Friday, February 6, 2015

Children's church lesson: the 12 spies

Say: Today we are going to read a story about two real live spies! Their names were Caleb and Joshua. A spy is a person who secretly watches something to get information.  Let’s see what happens! 

Read “The Twelve Spies" in any children's story Bible, or read Numbers 14 
Lesson
Say: What kind of report did the ten men give? (Awesome land, good food.  The people are too big and strong.  We can’t go there) Why did Caleb and Joshua give a different report? (The trusted God and knew he would be with them) What did the reports of the other spies make all the people think? (The people were afraid and did not believe that God would help them conquer the Canaanites).

Caleb and Joshua didn’t listen to the bad reports. Instead, they put their confidence in what God said.  Caleb and Joshua were confident in God’s promise, even when the others were not. Caleb and Joshua believed in God’s promise to them. God keeps his promises to us, too! We can believe in God.
 Big Idea
God keeps his promises to us! We can believe in God. 

Memory Verse
Trust in the God with all your heart – Proverbs 3:5  

Prayer- Ask for Joys and Requests
Take a minute to see if the children have any prayer requests or prayer joys Say a short prayer thanking God loving us and taking care of us. 

Craft
Make and decorate toilet paper role binoculars.

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