Listen Listen to the prerecorded Children’s Message together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gV4udEputg Review: What do most people use their power for? [Hint: Most people try to use their power to make themselves happy and rich.] Lesson Let’s find out what Jesus did with his power. Read Philippians 2:6-7 together. What kind of power does Jesus have? [Hint: who …
Tag: Lent 2020
March 29 – Going Deeper
Read John 11:1-45. Watch the sermon video below. https://youtu.be/ddkjLaJxksA Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What do we learn about Jesus in the “darkness” of Lazarus’ sickness and death? What do we learn about ourselves? Respond. If this is God’s word to you, …
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Listen. Watch the prerecorded Children’s Message together. https://youtu.be/cqiw_RGxi-M What are some of the things that Pastor Nate said we can see better in the dark? Jesus is going to allow things to get dark for some of his friends that he loves. This is not the kind of dark when the lights are off, but …
March 22 – Going Deeper
Read John 9:1-41 and watch Pastor Nate's sermon "Blindness." https://youtu.be/UN3W19-Z3FU Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What is Jesus saying about blindness? What is Jesus telling us about himself? Respond. If this is God’s word to you, what will you do? Here are some …
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Listen. Listen to the pre-recorded Children’s Message together. https://youtu.be/PG8cyoWOMRc What are the kinds of blindness that Pastor Nate talked about? We are going to read the first part of the story. Look for the man who has the first kind of blindness (he can’t see anything.) Read John 9:1-7 together. What happens to the blind man …
Third Sunday in Lent
Memorize these verses as a family: 1 Corinthians 10:3-4: They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Listen. God is leading Israel through the wilderness. God appears a pillar of cloud during the day and …
Second Sunday in Lent
Memorize this verse as a family: Genesis 12:4b: ... all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. Listen. Have a conversation with your family around these questions: What do we need in order to feel safe, good and happy? (Think not only of God but of the people and the things God gives us.) …
First Sunday in Lent
Memorize these verses as a family: Psalm 32:3: When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:5b: ...I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord” -- and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Listen. Talk with your family about times that you did something wrong …
March 1, 2020
First Sunday in Lent Listen. Read Genesis 2:15-17. What two things has God given to Adam? What is the one thing that he has withheld? What is the punishment if Adam takes the one thing? Read Genesis 3:1-6. How does the serpent get the man and the woman (Adam and Eve) to do the one …
Sunday, March 1
Psalm: 129 Meditation This is that well-known passage in Jesus’ life while he was meandering through the desert (read: wilderness) being tempted of the devil. One particular temptation was for Jesus to cheat by turning stones into bread. Jesus quoted this passage: “…that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that …
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