September 27th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
How We Got The Bible Lesson 4--Authors Wrote God's Words
(Moses and Luke--Deuteronomy 33:1-4; Luke 1:1-4)

Human authors were let by God to write down His inspired words.

Verse:

"For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."    ---2 Peter 1:21 

Focus:

~God helped human authors to write down His inspired words.

~Inspired means "God-breathed". (2 Timothy 3:16)
~Bible "addresses" include book, chapter and verse.

Missionary Biography: Cameron Townsend--Nothing Is Impossible with God

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 
Eyewitnesses Lesson 3--Energized

Acts 2:1-21

The Holy Spirit empowers believers to witness about Jesus.

Verse:

"But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."  --John 14:26

Focus:

~The Holy Spirit arrived as "tongues of fire" on Pentecost.

~The Holy Spirit empowered believers to witness about Jesus.

~The Holy Spirit is a gift from God to believers.
~The Holy Spirit empowers believers of all ages.

Missionary Biography: Amy Carmichael--Shawlies

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10:45am TRU 
1st-4th grade 
Main Focus: God Blesses (Genesis 25-33 Jacob Wrestles)

Anticipate: Esau the Hunter

Jacob and Esau were twin brothers with very different characteristics that God blessed them with.  Genesis describes Esau as a "skillful hunter, a man of the open country".

Memory Verse: "Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."  (Deuteronomy 7:9)
Game: Back-to Back Race
Jacob was renamed as "Israel", which means "one who wrestles with God," and God blessed him.  This game reminds us that whenever we feel like we wrestle or struggle with God, we need Him to help us overcome those issues.  

Before Jacob met and wrestled with God, he was selfish, cunning and did not understand God's blessing.  But after Jacob wrestled with God, he understood God's blessing is to have a relationship with God who had the power to change him inside out.  Jacob then became strong in assurance of God's favor and was ready to meet his brother Esau again.  Being blessed by God is more than having money or possessions, it's about having more of God in our lives.  God blesses and His blessings last forever.

RESPOND: Jacob's Tent/ Hide-and-Seek Verse 

May the lives of our children overflow with thankfulness for God's blessings.  May our children pass on His blessings to others.