Jesus Is Tempted MINUTES. GREAT TREASURE DAY TRUST (page 1) WHAT S THE POINT? GET CONNECTED BIBLE CONNECTION CHARACTER WORD TEACHING OBJECTIVE

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1 (page 1) Jesus Is Tempted WHAT S THE POINT? Trust is defined as belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of something or someone. Wow, that defines God s trustworthiness, doesn t it? God is reliable and always keeps His promises. God s word is true and the source of all truth. God is able to do miracles and meet your needs. And God is the source of all power and strength. God in His perfect nature deserves your trust. BIBLE CONNECTION Matthew 4:1-11 (page 1028) CHARACTER WORD Trust - belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of something or someone TEACHING OBJECTIVE I can trust in God s word because it is true and reliable. MEMORY LINK Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. (KBC Study Bible pg. 766) SUPPLIES NEEDED THIS WEEK GET CONNECTED None MEMORY LINK ACTIVITY Picture card (resources) Option 1: Bible, coin Option 2: live cut flowers such as carnations BIBLE CONNECTION None SURF TEAM LEADER Memory link cards, index cards, pens, Hang 10 pages MAKE-IT-STICK REVIEW GAME Option 1: KBC Study Bibles, music Option 2: gold or silver plastic coins, painter s tape, permanent marker Trusting in God and His word goes beyond simply believing what He says to be true. Trust in God is shown most fully when you place your faith in Him alone for salvation through Jesus Christ. Taking that first step of faith is the beginning of trust in God. Often as believers we trust God with our eternity but doubt Him when it comes to our day to day needs. Trusting God means depending on Him completely. What have you been holding on to yourself instead of trusting God? How does God want you to show that you trust Him today? Pray and ask God to help you trust Him more and to teach the kids in your Beach Club what it means to trust God and His word. GET CONNECTED Building relationships in Surf Teams; introducing today s lesson No supplies needed. Use the following conversation prompts to get to know the kids in your Surf Team and to introduce today s lesson. Today is Great Treasure Day! What is something you treasure? Today s character word is trust. Who do you trust and why? Share a time you lost trust in someone, and what it took to learn to trust them again? How difficult was that? Today, we will give out Bibles to kids in club. Why do you think we call this special day Great Treasure Day? Guide clubbers to locate and mark today s Bible Connection and Memory Link in their Bibles so they can find the pages quickly as directed in the session. Worship Tip For this week, look for songs that tell about God s word or are verses from the Bible. Open your Bible to the Psalms and show the kids that songs are one way of worshiping, but so is pouring your heart out to God in a poem or writing your thoughts down. Express that reading the Bible is an important part of worship and that the Bible teaches what it means to worship God.

2 MEMORY LINK Teach a Bible verse to clubbers; help them memorize the verse Picture card (Resources) Focus on the Bible For some of you, today will be the first time you have ever owned a Bible. It is the most popular book in the world according to sales. Yet it is also banned from many countries. Why do you think that is? (discuss) As you receive your Bible today, or if you brought your Bible from a previous year, know that having God s word is truly a great treasure! After kids receive their KBC Study Bibles, point out the tip-in page About the Bible after page 242. Talk about the differences between the Old and New Testaments. Explain how God wrote the Bible through inspired writers. Focus on Today s Memory Link Select 7 volunteers and give each one a picture card (Resource item). Instruct them to stand and hold the cards facing the other clubbers. Explain that some things last a long time and other things fade away quickly. Invite a volunteer to put the pictures in order according to which ones he or she thinks lasts shortest to longest. Encourage the volunteer to ask the group for help. Once the task is complete, explain that nothing lasts forever except God s word. Guide kids to find and read Isaiah 40:8 (page 766) in their KBC Study Bibles. Explain that while everything else will eventually fade away, the Word of the Lord stands forever. Our lesson today shows why learning Bible verses and studying the Bible are important. The more you study and learn the Bible the more trust you will have in it. Learning this verse now helps you have trust in God for years to come and remember that while everything else changes or ends, God s word will last forever. Option 1 - FLIP FOR TREASURE (page 2) Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. (KBC Study Bible pg. 766) Since today is Great Treasure Day, consider having someone take video or pictures of this special day to share them with your church. Seeing children receiving Bibles in the public school is a powerful thing. With a little planning and editing you can also have a great promo video for years to come. Be sure to share your photos and video with KiDs Beach Club by ing them to photos@beachclubs.org or on social media by using hashtag #GreatTreasureDay. Bible, coin Guide kids to sit in a circle. Place one KBC Study Bible in the middle of the group. Open it to Isaiah 40:8 (page 766). Kids will take turns gently flipping the coin so it lands on the Bible. If it lands heads up the child who tosses will read or say the verse. If it lands tails up the child who tosses will select another child to read or say the verse. Option 2 - FLOWER FADE AWAY Live cut flowers, such as carnations Guide each Surf Team to sit in a circle. Give a flower to each group. Talk about how the flower will eventually fade away but God s word will stand forever. Guide the kids to pass the flower around the circle while they recite the Memory Link. The person holding the flower when the verse is complete will say a reason God s word is a great treasure. Start the flower with a different student each time the verse is recited. Continue until all kids have a turn.

3 BIBLE CONNECTION Teaching today s character word through gospel-centered Bible story (page 3) No supplies needed Introduce the Story How many of you think of pirates when you think of treasure? In pirate movies you see ships and swords and maps to hidden treasure. The Bible is like a treasure map because it shows us the way to God and the way we should live. The Bible is also like a sword. Let s look in the Bible to discover why. Ephesians 6:10-13 Guide kids to open their KBC Study Bibles to Ephesians 6:10-13 (page 1291) and follow along as you read the verses aloud. Explain that these verses tell that we are in a spiritual battle every day. The devil wants to harm you but with God s help you can stand firm and win the fight. Draw kids attention to Digging In at the bottom of page Talk about each part of the armor of God as listed. Pretend to put on each piece of armour. Ask another adult to play the role of the devil and pretend to attack you. Point out to the kids that the only defensive weapon you have is the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Pick up your KBC Study Bible and use the Bible to pretend to fight back against the adult pretending to attack you. We need God s word in order to fight against the devil. The devil leaves when you fight back by remembering verses of Scripture from the Bible, your sword of the Spirit. Matthew 4:1-4 Did you know that Jesus used God s Word like a sword to fight against the devil? Let s find out what happened. Guide the kids to find Matthew 4:1-11 (page 1028) in their KBC Study Bibles. Read Matthew 4:1-3 aloud as the kids follow along. Jesus had been in the wilderness for 40 days, praying instead of eating. Imagine how tired and hungry He was! The devil knew this and tempted Jesus with food. Guide the kids read Matthew 4:4. Jesus blocked the first attack, and returned the attack by using His Sword He remembered a verse from the Bible and used it to fight against the devil. Matthew 4:5-7 But the devil did not give up. He said, If I can t tempt Jesus with food, I ll test Him with power. If you are the Son of God, jump off the top of this temple and see if angels will come. Satan wanted Jesus to prove He was God s Son. Jesus used His armor to fight back - again quoting scripture. Guide the kids to read Matthew 4:7 (page 1028) to discover what Jesus said to the devil. When preparing an active illustration like the armor of God, don t try to wing it. Since the illustration involves two people take a few minutes beforehand to practice the timing of when you are coming and going. Also you will want to gauge how big you go with getting attacked but not fighting back. Big is fun, but if you get the kids too amped up they might not be able to get the message behind the illustration. If possible, bring in armor or get creative. Consider using sports equipment, toy armor, superhero accessories, even extra clothing can be used as armor. Swords can be pool noodles, yardsticks, or dowel rods. Be sure to stay focused on the main point, which is the importance of God s Word.

4 Matthew 4:8-11 There was a third attack. This time the devil tried to tempt Jesus with material things and pride. The devil took Jesus to a high place and showed him all the kingdoms of the world. He said, You can have all this the entire world, just bow down to me. Guide the kids to read Matthew 4:10 to find out what Jesus said. For a third, time Jesus took the attack absorbing the blow with His armor and fought back with the Sword by quoting scripture. What happened then according to verse 11? As soon as Jesus used His sword for the third time the devil left Him alone and God sent angels to minister to Him. Gospel Connection Jesus trusted in God s word because He knew it has power and is the source of truth. God s word still has power and can be trusted today. When you read the Bible, God s Holy Spirit will reveal how you can trust Jesus to be your Savior. You can trust God to give forgiveness for sin when you turn away from your sin and turn toward God. Lead the kids to find the tip-in section God Loves You and Has a Plan for Your Life (between pages ). Encourage the kids to follow along as you use these pages as an outline to explain God s plan of salvation. We want to help you understand how you can trust Jesus and invite him into your life to be your Forever Friend. Invite children wanting to know more about becoming a Christian to move to the designated area to meet with a leader oneon-one. (page 4) Since returning children do not get another Bible, think of a way to honor them if they brought their Bible from last year. It may be a sticker that goes on the inside cover or a special bookmark. Recognizing those returning kids who already have received Bibles will make Great Treasure Day just as exciting for them, too. Gospel Tip Consider this illustration to help kids understand the concept of trusting Jesus alone for salvation. Using two chairs, label the first you and explain it represents the chair of good works and sin nature. We were all born to sit in this chair. The second chair is labeled Jesus and it represents the work of Jesus on the cross for our forgiveness and salvation. Sit in the first chair. Explain that saving faith, involves leaving sin and self behind and choosing to place your trust completely in Jesus. Get up and move to the second chair. Drawing this contrast, we help the kids to understand the need to stop trusting in their own good works and to transfer their trust to Jesus Christ ALONE.

5 SURF TEAM TIME Connecting with kids in small groups; applying today s Bible Connection and Character Word 5-10 (page 5) Memory Link Cards, Hang 10 page, index cards, pens Gospel Connection Before you begin, ask if there are any clubbers who would like to talk with the Bible Connection Leader about praying to ask Jesus to become their Forever Friend. If so, let them go to the designated area. Today s Lesson What questions do you have about today s story? How is God s word a great treasure? Why is it so important for us to know the Bible? How does reading the Bible increase your trust in God? The purpose of Surf Team Time is to build relationships with kids. Use the Bibles as a focus for connection and conversation. You may adjust your schedule to allow for extra time in Surf Teams today so kids can dig in and explore their Bibles. What temptations can you trust God s word to help you stand against? How does a person trust Jesus to be their Savior and Lord? Pray Encourage kids to write prayer requests on index cards. Lead the kids in prayer. Take the cards home and pray for kids during the week. Lord, Thank you for Your word that gives life and shows us over and over that we can trust You. Help us understand Your word and all the truths that are found in it like a great treasure. Bible Exploration If time permits, help kids to find and read the following pages in their Bibles: Find the page that says New Testament (It s not numbered but it s page 1021). Find the tip-in page titled Children in the BIble (after page 818). Find temptations of Jesus in the concordance (page 1418). Find today s Memory Link, Isaiah 40:8 (page 766). Find Ephesians 6:17 (page 1292). Find the first verse of the Bible (page 1). Find any page that has a Digging In shovel on it. Use the Bible Give each child a Memory Link card. Review today s Memory Link and Character Word. Guide kids to use cards to mark today s story in their KBC Study Bibles. Lead them to highlight today s Memory Link. Hang 10 Pages Give each child a Hang 10 Page. Challenge kids to hang out with God 10 minutes each day by praying and reading the Bible, using the Hang 10 page as a guide. Encourage kids to bring back their Hang 10 pages next week. More at Home Explore your new Bible! If you want to know more about today s story you can read it from the book of Luke, chapter 4, page Draw attention to the tip-in page How To Use This Bible after the front cover. Encourage kids to show their families the treasure they received today and tell them how Jesus used God s word to stand against temptation.

6 MAKE IT STICK - REVIEW GAME Game to review today s Bible Connection & Character Word 5-10 (page 6) Option 1 - MUSICAL BIBLES KBC Study Bibles, music Guide each surf team to sit in a circle. Give one child in each group a KBC Study Bible. When you play the music, the kids will pass the Bible around the circle. When the music stops, the Surf Team Leader will ask the child holding the Bible a review question. Continue until all questions have been asked. Option 2 - X MARKS THE SPOT Gold or silver plastic coins, painter s tape, permanent marker Use the painter s tape to mark an X on the floor. Give each child a plastic coin. Instruct 2 children to toss their coins to the X. The child whose coin is closest to the center of the X gets a chance to answer a review question. Alternately, guide kids to use a permanent marker to write their initials on their coins. Several kids can toss their coins on the same turn. Check the initials on the coins to see which player s coin was closest to the middle. That child will answer a review question. REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is today s character word? (trust) 2. What does trust mean? (belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of something or someone) 3. What things did the devil tempt Jesus with? (hunger, power, material things/ pride) 4. Why is God s word a great treasure? (Answers will vary.) 5. Name something God s word can be compared to and explain why. (A treasure because it has great value, a map because it shows the way to God, a sword because it can help resist temptation) The Bible in School Many people are misinformed about whether or not it s legal for kids to have a Bible at school. Reassure kids that it is NOT against the law for them to have a Bible in school. Here s what kids can LEGALLY do with their Bibles in school: Bring it! Read it in free reading time. Share it with a friend (during non-instructional times). Use it to invite a classmate to Beach Club! The last tip-in page in the KBC Study Bible (just in front of the back cover) contains more ideas on how kids can make Jesus cool at their school. 6. What did Jesus use to stand against the devil? (He quoted scripture; the Bible.) 7. Besides the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, name two other pieces of armor listed in the Bible. (Belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, feet of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation) 8. Name something you know about the Bible. (Answers will vary.) 9. How do you earn or lose trust? (You earn trust by doing what you said you would do; You lose trust by not doing what you said you would do.) 10. Why should you trust God? (because His word is true and He never lies)

7 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 KBC Study Bible page 766