Day 4
Jesus
is tempted in the desert and chooses his helpers – Matthew 4, Mark 1 & Luke
4-6
Treasure
Hunt Resources: Wrapped up lollies and a photo of the
kids special friends
Beginning
Activity/ Chat:
(Make
sure before you begin that you leave the bible in another room to collect
later!)
Send
the children to do the treasure hunt first. Talk up the treasure making it
really exciting! Remind them that today when they find the treasure they are
not to open it straight away!
Ask
the children to hold the “treasure” in their hands in front of them (still
wrapped up) and ask them how they feel knowing that they have found the
treasure but can’t have it yet? Let them unwrap it and see what it is. Collect
the lollies and move them out of reach and tell them they are not allowed to
eat them yet. Tell the children that you’ve left the bible in another
room and say that you’ll just have to go and get it. As you leave remind them
they are not allowed the lollies yet! Watch from out of view to see if they are
feeling tempted by the lollies and before it gets too much for them, return to
them. Ask them if they wanted to eat the lollies while no one was watching. How
did it feel having the lollies sitting there and knowing that you couldn’t have
them yet?
Allow
them them to eat their lollies and while you show them the photos of their
friends and ask them who they can see. Talk about our special friends and how
blessed we are to have such loving friends.
Today
we’re going to read about a time when the devil tried to tempt Jesus and meet
12 of Jesus’ very special friends in our true story from the bible.
The
Jesus Storybook Bible p. 208 “Let’s Go!’
THIS TRUE STORY FROM THE BIBLE
TELLS US THAT JESUS LOVED AND TRUSTED IN GOD, NO MATTER WHAT. HE ALSO FOUND 12
SPECIAL HELPERS AND FRIENDS FOR HIS GREAT RESCUE.
Questions:
1.
Who tried to tempt Jesus to do the
wrong things out in the desert? (God’s enemy, Satan)
2.
Did Jesus stay strong and keep
trusting in God? (Yes!)
3.
How many special friends did Jesus
find to help him with His Great Rescue plans? (12, called his disciples)
How
wonderful that Jesus is so powerful and strong and could stand up to the temptations
that Satan, the enemy, put before Him. He wasn’t like Adam, or even us when we
are tempted to do the wrong thing (like eat lollies when we shouldn’t!) and he
knew God loved Him and that he should trust God no matter what. Just like we
should! Thank goodness we have a big, strong, powerful God on our side who will
help us!
Imagine
meeting Jesus and being able to be his special helper and friend just like the
disciples did that day by Galilee! That would have been so exciting for them.
Thankfully even though we can’t see Jesus like they did that day, we can still
be his special friends and are loved by Him. He still needs special helpers to help
him do his work and tell others about Him and how much he loves them, and we
can help Him do that exciting work! What a privilege!
Prayer:
Dear
Lord Jesus, Thank you for staying strong and trusting in God when things were
really tough. Please help me to always trust in you in the same way, every day
of my life. Amen.
Memory
Verse!
Continue
singing and dancing to the actions of John 3:16 (day 1 has link!)
Have
a treasure hunt for pieces of the verse. Either write it out in sections and
stick underneath chairs or other interesting places around the house or have a
bucket of sand that you hide the pieces of paper in or tape them to the kids big
building blocks and they have to search through the tub to find the blocks with
the words on them.....then together help the children say and put the verse
back into the right order again!
Written and
Compiled by Kate McIntosh, March 2012
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