Friday, August 23, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
God's People Prayers are Powerful
Hannah's Baby
Family Motto:
The prayers of God's people are powerful
Opening Discussion:
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything to have it?
Some of the students answered they wanted ipods, iphones, dogs, ds (game), etc.
If something you wanted was sitting in your face and you could not get it, how would feel?
A lot of the students answered they would be upset.
Lesson:
Background to Hannah
This story is about a woman named Hannah who really really wanted to have a child. Every year she would go with her husband to a place called Shiloh.
While they were there, there would be a big festival and everyone would celebrate all that God did for them. They would thank God for their crops and everything God gave them, and give sacrifices or presents to God to show how thankful they were.
This sometimes made Hannah very sad because she wanted so badly to be thankful, but was discouraged because she couldn't have a child. That didn't mean Hannah moped around and felt sorry for herself but in her heart she was very sad. Her husband still loved her very much and tried to make her feel better but nothing seemed to work.
Hannah Starting Praying
Finally Hannah did the only thing she knew that she could do to help her situation. One evening when they had finished eating and drinking Hannah went to the temple and began to pray.
When Hannah prayed she was very honest with how she was feeling. She sometimes cried a lot and probably felt like God had forgotten her. But while she was praying she promised God, "Dear God, if you would only look and see how sad I am and remember me, please give me a son. If you would do that for me I will dedicate my son to you for his whole life."
As Hannah was praying there was a man named Eli, a priest, who was sitting nearby and saw her. While Hannah was praying she was praying to herself, her lips were moving but Eli couldn't hear her say anything. We can pray just like this to if we need to, we can pray to God in our head so no one can hear.
Eli realized that Hannah was being very honest and truthful with God and he said to her, "Go in peace and may God answer your prayer." After that Hannah left she felt much better because she had talked to God about what bothered her. Early the next morning she even went to worship God before she went home.
You see, sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers, but we can't just be mad forever and not talk or thank God for all the other good things in our life. God knows what's best so there's always a good reason why he hasn't answered your prayer.
Hannah has a baby
But a while later a great thing happened. God of course remembered Hannah (because God doesn't forget any of us) and gave her a son, and she named him Samuel.
Hannah had waited so long for this child and she loved him so much, but she remembered that she made a promise to God. Hannah was an honest woman and when she made a promise she meant it. Again, Hannah had a good attitude and wanted to give Samuel back to God, she wasn't mad at herself and change her mind. Hannah kept her promise.
When Samuel was old enough she went back to the place where she had prayed and said to Eli the priest, "Do you remember me? I am the woman that cried and prayed for this child and He answered my prayer. Now I give him to the Lord and I will leave him with you to learn and work with you."
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Prince of Egypt (10 plagues of Egypt)
10 Plaques of Egypt
Scripture:
Exodus 7-12
Key Word(s):
Plague
Anything that is a bother, annoyance
Livestock
animals that give people food to eat (cows, chicken, pigs)
Unleavened bread
brittle flat bread
Review from last Sunday:
- What does Moses name mean?
Pulled out
- Who are Moses' siblings?
Aaron and Miriam
- Who told Moses he was Hebrew?
His mother, Jockebed
- What made Moses flee from Egypt?
Moses killed another Egyptian man
- What did Moses see in the wilderness that was so amazing?
A burning bush that was not consumed
Lesson:
Background for the plagues:
God sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh (Moses was 80 yrs old and Aaron was 83 yrs old) to ask for the release of the Hebrew people.
Plague of Blood-Ex. 7:14-25
Aaron raised his staff over the Nile River and turned the water into blood. The bloody water killed the fish and the land was filled with an awful odor
Plague of Frogs-Ex. 8:1-15
Aaron raised his staff over the stream and rivers causing frogs to come out of the rivers. The frogs overran the country
Plague of Lice-Ex. 8:16-19
By striking the dust, Aaron brought lice. This is the first plague that Pharaoh's sorcerers could not produce.
Plague of Flies-Ex. 8:20-32
Plague of Disease Livestock-Ex. 9:1-7
"Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horse, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain"
Plague of Boils- Ex. 9:8-12
Boils is a skin disease that was very painful
Plague of Hail-Ex. 9:13-35
This plague destroyed many crops
Plague of Locusts-Ex. 10:1-20
The locusts ate the rest of the crops and trees
Plague of Darkness-Ex. 10:21-29
The darkness lasted three days
Plague of Death of the Firstborn-Ex. 11:1-12:36
The last plague was death of the firstborn of all the people and animal. To avoid this punishment the people had to kill a sacrificial lamb (sheep or goat) and paint the blood over the door posts of the house.
Review Questions:
- How old was Moses and Aaron when they went before Pharaoh?
Moses-80 yrs old Aaron 83 yrs old
- What was the first and last plague?
First: Turned water into blood
Last: The death of the firstborn
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Communion
Communion
Scripture:
Matthew 26:17-30
The Last Supper
17 On the
first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus
and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the
Passover?”
18 He
replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher
says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with
my disciples at your house.’” 19 So the
disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
20 When evening
came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. 21 And while they were eating, he said, “Truly
I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
22 They were
very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean
me, Lord?”
23 Jesus
replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will
betray me.24 The Son
of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who
betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
25 Then
Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me,
Rabbi?”
Jesus answered, “You have said so.”
26 While
they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and
gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
27 Then he
took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink
from it, all of you. 28 This is
my blood of the[a] covenant, which
is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of
the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Father’s kingdom.”
30 When they
had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Key Word(s):
Passover
Sin
Review:
We did a short review
Discussed what we know about the passover and communion.
Bible Lesson:
Passover
Took place while Moses begged Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery
-God told the Israelites to place the blood of a lamb over top of their door so that the death angel would skip over their house.
-The Jews celebrate the Passover to remember how God delivered them from slavery
-They would celebrate the Passover by having a Seder meal (the Seder meal will be discussed more at a later date)
The Last Supper/ Communion:
Took place during the time the Jews were celebrating the Passover. -Jesus knew his time was coming so he wanted to celebrate the Passover with his disciples
-Jesus revealed several things during the last supper:
*That one of the disciples would betray him
*That he would soon die
*Jesus took the disciples that bread represented his body and the wine represented his blood
How is the Passover and Communion connected?
-Communion or the last supper took place during the time the Jews were celebrating the Passover
-A lamb was killed to free the Israelites from slavery and Jesus became a lamb that was killed to save all of mankind from the slavery of sin, depression, financial issues, etc.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Aquila and Priscilla
Aquila and Priscilla
Scripture:
Serve one another in love
-Galatians 5:13
Key Word(s):
No key words
Attention Grabber:
Daily Review
Bible Learning:
- Aquila and Priscilla were tent-makers (like Paul)
- Paul met Aquila and Priscilla in a place called Corinth
- Aquila and Priscilla held bible study in their house
- While in Ephesus, Aquila and Priscilla met a preacher by the name of Apollos
- Apollos was preaching but he did not know that Jesus died for our sins so we can be forgiven
Review:
What did Aquila and Priscilla do for a living?
They were tent-makers
Who did they teach? Apollos
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