This Week in NewLife Kids

Ten Hut - Elementary

Lesson Goal: The children will learn that God always keeps His promises to us. However, sometimes we will have to wait on God's timing for those promises to be fulfilled. In those times we should be patient and stay true to God.
Main Point: God Will Keep His Promises!
Bible Story: God keeps His promise to Caleb (Joshua 14:6-15))
Bible Verse: Psalm 56:10 "I praise God for what he has promised; Yes, I praise the Lord for what he has promised." (NLT)

God promised that He would give the nation of Israel victory over the lands they conquered if they obeyed His commands. God also promised Caleb that he and his descendants would possess their share of the Promised Land because Caleb had been loyal to God when scouting out the land. (Numbers 13:25-14:25)

Application:
How did God keep his promise toward Caleb? (Read Joshua 14:6-12)
What are some of God’s promises that He has kept even to this day?

God is perfect and cannot lie; He always does what He says. We can believe and trust in God’s promises of unfailing love, hope, peace, the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, grace, mercy, freedom and salvation through Jesus Christ. You may not experience all of God’s promises fulfilled on your time table, but God is faithful to His promises. We can learn from Caleb, Joshua, and many others from the Bible that God will keep His promises.

Additional verses to meditate on:
2 Corinthians 1:20, 22 “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes!’ And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory… and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.”
Hebrews 6:16-18 “Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding. God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind. So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.”
1 John 2:24-25 “So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.”

Ten Hut Jr. - Pre-K and Toddlers

Bible Story: David & the Psalms (Psalm 136; Psalm 9:1-2
Main Point: I Will Thank God!
Bible Verse: “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… “ Psalm 139:14 (NKJV)

Today your children joined a boy named Mardy on a training mission for the Help Corps. On the mission, Mardy went to Berry Blast Island to help a girl named Cherry learn: I Will Thank God. She had a lot to be thankful for, but since she wasn’t, her world was black and white even though the rest of the island was very colorful. Once she learned that she had a lot to thank God for, her world turned to color.

Activity one: Thankful Ride
One day this week when you’re driving with your children, challenge them to see how many things they can come up with to be thankful to God for. Some examples include: sunshine, flowers, food, your house, family, friends, a comfy bed, a favorite movie, etc. Remind them that God likes it when we thank Him for all the things that make us happy.
Activity two: Picture of Thanks
Sit down with your children and help them draw a picture of something they are thankful to God for. It can be a pet, a new pair of shoes, or whatever is on their heart. Help them put it somewhere special, and tell them that every time they look at it, they should say a prayer to thank God.

See you next Sunday as we enjoy our last lesson in the Ten Hut Series.