| LESSON OBJECTIVE |
Topics:
Parables, Witnessing,
Spiritual Growth
This fourth lesson in this series focuses on the parable of the
sower and the seeds that fall on good soil. The children will discover how truly wonderful the Word
of God is and how it can give us everlasting life with Jesus.
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| AS
KIDS ARRIVE (15 minutes) |
You will
need to have a small watermelon (not a seedless watermelon) cut
up into several pieces. There should be one small piece of watermelon
for each child. As the children eat the watermelon have them place all the
watermelon seeds into a single bowl. Have them guess how many seeds
may be in the bowl.
Then, count the seeds and say, "Isn't it amazing that when we plant just one watermelon
seed we get this delicious watermelon full of all these additional watermelon seeds! If we planted all of these seeds, we would have more watermelon than we would know what to do with!"
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| OPENING PRAYER AND PRAISES
(5 minutes) Further info? Click here |
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| MEMORY WORK (6 minutes) |
The following verse tells us to go into the world and
plant some spiritual seeds.
"Go
into all the world and preach the good news to all creation"
Mark 16:15
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| SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION
(15 minutes) |
Introduction:
This is the final lesson of the series. Today we will read the story
about the seed that fell on good soil. It grew very well, in fact
it grew so well that it produced more seed. These seeds also grew
to be strong plants. As Christians we should be sharing our faith
with others, that way other people will hear the Good News and they
may become Christian. The body of Christ continues to grow when
we share seeds (the Good News) with others.
Matthew 13:8,9; 23 (Parable
of the Sower - seed that fell on good soil)
Give each child a copy of the handout (Click
here for handout) or have the kids find Matthew 13:8,9; 23 in
their Bibles. Ask for volunteers to read the passage or if you prefer,
read the passage to the children yourself.
Discussion Questions:
1. In our story today, where did the seeds fall? (good soil)
2. What happened to the seed that fell on good soil? (It produced a crop -- a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown)
3. How does the seed falling on good soil compare to us being a Christian?(We need to share our faith with others so they can become Christians.
This also helps us grow spiritually)
4. Is this an important message? How do we know? (yes, Jesus said
"He who has ears, let him hear.")
5. How can we share the Good News about Jesus with others? (tell
them, pray for them, share the Good News out of the Bible, ask them
to come to Sunday school.)
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| CLASS EXERCISE (20 minutes)
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Ask A Friend (Object Talk)
Click here
Sow
the Word (Song) Click here
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| ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (15 minutes) |
Fake Flowers (Object Talk)
Click here
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| APPLICATION (2 minutes) |
Those who hear the Good News and take it to heart, can
accept the free gift of salvation from Jesus Christ. We should live
a productive life for our Lord. Please note that we cannot work our
way into heaven, but if Jesus is the Lord of our lives we will want
to live for Him. We will follow His rules and tell other people about
Him. We won't be prefect, and we will still make mistakes, but we will
try our best to live a life that is pleasing to God.
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| NEXT WEEK |
Time for a new lesson! Make it count, make it fun!
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| CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)
Further info? Click here |
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| TAKE HOME PAGE |
Give one copy to each child at the end of the class
to take home. Click here for NIV or KJV
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