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Our Bible Blitz is an ongoing contest between ouir small groups to answer review questions about the lesson. We try to have candy or treats every 4th week. We spend about 10 minutes in small groups going over the questions and do another short activity.
Theme: Abraham: trusting and obeying God
Teacher: Welcome to Kidslive. Let's take a few minutes to ask for prayer requests and pray.
Today we are going to play a game. The game is called, "Who do you trust." I am going to choose one person to stand up here in front of the group. that person will choose someone to come and stand behind him. (Hint: choose someone bigger than you.) Then the person in front will close his eyes and fall backward into the arms of the person he has chosen. Be sure to pick someone you can trust. (Do this with 2 or 3 kids).
We have been playing the "Who do you trust" game all of our lives. Don't you remember when you were little and you would jump off the bed into your father's arms? You never worried whether he'd catch you or not, you trusted him.
The story of Abraham and Isaac is a story about trust. Abraham was Isaac's father. Abraham and his wife, Sarah, were very old, a hundred years old, when they had him. Abraham loved Isaac very, very much but when God asked him to do something that sounded terrible, he trusted God. Let's watch the skit and find out what happened.
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Abraham Skit
Characters: Abraham, Isaac, two servants, God's voice, Angel
Props: Wood or branches, toy knife, stuffed or cardboard lamb, large branch or cardboard tree, white beard for Abraham
(Lights go down as ABRAHAM and ISAAC lay on the floor. GOD'S VOICE is heazrd from back stage: "ABRAHAM!"
(ABRAHAM wakes up, rubs his eyes and looks confused. After a few seconds he says): Here I am, Lord.
VOICE OF GOD: Take your son, your ONLY son, Isaac, whom you love and go to the mountain and sacrifice him as a burnt offering.
(ABRAHAM looks very sad, hangs his head low and wakes up Isaac): Wake up son, we're going to go up the mountain and make a sacrifice to God. Get two servants to help carry the wood.
(Isaac runs off and finds the two SERVANTS and the wood behind the stage. They come back and join ABRAHAM. Everyone walks around in circles for awhile.)
ABRAHAM: (To the servants): You both stay here while my son and I go worship. We will come back to you. (Servants exit stage).
(ISAAC take the wood and cokes his head): Father, the fire and wood are here but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?
ABRAHAM (Places his hands on ISAAC'S shoulders): God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.
(They continue walking. Both stop and ABRAHAM arranges the wood. He puts ISAAC on top of it. ABRAHAM pulls out the knife and raises his arm to kill ISAAC.)
(ANGEL comes in form the side saying loudly): ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM!!
ABRAHAM (Is startled, looks up quickly and stops what he is doing): Here I am.
ANGEL: Do not lay a hand on your son. Do not do anything to him. I know that you fear God because you have not help back your only son. (ANGEL points in the direction of the lamb. ABRAHAM turns and sees the lamb and quickly runs over and stabs it. He takes it back to the wood, pulls his son up and hugs him tightly.)
ABRAHAM: I will call this place, the Lord will provide!
GOD'S VOICE: Because you have obeyed Me, I will bless you and your children will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore!
(ABRAHAM and ISAAC exit with Abraham's arm around Isaac's shoulders.)
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Teacher: This story is found in Genesis 22.Do you know why God asked Abraham to kill his only son? (He was testing Abraham so see if he would obey Him. It is also a picture of God and Jesus.)
Abraham is like the Father God and it shows us how God must have felt when He allowed Jesus to died for us. How would you feel if your only son had to die for the world?
It was pretty amazing that Isaac just laid here and didn't fight his father. Why did he so that? (He had learned to obey and trust his father.)
God was very pleased with Abraham and made him the father of all the Israelites.
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Small Group summary: Small groups will talk about how the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit. They will have some situations to match with scriptures. Do it as a race and the first group to ge done can get extra points. Read off the situations and solutions with the microphone on stage. Do Bible Blitz
Do Bible Blitz competion
Large Group game: Play follow the leader. Say: Just like Abraham obeyed God, so we need to obey God. Right now we are going to obey our leader and do everything the leader does. Form a line and do everything I do. (Walk around the room doing hand and feet motions like clapping, flapping arms, hand on head, hopping, skipping, etc. Use students leaders too)
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Small Groups
Theme: Abraham--God always provides
1) Intros and prayer requests
2) Talk about the WORD IS THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT. Say: Did you know that when Jesus was temped by the devil for 30 days, Jesus used scriptures to fight off the devil's temptations? If Jesus needed the Bible, we certainly do too! It's our best weapon against temptation. We're going to try to match the temptations with the right verse that will help us. (It's going to be a race between the different teams to see who gets it righ for points)(Put the letter in the blank next to the situations):
Situations Scriptures
___1) You are tempted to lie to your parents a) Exodus 20:7 Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
___2) You are upset and you are tempted to say b)Proverbs 22:9 Those who give freely will be blessed.
a cuss word.
___3) Your little brother breaks your toy and you c) Proverbs 20:19 Those who talk about other tell
are tempted to get very mad. secrets. Avoid people who talk too much.
ETC. (9 QUESTIONS TOTAL)
3) Go over Bible Blitz questions and learn the answers for the contest at end of children's church.
1) Who was Abraham and Sarah's son? (Isaac) 2) How did God test Abraham's obedience? (Asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac).
3) Did Abraham's son, Isaac, obey his father? (Yes) 4) The lamb Abraham found was a picture of what person that died for su? (Jesus)
5) Who did Isaac marry? (Rebecca) 6) Isaac and Rebecca had 2 sons (twins) named? (Jacob and Esau)
7) How many sons did Jacob have? (12) 8) Who was Jacob's favorite son? (He made a special coat for him): (Joseph)
9) Who sold Joseph into slavery? (his 10 brothers) 10) What country did Joseph go to as a slave? (Egypt)
11) Joseph got out of prison to interprete the Pharaoh's dream. What was Joseph's reward? (He was made #2 in Egypt).
12) When his brothers came to Egypt for food, did Joseph forgive them and help them? (Yes)
If weather permits: squirt gun battle and egg on spoon race
For winter: Play blindman blufff (Make a circle around a child who is blindfolded. Say: "Go" and then the blind child must try to touch someone in the circle. Children stay in the circle but begin to move right. Whoever is touched first becomes thw blindfolded one. )