. Shaphan immediately went to King Josiah and reported about the scroll. He said, "Dear king, the High Priest Hilkiah found this scroll in the Temple. It contains the laws of the Lord.” Then Shaphan showed the scroll to King Josiah. “Please read what is written on the scroll,” King Josiah requested. (Unroll the scroll to show Picture 3.) So Shaphan started reading LEARNING ABOUT GOD the scroll to the king. While sha, a reading the laws of God written on Pan w the king was very quiet. He lista’ Strat carefully. MEd ven King Josiah realized that the tay. Lord did not allow them to Worship oF the and things. The law must have said go. *tue, fike this: “Do not make for yourselves n**ting and images. Do not bow down to rte worship them. I will punish those who wen them but | will show my love to those’ love me and obey my laws” (see ri 0 20:4-6). So King Josiah tore his Clothes. lus cried. He felt so sorry for not obeying ie ‘ laws. He must have prayed, "Lord, |am ye sorry. Please forgive us for not obeying ye laws.” ined King Josiah knew that God wanteg y ; he people to know about His laws which we written on the scroll. So he gathered ajj ae leaders in his kingdom and all the people in the city together in the Temple. He probaby, commanded his messengers to go aroun, shouting, “Come, everyone! Young and old. men and women! Let us gather together. The king wants you to know about the scroj that was found in the Temple. It contains the laws of the Lord.” (Unroll the scroll to show Picture 4.) And so King Josiah read the scroll to all the people from beginning to end. Then he made a promise to the Lord. He said, “Lord, | am going to obey all the laws written on this scroll from now on.” The people also realized that they had not obeyed God's laws. They felt so sorry for not pleasing God. And just like King Josiah, they prayed and promised to obey God's laws, too. Ask the following questions to help the children review the story: Who found the scroll? Where did he find it? What did the scroll contain? What law was included in the scroll? What did King Josiah do? What did the people do after King Josiah read the scroll to them?Breaker: Before proceeding to the next activity, you may have the children stand up and sing The Bible Says once more while making a joyful noise with their maracas. RELATION TO LIFE King Josiah and his people learned about what God wanted them to do when they read the scroll. Today, we can also learn what God wants when we read and study the Bible. Let me open my Bible right now and read a verse to you. | will also put this verse on the board so we can read It together. Open your Bible to 2 Timothy 3:16 and read, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the truth.” Tape on the board the book cutout where you have written the verse. Let the children read the verse together. Then ask them what it says about the Bible. Yes, this verse tells us that everything written in the Bible came from God. The Bible is God’s book and He gave it to us to teach us the truth about Himsel The Bible teaches us what pleases God— these are the right things to do. The Bible also tells us what does not please God—these are the wrong things we should stop doing. When we read the Bible, we learn to know God, and we learn to love and obey Him. APPLICATION Right now most of you are still learning to read. But even if you cannot read the Bible by yourself yet, there are ways for you to know what God Is saying in His book. First, you can listen carefully during our Bible Story time here In Sunday school. Second, you can ask your parents, your big brother or sister, or your yaya to read a Bible story for you. Third, you can ask your parents to buy you a Bible for children, or comics, storybooks and coloring books that contain Bible stories. Show the sample copies to the kids. If your church has a library that has Bible storybooks for children, encourage the kids to borrow these books. Fourth, you can watch movies of Bible stories on DVD. Show the sample copies to the kids. Distribute to the children the pieces of notepaper where you wrote the Bible story references. Give this to your parents, older brother or sister, or your yaya when you get home. It is a list of stories that they can read to you from the Bible. Ask them to read one story to you every day. You and your parent/older sibling/ yaya can set a special time for Bible reading, such as before you go to bed. © LIFE VERSE Have the children reread the verse several times. Then remove the copy and ask groups of children to stand up and recite the verse from memory (Ex: all who are wearing red, all who like spaghetti, all who have a pet, all who love God, etc.). teat OFFERING Bring out the offering box and ask a child to collect the offerings as the class sings a song about giving. 8 CLOSING PRAYER Gather the children in a circle for prayer. Thank the Lord for giving the Bible to us. Ask Him to help you know Him more as you read His special Book. GOD SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE BIBLE Scanned with CamScannerUnit 3 We Can Know God through the Bible BIBLE POINT: The Bible teaches us who God is, what He does, and what pleases Him. UAC ely tem BIBLE PASSAGE: fruits for the Tree Attendance Chart, Exodus 19:10-25; 20:1-18 Prepare paper.frults for te Tee a O Prepare the lyrics of The Bible Says, your CD player, and the Faith Grower Music CD. O For the Bible Story, record the following sounds: Water splashing Clothes swishing in water Thunder A trumpet sound CO Write the Life Verse on the board using colored chalk Bring a large handkerchief to use as a blindfold. Bring your offering box. SESSION PLAN BIBLE POINT: ‘Through the Bible, God teaches us how to please Him and enjoy the life He gave us. LESSON OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, the learners will: 1. recite the commandments God gave the Israelites; 2. tell what will happen when people obey or disobey God's commands: mime how they will ‘obey God's commands OPENING ACTIVITIES LIFE VERS! The Loso says, “I will teach you the way you should go." = Psalm 32:8 ROLL CALL Welcome the children as they arrive, Assist them in sticking paper fruits on the Tree Attendance Chart. Ask the chilife? their parents were able to read to them the Bible stories you had assigned them to read at home. Ask them what the learned from the stories . = a Scanned with CamScannerAND SINGING Thank the Lord for what you and the children will learn about Him as you study the Bible today, Then lead the children in singing The Bible Says sporenine PRAYER BIBLE LESSON GOD GIVES HIS COMMANDMENTS Exodus 19:10-25; 20:1-18 CE wexnopuction Play “Mother Duck.” Tell the children that you will be Mother Duck and they will be your ducklings. Have them form a line. Tell them that they must follow you wherever you go and copy your actions. Go to the head of the line and lead the children around the room, doing different actions as you go. You can flap your arms like wings, wiggle your bottom like a duck, turn your head to left and right while saying, “Quack, quack,” etc. We just played a very nice game. Did you enjoy following Mother Duck? How did you show that you were her ducklings? Let the children respond. Was it always easy to follow the actions of the “Mother Duck"? Why? Let the children respond again. It is easy to follow actions when we are looking and carefully listening to the person we are following. A mother duck always wants her ducklings to follow her to keep them from danger. Our God is like that, too. He wants us to follow Him. There are commands that He wants us to obey. These commands are written in the Bible. In our story today, God gave some important commandments to His people Which He wants us to follow also. i P\ BIBLE STORY (Open your Bible to Exodus 19.) Long ago, the Lord God chose a nation to be His very own, people. He gave them a leader named Moses, Moses told the people everything that God wanted them to do. ‘One day, Moses told the people that they would worship the Lord at the foot of Mount Sinai. Everyone should prepare for this special time. So the people went to the river, Listen to these sounds and guess what the people did. (Play recording of splashing water. Wait for the children to answer.) That's right, they took a bath! What else did they do? (Play recording of clothes swishing in water. Wait for the children to answer.) Yes, they also washed their clothes. They wanted to be clean when they worship the Lord. Early the next morning, the whole nation gathered at the foot of Mt. Sinai. What do you think the people heard? (Play recording of thunder. Let the children answer.) Yes, they heard thunder! ‘There was lightning and thunder on the mountain. They heard another loud sound, too. Can you guess what it was? (Play recording of trumpet sound. Let the children answer.) That's right, they heard a very loud trumpet sound! And it kept getting louder. Clouds of smoke covered the mountain, too. The people became afraid as they watched, As they looked at the mountain, they saw how holy and great the Lord is. Then Moses spoke to God and God told him to climb the mountain. So Moses went up the mountain. Then the Lord began to speak and these are some of the commandments that He wanted His people to obey. (Summarize the commandments by reading to the children the list below. Have them repeat each commandment after you. You may also add simple actions they can mimic as they recite each command. Be sure to explain the commands briefly.) 1. 1am the Lono your God... Worship no God but Me. (Raise your hands as if in worship.) ‘This means we should love God more than anyone or anything. GOD TEACHES US HOW To LIVE Scanned with CamScanner- You should have a day Do not make for yourselves images and idols; and do not worship them. (Shake your forefinger to indicate “No.") God is spirit. We cannot make a picture or a statue of Him. When we worship pictures and statues, we are worshiping idols. Do not misuse My Name. (Cover your mouth with x your hand after reciting the Q@ © command.) This means we should not use God’s Name to express our anger or surprise. We should not use God's Name to make silly jokes, either. of rest. (Fold your hands and bow your head as if praying.) This means we should have one day in the week to rest and worship God. We do not work or go to school on this day. What day is our day of rest? Let the children answer. That's right, Sunday. Respect your father and your mother. (Bow your head and iS bring your hand to your a forehead as if showing respect the Filipino way— pagmamano.) This means we should be polite when we talk to our parents. We should listen to what they say and obey them. ‘sy Do not kill people. (Pretend to shoot a gun or stab with a knife.) 7. Do not commit adultery. (Form a heart shape with your hands.) ” aa This means that when we get \ ~ married, we should be faithful to our husband or wife. 8. Do not steal. (Pretend to pick someone's a a pocket.) BS This means we should not take things that do not belong to us. 9. Do not lie about others. (Cup hands around mouth @ 8) and pretend to whisper after if reciting the command.) 10. Do not be greedy. (Point to someone else’s stuff and pretend to be envious.) This means that we should be content with what we 2 have. We should not wish that someone else’s toys or clothes or pets belonged to us. =) 2) These were the commands that God gave to His people. All of these commands are written in the Bible. Review the story by asking the following questions: How did the people prepare to worship the Lord? Who spoke to them? What did the people see and hear on the mountain that showed that God is really great and holy God? What commands did God give them? Where can we find these commands today? Breaker: Before proceeding to the next activity, you may have the children stand up and count from 1 to 10 while clapping or stomping their feet (e.g. “One!” Clap: “One, two!” Clap, clap. “One, two, three!” Clap, clap, clap.). 2 = Scanned with CamScanner —_—~a) RELATION TO LIFE These commands are good because tney come from God. They tell us what makes God happy. They also tell us what would make us happy. Imagine what would happen if everyone obeyed all of God's commands. If all people loved God more than anything, would God be happy? If all children respected their parents, would families be happy? How about if all married couples loved each other and were faithful to each other, would their children be happy? If you were content with what you have and did not envy other kids, would you be happy? Let the children respond after every question. But imagine what happens when we disobey God’s commands. When people lie about each other, steal from each other, and kill each other. When children are greedy and disrespectful to their parents. When parents do not love God and each other. Do you think anyone would be happy? Let, the children answer. God is wise and loving, so all His commands are good. We can only be truly happy when we obey Him. FG \ APPLICATION Do you want to obey God’s commands? Let the children respond. Let’s show how we can obey them. Ask the following questions 2nd tell the children to mime their answers. * How can you show that you love God more than anything? Children can mime reading the Bible, praying, singing praise songs, etc. Explain that when you truly love God, you will want to spend time talking and listening to Him. * What should you do on Sundays? Children can mime attending church, attending Sunday school, resting, etc: How can you show respect for your Parents? You may give more specific questions like, How w Ju Your parents when you coma oreet from school? What should you we when your father asks you to get him a glass of water? Children con mime kissing their parent or touching their forehead to their parent’s hand, obeying their parent promptly, etc * What will you do if you see your mother’s purse on the table? Children can mime returning the purse. What will you do if you want to play with a toy that belongs to your classmate? Children can mime asking for permission We have just practiced how we can obey God’s commands. Be sure to do the same when you go home. © LIFE VERSE ‘Open your Bible to Psalm 32:8 and read the verse aloud. Point to the copy written on the board and have the children read it several times. Then invite each child to recite the verse while blindfolded. fa OFFERING Bring out the offering box and ask a child to collect the offerings as the class sings a song about giving. S CLOSING PRAYER Gather in a circle and hold hands. Praise God for giving good commandments. Ask Him to help you trust and obey Him always: GOD TEACHES US HOW TO LIVE Scanned with CamScanner\ y SSO eh, fol NNMCIUNASS - ECOMING a? JUS Unit 3 We Can Know God through the Bible | BIBLE POINT: The Bible teaches us who God is, what He does, and what pleases Him. BIBLE PASSAGE: Genesis 12:1-3; Isaiah 9:2-7; 52:13; Luke 2:22-32 Q Prepare paper fruits for the Tree Attendance Chart. Q Prepare the lyrics of The Bible Says and The Lord is Good, your CD player, and the Faith Grower Music CD. Q Print and color the Teaching Pictures (Q1L11) for the Bible Story BIBLE POINT: Through the Bible, we know that God promised to send a Savior and kept His promise. LESSON OBJECTIVES: By the end of this lesson, the learners will 1. tell why God promised to send His Son into the world; 2. thank God for keeping His promise; 3. ask someone to read them Bible stories about people who believed that God would keep His promise You may also dress the characters with scraps of cloth to make them look more attractive. Cut out each figure and tape an empty tissue paper tube to the LIFE VERSE: back to make it stand, God showed his love for us by sending his only Son. 1 John 4:9 Prepare a small table on which to stand the figures: Scanned with CamScannerne Application, write the passages Q Forth Fy today’s lesson on colorful strips of paper. Make enough copies for all the children in your class. ga forthe Life Verse, cut out 12 heart shapes from red oF pink cartolina/construction paper. Write one word of the verse on each heart, with the reference on the he paper hearts inside jast heart. Hide t e the kids arrive. our classroom befor .g masking tape. ing box y Brin 2. Bring your offer SESSION PLAN OPENING ACTIVITIES J2)ROLL CALL Greet the children warmly as they enter the room. Give them paper fruits to stick on the Tree Attendance Chart. porenins PRAYER AND SINGING Thank the Lord for taking care of you € children during the past week. Then lead the chit ‘ the children in singing The Bible Says. GOD PROMISED TO SEND A SAVIOR Genesis 12:1-3; Isaiah 9:2-7; 52:13; Luke 2:22-32 lo INTRODUCTION There are so many people who love us. (name of a child), who are the people who love you? Let the child respond. Call another child to answer the same question. Yes, the people who love us include our parents, our brothers and sisters, our grandparents, our aunts, uncles and cousins, and our friends. But how do we know that they love us? Let the children answer. They may say that these people show their love for them by giving them what they need, by taking care of them, by helping them, etc. That is right. We can know that a person loves us by the good things that he or she does for us. The Bible te! even more than our par’ else—love us. He did some! for us that only He can do. Today, We will listen to three great men in the Bible. Hold up your Bible. They will tell us about this wonderful thing that God did for us. Their names are Abraham, Isaiah, and Simeon. IIs us that God loves us ents—or anyone thing wonderful GoD ANNOUNCES THE COMING OF JESUS Scanned with CamScanner_(af BIBLE STORY (Open your Bible to the passage of today's story. Put the Abraham figure on the table Change your voice slightly to represent Abraham.) Hello, | am Abraham. Many years ago, God promised that ! would have many children and grandchildren. They would be so many that they would form a nation—and that nation would be called Israel. God saw that | was faithful and obedient to Him. He knew | would teach my children and grandchildren to be faithful and obedient to Him, too, so they would be an example to other nations. God also promised that through my descendants, all the other nations would be blessed. You see, God was planning something wonderful. He would send Someone very special to earth, and that Person would be born as one of my descendants! Because of Him, all people on earth would be blessed. You can find the story of my life and of God’s promise to me in the Book of Genesis in the le. (Put the Isaiah figure on the table. Slightly change your voice again.) Hi! My name is Isaiah. | am one of Abraham's descendants. A very sad thing happened to our nation. Unlike Abraham, our people did not remain faithful to God. We disobeyed His laws and commandments. Because of this, God punished us. But He never stopped loving us. So one day, He told me to announce an important promise. God promised to send a Savior who would show His great love and offer forgiveness for our sins. This Savior is the Special Person who would be born as Abraham's descendant. He would show us how wonderful God is. He would be a great Ruler and would bring peace between God and people of all nations. You will find this promise in the book | wrote in the Bible, the Book of Isaiah. LEARNING ABOUT GoD (Put the Simeon figure on the table, sj change your voice again.) Hello! My name is Simeon. | was the when God fulfilled His promise! The sari’ that God sent to make peace between tin and people is His own Son! He was born ar human baby, and He was named Jesus, sa, Jesus during His dedication at the Temple. Oh, how happy | was! God had fulfilled His promise and sent Jesus to be our Savior tg prove His great love. If you want to knoy more about me and how | met Jesus, asi your parents to read to you the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2. ightly Breaker: Before proceeding to the next activity, you may play a quick game of “Touch the Color”: Say, “Touch the color red!” (or any other color your students. are familiar with) and the children will find a red object to touch. RELATION TO LIFE We have just learned from Abraham, Isaiah, and Simeon about God's promise to send us a Savior and how He fulfilled this promise. God’s promise and the story of how He kept it are written in the Bible. Can you tell me why God promised to send Jesus into the world? Let the children respond. Yes, God promised to send Jesus into the world because He wanted to show His great love and to make peace between us and Himself. God made people like Isaiah write this story in the Bible so we can read it and know that He is good and loving, and that He keeps His promise. Let’s thank Him for doing so! Lead the children in ? prayer of thanksgiving. You may also prais® > = Scanned with CamScanner aGod for His goodness by singing The Lord is Good. ] APPLICATION Would you like to know more about God's promises and how He keeps them? Then you should listen to more stories from the Bible. This week, ask your parents, older siblings, or yaya to read fo you the stories of Abraham, Isa and Simeon. Distribute the strips of paper where you wrote the passages. @O LIFE VERSE Read 1 John 4:9 aloud from your Bible. Then tell the children that you have written the verse on paper hearts which you have hidden inside the room. Let them look for and collect all 12 hearts. Then tape the hearts on the board in the correct order and have the children read the verse several times. Finally, remove the hearts and invite the class to recite the verse from memory. % OFFERING Bring out the offering box and ask a child to collect the offerings as the class sings a song about giving. % CLOSING PRAYER Gather the children in a circle for prayer. Thank God for loving you and your students 2nd sending His Son to be your Savior, Then Pull everyone into a group hug! THE BIBLE SAYS (Words based on 1 Peter 3:8. Music by Jerry P. Brafia.) The Bible says, *“Live in harmony, *Live in harmony, *Live in harmony.” (Repeat) *Substitute: “Love one another.” “Be kind and humble.” ee GOD ANNOUNCES THE COMING OF JESUS Scanned with CamScannerfo ( SOP fo NAN AY neo lWir” eRe Unit 3 We Can Know God through the Bible BIBLE POINT: The Bible teaches us who God is, what He does, and what pleases Him. prepare paper fruits for the Tree Attendance Chart prepare the lyrics of The Lord is Good, your CD player, and the Faith Grower Music CD. BIBLE PASSAGE: Revelation 1:1-3; 22:16 oo tures (Q1L12) for the BIBLE POINT: sic CO Through the Bible, God 2 Print and color the Teaching Pic! tells us His plans and what Bible Story. will happen in the future. You may also dress the LESSON OBJECTIVES: characters ay the end of this lesson, Sree the learners will: tell what God showed of cloth’ to, make them John about the future; 2. express trust in God's good plans for their future: 3. ask someone to read them what the Bible teaches about the future. look more attractive; use white cloth and gold ribbon for the angel's clothing and add silver glitter to the wings. Cut out each figure and tape an empty tissue paper tube to the back to make it stand. Prepare a small table on which to stand the figures. Make a small scroll from a piece of paper and two sticks. Put rolled- up tape on the scroll LIFE VERSE: “1 alone know the plans Ihave for you.” Jeremiah 29:11 => Scanned with CamScannerFor the Application, write the following : references on colorful pieces of paper: John 14:1-6 Romans 8:28, 38-39 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Revelation 21:1-5 Q Write the Life Verse on the board using colored chalk. O Bring your offering box. SESSION PLAN OPENING ACTIVITIES fi ct L)ROLL CALL Greet the children warmly as they arrive. Give them paper fruits to stick on the Tree Attendance Chart. porenin PRAYER AND SINGING Lead in an opening prayer. Ask the Lord to bless your class today. Then lead the children in singing The Lord is Good. BIBLE LESSON GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE Revelation 1:1-3; 22:16 CE wernopuction Ask the children: What do you want to be (or do) when you grow up? Give them time to respond and share their dreams. Each of us would like to become someone special or do something interesting. But only God knows what will really happen to us when we grow up. He alone knows what will happen because He is the One who plans the future. God revealed to a man named John the things that will happen in the future. God led John to write a book about these things. Show them the Bible and open it to the Book of Revelation. This book is called Revelation, and it is in the Bible. The Book of Revelation contains some of the things that God will do in the future. Would you like to know how God revealed these tl igs to John? Let the children respond. (A BIBLE STORY {Open your Bible to the passage of today’s story.) Do you remember our Bible story last week? We learned that God promised to send a Savior to make peace between us and Himself. We learned that this Savior is His own Son. We learned that the Savior was born as a human baby and was named Jesus GOD TELLS US ABOUT THE FUTURE Scanned with CamScanner(Put the Jesus figure on the table.) When Jesus grew up and became a man, He had many friends. He also had many enemies. Many people refused to believe that He is God’s Son, and hated Him. But His friends loved and trusted Jesus. One of these friends was named John. (Place the John figure beside Jesus.) John and the other friends stayed with Jesus and learned from Him for three years, until He went back to heaven. (Remove the Jesus figure.) One day, while John was alone on an island, Jesus spoke to him. God's Spirit enabled John to see Jesus in heaven. John also saw and heard many things that would happen in the future. (Place the angel figure opposite John.) God also sent an angel to explain to John the things that he saw and heard. John learned that in the future, all creatures will worship Jesus and know that He is the King of all ‘And everyone who loves and trusts Him will enter His kingdom and live with Him forever. John wrote down all the things that he had seen and heard, (Stick the scroll to the John figure.) God's Spirit led John to write these things down. God wanted people to read about His wonderful plan for the future. The book that John wrote became the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation. (Open your Bible and show the Book of Revelation to the children.) Ask questions to review the story, such as: Who was John? Who talked to John on the island? What did John see and hear? Why did God send an angel to John? What did John learn about the future? What did John do with what he saw and heard? Where can we read it? LEARNING ABOUT GOD Breaker: Before proceeding to the next activity, you may play a quick game of “Bring Me”: Ask the children to bring you a handkerchief, a piece of chalk a headband, or any other item found in the room. RELATION TO LIFE God is the wisest of all. He already knows what will happen tomorrow. He knows what will happen next week. He knows what will happen next year. He knows what will happen when we are grown-up, and when we are very old! God is the One who planned the future. He has prepared a good future for those who love and obey Him. When we trust Him, we do not have to be afraid because He has promised that He will always be with us. God is the most powerful of all, so He can protect us from anything. Even when bad or sad things happen, He will never leave us. And someday, He will take us to live with Him forever, and all the bad and sad things will end. APPLICATION God is pleased when we believe what He says in the Bible about the future. Here is a list of verses in the Bible that talk about what will happe® someday. Distribute the pieces of paper where you printed the references. ‘Wher you go home, ask your parents, OF your older brother/sister, or your yay? 0 read these verses to you. You can talk about what the verses mean. You ¢2" thank God together for His good plan* ~ > = Scanned with CamScannerGod is also pleased when we trust ‘9 take care of us, no matter what Every night, before you go to bed, ask God to take care of you and your family while you sleep. Every morning when you wake up, thank God for keeping you safe during the night. rel Him that you trust Him to take care of you and your family all day. Let's practice trusting God for what will happen. Today is the first day of the week. Let's tell God that we trust Him to take care of us this week and help us meet again next Sunday. Lead the children in prayer. Encourage each of them to express their trust in God's care. They may mention the activities they are planning to do during the week, like going to school, playing with friends, visiting relatives, etc. Thank the Lord for His promise to be with you always, even though you cannot see Him. Him te happens: © LIFE VERSE Open your Bible to Jeremiah 29:11a and fead the verse to the class. Point to the Copy written on the board and have the children read it together. Turn the verse into a song to make it easy to memorize. You may sing it to the tune of Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush / This is the Way 1 Wash My Face: ! alone know the plans | have The plans | have The plans | have ! alone know the plans | have The plans | have for you Review also the other Bible v in this quarter. ti OFFERING Bring out the offering box and ask a child to collect the offerings as the class sings a song about giving. S% CLOSING PRAYER Praise the Lord for being the wise God who knows all things, including the future. Ask Him to help you and the kids understand and believe what the Bible says, so you can enjoy the good future He has prepared for all of you. erses learned GOD TELLS US ABOUT THE FUTURE Scanned with CamScanner