October 02 Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand

1st-2nd grade 
Family Life with God Lesson 5--Grandparents

Ruth 1-4 (Naomi's Wise Advice)

He Is Wise

Verse : 

Proverbs 3:13
 "Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,"

Focus:

~God is wise.
~God gives senior relatives, including our grandparents to help families make wise decisions.
~God wants children to respect adults, including grandparents.

Missionary Biography: William Carey--Indigo Plant Manager

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Follow the King Lesson 5—It Is Written

Luke 4:1-13

Jesus helps His believers say no to  Satan's temptations to sin.

Verse : 

Luke 4:8

 " Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”

Focus:

~Though Jesus was tempted by the devil, He did not sin.
~The devil temps people to sin.
~Jesus helps believers overcome all temptations.

Missionary Biography: Hudson Taylor—Becoming "Chinese"

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God is Lord

Jacob and Esau (Genesis 25:29-34; 27)

Anticipate: What Is It? (touch and guess game)

Jacob put on goat skins so he would seem hairy like his twin brother, Easu.  Isaac was blind and relied upon his sense of touch although he knew the voice he heard was not right.  We often make assumptions or judgments based on our senses.

Worship with songs: led by Youth Band 

Game: Put Things in Order

Memory Verse: 

" Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God."--Psalm 90:2

Receiving a special blessing that could only be given one time was part of the birthright of the oldest child in a family in Jacob and Esau's time.  While the twins were still in their mother's womb, God told Rebekah, the mother, that the younger brother will one day rule over the older brother.  God knew all things because He is Lord.  But Rebekah and Jacob took matters into their own hands and caused the family to be divided because they failed to trust that God is Lord.  Today, God is still Lord.  When things do not make sense in our lives, we need to remember the attribute of God that He is faithful, all powerful, might and just.  When we remember that God is Lord, we remember that He is always in control.  And we can always trust in Him.

Respond: Seeing Isn't Believing

We make assumptions about our world based a lot on what we see, but our eyes and brain could be tricked sometime.  Sometimes we think everything an be explained but God is bigger than our senses and He is the Creator of our minds.  He understands everything because He created it.  We only see a small part of His Big Story.

Bless

Psalm 47

“Clap your hands, all you nations;

    shout to God with cries of joy.

2 For the Lord Most High is awesome,
    the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us,
    the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.[b]

5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth;
    sing to him a psalm of praise.

8 God reigns over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings[c] of the earth belong to God;    he is greatly exalted.”

 May the children know that God is Lord over all things, including their lives.  May they know His presence each day and trust in Him.