Miraculous - Week 2
When we visit an aquarium, we find a whole world filled with sea creatures, plants, and more. Some of the discoveries we've made about what lives underwater can seem almost like a miracle. But it's not just under the sea where miracles happen—Jesus used water in some of his most well-known miracles! In this four-week series, kids will learn about some of the incredible miracles Jesus performed to help people grow closer to God. As they do, they'll learn how Jesus does everything out of love, calls us to follow him, knows what we need, and, most of all, that Jesus can do anything!
BIG IDEA: Jesus calls us to follow him.
BIBLE: A Miraculous Catch of Fish: Luke 5:1–11; Isaiah 6:1–8
MEMORY VERSE
Elementary: "You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples." Psalm 77:14 (NIV)
Toddler Twist: "Our God can do miracles!" Psalm 77:14
WATCH:
Preschool- teaching video
Elementary- teaching video
SONG: OUR GOD and Anything is Possible
DISCIPLE: Read or retell Luke 5:1-11
DIVE DEEP: Draw the part of today's Bible story is the most memorable to you?
Our Big Idea for today is Jesus calls us to follow him. The fisher friends in today's Bible story left everything behind to follow Jesus. James and John even left their father right here in the boat to go with Jesus.
Would you be able to give up everything to follow Jesus?
This might be the case for some of our families that Jesus calls to share about God in different countries. For most of us, we can follow Jesus right where we are. In any case, Jesus is always with us, so no matter where he calls us, we are never alone when we follow him.
But the Bible story makes one thing clear—we can't follow Jesus if we continue to hold on to the things that make it hard to follow Jesus. For Simon and company, that meant they had to leave their careers and families behind. For us, it might be something else.
Maybe it's ditching not-so-great habits that make it hard to have a relationship with Jesus. Maybe it's changing our attitudes about Jesus so we can learn and grow how he wants us to. Maybe it's stuff that we want to spend more time with than with Jesus.
Pray: Jesus, thank you for calling us to follow you. Just like your friends did, we want to be able to let go of anything that keeps us from following you. Help us to keep following all the ways you show us how to love God and love people each day. Amen.