Teaching Goal: Topics for daily prayer. Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13 This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts as [...]
Teaching Goal: Pray about everything. Scripture: Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying. Ephesians 2:19-20 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people [...]
Teaching Goal: There is joy in the Lord. Scriptures: Psalm 149:3-4 Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the Lord delights in His people. Psalm 150:4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing. Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to mourn and a [...]
Lent/Easter Season Teaching Goal: Learning the story of Palm Sunday through acting it out. Scripture: Matthew 21: 1-9 Materials: Cardboard tubes from rolls of paper towels or wrapping paper (wood dowels or rolled up construction paper will also work) Green crepe paper streamers Tape Towels or sheets for simple [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal:To help children understand what deception is and to realize how deceptive Satan can be. Scripture: Genesis 3:1-6 – “Now the serpent was more cunning that any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God [...]
Teaching Goal: We need to be obedient to God and to our parents. Scriptures: Ephesians 6:1 “Children obey your parents in the Lord.” Romans 6:17 “But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you [...]
Teaching Goal: To reflect Jesus to others without getting in the way or distorting their view of Him. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which come from the Lord, who is [...]
Teaching Goal: Jesus is the light. Shine the light of Jesus to others. Scripture: John 9:5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. John 1:8 “The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.” Matthew 5:14 “Let your [...]
Teaching Goal: All have sinned. Scripture: Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Materials: Toothpicks, paper and pen Masking tape Activity Option #1: Wadded up paper & [...]
Teaching Goal: Remember what God teaches us. Scriptures: Numbers 15:37-40 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come, you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: God knows when we are dishonest and He wants us to be honest. Scripture: 2 Kings 5 This is the story of Naaman being healed from leprosy by Elisha. Elisha turns down Naaman’s offer to pay for the healing. Gehazi, Elisha’s servant, uses a [...]
Idea from Carlos Gonzales Teaching Goal: Awareness of the battle going on inside each person between the Spirit and sinful nature. Scripture: Galatians 5:16-23 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is [...]
Teaching Goal: Review Bible verses and stories. Scripture: Matthew 14:12-36 Jesus feeds 5,000. Jesus goes up a mountain to be alone and pray. Jesus walks on water. Materials: Sidewalk chalk or Masking tape Optional: bread, fish crackers, water bottle Play theme song Pray Review last lesson Lesson and Discussion [...]
Teaching Goal: Believers have different abilities and gifts, but we are all part of the same body. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one [...]
Teaching Goal: As Christians, our target is to live a holy life. God gives us the Bible, the Holy Spirit, and the example of Jesus’ life to help us live a holy life. Scripture: The Bible: Psalm 119:9-11 “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living [...]
Teaching Goal: We need Jesus to take our sin away so we can be back together with God. Scriptures: Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Hebrews 4:15 …but we have one {Jesus} who has been tempted in every way, just as [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: God wants a personal relationship with us. Scripture: John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into [...]
Teaching Goal: Teach the Gospel. All have sinned, but when we believe in Jesus as our Savior, He takes the sin away. Jesus then lives inside of us and shines out to others through our lives. Scriptures: Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory [...]
By Karen Noal Teaching Goal: Don’t jump to conclusions without knowing the whole story. Scripture: Numbers 35:11-12 Select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee. They will be places of refuge from the avenger so that person [...]
Teaching Goal: Give Jesus the gift of love for his birthday at Christmas. Scriptures: Matthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And [...]
Teaching Goal: The Spirit and God’s Word bring balance to our busy lives. Scripture: Luke 10:38-42 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at [...]
Teaching Goal: God’s powerful angels command respect and fear. Scripture: Joshua 5:14 Joshua has crossed the Jordan river and entered the promised land. He meets an angel of the Lord. “Joshua fell face down to the ground in reverence.” Luke 2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to {the [...]
Teaching Goal: Spend time on things that will last for eternity. Scripture: Matthew 5:3-10 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are [...]
Multiple Family Activity-This activity works best with three or more families. Teaching Goal: God keeps a book filled with the names of every Christian. Your name must be in this book to enter heaven. Scripture: Revelation 20:15, 21:27 Your name must be in the Book of Life to get [...]
Teaching Goal: Parents and grandparents, bless your teens. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 22:9-10 {God’s message to David about Solomon} You will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies…I will grant Israel peace and quiet during [...]