This story is called "Day 264: Jesus- The Good Shepherd" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
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Sunday, December 20, 2020
Bible Stories: Jesus- The Good Shepherd
This story is called "Day 264: Jesus- The Good Shepherd" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Bible Stories: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part three
This story is called "Day 263: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part three" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Bible Stories: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part two
This story is called "Day 262: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part two" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Bible Stories: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part one
This story is called "Day 261: Mud on a Blind Man's Eyes part one" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Bible Stories: Jesus- The Bread of Life
This story is called "Day 252: Jesus- The Bread of Life" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Bible Stories: Jesus Ignores the Sabbath part one
This story is called "Day 237: Jesus Ignores the Sabbath part one" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Friday, November 20, 2020
Bible Stories: "Let Down Your Nets for Fish"
This story is called "Day 234: 'Let Down Your Nets for Fish"" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Monday, November 16, 2020
Bible Stories: A Nobleman's Household Believes
This story is called "Day 230: A Nobleman's Household Believes" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Bible Stories: The Woman at Jacob's Well part two
This story is called "Day 229: The Woman at Jacob's Well part two" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Bible Stories: The Woman at Jacob's Well part one
This story is called "Day 228: The Woman at Jacob's Well part one" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Bible Stories: "I'll Be Lifted up on a Cross"
This story is called "Day 227: 'I'll Be Lifted up on a Cross'" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Bible Stories: Cleansing His Father's House
This story is called "Day 226: Cleansing His Fathers House" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Bible Stories: The Miracle at the Wedding
This story is called "Day 225: The Miracle at the Wedding" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Bible Stories: "You'll Fish for People"
Monday, November 9, 2020
Bible Stories: Jesus Finds His Followers
This story is called "Day 223: Jesus Finds His Followers" from 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories by Daniel Partner.
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October 11: Jesus Restores God's Place
Read "Jesus Restores God's Place," part 16 of The Big Picture Story Bible.
For this lesson we focus on how God did not go back on his promises to Abraham after the Old Testament.
Review God's promises to Abraham: 1. Abraham's family would become a great nation, 2. God would give His people a special place, and 3. God will bring His blessings to other people on the earth.
Ask kiddos if Abraham's family became a great nation {Yes! In fact, their country, Israel, is still a country today! They've had lots of struggles due to their disobedience (sometimes even getting their "country" privilege taken away {When Jesus was born, the area was ruled by the Roman Empire}, but they were, and still are, a great nation.}
Ask students if God gave His people a special place {Yes! He gave them the land of Israel, and even though it was overtaken many times by many other rulers, it was still there waiting for them to obey and make better choices.}
Before Jesus came, God's special place was a land called Israel. Abraham's descendants lived there and God's word was followed for many years in this place. At the end of the Old Testament, however, we read a lot about disobedience. Solomon, and those after him, did not make good choices for God, and they were punished by losing their land. In some wars they were kicked off it, in other wars they were held as slaves, when Jesus came along they had to pay heavy taxes to Caesar Augustus, who was the ruler of the Roman Empire, a huge kingdom that had overtaken Israel. Jesus came to change that.
A lot of people thought that Jesus would come as a superhero, ready to fight the Romans and take back the land that the Israelites felt was theirs. God had another plan, though. Many people were surprised- and didn't believe- that God's Forever King came to earth as a baby. As Jesus grew up and preached His message, a lot of people didn't understand. They were still pretending to obey God, but making bad choices and sinning in secret. And sometimes it wasn't even a secret. The day Jesus went into the temple and saw people selling sacrifices for much more money than they should have, he went berserk!
He told His followers, and the people standing nearby, that the stone temple wasn't God's special place anymore. Instead, HE was God's special place. That sounds crazy, right? How can a person be a place!?
Many people were confused, so Jesus explained it like this: His body was now God's Holy Temple, and instead of people sacrificing animals to get the blood they needed to pay for their sins, Jesus would use HIS blood. Of course He hadn't died on the cross yet, so nobody knew what He was talking about.
Jesus told everyone that HE was the new place people should go to to worship. Instead of visiting a temple, we can pray through Jesus. Instead of a temple being so important, from now on the church is anyone who gets together to glorify God. Our bodies are kind of like a temple, too. Jesus is in our hearts and it's our job to keep our temple clean. Not just healthy-clean and physically-clean, but spiritually-clean as well.
For our activity, I chose one student to trace on bulletin board paper. We then took turns writing inside the body outline ways that we can take care of our bodies to worship Jesus. Ideas include eating healthy, not getting tattoos or piercings, not saying bad words or having mean thoughts in our heads, smiling instead of frowning, etc. I really had the kiddos think hard before they added to our word collage, and I think it gave them a better idea of how we can worship God when we're not necessarily at church or praying. I also didn't sway them one way or another (like over the tattoos, since some kids said they didn't see it as sinful), I let them go with what they felt comfortable saying.
For this lesson we focus on how God did not go back on his promises to Abraham after the Old Testament.
Review God's promises to Abraham: 1. Abraham's family would become a great nation, 2. God would give His people a special place, and 3. God will bring His blessings to other people on the earth.
Ask kiddos if Abraham's family became a great nation {Yes! In fact, their country, Israel, is still a country today! They've had lots of struggles due to their disobedience (sometimes even getting their "country" privilege taken away {When Jesus was born, the area was ruled by the Roman Empire}, but they were, and still are, a great nation.}
Ask students if God gave His people a special place {Yes! He gave them the land of Israel, and even though it was overtaken many times by many other rulers, it was still there waiting for them to obey and make better choices.}
Before Jesus came, God's special place was a land called Israel. Abraham's descendants lived there and God's word was followed for many years in this place. At the end of the Old Testament, however, we read a lot about disobedience. Solomon, and those after him, did not make good choices for God, and they were punished by losing their land. In some wars they were kicked off it, in other wars they were held as slaves, when Jesus came along they had to pay heavy taxes to Caesar Augustus, who was the ruler of the Roman Empire, a huge kingdom that had overtaken Israel. Jesus came to change that.
A lot of people thought that Jesus would come as a superhero, ready to fight the Romans and take back the land that the Israelites felt was theirs. God had another plan, though. Many people were surprised- and didn't believe- that God's Forever King came to earth as a baby. As Jesus grew up and preached His message, a lot of people didn't understand. They were still pretending to obey God, but making bad choices and sinning in secret. And sometimes it wasn't even a secret. The day Jesus went into the temple and saw people selling sacrifices for much more money than they should have, he went berserk!
He told His followers, and the people standing nearby, that the stone temple wasn't God's special place anymore. Instead, HE was God's special place. That sounds crazy, right? How can a person be a place!?
Many people were confused, so Jesus explained it like this: His body was now God's Holy Temple, and instead of people sacrificing animals to get the blood they needed to pay for their sins, Jesus would use HIS blood. Of course He hadn't died on the cross yet, so nobody knew what He was talking about.
Jesus told everyone that HE was the new place people should go to to worship. Instead of visiting a temple, we can pray through Jesus. Instead of a temple being so important, from now on the church is anyone who gets together to glorify God. Our bodies are kind of like a temple, too. Jesus is in our hearts and it's our job to keep our temple clean. Not just healthy-clean and physically-clean, but spiritually-clean as well.
For our activity, I chose one student to trace on bulletin board paper. We then took turns writing inside the body outline ways that we can take care of our bodies to worship Jesus. Ideas include eating healthy, not getting tattoos or piercings, not saying bad words or having mean thoughts in our heads, smiling instead of frowning, etc. I really had the kiddos think hard before they added to our word collage, and I think it gave them a better idea of how we can worship God when we're not necessarily at church or praying. I also didn't sway them one way or another (like over the tattoos, since some kids said they didn't see it as sinful), I let them go with what they felt comfortable saying.
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