God Our Father
Entrance Craft for Kids: We made Father’s Day crafts
with the kids as they came in.
Opening: Have notecard with quote and
instructions to make a list on a clean sheet of paper the thoughts, words or
images shared around the table: AW Tozer said, “The most important thing about
you is what you think when you think about God.”
Our
thinking is influenced by the world around us – our culture – our parents – our
experiences and our church
Share
what each table put on paper.
Transition: Our task today is to see God as
OUR Father based on what the Bible tells us. A good place to start is to look
at WHY it was controversial in the first place that not only Jesus but
Christians called God “Father”.
When OT
Jewish children were taught to pray, they were given 32 different titles to
call God, and Father was NOT one of them…in fact it wasn’t until 10AD do we
find a Jew calling God Father in Hebrew!
Matt:3:13-17
God claims Jesus
John
5:16-18 Jesus claims God
Table Time: Tables will work thru What
Kind of Father worksheets – adults and older children will read the verse while
children of all ages can draw the kind of father the verse shows us.
Large Group: What does it look like to
accept God as our Father? Have various tables look up the following verses.
1. 1 John 3:16 Realize and Cherish
the thought that God sent His Son Jesus for us
2. John 3:16-17 See the Cross where
God redeems our mess; where we KNOW God’s love for us
3. Galatians 4:4-7 Receive our
share as His children who will inherit His kingdom and love
4. 1 John 3:17-20 Love Others so as
to pass on God’s blessings so other’s can see Him.
Take Homes:
Recommend
Louie Giglio’s Seeing God as the Perfect Father
Journal
on Giglio’s quote – “Remember God isn’t a bigger version of your earthly
father. We are worshipping a PERFECT father.”
Craft
for kids- Child of God necklace from Oriental Trading (their craft kits rotate so any Child of God craft project would work.)
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