Lesson for Life: Following God or Men? Joshua 24:15b – But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
Faith Lesson: Faith
is following God into the impossible. Hebrews 11:30 – By faith
the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven
days.”
Intro Activity – Gravity Goo
How
would you define a miracle? What are
some miracles you have read about in the bible?
Are
we capable of defying the laws of nature on our own? Gravity Goo experiment
(purchase via Amazon or Ebay)
Do
experiment – does liquid normally do this? No because of gravity. When we see
something like this that defies gravity, we are amazed because gravity is one
of those things that we are powerless over. I’d love to fly like Superman –
think I can?! No! Gravity keeps my feet on the ground. I’d like to keep this
water from spilling (tip over a cup) but I can’t because I am not in charge of
gravity. But someone in can and that’s God. He gave the creators of this
Gravity Goo the recipe to defy gravity, and in our bible story today we will
learn how he gave Joshua a surprising recipe to defy gravity today too.
Whole Group Activity:
Flashback to before Joshua was a
leader: the Israelites decide to follow men rather than God
Numbers
13:25-14:11
What
were the miracles the people had seen so far as Moses helped them escape
Egypt…? Remember last week
The
result of the people’s lack of trusting God was God punishing all those present
and said that only Joshua and Caleb would see the Promised Land
Fast forward 40 years later when
Joshua is now leading the Israelites:
Who are the Israelites going to follow now?
God
had just led this new group of Israelites through a flooded river so that they
could experience an earth-defying miracle like their grandparents who passed
through the Red Sea.
Joshua 5:13-6:5
Well what do you think? Are they
going to listen to Joshua THIS time? Let’s break into groups and finish the
story…
Following God’s Plan for our lives –
Table Game Time
Each
table has game materials and Instruction Sheet
Game cards will be copied on colored sheets:
Blue - Young Children Front and Young Children Back
Yellow - Adult and Older Front and Adult and Older Front
Green - All Ages Front
(for game board there are tons of free gameboards available online. Here is one.
The
families with children are welcome to take a game home.
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