I L VE MY BIBLE! God s Word is a MIRROR

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1 I L VE MY BIBLE! 11 All Staff Pre-Class Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Arrange tables and chairs. Pray fr tday s class. Have music playing. Welcme kids as they arrive and begin taking attendance. MEMY WK LARGE GROUP Chse activities t help students begin learning the bks f the Bible. T aid in memrizatin, use the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Several f the fllwing activities use Bks f the Bible Cards. Bk Order Races Frm teams and have them race using the Old r New Testament bk cards t see which team can put them in rder mre quickly. Deal ut the Old r New Testament bk cards t all the students. Time the class t see hw lng it takes them t put the cards in rder (n the flr at the frnt f the rm). Repeat and have them try t beat the previus time. (Recrd their best time s that they can try t beat it next week.) Old r New Have a student draw a randm card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. Then chse a student t say whether the bk is in the Old r New Testament. If crrect, he/she gets t draw the next card. Display the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard at the frnt f the classrm. Have students stand in a line (r if yu have a larger class, just have them stand at their seats) facing the bard. Make sure cards are mixed up, and then have a student begin turning cards and calling ut their names. If the bk called is frm the Old Testament, students take a step tward their left; if it is frm the New Testament, they take a step tward their right (since, as they are facing the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard, the Old Testament is n their left and the New n their right). Let the student-caller draw and call several cards; then chse a new caller. Cntinue in this manner as yu have time r until yu have gne thrugh all the Bible bk cards. Frm tw teams. Have a member f each team cme t the frnt f the class. Randmly chse a card frm the deck and call ut the name f the bk. As quickly as pssible, each team member calls ut Old r New. Award a pint fr the speediest crrect answer (r award each crrect answer a pint). Cntinue, having a new player frm each team cme t the frnt. Musical Bks Seat kids in a circle. Chse cards f cnsecutive bks f the Bible equal t the number f players. Mix up the cards and give ne t each player. As the music plays, players pass the cards arund the circle. When the music stps, whever has the first bk in the series places his card in the center f the circle and is ut f the game. Play resumes until all the cards have been placed in rder. The last persn t place a card gets t chse the next cards used in the game.

2 Callut-Repeat Call ut 3-5 bks (e.g., Genesis, Exdus, Leviticus ) at a time and have students repeat them. Repeat the callut-respnse several times. Then call ut the next 3-5 bks and have them repeat thse. VARIATION: Have a student lead the callut. Pass the Beanbag (r Ball) Have students stand r sit in a circle. Pass a beanbag (it can t rll away like a ball). As each persn receives the beanbag, he/she names the next bk f the Bible (start wherever yu d like). Have the entire grup call ut the next bk as each persn receives the beanbag. VARIATION: Frm time t time call ut Freeze. The persn hlding the beanbag must name the next three bks in rder. Befre r After Randmly chse a card frm either the Old r New Testament deck. Dn t let the students see the card. Have them try t guess the name f the bk n the card by randmly naming a bk. If the card yu re hlding cmes befre the bk guessed, say Befre. If it cmes after the bk guessed, say After. Keep narrwing it dwn until smene guesses the crrect bk. Memry (Cncentratin) Game Chse several pairs f identical bk cards frm tw Old r New Testament decks. Mix the cards and lay them ut in a grid n the flr r a table. Have students take turns turning ver tw cards at a time, trying t find matches. If a match is fund, the student gets t hld the cards. (Althugh in nrmal memry game rules the player gets anther turn after finding a match, we usually have play pass t the next player.) The player with the mst pairs at the end wins. Variatin: Break int several smaller grups instead f playing with the whle grup. Sing the Bks Sing the Old Testament Sng and/r the New Testament Sng. Have a student pint (with a pinter r play swrd) t the names f the bks as the grup sings. Repeat several times with different students pinting. Sing Memry Wrk Sngs Several f the verses students are memrizing (during small-grup memry wrk time) have been set t music. Frm time t time, sing these sngs during largegrup time. (Visuals can be fund in the tubs with the students memry wrk flders.) Sing G Fish s Ten Cmmandment Bgie Sing with lts f actin. Use this sng t discuss the meaning f each cmmandment. Wrk n Memrizing the Ten Cmmandments Using the Ten Cmmandments visual display bard, say the cmmandments tgether. Then clse the bard and ask students t remember what the first r fifth (etc.) cmmandment is. At first just cncentrate n remembering the gist f the cmmandments and then wrk twards exact recall. (The cmplete 2 nd cmmandment [set t Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star ] and 10 th cmmandment [set t If Yu re Happy and Yu Knw It ] may be sung. Memrize Psalm 1 by repeating it tgether each week befre ging t small-grup time. Display a psterbard with the wrds. Use actins t aid in memrizatin (see back f Psalm 1 psterbard). Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 2

3 Frm time t time discuss the verall meaning f the passage and what specific wrds mean, such as: blessed (happy), cunsel (advice), ungdly (withut Gd, sinful), scrnful (thse wh mck and are disrespectful), delight (enjyment, happiness), meditate (think abut, pnder), wither (dry up, die), whatsever (whatever), prsper (succeed, d well), chaff (dry uter cvering that is separated frm grain), judgment (time when Gd judges), cngregatin (gathering f peple), righteus (right with Gd), and perish (die, cme t nthing). MEMY WK SMALL GROUP All Staff Break int smaller grups, ne teacher with each grup, and wrk with students n individualized memry wrk. Fr ur class, we divide int fur grups: tw each fr 5- t 7-year-lds and 8- t 10-year-lds. (T cut dwn n nise and cnfusin, tw grups may leave the rm t practice verses in anther classrm, the hallway, etc.) Wrk with each student n a list f Bible verses that yu wuld like him/her t memrize. Allw students t wrk at their wn pace (e.g., lder kids nt held back by yunger), keeping track f their prgress n charts r in wrkbks. We use wrkbks entitled Quick and Pwerful Scriptural Cncepts fr Children by Valda Jhnsn and Ilene Sargeant, rdered thrugh Pentecstal Publishing Huse. In these, students memrize a set f six verses at a time, quting them ne at a time, then tw at a time, then three at a time, etc., until they are ready t test n all six at nce. Als allw time fr the kids t qute the names f the bks f the Old and Testaments in rder as they learn them, as well as Psalm 1. Remind students that there will be prizes fr thse wh memrize. Students must pass with a scre f 80 percent r better when wrking in their Quick and Pwerful wrkbks. Remind students that during Bible Memry Wrk time, everyne must be wrking! Encurage them t wrk tgether t memrize verses, as ppsed t distracting each ther. Clring pages are available t help ccupy visitrs (r yunger/distracted students) while their classmates are quting verses. As students achieve memry wrk gals, reward them during a large-grup time s that everyne can cngratulate them n their accmplishments. Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 3

4 REVIEW (10 min.) RULES & PRAYER (5 min.) Ask review questins frm previus lessns. See I LOVE MY BIBLE! Review Questins. Ideas (keep in mind that yu nly have abut 10 minutes): Tss ut candy fr crrect answers. Frm teams and play Bible baseball. Frm teams and play tic-tac-te. (A crrect answer allws a team t place its X r O. ) Play musical chairs. If student answers a questin crrectly, he/she is NOT ut. G ver rules (Pwer Hur Prmises) by calling n students t read/remember the rules. Pray tgether fr the class. (Take individual requests frm students nly as time allws.) BIBLE LESSON Teacher Prep: Read James 1: Pray fr aninting. Items Needed: Smething with which t smudge yur face; damp clth; cmb; mirrr(s); Bible; Mirrr visual. Arrive with yur face smudged and hair and clthes disheveled. As yu see hw the kids react, begin t discver that yu are untidy. Ad lib reasns why (dressed in a hurry, didn t have time t lk at yurself, etc.). Discuss: What s wrng with my hair (face, clthes, etc.)? (as students tell yu, begin t try t fix: wash face with clth, fix hair with cmb, etc.) I think I lk better nw, but I really need a certain item s that I can see myself. What d I need? (mirrr) Pull ut a mirrr and lk yurself ver, fixing anything yu missed befre. Besides using a mirrr t see hw we lk, what else are mirrrs used fr? (rearview mirrrs help us see behind ur car; runded [cnvex] mirrrs help us see arund crners and are used in places such as parking garages, hspitals, and restaurant kitchens s that peple dn t crash int each ther; dentists use little rund muth mirrrs t help them see inside ur [small, dark] muths; mirrrs are als used in cameras, lasers, telescpes, and ther scientific instruments) Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 4

5 Mirrrs are useful tls. They can als be used t add light and beauty t a rm. James cmpared Gd s Wrd t mirrr. Listen t James 1: Read James 1:22-24 frm yur Bible, pausing when yu read abut behlding his natural face in a glass t demnstrate lking in the mirrr. S this man lks in a mirrr (glass) and ntices that his face is dirty and his hair messed up, but instead f washing his face and cmbing his hair, he just ges away frm the mirrr s he wn t have t see hw bad he lks. James says we are like that man when we hear what Gd s Wrd says, but we dn t d it. Hw is Gd s Wrd like a mirrr? (suggested answers belw) It shws us what we really lk like inside (are we full f truth/lies, humility/pride, jy/srrw, lve/hate, jealusy, faith/dubt, etc.?). It helps us see int even the small, dark places in ur hearts (like a dental mirrr). If smething is messed up in ur lives, it shws us hw t fix it. It helps us see dangers arund us (like rearview and cnvex mirrrs). It imprves ur lives with pwerful truths (as mirrrs imprve things such as cameras, lasers, telescpes, etc.). Nw listen t verse 25 f James 1: Read James 1:25 frm yur Bible. If we want t lk gd n the OUTSIDE, we shuld lk in a mirrr. If we want t lk gd n the INSIDE and be blessed, we shuld nt nly hear Gd s Wrd but d (bey) it. Have a student attach the Mirrr visual t the bard Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 5

6 We dn t want t have dirty hearts and nt even knw it! Let s pray right nw and ask Gd t help us see what He is shwing us in the mirrr f His Wrd, and then bey it. Lead the kids in prayer respnse t lessn. BIBLE SKILLS Familiarize students with the structure f the Bible and the names f all the bks, using the Bks f the Bible Demnstratin Bard. Hw many bks f Law are there? (5) What are the names f the bks f Law? (Genesis, Exdus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuternmy) D yu remember which tw bks f Law cntain the Ten Cmmandments? (Exdus and Deuternmy) Hw many Old Testament bks f Histry are there? (12) Can yu tell me abut a character frm ne f the bks f Histry? (the names f the bks shuld be clues; lk at I Lve My Bible!, Lessn 9, Gd s Wrd is a Cleanser, BIBLE SKILLS, fr infrmatin n several characters, thugh there are many mre) Hw many bks f Petry are there? (5) What are the bks f Petry? (Jb, Psalms, Prverbs, Ecclesiastes, Sng f Slmn) What is special abut Psalm 119? (it is the lngest chapter in the Bible; almst every verse mentins Gd s Wrd [statutes, cmmandments, laws etc.]; it is an acrstic pem with a stanza [sectin] fr each letter f the Hebrew alphabet [within each stanza each verse begins with that letter]) Hw many Old Testament bks f Prphecy are there? (17) Which are the majr (lnger) bks f Prphecy? (the first five: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentatins, Ezekiel, Daniel) The Old Testament divisin with the mst bks is Prphecy. What is the New Testament divisin with the mst bks? (Epistles [Letters]) Hw many Epistles [Letters] are in the New Testament? (21) Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 6

7 Hand ut Bibles. Remind students t handle Bibles carefully and t help yunger students find verses. Teachers will need t assist students until they becme familiar with finding verses in the Bible. Find the letter written by James. It s near the end f yur Bible. Have several students read James 1: These are the verses we talked abut in ur Bible Lessn tday. What are these verses cmparing Gd s Wrd t? (a mirrr [glass]) Chse a cuple f students t carefully cllect the Bibles. ACTIVITY/SNACK Supplies: Mirrr Activity Page Pencils Crayns Optinal: Snack and drink Give each student a cpy f the Mirrr Activity Page. Encurage them t draw themselves as realistically as pssible. They may need t lk in yur mirrr t remind themselves exactly what they lk like. After they are finished drawing, yu might wish t cllect the papers and shw them t the class, having them guess wh is in the mirrr. Remind students: Gd s Wrd is mirrr. It shws us what we lk like n the INSIDE, where it really matters. Yu might want t serve students a snack while they are drawing. If time remains, play a game frm Memry Wrk Large Grup r sing sme memry wrk sngs. Lessn 11 Gd s Wrd is a MIRR Annette R. Evans. All rights reserved. Page 7