Page Turner- Week 2
Page-turners are exciting books, the kind you don’t want to put down, the kind you would stay up extra late to read. Books are exciting when we can find ourselves in the stories and imagine being a part of the adventure. This month we are going to look at some of the page-turning stories of the Bible. Each of these stories has something valuable to teach us about our patient and powerful God who prepares us to fight temptation and celebrates us, the heroes in our own real-life adventures!
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God is more powerful than evil
MEMORY VERSE: "But the Lord is faithful and He will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one." II Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV)
TODDLER MV- "God protects me and gives me strength." II Thessalonians 3:3
READ: Jesus Chases Away Demons: Luke 9:37-43a
WATCH:
Preschool- Teaching Video
Elementary- Teaching Video
SONG: My God is Powerful
ACTIVITY:
INSTRUCTIONS: Use a poster board or a large sheet of paper. Place a piece of paper vertically that says “God” above the other
large sheet of paper.
Have family cut and tape pictures from magazines on the bottom paper. The pictures include images that represent "power" (ie/ lightning, a grizzly bear, a snake, sickness (someone blowing their nose), a gymnast, a lightbulb, a rocketship, a football player, ocean waves, and a lion).
There are a lot of powerful things in the world, but we are going to discover that God is the most powerful of all!
Take the pictures that you've found and cut out, and glue them on the poster board. All of these things are pretty powerful, but nothing is more powerful than God!
[Hold up the word “evil” printed on a piece of paper.] This word, says “evil.” Talk about how evil is the opposite of good.
God is so good. And God is more powerful than evil. [Tape the word to the lowest piece of paper.] That means God is more powerful than everything!
COLORING: Jesus Chases Away Demons
DISCIPLE:
Do you know what “evil” means? Evil is the opposite of good. In dreams or stories, dragons or monsters are evil, because they don’t care about others. They are mean, and they can be kind of scary, can’t they? Here’s the good news, though . . . God is more powerful than evil!
INSTRUCTIONS: Use a white piece of paper, a cotton swab, and a little bit of milk. Dip their cotton swabs into the milk and write “God.” Read Luke 9:37-43a with your family as you wait for the paper to dry. Once dry, rub the graphite (black part) of a sharpened pencil on some sandpaper over the message so that you get pencil power on the paper. Rub the pencil shavings with another cotton swab to reveal the hidden message.
A lot of stories have evil villains or scary monsters to fight, but in our lives, the evil we face is much more sinister and worse . . . invisible.
ASK; What are some examples of evil that are in our world today?
There are a ton but just to name a few, there are evils like hunger, poverty, hatred, war, and disease. But great news! We know of something (or someone, rather) that’s also invisible but way more
powerful than all these things.
Let’s unveil our hidden message and remember that God is more powerful than evil.
Pray: Dear God, we are so glad we have someone so strong on our side. You are more powerful than evil. You are more powerful than everything! I’m glad I don’t have to be afraid because you are
with me. Amen.
DISCUSSION:
What was happening with the boy in today’s story?
Why do you think the disciples weren’t able to help the boy?
What did Jesus do for the boy?
Read Psalm 27:1. What words does the author of this psalm use to describe God?
Is there anything more powerful than God?
Do you think Jesus was disappointed that the disciples couldn’t help the boy who was struggling?
Why do you think that?
Why do you think it’s easy to forget that God is more powerful than evil?
Does God give us power over evil, too? How do you know?