August 02 Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
Village Life with God Lesson 9--Cities

God protects His people from their enemies.

"The Lord is my strength and my shield;
    my heart trusts in him, and he helps me."--Psalm 28:7a

Focus:

~God is our strength and shield.

~Bible-times people built walls around cities to protect themselves from enemies.

~God helped Joshua and the Israelites conquer the city of Jericho.
Missionary Biography--David Livingstone--Back in England

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 
Triumphant Over All Lesson9--Be One!

John 17

Jesus prayed that His followers will be "one" with God and each other.

" I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one."

                                                                                                                                        --John 17:22

Focus:

~Jesus prayed that all His followers will have "oneness" in Him.

~Jesus asked God the Father to protect and sanctify His followers.

~Jesus' prayer included all believers yet to be born.

Missionary Biography--Mark and Gloria Zook--An Exciting Ending

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10:45am TRU 
1st-4th grade 
Main Focus: God Is Love

1 Corinthians 12-13

ANTICIPATE:  
The Body System

In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul compared the church to the human body that functions as a whole.  Each part is important to the others.  When one part of the body suffers, all of the parts suffer. When all the parts of the body work together, the entire body works as one healthy unit. 

Worship with singing:  led by JrHi / High School band

Memory Verse: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."  (Isaiah 41:10)

In his letter, Paul warns that unless we have God's love, all our talents, special abilities and actions are useless.  As the body of Christ, we are meant to love one another and take care of one another.  To understand how God wants us to love, we can look at who He is and how He loves us.  And through the Holy Spirit, we are bond together and are able to love as God loves us.    

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."--1 John 4:7-8

May our children know the amazing, wonderful love of God.  May His love lead them to love and care for others.