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Bible Teaching For Kids: Babies-Twos
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The Big Idea: God chose Mary to be Jesus' mother.
The Bible Story: Mary's Good News
(Luke 1:26-38)
Connecting Points this week:- As your family sits for a meal, mention each family member. Say: "God gave us a family. You have a mother and daddy. God chose Mary to be Jesus' mother."
- Purchase a nonbreakable manger scene for your child to handle. Hand the Mary figure to your child and talk about this week's Bible story.
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Bible Teaching For Kids: Threes-Kindergarten
|  The Big Idea: I can learn that God planned for Jesus' birth and people told about God's plan.
The Bible Story: Isaiah Told About Jesus (Isaiah 1:1; 6:1,8; 7:14; 9:6-7; 11:1-5)
Connecting Points this week:- Help your child open his Bible to the book of Isaiah. Help him find this week's Bible verse (Isaiah 7:14). Thank God for planning to send Jesus.
- Encourage your child to open Christmas cards you receive or help you prepare Christmas cards to send. Comment that Isaiah told that Jesus would be born, and that people today tell others that Jesus has been born.
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Bible Teaching For Kids: 1st-4th Grade
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The Big Idea: I can know that God promised to send the Savior.The Bible Story: God's Promise Through the Prophets
(Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 11:1-5; Micah 5:2)
Connecting Points this week:- As you set up an advent calendar or decorate your house for Christmas, talk about looking forward to Christmas. Remind your child that prophets told about the coming Savior and that people watched and waiting for many years before He was born.
- Each morning this week, read or say Isaiah 9:6 together.
- As a family prepare and mail Christmas cards or choose another way to tell people around you about the Savior's birth.
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The Big Idea: I can discover people told that Jesus would be born.The Bible Story: Isaiah Told About Jesus (Isaiah 1:1; 6:1,8; 7:14; 9:6-7; 11:1-5)
Connecting Points this week:- Open your Bible to the Book of Isaiah. Talk about how Isaiah told that a young woman would have a special baby. Relate that special baby would be Jesus. Comment: "God planned for Jesus to be born and for people to tell about it."
- As you look at store advertisements together, comment when you see baby items that this month is about celebrating the birth of Jesus. Say: "Isaiah told about the birth of Jesus a long time before the birth happened."
- As you shop or watch TV this week, remind your child that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. State: "The birth of Jesus was so special that even in the Old Testament, Isaiah wrote about his birth."
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Worship KidStyle: Children
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The Big Idea:
I can know God promised to send the Savior.The Bible Story: God's Promise Through the Prophets
(Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 11:1-5; Micah 5:2)Connecting Points this week: - Talk about promises your family members make to one another. Ask: "How does it make you feel when someone keeps his promise? How do you feel when someone does not keep a promise?"
- Read aloud the Bible story passages. Discuss the passages throughout the week. Look for opportunities to talk with your children about God's promise to send the Savior and how by keeping His promise, God changed the world.
- Focus on the needs of other people throughout the Christmas season. Adopt a family in your community with special needs. Provide gifts, notes, gift cards, or other items the family needs. Invite the children to be a part of your Christmas celebrations at church and home.
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BTX: Bible Teaching For Preteens
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 The Big Idea: I can know that God promised to send the Savior.
The Bible Story:
Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 11:1-5; Micah 5:2
Connecting Points this week:- Help preteens hear the Word by sharing the Bible story in your own words. Lead them to identify promises about the Messiah in the Old Testament.
- Lead preteens to know the Word by playing a memory verse scramble game.
- Emphasize that God promised to send Jesus. Guide them to do the Word by believing that Jesus' birth was planned from the beginning of time. Lead in prayer, thanking God for His promise to send the Savior.
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Life Focus: Grades 7-12
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The Life Question: What is important to God?
The Biblical Truth: God loves all people and wants justice and righteousness to rule their lives.
Bible Passages: Isaiah 61:1-11
NOTE: This month, your teenager is being challenged to make their faith known.
Connecting Points this week:
Look at the "Click it for Charities" Web sites with your teen. Challenge him or her to get a group of friends or the youth group to join or begin a cause to make a difference in their world.
Questions to ask:- What are some injustices in our world today?
- Based on God's love for us, how can we help bring about justice in the lives of the poor, the brokenhearted, those held captive by sin, those who mourn, and those who are desperate?
- What steps can we take to bring our priorities in line with God's?
Your teenager may hear music by Abandon, a Christian rock band, during this month's study. Find out more about Abandon at www.abandonrock.com.
Listen to the Life Focus podcast that discusses the Scriptures for today's study and how they are relevant to the lives of teenagers. To subscribe, |
KNOWN (Grades 7-12)
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 The Question:
When will Jesus return?
The Point:
No one knows, so be ready.
Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44
Life Principles:
No one knows for sure.
It could be any day.
It will be unexpected.
Questions to ask:- Have you ever been surprised by something? What happened?
- What if Jesus were to come just after dinner tonight?
- Would that surprise people? Why or why not?
- Why is it important to you that Jesus is coming again?
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