February 12th Lessons

9:00am DiscipleLand 

1st-2nd grade 
At Work with God Lesson 8--Musician

God delights in His people's praise and adoration just as musicians savor beautiful song.

1 Chronicles 15:14-29

God is Victorious

Verse: 

"It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,"--Psalm 92:1

Focus:

~God is victorious.
~When the Ark of the Covenant returned to Jerusalem, God's people praised Him with music.

~God is honored and praised when we worship Him with music.

Missionary Biography: Gladys Aylward--The Mandarin's Decision

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9:00am DiscipleLand

3rd-4th grade 

Amazing Words Lesson 11—Who Is Greatest?

Matthew 18
Jesus measures greatness by a person's traits of humility, caring and forgiveness.
Verse: 

Matthew 18:4

"Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Focus:

~Children are very special in the eyes of God.
~Greatness of a person is found in humility, caring and forgiveness.
~God expects us to forgive others just as He forgives our sins as often as we repent.  

Missionary Biography: Jackie Pullinger—St. Stephen's Society

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10:45am TRU

1st-4th grade

Main Focus: God Blesses
Solomon, part 1  (1 Kings 1-6)

Anticipate: How Many Blessings

God gives us so many good things that it is hard to remember them all or even think of how many blessings He has already given to us.  Writing them down is one way to count our blessings from God.

Worship with Youth Band

Game: Puppy, Monkey, Baby

Memory Verse: 

"How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you...in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in yo."--Psalm 31:19

David’s faith not only brought him blessings (good things) from God, it also extended to bring his son Solomon good things. On top of the promises God made to David, He offered to give Solomon further blessings and Solomon asked for wisdom. This showed that his heart was in the right place and concerned more for his people than his own benefit. As a result God gave Solomon not only wisdom but also, honor, wealth, long life and fame. God blessed Solomon to be a blessing to the Israelites.  That’s the way God works because He loves us. His blessings multiply and when we realize how much He gives us all the time we remember His love for us!  The biggest blessing God gave us is His Son, Jesus.  And as we freely receive His forgiveness and salvation, we should freely give His goodness of Jesus and extend His kindness to others.  May we be a blessing to others as we have been blessed by God.

Respond: Blessing Hearts

Today we want to blessing someone else and because of God’s generosity we’ll get to bless ourselves too!

Bless:

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.” —Psalm 67:1-3

May God’s goodness and blessings overflow in the lives of our children.