9:00am DiscipleLand
1st-2nd grade
At Work with God Lesson 6--Weaver
God fashions His people into special creations just like a weaver weaves fine cloth.
At Work with God Lesson 6--Weaver
God fashions His people into special creations just like a weaver weaves fine cloth.
Proverbs 31 (A Praiseworthy Woman)
God Is All-knowing
God Is All-knowing
Verse Review:
1 Corinthians 10:31; Mark 4:8; Isaiah 64:8; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Matthew 23:11
~God knows all things, He is omniscient.
~Bible time people weaved cloth using flax, camel, goat hair and wool.
~God weaves character into the lives of His people.
~God builds godly character qualities in the lives of His people.
~Bible time people weaved cloth using flax, camel, goat hair and wool.
~God weaves character into the lives of His people.
~God builds godly character qualities in the lives of His people.
Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--The Spirit of the Living God Is in You
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9:00am DiscipleLand
3rd-4th grade
Amazing Words Lesson 8—Inside Out
Matthew 15
Jesus teaches that right heart attitudes lead to right outward actions.
Jesus teaches that right heart attitudes lead to right outward actions.
Verse:
Matthew 15:18
“But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them."
Focus:
Focus:
~God sees our hearts and knows what's clean and what's not.
~Jesus taught that evil thoughts instead of breaking laws that are made by men, defile a person.
~Those who honor God with merely their lips but not their hearts will be rejected by God.
~Jesus taught that evil thoughts instead of breaking laws that are made by men, defile a person.
~Those who honor God with merely their lips but not their hearts will be rejected by God.
Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—Ah-Kei, the Triad Emperor
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10:45am TRU
1st-4th grade
Main Focus: God Is Powerful
Taking the Promised Land (Joshua 6-10)
Taking the Promised Land (Joshua 6-10)
Anticipate: Draw This
Joshua was being trained by God to lead his people into the Promise Land but he needed to listen to God’s instructions, no one else’s advice would do, nor would relying on his own judgement. God waited a whole generation until the entire Israelite people were those who would listen to Him and build a nation based
on the picture He planned. There was no way Joshua could do this without trusting that God would strengthen him (like we learned last week) and being willing to implicitly obey God’s instructions—sometimes when Joshua did know the exact way in which God would help or even the reason to do things a certain way.
Sometimes we have an idea of what needs to be done but don’t know how to do it. Giving clear instructions is harder than it looks, especially when you aren’t directly doing the action. And listening carefully to the instructions and doing them is harder still!! Joshua job wasn’t an easy one, but when he obeyed God unleashed His power on behalf of the Israelites.
Worship with Youth Bandon the picture He planned. There was no way Joshua could do this without trusting that God would strengthen him (like we learned last week) and being willing to implicitly obey God’s instructions—sometimes when Joshua did know the exact way in which God would help or even the reason to do things a certain way.
Sometimes we have an idea of what needs to be done but don’t know how to do it. Giving clear instructions is harder than it looks, especially when you aren’t directly doing the action. And listening carefully to the instructions and doing them is harder still!! Joshua job wasn’t an easy one, but when he obeyed God unleashed His power on behalf of the Israelites.
Game: Catch Them All
Memory Verse:
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak."--Isaiah 40:29
God commanded the Israelites to obey His instructions. When they did, they won battles with His help. In today's story, God demonstrated that He is powerful by giving the city of Jericho into Israelites' hands, giving them the best battle strategies over city of Ai, throwing their enemies into confusion, sending hailstones, ceasing the sun and knowing even the hidden sins. God is powerful over all things. He does not leave us to fight our own battles when we obey Him.
Respond: Build This with NO Instructions
So Joshua knew that he could only be successful if he listened closely to God and obeyed God’s directions. What do you do when you don’t have any instructions at all? God always reveals Himself to us when we are willing to do what he says, He didn’t hide his end goal from Joshua! Just like He let us know that our purpose here on earth is to glorify Him with the good works He has already prepared for us. So God gives us the pieces of our lives to build up into something He has envisioned for us. He uses His power to ensure that His goal can be met: but the victory in each of Joshua’s battles was different and He helped them in a variety of ways. And the Israelites still had to fight their own battles, just not alone.
Bless:
1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth bows down to you;
4 All the earth bows down to you;
they sing praise to you,
they sing the praises of your name.
5 Come and see what God has done,
his awesome deeds for mankind!—Psalm 66:1-5
May our children know that God is powerful, and may they see His power in their lives.
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