God’s Protection

Teaching Goal:  God is our protector.

Scripture:   Psalm 91: 11-12 “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”

Materials:

• Two sheets of red construction paper
• One clear glass or plastic cup
• One clear bowl or pitcher (it needs to be deep enough to completely submerge the cup)

1. Play theme song
2. Pray
3. Review last lesson
4. Lesson and discussion

• Words written in bold are when the leader is speaking. Feel free to use your own words.

ACTIVITY #1: God sends his angels to protect us. Fill the bowl with water, set it in the middle of the table and have the kids sit around the table. The water in the bowl represents the world and its influences on us. Take one of the sheets of red construction paper and crumble it into a ball. This paper represents us. Submerge the crumbled paper into the water and let it soak for a minute. God places us in this world, just as we placed the paper in the water. Pull the soaked paper out of the water. What does the world do to us like the water did to this paper? It hurts us, wrongly influences us, tempts us, etc.

In the Bible, we read that God is our protector. What are some ways that God protects us? After they’ve given some answers… Why does God have angels? Read Psalm 91: 11-12. The Bible says one way that God protects us is by sending His angels to watch over us. Place the cup on the table. The cup represents God’s angels. Take the second piece of red construction paper and wad it up. Again this paper represents us, and the Bible says that God sends His angels to protect us. Stick the paper into the bottom of the glass representing us, covered by the protection of God’s angels (make sure you secure the paper so that it will stay in the bottom of the glass).

Remember that God put us in this world. Invert the glass and submerge it to the bottom of the bowl. Hold it there for a minute reviewing what happened to the paper that wasn’t protected by the glass. Keeping it inverted, pull the glass out of the water and with your dry hand, remove the dry paper from the glass. As we live our lives in this world, we can rely on God and his angels to protect us.

Memorize:

As we live our lives each day

God and His angels protect our way.        

 Close in Prayer