God Keeps His People Safe
God lovingly protects his people from their enemies. (Exodus 17:8-16).
1st and 2nd Grade:
God is Love
God was with Daniel and his friends when they lived in Babylon, and he showed his love by giving them the strength and wisdom they needed.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11
3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade:
This Sunday in Sunday School was a review of all the previous weeks. Next week we will begin preparations for the Christmas pageant, so this was our last regular lesson of the semester.
To review, we played “Kings and Prophets,” a game which we created based on Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders. We laid out the “board” in the classroom, which meant that each child was a player in the game.
We made cards that gave instructions to the player based on five kings and prophets: Jonah, Elijah, Jeremiah, and King David and King Saul. Though we tried not to oversimplify, we assigned moves on the board based on those characters.
We explained that the beginning of the board symbolized trusting in ourselves, while the end, which was a banquet table with goodies, symbolized trusting in God. As the cards demonstrate, different kings and prophets of the Bible trusted God, some in small ways, some in large ways, and some not at all.
As they moved along the board, they encountered three other types of spaces on the board. A mercy spot gave the student a mercy card which allowed them to cancel out the punishment of any card that did not help them advance. A sin spot made them lose a turn. Like chutes and ladders, the grace spots were ladders that only went up, representing God’s one-way love.
Overall, we hoped the game reviewed the basics of the Bible stories as well as demonstrate some of the larger concepts of the Bible, such as grace, mercy and sin.
Ultimately, it is Jesus and his work on the cross that helps us go from trusting in ourselves to truly trusting in God.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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