1. Where is the Bible first mentioned? harvest?
Answer: In the book of Genesis (8:22), after the flood - "... henceforth, all the days of the earth, sowing and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease."
2. In which of His parables does Jesus mention harvest?
Answer: In the parable of the tares - “The harvest is the end of the age” (Matthew 13:24-30, 37-39). “He answered and said to them: He who sows good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. "
3. About whom is it said in the book of Job, “The hungry shall eat his harvest”?
Answer: About the fool." I saw how the fool took root, and immediately cursed his house. His children are far from happy, they will be beaten at the gate, and there will be no intercessor. The hungry will eat his harvest... (Job 5:3-5 )
4. Where is the command in the Bible? celebrate the harvest? When was this command given?
Answer: This is written in the book of Exodus (23:16), the command was given along with the 10 commandments - “Observe both the festival of the harvest of the first fruits of your labor, which you sow in the field, and the festival of gathering in the fruits at the end of the year, when you have gathered your work from the field."
5. Which woman met her future husband in the field during the harvest? What was her husband's name?
Answer: Ruth, Boaz. (book of Ruth, chapter 2)
6. Continue the verse: “He who gathers during the summer is a son of understanding, but he who sleeps during the harvest is.........”
Answer: A dissolute son (Proverbs 10:5).
7. Where is it written: “Then he said to his disciples: harvest there are many, but the workers are few; “Do you therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest?”
Answer: Matthew 9:37-38.
8. Name the fruits of the spirit from Galatians.
Answer: The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, goodness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control. (Gal. 5:22-23)
9. With whom will the reaper rejoice according to the words of Jesus (John 4:36)?
Answer: With the sower. “He who reaps receives reward and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps will rejoice together.”
10. About whom the Bible says this: “You reap where you have not sowed...”
Answer: About the master who distributed talents to his servants in the parable of the talents." (Matthew 25:24)
11. About whom did Jesus say this: “They do not sow, they do not reap, they do not gather into barns...”?
Answer: About birds. (Matt. 6:26)
12. Continue the story: “A rich man had a good harvest in his field...”
Answer: "...and he reasoned with himself: what should I do? I have nowhere to gather my fruits? And he said: this is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather there all my grain and all my goods, and I will say to my soul: soul, you have a lot of goods for many years: rest, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him: this night your soul will be taken from you; who will get what you have prepared?
This is what happens to those who store up treasures for themselves and do not become rich in God. (Luke 12:16:21)
Sunday school lesson
When teaching children in Sunday school, we often model a situation or analyze a specific case, drawing conclusions about what should or should not be done.
“Forewarned is forearmed!” - says popular wisdom.
And the Scripture says: “ Instruct a young man at the beginning of his path; he will not turn away from it when he is old." Ave. 22:6.
So, the topic of the lesson: “Purity and holiness in walking before God and people.”
We remembered both the Old Testament biblical men of faith: Enoch, Moses, Samuel, Abraham, Joseph, David, and the New Testament: the Apostles, Stephen, Paul, Timothy... And although some of them had mistakes and falls - the Lord, seeing their repentance and firmness faith, blessed them in life and beyond.
We briefly focused on those who, having the knowledge of the truth, ended their lives badly: Gehazi, Ananias and Sapphira, Judas...
Reflecting on the topic of holiness, I proposed to analyze a situation that actually happened in our Church several years ago:
So, two young men were friends. One is an unbeliever, the second is from a believing family. The second young man was a Christian, he prayed, read the Word of God, and testified about Christ to his friends.
And then one day they were walking down the street. An unbelieving friend is holding a can of beer. They walk slowly and talk.
And then the unbelieving friend’s shoelace came undone. Without hesitation, he hands a can of beer to his believing friend with the words: “Hold it.”
The believing young man automatically took it in his hands, and the non-believer squatted down to tie the lace.
At this time, a bus passed nearby with an elderly Christian couple on board. The believers on the bus saw, oh horror! - a young Christian... with a can of beer in his hand. They simply didn’t pay attention to the one who bent down to tie his shoelace...
On Sunday they approached the young man’s parents and told what they had seen. After some time, others learned about this story...
The young man insisted in every possible way that he did not drink, but simply held it... But some openly condemned: “Yes, we know)). Everyone says so..."
This young man and his parents suffered a lot for this offense...
So what did the young man do wrong when he acted wrongly? - I asked the children a question.
I had to walk down the street where there was no one...,” Andrei raised his hand and said.
This is not a solution, we read in the Word of God: “ There is nothing secret that would not come to light, and nothing hidden that would not come out" Mr. 4:22. We need another solution.
There is no need to be friends with non-believers,” Olga said.
But Jesus said: " I do not pray that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from evil.”. John 17:15. " You are the light of the world..." Mtf. 5:14. Those. Our task is not to run “to the monastery”, not to leave this world, but to be light and salt in this world.
After some thought we came to the conclusion that To the unclean should simply not touch .
« And therefore... do not touch the unclean; and I will receive you" – 2 Cor. 6:17.
Any dirt, impurity, sinfulness is an abomination before God. Without repentance and abandonment of sin there will be no victory.
You want to overcome sin: remember the First Psalm about the “Blessed Man” - this man was immensely happy, because he “does not walk in the counsel of the wicked and does not stand in the way of sinners and does not sit in the assembly of the wicked, but his will is in the law of the Lord, and He meditates on His law day and night! » Ps. 1:1,2. Bliss is happiness, which can exist even in grief and worries, because the Lord takes care of a person. “And he will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which brings forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; and in everything he does, he will succeed.” Ps. 1:3.
So, what was the young man’s mistake: that he did not stay awake and extended his hand to the unclean.
Conclusion: " Stay awakeand pray that you will not fall into temptation: the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak».
Mtf. 26:41
Today we will not dwell on what it is subject lessons for Sunday school. It's best to see this directly with examples. We've found several relevant object lessons that you can use in your classes right away.
Forgiveness
This object lesson is taken from flamecreativekids website
You can come up with your own description of this story.
Here's a short description of this idea.
The transparent empty glass is our heart.
An effervescent, dissolvable tablet is an insult.
We add a tablet to an empty glass and talk about the fact that when we are offended, this offense weighs heavily on our hearts (I’m sure you can present this colorfully and creatively with examples from your life, find out if this has happened to children)
And we cannot get rid of the burden of resentment ourselves. We can get used to it, but as soon as we see the offender, we immediately feel this resentment.
We need help from God. (You can read scriptures about the help of the Lord) Pour water into a glass. The tablet begins to dissolve. Bubbles appear and burst. At this moment we are talking about the fact that when we ask for help from God, He comes to our aid, heals our heart, dissolving the pain of resentment. The tablet does not dissolve immediately, it takes time. Likewise, God’s work with resentment in our hearts does not disappear immediately. This is a healing process.
Show your creativity and imagination in this story.
Presentation of the Gospel on the fingers.
Thumb: good (OK)
When we want to tell someone that we are doing well, we give them a thumbs up. At the same time, when we talk about God, we place our finger in the same position, saying that our God is good. God is perfect, and since He created us, He wants only good for us. Place your finger up.
Pointer: You did it wrong.
We use the index finger to point at someone that he or she has done something wrong.
Bend all your other fingers and point your index finger at the person you are talking to.
The very moment we sinned against God, He points His four fingers at us. We want to go our own way, not God's. We don't want to do anything for God, even though He created us and wants the best for us.
In this sentence you can point the finger at yourself too.
Most Outstanding Person: Jesus Christ.
This finger is the highest (usually)! We can say that Jesus Christ is truly a Great Man. He stands above everyone. No one can point a finger at Him because He never sinned. He died willingly on the cross for our sin, so that we can stand again without deficiency before God.
Extend all your fingers and show that the middle finger is the longest.
Finger with a ring: A wedding ring is a symbol of love and unity.
This is the same finger on which the wedding ring is placed. The wedding ring is a symbol of the love and unity of the couple who got married when they agreed to enter into a single relationship until death. At this very moment, the sinner can find a completely new relationship with God when he wishes to give his life to Him. God will become his Father.
Place the ring on this finger. If you are married, this would be an ideal example where you use your own wedding ring. If not, then borrow it from someone. But don't forget to give it back.
Little finger: farthest from the thumb.
This finger is the farthest from it. You and I are like that finger when we want nothing to do with God. When we want to live the way we want. By doing this, we can never close the distance between us and God. And when we stubbornly deny what Christ has done for us, then this distance between us and God remains forever.
You can bend the second to fourth fingers, leaving only the thumb and little finger straight, to focus on the distance between the thumb and little finger.
Lesson about the team
Have you ever tried to walk on raw eggs? Neither do I. But here http://www.housingaforest.com/walking-on-raw-eggs/ they tried it. The experiment will be successful if the participant is barefoot. To be on the safe side, lay down something))). If you walk on dozens of eggs, they will not burst. The most difficult thing is to get into the top ten. The child will not survive without help. Eggs do not burst (as the author claims). TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG and no problems or difficult circumstances will crush us).
Lesson "You are wonderfully made" Origami box
You are wonderfully made
Craft:box
Scripture: “I will praise You, for I am wonderfully made.” (Ps. 139:14a)
Concept: God created man.
Item: a box with a mirror inside.
Today I brought this box with me. It contains something very valuable to God!! What do you think it could be? (children's answers). You name very valuable things, and they could well be in this box, but there is something else there. Invite your child to open the box and see what's inside. There's a mirror there, but what do you see in the mirror? - myself!!! So - you, each of you) are the greatest treasure for the Lord! When God was satisfied with what He had created and said that all creation was good, He decided to create man, not as a by-product, but as the pinnacle of His creation. The first man was completely different from animals because he was created in the image of God Himself. He was not God, but he reflected God in some special way. Unlike animals, man had a soul, which the Lord breathed into him. This means that the inner personality, which is the real self, is immortal, and is capable (by original design) of speaking to God, loving God and obeying Him. What a huge difference from animals! Look at you! Let's look at ourselves. (Note: Please do what you tell your children too). Extend your hand and look at your palm. Now spread your fingers as far apart as possible. Make a fist with your fingers. Now move your fingers very quickly. Turn your hand and look at it again. Look at the joints where your fingers bend. They look a little strange, don't they? All the wrinkles on the skin in these places do not exist by chance. If they weren't there, you wouldn't be able to bend your fingers. How do your joints work? I can't say that. But I think they are very complex because they help you work with your fingers. Who made your fingers work so well? (Pause for answers). Of course God did it. Thank God for your joints. Now look at your palms. Feel the pads of your fingers. Press down on the pad of your finger. Do you feel like there's a bone inside? Now touch the pad again. Do you feel how soft it is? These pads exist on your fingers for a reason. If you pick something up, you won't hurt your fingers. Now touch your palm. The skin here is quite thick. When you fall, you stretch your arms forward to avoid hitting yourself; Which part of the hand touches the ground first? (Pause for answers). That's right, palms. That's why the leather here is thick enough - to protect your hands. Who made it so that you have soft pads on your fingers and thick skin on your palms? (Pause for answer). That's right, God did it. Could you make such soft fingers yourself? Do you know how to make such thick skin? (Shake your head and wait for answers). Of course not. Only God can do this. Now let's sit quietly. Place your hand on your heart. (Help the little ones do this). Can you feel it beating? Could you make it beat yourself? (Shake your head and pause to answer.) Of course not! Only God knows how to make our heart beat. And now even quieter. Try to stop your heart beating. Think about it. Can you stop the heart? (Pause for answer). No! God made our hearts beat on their own. We don't even have to try for it. Who made it so that the heart constantly beats? (Pause for answer). Certainly! God did it. Can you wiggle your toes in your shoes? Now move your feet. Now bend your knees. Now let's make it quiet again. Who made it possible for your toes, feet and knees to move? (Pause for answer). Of course, God did this too. Now everyone look at me. Let's turn our head to the right. To the left. Look at me again. Look at the ceiling. Look at the floor. What helps us move our heads in different directions? (Pause for answer). Of course, this is our neck. Inside the neck is the throat. (Touch your throat). The neck is like a small hard tube. In addition, there are bones and nerves inside the neck. (Touch the back of your neck). However, when you move your neck, all those bones and nerves don't get mixed up with each other. Can you create such a complex device as a neck yourself? (Shake your head and pause to answer.) Of course not. Who gave you such a good neck? (Pause for answer). God did it! Only God could create such a wonderful neck. We can continue to look at our bodies, but I think you already understand the meaning of my questions. I kept asking you about who could do all this. And the answer was always the same - (pause for answer) God! Who created us - everything inside and outside? (Pause for answer). God did it! So, who owns what is inside and outside of us? (Pause for answer). Right! We belong to God. The Bible says that it was God who created us, not someone else. It's easy to remember, right? Every time you move your arms and legs, think of God. Every time you think about your body, remember that God created it. Facts about a person: There are no people with the same fingerprints, retinas, or the same character - everything is very individual.
Catch me if you can
IMAGE OF GOD: Confidence
TIME: 15 minutes
Very quickly children will learn to understand how easily trust turns into doubt.
and how much they need Jesus to maintain their trust.
The main truth: Jesus is the Son of God, I can trust Him with my doubts.
Unsharpened pencils
Hello! Use your brains. Today I have a three-part question for you.
Here's the first part.
How many of you think that you can catch a pencil with one hand?
thrown from the opposite end of the room? Yes, and you will be blindfolded.
Pause and give children a chance to respond.
You are not very confident in yourself!
Fine. Second part.
Suppose I allow you to remove the blindfold. Now could you catch a pencil? Yeah. Confidence is growing!
Give the guys a chance to answer.
Now the third part. How many of you will catch the pencil if I hold it directly above your hand?
(Yeah, no doubt about it!)
Let's try now.
Let the guys split up into pairs. Give an unsharpened pencil to each pair of children.
Find a mate yourself and demonstrate the following. Have your partner hold their hand as if they were holding a glass.
Hold the pencil over your partner's hand. Let the guys repeat your actions.
On the count of three, drop your pencil.
(Scientific fact: By the time the eye sees the pencil fall and sends a command to the brain, time is lost.
You will hear the sound of pencils falling throughout the room).
Switch roles. Some guys will catch pencils all the time.
Let these guys first shorten and then increase the distance between their hand and the pencil.
Jesus knows our strengths and weaknesses better than we do. He also knows how quickly our confidence turns to doubt. The Good News is that Jesus helps us with our doubts.
* What exactly causes you the greatest doubts? What helps you gain confidence? Tell us how you can show your confidence in God.
Jesus will strengthen our faith and give us confidence that He is the Son of God. Leave your doubts behind and put on His confidence!
Super science facts
Gravity is the force of attraction that exists in the universe between all particles that have mass. It is the force of gravity that attracts objects to the surface of the planet.
Collage story
By making this beautiful story in 3D using collage technique. You can adapt this idea to Bible stories (eg Jonah, Jesus Calms the Storm, etc.)
Lesson Creation Day 3 (origami cherries)
Topic: Creation, day 3
Craft: Cherries
Golden verse: “...Lord! You have done everything wisely; the earth is full of Your works." Psalm 103:24
Purpose: Continue the story about God's creation.
Lesson Plan Day 3 - Land and Life.
On the third day, God separated the earth from the sea and created dry land. He clothed the earth with a covering of trees, grass and plants. Emphasize the following: (showing pictures of unusual trees and telling facts about them) Beauty and diversity in nature. Before us is the amazing nature of the earth's cover with myriads of trees, flowers and other plants, each of which has its own perfect form of outline; Let us compare, for example, the mighty strength of the cedar and the carefully thought-out details of the smallest living plant. The earth bears the traces of the great Artist and Architect. The world shows not only a brilliant design, but also beauty and perfection. Artists and photographers are happy to make copies of these beautiful pictures of nature, scientists study and discover the natural laws that govern our world, but God invented and created all this. And the more we think, the more absurd the idea becomes that these majestic landscapes with their complex internal processes arose just like that, by blind chance. Some examples from the life of plants The average lifespan of trees within the city is only 8 years. For comparison, the maximum lifespan of trees in the wild: apple tree up to 200 years, pear tree up to 300, European pine - 500, oak - 1000 years, juniper - maximum 1500 years. 170 thousand pencils can be obtained from a medium-sized tree trunk. African baobabs live up to five thousand years. This is one of the most revered trees in Africa. Its leaves, flowers, fruits, and bark are used by the natives in their farming. The inhabitants of the savannas have a custom according to which everyone must plant baobab seeds near their hut. Local residents have found use for almost any part of the baobab tree. Its bark is used to make a coarse, strong fiber used to make fishing nets, ropes, mats and fabrics. Quite effective medicines against colds, fever, dysentery, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, toothache, and insect bites are obtained from the ash of baobab bark. Young leaves are added to salads, dry leaves are used as spices; in Nigeria they are used to make soup. Young shoots are boiled like asparagus. Flower dust is used to make glue. The fresh pulp tastes like ginger and is rich in vitamins C and B, and its nutritional value is equal to that of veal. It is quickly absorbed by the body and relieves fatigue. The pulp of the fruit is also dried and ground into powder; diluted in water, it gives a soft drink, slightly similar to “lemonade”, hence another name for the baobab - lemonade tree. The seed of the fruit is edible raw, and a coffee substitute is made from roasted and crushed seeds. The dried hard shell of the fruit is used instead of a glass. Soap is made from the ashes of the burnt fruit. Did you know that the breadfruit tree, or bolomi, grows in Hainan (China). Its fruits taste like melon and pineapple. Their size is huge, weighing about 35 kilograms. Breadfruit is nutritious, but sickly sweet. The fruit seeds can be fried. In this form they resemble roasted chestnuts. The breadfruit rightfully bears the title of “king of fruits.” In Oceania, along with the coconut palm tree, which produces milk and butter, the breadfruit tree grows. All species of trees of the genus Artocarpus of the mulberry family are called cereal trees. They bear fruit in “loaves” weighing up to 12 kg! Starch accumulates in the pulp of oval fruits, which turns into... dough as it ripens. “If someone plants a breadfruit tree, he will do more to feed his descendants than a grain grower. all his life working his field by the sweat of his brow...” wrote James Cook. Typically breadfruit trees bear fruit within 70-75 years. On one tree, 700-800 “breads” ripen annually. The fruits are filled with sweetish pulp. Drinks are made from unripe fruits, and something similar to bread is baked from ripe ones. The fruits of the Indian breadfruit tree are impressive - up to a meter in diameter! The branches could not withstand such a load, so the “loaves” grow directly on the trunk. The African breadfruit tree Traculia has smaller fruits - up to half a meter in diameter and weighing up to 14 kg. In Madagascar, the patriarch of breadfruit trees has been preserved - 20 m high, with a trunk girth of 50 m (!). It is generally believed that the tallest grass grows in savannas and jungles. However, there are plants related to herbs that are five times higher than tropical grasses. Thus, a variety of millet growing in Vietnam reaches 15 meters, but this “grass” is not the largest, taller than it is giant bamboo, reaching 30 meters. Bamboo is usually called reed, but this is incorrect, bamboo is a grass. You can give other examples, for example, the slowest growing tree - white cedar - has grown by 10 cm in 155 years. Cork tree, durian fruit and others.
Prayer with salt and water
Is God always there?
Core Truth: We feel the need to pray and serve God.
formula for success:
Ice cubes
Thread salt shaker
Small cup of water
Oilcloth tablecloth
Before the lesson begins, lay a tablecloth on the table, cut the threads and scatter ice cubes.
God hears our prayers and answers them. Not because we remembered to pray this morning or because we always go to church, but because He loves us. He is always with us!
Wet the threads with water. Now place the string on an ice cube. Wrap it with thread and try to lift it up. (Of course, this won't work.) Let this remind us that without the help of prayer we cannot overcome life's difficulties.
Once again, ask the children to wrap the wet ends of the thread around the ice cube. Sprinkle some salt on it and wait until the salt dissolves. Now try again and this time you will lift the cube. (Science fact: salt lowers the freezing point of water. The water freezes and the string freezes to the ice.) You can lift the ice cube and it will hang on the string. God answers prayers. Pray, pray, pray!
Results of laboratory experiment:
Remember a time when prayer helped you overcome a difficult situation.
Drawing of the story "5 love languages"
Evangelization in drawings "The Story of the Origin of the World"
The story of the origin of the world
I will tell you how the world came to be.
In the beginning there was God
He created all the angels. They were created to glorify God and exalt Him. One of the angels, named Lucifer, was created the most beautiful and superior to others. But one day Lucifer became proud and wanted to become equal to God. However, no one can compare with God. Therefore, Lucifer and his demons were destined for a special place - hell. God created the whole world in seven days: the earth, stars, sun, moon, animals, birds, fish and two people - Adam and Eve. They lived on earth and enjoyed every moment. But one day.....
Evangelism in drawings “God! Save me!
Now we will hear a story that directly concerns each of us. This is a story about our life and it is called “God! Save me! (The story can also be called “Save and Preserve”). (Write the title of the story.)
I want to ask you a question: “How many times in your life have you said this expression, “Lord, save and preserve”?” I think quite often. Especially in very extreme situations, when our lives were in danger. Many of us wear a cross around our necks, on which these words “save and preserve” are also written. We all want God to save and keep us in different situations of our lives. One day.....
SUBJECT LESSONS WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME OR GARDEN
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Elephant tails and adult knees |
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Door to Heaven |
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God hears |
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Guess who created you |
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God hugs us |
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Watch your language |
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Hide and Seek with God |
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Don't bother me |
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Glued to God by Love |
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Plant a garden |
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Let's play ball |
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Don't forget to add salt! |
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God's dolls |
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Beyond understanding |
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Long live smiles! |
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Rough cobblestones and smooth stones |
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Source of power |
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Imitating God |
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All nature sings |
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Barefoot Christians |
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Connected together |
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Washed by the Blood of Christ |
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Color your world for Jesus |
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Rules of the game |
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Look inside |
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Put on your headphones! |
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Look at Jesus |
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God's instructions for use |
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Weeding our gardens |
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Sieve for thoughts |
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God bless! |
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Cure for worries |
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Cling to God |
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God is real! |
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Miscellaneous gifts |
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Walking with God |
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Caring for Creation |
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Past and forgotten |
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God's dandelions |
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God's love forever... forever... and everlasting |
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Grumblers and murmurers |
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In the event of a fire alarm... |
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Why do we say no |
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Circumcision for good |
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Avoid this! |
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Three in one |
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Don't worry |
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Love, love, love! |
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Death and new life |
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The True Meaning of Christmas |
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Christian fruit bowl |
Evangelism in drawings.
Many years ago, the ocean liner from the White Star series sailed the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. The ship was called TITANIC, and this was its first voyage. The ship's designer boasted that even God could not sink it. Having sixteen watertight partitions, four of which, even if filled with water, will not lead to the flooding of the vessel. The Titanic was called unsinkable. All 2,224 passengers easily believed the assurances of the ship's designer. Only a few of them thought about eternity, sailing through the waters of the Atlantic, where the depth was more than 3 kilometers. There was plenty of entertainment on board and her reliability instilled a sense of security as the ship cruised at 22 knots. It looked like the ship was going to set a record, but not the one the passengers were expecting. The Titanic received warnings about a possible collision with icebergs, but they were not taken into account. After all, many thought about LIFE, about the new life that awaited them in free America. New prospects, work, a happy life - America promised all this. No one even thought about anything bad....(continued text download.)
Lesson 5th day of creation (Origami Swan)
5th day of creation Craft: swan Golden verse: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the things that fill it, the world and everything that lives in it,” Psalm 23:1.
Subject: pictures depicting various birds, fish, animals.
Day 5 - Fauna. It is said that on the fifth day God began to create the animal world. First, He created the inhabitants of the seas and rivers, from small fish to huge whales, as well as the world of birds. Why do many of them have similar features? As we should expect, One great Designer endowed many animals, birds and fish with the same characteristic features. Evolution or creation? The fact that one fish resembles another in some way suggests that they were created by the same Creator. But whoever claims that this similarity proves descent from common ancestors must solve an impossible problem. How, then, can we explain that, for example, two species of fish can have exactly the same eyes, but the rest of the organs are different? Proponents of evolution try their best to visualize the evolutionary process as they imagine it from the beginning to the present day, but they are not able to do this as required. An infinite number of parts do not converge with each other on their diagram.
Day 6 - Animals and people. On the sixth day, God created all land animals, livestock, reptiles and beasts. City residents rarely have the opportunity to see these creatures in nature, in all the diversity of their species and behavior patterns. Even watching them on the screen or in the zoo, we cannot fully appreciate the merits and unique characteristics of various animals, insects and other living creatures. But an impartial examination will lead us to the conclusion that they were created by the Divine hand. Even non-believers are forced to use expressions such as “Nature gave these qualities to animals” to describe the wonders of the animal world. Nature, according to them, becomes almost a living creator! Has anyone noticed how the authors of natural history textbooks try to attribute to animals the ability to change in accordance with their environment? However, Jesus said that even a man cannot add one cubit to his height (Matthew 6:27), no matter how hard he tries. Some biologists reject the idea of God, but attribute god-like abilities to the simplest creatures! Bottom line: The biblical story tells us about God, who invented and created the whole world and you and me. He has endowed us, His highest creation, with the special ability to know, love and obey Him. Do we honor and love our Creator? Do we realize that we owe our existence to the Lord God? Does God rejoice in communicating with us, or do we treat Him like strangers? Could it be that we are using and enjoying His blessings without thinking about the One who gives them to us? Do we accept everything good as expected and blame God for everything bad? The Bible warns us; Remember your Creator in the days of your youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1).
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The Law of Sowing and Reaping
Game "PRUI"
Prui (emphasis on the first syllable) is a soft and friendly fantasy creature that is constantly growing. “Prui” is played with their eyes closed, the participants simply wander around the site. The mentor tells one player in a whisper in his ear that he is Prui. Prui opens his eyes, stops in place and doesn’t utter a sound. Meanwhile, the rest of the game participants are trying to find Pruy. When one player bumps into another, they must shake hands and ask, "Prui?" If one of the players is silent, then he is Prui. In this case, the players join hands, the joining player opens his eyes. Pruie begins to grow. When a participant in the game comes across a lock from his hands, he must know that it is Prui, and try to reach the end of the chain by touch. The game ends when Prui has finally grown up.
At the end of the game, tell the children that today we will talk about growth, as well as the processes of sowing and reaping. God has laid down laws that we need to know.
Introduction and Repetition
If you have seen the film "The Chronicles of Narnia", then you can see how Christian writer Clive Staples Lewis(C.S.Lewis) tried to depict the reality of the spiritual world. Of course, The Chronicles of Narnia is a fairy tale, but this book and film clearly show and teach us that the spiritual world is near each of us. It is no less real than our physical (material) world that we see.
In this film, a little girl named Lucy discovered an old wardrobe, entering which you could find yourself in the fairy-tale country of Narnia. Various living beings lived in this country, and it was similar to our world in that there was a battle between good and evil.
Likewise, we know that in the spiritual world there is a battle between the forces of good and evil. And we know that just as the characters in the film influenced the course of Narnia's history, we can influence what will happen in the spiritual world through our prayers, praise, obedience to God, our words and actions, through witnessing and preaching the Gospel to others. And what happens in the spiritual world will in turn affect our physical (or material) world. Jesus said this about it:
Matthew chapter 18
18 Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
19 Truly I also say to you that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father who is in heaven,
20 For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Do you remember our first golden verse that we taught when we began studying spiritual laws?
John 1:1, 3-4
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God.
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. .
The spiritual world operates according to its own laws. In the last lesson we got acquainted with ... (let the guys themselves name the laws studied in the last lesson). Answer: the law of sin and death, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, and the law of faith. Remember also the golden verses that describe these laws:
Rome. 8:2 …the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death
Rome. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Heb. 11:1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the assurance of things not seen.
Today we will learn about the law of sowing and reaping.
The Law of Sowing and Reaping
God established on the fourth day when He created great fish and every living creature that moves, which the waters bring forth, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind... And God blessed them, saying: be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth (Gen. 1:22). Then in fifth day when he created beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to their kinds (Gen. 1:24) and on the sixth day, when he created man:
Life 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said to them: be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed that is on all the earth, and every tree that has fruit yielding seed; - [this] will be food for you;
God blessed all living things He created with the words “Be fruitful and multiply” and Thus, He gave to all living things the ability to bear the appropriate fruits according to their kind, that is, fish were born from fish, not birds, from lions - lions, from bees - bees, not flies, from humans, a man was born, not a horse. Thus, the ability to produce a fruit similar to itself was inherent in all living things. This ability can be called a seed. So, God established the law that from the seed there will grow fruit according to its kind.
Then, during the flood, all living things (except for people and animals in Noah’s ark) perished, and Noah and his relatives and animals left the ark. AND Noah built an altar to the Lord.
Life 8:21 And the Lord smelled a pleasant aroma, and the Lord said in His heart: I will no longer curse the earth for man, ... and I will no longer smite every living thing, as I have done:
22 henceforth all the days of the earth sowing and reaping, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not stop.
God established the order that all the days of the earth the processes of sowing and harvesting will not cease, and everything will obey these processes. The fruit will not appear suddenly, there will be no explosions for it to appear. The fruit will grow from the seed. But often we don’t think that our whole life is a process of sowing and reaping.
Gal. 6:7
This is God's principle: Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. And there is no need to scold God (“God cannot be scolded”). You will reap what you sow. What do you want to shake? Think and sow the right seeds!
Bible story
Our story today is about one person whom you most likely know well. I will give each of you a small piece of paper and a pen (pencil) so that you can write down the name of this person without saying a word. I will ask questions. As soon as you guess who it is, write the name of this person and hand the note to me. The few people who answer correctly and hand in their notes first will receive prizes.
QUESTIONS:
· Whose birth did your parents wait for at least 25 years?
· Does his name mean "laughter"?
· Did his own father want to sacrifice him?
· Who had twin sons?
· Whose wife's name was Rebekah?
· God calls Himself the God of Abraham, the God of this man, and the God of Jacob."
ANSWER: Isaac.
Genesis 26
1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham; and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
2The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go into Egypt; live in the land that I will tell you about,
It is interesting that the Lord did not allow Isaac to go to Egypt, where there was no drought or famine. But the Lord told Isaac to live and wander through the land of Canaan. At the same time, God promised to be with Isaac and bless him, and also to give this land to Isaac and his descendants.
3 Travel in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
4 I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands; Through your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
And all this is due to the fact that...
5 Because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My commandments, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.
6 Isaac settled in Gerar.
And here is Isaac in Gerar. Have you forgotten that at this time there was a famine, in addition to the previous famine that was in the days of Abraham?
12And Isaac sowed in the land, and that year he received barley a hundredfold: so the Lord blessed him.
Have you ever seen a man sowing during a drought? Seems stupid. Probably, the local population laughed at Isaac, seeing how he threw grains into the dry ground. But he remembered the Lord's promise and knew that God's law of sowing and reaping was always working. And the Lord did not let Isaac down: the harvest exceeded the sowing a hundred times!!!
13 And the man became great and became greater and greater, until he became very great.
14 He had flocks of flocks and herds of cattle and many arable fields, and the Philistines began to envy him.
15 And all the wells which his father's servants had dug during the life of his father Abraham, the Philistines filled them up and covered them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac: Get away from us, for you have become much stronger than us.
17 And Isaac departed from there, and pitched tents in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Because of the envy of the Philistines, Isaac had to leave Gerar. But soon the king of the Philistines comes to him with a friend and military leader.
26 Abimelech and Ahuzath his friend and Phichol his captain came to him from Gerar.
27 Isaac said to them, “Why did you come to me, when you hated me and sent me away from you?”
28 They said: We have clearly seen that the Lord is with you, and therefore we said: Let us put an oath between you and us and make a covenant with you,
29So that you do not harm us, just as we did not touch you, but do you only good and let you go in peace; now you are blessed by the Lord.
Interestingly, a similar story happened with Abraham (Genesis, chapter 21).
22 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech, with Phichol his captain, said to Abraham, God is with thee in all that thou doest;
23 And now swear to me here by God that you will not harm me, nor my son, nor my grandson; and as I have dealt well with you, so you will also deal with me and the land in which you are staying.
24 And Abraham said, I swear.
So, we talked to you about the law of sowing and reaping. God promised that sowing and harvest, like cold and heat, as well as the alternation of day and night, will not cease all the days of the earth.
Gal. 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap
This is God's principle: Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. And there is no need to scold God (“God cannot be scolded”). You will reap what you sow. What do you want to shake? Think and sow!
Learn the Golden Verse
You need to find cards with the words of the golden verse (Gal.6:7) hidden in the room in advance. Make two sets (different colors) for the sibling team. If you find a card from another team, you cannot hide or take it away (just leave it where it was). The goal of the game is to collect a golden verse from the cards found, and then recite it in chorus. Give awards to the winning team at the end of the lesson.
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap ( Gal. 6:7)
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