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LWKids Worship

LWKids Worship

Memory Verse

Middles Verse

Therefore submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you -James 4:7

Hand Motions

For “therefore submit to God” place a fist on top of the other hand

For“resist the devil”cross arms over one another to make a BIG X

For“and he will flee from you” dust your shoulders off 


3-5 year olds Verse

Go to God, say no to the enemy -James 4:7

Hand Motions

For“go to God”-place your hands together and move side to side like a worm

For“say no to the enemy”-cross arms over one another to make a Big X


Reference for teachers

Temptation comes from the enemy not God 

  1.  James 1:12-18

  1. the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy

    1.  John 10:10

    2. No matter your age, if you are a new believer or if you have been serving for years, temptation will come and it is our job to resist.

  2. There are many stories in the bible that talk about temptation and we will be looking at:

    1. What happened in the garden with Adam and Eve

    2. What happened with David’s encounter with Bethsheba

    3. What happened while Jesus was in the desert 

  3. During this month, we will be talking about Temptation + other words that may be challenging for children. Here are the words + definitions to help children understand:

    1. Temptation- The strong feeling/desire to do something we shouldn’t do

    2. Free Will- God lets us make our own choices, he never forces us

    3. Sin- When you give in and do what you shouldn’t do.

    4. Prayer- Talking with God

    5. Worship-honoring God + showing him how much we love him

    6. Conviction- God telling us we did wrong

    7. Accountability- owns their mistakes and doesn’t blame others or make excuses

    8. Scripture- A weapon to fight against the enemy

    9. Forgiveness- Not forgetting but letting it go and giving it to God

    10. Resist- To take a stand and say NO!

    11. Repent- when you feel sorry + want to do better, you ask for forgiveness + do your best to not do it again

  4. Our main focus is for the kids to learn that everyone faces temptations but we have God on our side to help us say no and fight back

Thursday 1

Pj Night and Games (teacher plan games to play with the class)

Temptation in the Garden

 Middles:  

Who can tell me what we learned in the month of april? (Allow answers)

That’s right we learned about Jesus and the Resurrection, and how Jesus died and rose again for us! He wants us to stay close to him But to do that we must stay away from the enemy and his evil plans.

Now,This month we are learning about temptation! (dun dun dun)

Does anyone know what Temptation means? (Allow answers + give example)

[Temptation means to have a strong feeling/desire to do something we shouldn’t do] Give students an example.

Let’s read a story in the bible and see what happens. Turn your bible to Genesis 3:1-6 (Encourage the kids to read the rest of ch.3 at home)

Choose 6 students to read a scripture and once everyone is done, then have a teacher reread the passage once more

Questions:

  1. Who was the tempter/trickster? (Allow Answers)

    1. The snake

  2. What were Adam and Eve not allowed to eat? (Allow Answers)

    1. Fruit from the middle of the garden

  3. What did God say  would happen if they ate from that tree? (Allow Answers)

    1. They would die

  4. Why do you think the snake tried to make them eat the fruit from that tree? (Allow Answers)

    1. To open their eyes about good and evil things + they would become like God himself.

    2. To be disobedient to God and to make them sin against God.

  5. After the snake told Eve those words, Eve looked at the fruit and Really (REALLY) wanted to eat it but she was not supposed to… what word means to really want to but know you shouldn’t … (Allow Answers)

    1. Temptation! 

Recap:

  • God gave them rules to follow but Eve chose to do something that she wasn’t supposed to and that became sin.

  • The tricky snake had plans to tempt Eve and if you're not careful you can be like Adam and Eve,and do something you know you shouldn’t do. 

  • God is so Good he gave us scripture to fight back! How many of you want to resist the tricky snake? (Allow Answers)

  • What are some things we should resist? (Allow Answers)

  1. Lying

  2. Stealing

  3. Gossiping

  4. Using hurtful words

  5. Being rude or mean

  6. Talking back

  7. Giving attitude etc.

Just like our scripture says “Therefore submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you”. James 4:7 (practice the Scripture with the hand movements )

Lesson for Littles:

Read the story of Adam and Eve from the beginner’s bible on page.18 (In the class cabinet)

Tell them how the snake is tricky + God wants us to stay away from the tricky snake(The enemy)

Practice their scripture +Remind them how much God loves them + wants them to make good choices


Activity

  1. “Have you ever” (outside activity approx 5 min long)

    1. Line the kids up like red light green light and have a teacher participate too

    2. Read note cards and if they have ever done it have them take (1-2 steps forward)

      1. Ex: have you ever lied? Take one step forward

    3. When all the notecards are read, remind them that temptation is real, we all go through it and sometimes it becomes sin…. Tell them to resist, to pray and get close to God etc.

  2. The spiral snake (coloring and cutting)

Littles→ 

  1. Mosaic Apples 

    1. Supplies:

      1. gluesticks 

      2. Red and green construction paper

    2. Rip the construction paper into pieces

    3. Using a glue stick glue them down

Thursday 2

Paint night

Recap and watch video

The Story of Adam and Eve for Kids (The Garden of Eden) | Bible Stories for Kids

  • Have the children paint a picture of the garden, an apple, a snake, or something to help them remember the lesson

Paint, paintbrushes (in cabinet)

Table cloth, cardstock paper, paper plates  (will be provided)

David and his big mistake

Recap: 

Who can tell me what we talked about last week? (allow Answers)

  • Temptation 

  • Adam and eve

  • Jesus

That’s right, we talked about all of those things….. Now

  • Adam and Eve had everything that they could ever need and the best thing of all was that they had a real close relationship with god. 

  • God wants us to learn to resist the enemy and repent….

  • Who remembers what resist means…. (allow answers)

That's right, to say no and run away…..But if we do  give in to that temptation, God wants us to come to him and apologize. We call that repentance. (To say to god that we made a mistake and to help us to resist and stay away.)

 Middles:  

Today, we will learn about king david and his mistake (sin)

read 2 samuel 11 & 12 before teaching this lesson for reference:

Play the video and discuss the questions with the children.

Questions:

  1. Who can tell me the main characters in the story? (allow answers)

    1. David and Bethsheba

  2. What did David do to make God angry with him? (allow answers) 

  1. He took another man's wife (he gave into temptation and sinned)

  1. What should David  do next? Should He:

    1. Run away as fast as a gingerbread man

    2. go to battle and hide behind a rock

    3. Kill her husband 

    4. Pray and Repent 

  2. True or false question:

    1. David should kill the husband and become the ultimate king (allow answers)

      1. Allow the children to answer and give them the right answer. 

      2. David should have talked with God, resisted the temptation and repented. 

talk to them about how when we make big mistakes like David, we should not hide them from our parents or God,  but we should own them (accountability) and ask for forgiveness.

Recap:

David reallyyyyyyyy liked bethsheba. She was a beautiful woman that caught his eyes. 


He invited her to the palace and made a big mistake. Instead of taking his mistake  to God he killed her husband and sinned even more.


He gave into temptation!!!!!


God wants us to have free will (the ability to make our own choices) but when we act like David and make bad choices and keep making them. He gets angry and disappointed

When we make mistakes, like really big mistakes, what should we do? (allow answers)

Once the children are done giving answers. Pray with them and ask God to help them, to forgive them and for the children to be set free from their sin.  

Lesson for Littles:

Tell them the story of david and Bethsheba  (2 samuel 11 and 12) 

Tell that when we make mistakes it's better to tell the truth than keep it a secret or lie.

When we do, Jesus isn't happy + it breaks his heart. Pray with them, ask God to help them tell the truth.

Activity

Middles→

  1. “Operation” -fixing the heart 

    1. There will be two  big hearts, one with all the ugly temptations that the kids are facing and one that is pure and clean.

    2. Your job as a class is to fix the broken heart with actions that will fix and mend the heart to reflect Jesus (Example: if on the broken heart it says hate, replace it with love)

    3. At the end bring out the second heart and tell them that when we resist temptation, when we get closer to God, when we pray and worship, and we go after God, we begin to reflect him and become more like him

  2. Fruit basket game (inside game with chairs)

    1. Put the chairs in a circle and have them sit down

    2. Give them a fruit to remember (apple, orange, mango)

    3. One student will be in the middle , they will call a fruit and those “fruits have to move spots (they can’t switch next to each other) while the person in the middle tries to get a spot

    4. Keep going and when the person in the middle calls “fruit basket”, everyone has to move spots as fast as they can, continue until parents comeLittles→ 

  1. Mosaic Apples 

    1. Supplies:

      1. glue sticks 

      2. Red and green construction paper

    2. Rip the construction paper into pieces

    3. Using a glue stick glue them down

    4. Littles→ “choose wisely” (red/black heart) 

      • Supplies: 

        • Glue sticks

        • red and black crayons, 

      • Instructions:

        • Color one heart red, color one heart black 

        • Glue them back to back

      • After the activity is done, talk with them and tell them about how we should be like jesus, kind, gentle etc. and we shouldn’t make bad choices like hitting our brother or sister, how we should listen to our parents  instead of saying no

      • Ask kids what are some good choices and some bad choices

Thursday 3

lw kids chefs ( Fruit Kabobs)

Supplies→ variety of fruit, skewers, paper plates , table cloths

  • Teachers go ahead and wash the fruit and place into cups or bowls, 

  • Have the kids carefully place the fruit onto a skewer in any order they’d like

  • While the kids eat their masterpiece, talk about a few things:

    • How we should be giving our bodies healthy and nutritious food often (balance)

    • when we put too much junk food or sodas and juices in our body, it can hurt us…. It’s ok to eat it now and then or sometimes… but when our tummies say no more and we keep going (that’s temptation, it’s called gluttony…. Where we eat even though we aren’t hungry)   

Jesus was tempted in the wilderness

Recap: We are on week 3 of Temptation!! Wow, time has flown by!

Who can tell us what we talked about last sunday? (allow Answers) That’s right we talked about David and Bathsheba and David's big mistake. 

Who can tell me what his big mistake was? (allow answers)

Yes, David saw how beautiful Bethsheba was and even though she was married to (uriah), he really wanted to be with her…. AND HE DID….. after his big mistake, he made an even bigger mistake which was killing her husband so that he could marry herWell, this week we are learning about how Jesus was tempted in the wilderness !

Let’s watch the video and see what happens

(Teachers do “lights, camera, action” before playing the video

Video/lesson:

Jesus In The Wilderness

  • In the case that the video doesn’t play, read to the children Matthew 4:1-11

  • Watch and discuss video:

Ask the kids question about the video

When you are tempted, we can use scripture like Jesus as our strength to fight against the enemy

 Middles:  

Lesson for Littles:

Read the passage in the illustrated children’s bible and ask them questions

Talk to kids about how we should try our best to do the right thing even when the little voice says to do things we aren’t supposed to like: sneaking treats, telling a lie, blaming others,etc.

They should be sharing, helping, being kind, listening to our parents or teachers

Activity

Middles→

 Pinwheel

  1. Color and cut the pinwheel

  2. Pin together

  3. Write their name on the paper

Optional game: “don’t let the ball touch the floor”

  • Have the kids carefully pass/hit the ball without it touching the ground. You want to keep count to see how many you can hit. If it touches the ground start over and try to beat the last round


    1. Littles→ 

  1. Mosaic Apples 

    1. Supplies:

      1. glue sticks 

      2. Red and green construction paper

    2. Rip the construction paper into pieces

    3. Using a glue stick glue them down

    4. Littles→ Coloring page  

Thursday 4

Tower Masters

2 teams build 2 towers with legos then judge them

Jeopardy

 Middles:  

For today’s “lesson” we will be putting their brain to the test !

We will be playing Jeopardy!

Build a jeopardy board or make a digital one online

Divide the kids into teams and have them create a name for their team

Once everyone has their name, assign a teacher to keep track of who gets the answer right.

The winner will get candy, or bible bucks (teachers make the choice)

Rules:

  1. They must ask for their question in a silly or deep voice

  2. If they can’t answer it within a minute another child can answer it from a different team

  3. Each team should work together before answering

  4. If children are being sneaky and trying to hear the other team’s answer/ cheat, they will lose all of their points 

  5.  they must raise their hands, No yelling out the answer, if they do, nobody gets the point

Littles: 

Recap with the kids about what we talked about this month and see what they remember

Practice their scripture with the hand movements

Pray with the kids that God will help them say no to the enemy, making bad choices and that he would help them to remember what they learn.

Activity

Middles→

What time is it mister fox (outside game)

  1. Andy’s coming (optional-inside game)

  2. Fourcorners (optional- Inside game)


Littles→

  1. Simon says (inside game)

  2. Andy’s coming (inside game)

Or

  1. Red light green light(outside game)

Thursday 5

Mystery Night