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Get your Child a snack or choose a fun prep activity
Read the Bible Story to your child.
Click on the link to the YouTube Playlist for that week and watch the videos
Review Memory work and Pray with your kids when they are done
If you have time or the desire - choose one of the follow up activities to help the kids engage with the lesson
LESSON OVERVIEW
WEEK:: FOUR
This week's Psalm is about following God and staying on the right path
BIG IDEA - I am forgiven because God loves me.
THE BIBLE: Confession and Forgiveness: Psalm 32; 1 John 1:9
INSTRUCTIONS: Look up the story in your Bible.
Forgiveness is a fancy word that means God helps us when we do wrong. God helps to take away all the bad things in our hearts and God helps us to make better choices the next time.
To be forgiven, we need to confess our sin or tell God about what we’ve done. I know what you’re thinking – doesn’t God already know? Yes, God knows.
But when we confess, we are saying that we also understand what we did is wrong and that we understand that we disobeyed God. We are saying God’s ways are the best ways and we want to obey God. When we do this, God forgives us and forgets we ever sinned! And if God forgets it, we can, too!
God not only forgets our sin, but will help us to make better choices the next time!
Read:: SCRIPTURE | 1 John 1:9
What does this verse tell us about God? That's correct! God is faithful. God is also fair. We don’t have to wonder if God will forgive us again when we sin again. God will because Jesus already promised to take away our sin for us.
What does this verse tell us about each other? It tells us we have to confess our sins. That’s the way we get God’s help to do better the next time. When we confess, we will receive forgiveness.
Toddler ACTIVITY | Forgiven & ForgotteN
INSTRUCTIONS: Using a chalk board or a dry erase board - Draw a big heart. Big enough that the kids can write inside of it.
Give your child a dry erase marker or or chalk and allow them to doodle all over their hearts. Then give them a wet wipe and have them erase all of their drawing off
When God forgives us, all those sins go away! God loves you so much. You are forgiven because God loves you!
PRAYER
Thank You, God, for being a lamp in my life. You lead me and make sure I stay safe. Thank You for Your words that help me to know the right thing to do.
SING: A SERIES ON THE PSALMS
SERIES OVERVIEW:
People say music is the universal language, something everyone loves in one form or another, and a way we can communicate shared emotion and experience even across generations, culture, location, backgrounds, and traditions. Much of what is expressed in the book of Psalm are things we experience and feel today. Because of that, we can learn a lot about God and ourselves in these Psalms. When kids can claim these five things – I am wonderful because God made me; I am safe because God watches over me; I am confident because God leads me; I am forgiven because God loves me; I am not afraid because God can be trusted – they will be unstoppable in their life with God!
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