| LESSON OBJECTIVE |
Topics:
Fearing
God, Honoring God, Saul
After completing this lesson about King Saul, the children will better understand
the use of the word fear in the Bible as it relates to respecting
and honoring God. God doesn't want us to be terrified of Him, but
we should respect and honor Him.
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| AS KIDS ARRIVE (15 minutes) |
As the children arrive have them complete
the following questions:
(Questions are ready on slips of paper so that latecomers can write
the answers as they arrive.)
Click
here for worksheet to create slips of paper
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| OPENING PRAYER
AND PRAISES (5 minutes) Further info? Click here |
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| MEMORY WORK (5 minutes) |
“‘For I am a great king,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and my
name is to be feared among the nations.’” Malachi 1:14 NIV
(Children seated in semi-circle of chairs withwhite board at front)
Write the memory verse on the whiteboard.
Explain to the children that today they will be learning more about
what it means to "Fear God"
Have the children say the verse out loud all together.
God is a good and loving God. God dosn't want us to be terrified of
Him, but we are to respect and honor Him.
Have the kids read the verse again replacing the word “feared”
with the word "respected".
Have the kids read the verse again replacing the word “feared”
with the word “honored”.
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| SCRIPTURE READING
AND DISCUSSION (25 minutes) |
Review last week's lesson
"God is Good":
Ask children to take out their take home assignment from last week.
Ask “What did you learn by completing this assignment?”
Ask “Was it fun?” “Was it hard?” “Did
your parents help you?”
Ask each child to read one of the verses he or she found that really shows God’s goodness.
Ask “What did you do in response to God’s goodness this
week?” (worshipped Him, studied His word)
Introduction to this week's lesson:
Explain that today we are going to learn more about God – We
are learning that God is to be feared.(Give latecomers a
slip to complete. Listed above in "As Kids Arrive".)
Say, “We’ve taken a little poll to see what comes to
mind when you hear the word fear.” Ask the kids to share their
definitions of the word fear. Write each child’s response
to the word fear on the whiteboard.
Say, “There are several meanings of the word fear.”
Explain that there are two ways the word fear is used in the Bible:
Write each child's response to the word fear on the whiteboard.
(Likely most of their responses were Pachad type fear.)
Pachad -
Fear
Dread
Terror
To be startled
Yare – To stand in awe
Reverence
Respect
Recognizing the power and position of God and giving Him proper
respect.
Explain that in the Hebrew language (the language the Old Testament
was written in) there were two words, but in the English language
there is only one word – fear.
Ask for two volunteers to read from the
Bible.
Give out references on cards so that the
readers can locate their portion and have a card to use as a bookmark.
Read Psalm 22:23
“You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of
Jacob, honor Him! Revere Him, all you descendants of Israel!”
NIV
Ask “What kind of fear is this verse referring to?”
(Yare)
Say, “This verse (1 Samuel 23:26) is about when King Saul
became very jealous of David and started chasing him all over the
countryside. King Saul wanted to harm David and his men.
Read 1 Samuel 23:26
“And Saul went on this side of the
mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain, and
David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his
men compassed David and his men round about to take them.”
KJV
Ask “What kind of fear is this verse referring to?”
(Pachad)
Ask if anyone has any questions about the two types of fear.
Ask the children if they would put their hand into a fire. (of
course they wouldn’t)
Explain that the reason you wouldn’t do that is because you
have yare fear of the fire. You have a respect or reverence for the
rules or boundaries of the fire. It is the same with God, we know
His commands and we should respect and obey them.
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| CLASS EXERCISE (15 minutes)
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The Fear of God (Activity)
Click here
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| ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (10 minutes) |
What Type of Fear? (Object
Talk) Click here
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| APPLICATION (2 minutes) |
Today we have
learned that we need to approach God with reverence and respect.
Ask each child to respond to
one of these questions.
1. How has your impression of the memory verse changed because of
today’s lesson?
2. How will you fear God this week?
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| NEXT WEEK |
Come back next week to learn about a judge
that never makes a mistake!
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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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