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Obedience

Obeying; doing what is asked or commanded

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." Ephesians 6:1


ACTIVITIES

Abraham Obeyed God Maze

The children will find and draw the path from Abraham to Isaac.

Box Surprise

The children will guess the contents of each box to learn about living for Jesus.

Chalk Love

The children will practice showing love by creating chalk art.

Classroom Rules

A free Sunday school activity to teach children that the world and their classroom is a much better place because of rules.

Cookie Cutter Shapes

The children will practice simple obedience and learn about trusting God.

Daniel & The Lions!

Children enjoy solving the puzzle, while learning that God protects us.

Dot Marker Decisions

The children will practice thinking before taking action.

Faith Wall

The children will learn what it takes to build a “wall” of faith.

Find Wisdom

The children will search for objects to learn about wisdom.

Fix The Pictures

The children will learn that it takes action to make something right.

From The Wilderness

The children will complete a maze and color the pictures to remind them to serve God by telling others about Jesus.

God Is With Me When I'm Scared

Print an activity page for each child in class.

Good Fruit, Yucky Fruit

The children will learn that we produce good things when we obey God.

Good Or Bad King?

The children will respond to prompts that describe good and bad kings.

Helpful Discoveries

The children will discover items they can use to help others.

How Many Loaves?

Children learn about God’s provision through this cut-and-paste activity.

I Can Obey

This activity reminds children that it is important to obey their parents.

Joseph's Beautiful Coat

As children obey instructions, they get to help create a color coat, like the one which was given to Joseph.

Matching Hearts

The children will match ways to serve God with all of their hearts.

Obedience Bricks

The children will sort and organize Legos to practice obedience.

Obey Your Mother

This activity helps children understand that God wants us to remember our parents' teachings.

Praise Party

The children will create a party to celebrate God and learn about praise.

Red Flag, Green Flag

This activity helps children understand that God expects us to think about our decisions before we act.

Rules Keep Us Safe

An activity to teach children that parent's rules and God's rules are designed to keep us safe.

Tell Me About Jesus

The children will create a book to use to tell their friends about Jesus.

Tent Makers For Jesus

The children will learn to tell one another about Jesus while working together.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

The children will practice identifying good and bad decisions.

Treasure Jars

The children will learn that God is the ultimate helper because He provides for us.

Watching And Praying

Children learn how to watch and pray to keep them from sinning or being tempted to disobey.

What's The Difference?

An activity to help children think about living their lives for God.

Where Is The Helper?

The children will identify the helpers in the pictures.

Who Is God's Helper?

Children circle the pictures that show who is being a good helper for God.

Who Is Helping?

The children will identify helpers and color the pictures.

Who Should We Obey?

Some people we should obey, others we should not, but we should always follow and obey Jesus.

Who Will Obey?

Children decide which cartoon characters chose to obey.

BOOKMARKS

Remain In My Love

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (John 15:10)

BULLETIN BOARDS

Follow Jesus

This display will remind the kids that they can follow Jesus and obey Him wherever they are, at home, in school, at church and even while playing.

Noah's Ark

God protects Noah and the animals aboard the ark as the rain falls and the waters flood the earth. Great for preschool.

COLORING PAGES

Fall Of Jericho

Children learn that even the biggest problems crumble when we put our faith in God.

Joshua And The Promised Land

Joshua and the Israelites getting ready to go into the promised land.

Noah Builds The Ark

Bible coloring page of Noah busy building the ark.

Only Jesus

The children will color shapes to discover a special picture.

CRAFTS

A Time To Help

The children will identify a time and a way to help others.

Colossians Prayer Book

The children will create a book to help them remember to pray.

Gift For God

The children will create cards about serving God.

God Listens When I Pray

The children will create a booklet to remind them to ask God for help through prayer.

Heart, Soul, Mind, And Strength

A mobile craft to help the children remember the most important commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. (Mark 12:30)

Helper Puppets

The children create puppets to learn about helping others.

Helper Telescope

The children will practice looking for ways to help others.

Joash And Athaliah Finger Puppets

The children will make a craft to remind them to obey God.

Keep Your Foot From Evil

The children will learn to act on what is good and not on what is evil.

Keys To Obedience

The children will learn how we worship God through obedience.

Love Holds Us Together

The children will create a class craft to demonstrate God’s love.

My Whole Heart

The children will learn that the contents of our hearts are important to God.

Noah Listens

Kids make masks of Noah and the animals which can be used in games, skits, and songs.

Prepare The Way

The children will make a craft to help them remember to tell their friends about Jesus.

Serve God Everyday

Kids move up and down a footprint to show how they serve the Lord each day of the week.

Sticky Hearts

The children will color hearts for one another to remember to stick together.

Using My Treasure

The children will make a craft to remind them to obey God.

GAMES

Balloon Aiming Challenge

The children will “aim” at defeating sin.

Balloon Race

The children race to organize balloons while learning about good and bad choices.

Balloon Sweep

The children will practice obedience while having fun with balloons!

Caterpillar Chase

God will be our guide when we choose to follow close to Him.

Do We Match?

In this free Sunday school game, children eagerly move around the room trying to find their matching animal.

God Says...

A fun game similar to Simon Says that will help the children learn to put Jesus first.

Gospel Relay

The children will play a game about the importance of working together to share the good news of Jesus.

Guard The Heart

The children will learn to guard their hearts from sin.

Hard Work Hide-And-Seek

The children will learn that working hard pleases God.

Help Me, Brother!

The children will help one another complete an obstacle course.

Helper Ball

This game will help children practice coming up with ways to help in different situations.

Jesus Cups

The children race to be the first to spell “JESUS.”

Keep It Up!

Being an obedient child of God is an everyday thing. We need to keep it up!

Listening Bingo

The children will practice listening first and acting second.

Matching Helpers

The children will play a matching game and learn about ways to help.

Noah Says

In this version of “Simon Says,” dogs bark and beg, cats meow and lick their paws, and ducks quack and waddle

Obey Hide-And-Seek

The children play a game that encourages them to “find” ways to obey!

Run From Sin

The children will practice staying away from sin so they can obey God.

Sticky Good Things

The children will identify good things that follow Jesus’ example.

The Friend Race

Each child will work with a friend to win a race.

LESSONS

A Meal Fit For A King

This lesson will introduce the children to a young man named Daniel. They will learn that from an early age, Daniel and three of his friends chose to live by God's standards, even if it meant standing up to the king.

A Mother's Obedience

In this lesson, the children will learn about a mother’s obedience, faith and belief in God. When she shared what little provision she had, she was given more than she could ever expect in return.

Aaron

This lesson will teach children that God is pleased when we help others!

An Obedient Child

This lesson will show how Jesus was obedient to His Father's Will, even unto death. If we want to be just like Jesus, we must also be obedient to the Will of God and behave according to His commands.

Ananias

This lesson teaches children that God will help them when they are scared to obey.

Choosing To Obey

We can choose to obey God because Jesus died for our sins.

Choosing What Is Right

Obedience is a decision, and God helps us know and choose what is right.

David And Saul

This lesson will teach children that obeying God is always the best!

Deborah

This lesson will teach children that God is pleased when we help others!

Elisha

This lesson will teach children that God is pleased when we show compassion to others.

Father's Day - Right Away, All The Way

In this lesson, the children will learn about the importance of honoring their word and obediently doing what they say they will do even when they do not feel like it.

God Calls Abraham

In this lesson, the children will learn about Abraham and how God promises many blessings when you are obedient and trust in Him with all of your heart.

God Speaks To Elijah

In this lesson, children learn how God provides for them in miraculous ways when they are obedient to His Word.

Hezekiah And Ahab

This lesson will teach children that God is ready to help us when we pray. Obeying Him leads to blessings while disobedience leads to consequences and sadness.

Jesus First

Our thoughts and actions need to show that Jesus is first in our lives.

Joash And Athaliah

This lesson will teach children that obeying God is always the best!

John The Baptist

This lesson will teach children that God is pleased when we tell others about Jesus.

Josiah And Zedekiah

This lesson will teach children that we need to think about what is right and what is wrong before we act.

Live Like Jesus

Jesus is our best example, and we can follow Him!

Mary Magdalene

This lesson will teach children that God is pleased when we tell others about Jesus!

Noah Listened

This free Sunday school lesson will review the past four lessons on Noah and reinforce the importance of listening to God and being obedient to Him.

Noah Obeys God

In this free Sunday school lesson, the children learn about Noah and the ark he built according to God's instructions. The children also learn that it is very important to obey God in all things.

Noah's Big Job

In this free Sunday school lesson, children learn that we should all listen to God and obey Him. They will also learn that God has some very important jobs for each of us to do.

Obey And Grow

When we work hard, we will learn more about God!

Only Jesus

In this lesson, the children learn how Jesus helps us love others and obey Him.

Praising God

We can always praise and trust God because He sent Jesus to die for our sins!

Prophet And Judge

In this lesson, children discover that Samuel followed God all the days of his life, while Saul lost his job as king because he was disobedient.

Ruth Follows Directions

From this lesson about Ruth and the kindness she received from Boaz, children learn the importance of listening and following directions given by God and parents.

Samson's Great Strength

In this lesson about Samson and Delilah, children learn that talents and strengths are gifts from God.

Ten Rules To Live By

In this lesson, the children will learn that God gave us ten commandments, or rules, to live by. By following these rules, our lives will be pleasing to God.

The Fall Of Jericho

In this lesson about the battle of Jericho, children learn that even their biggest problems crumble when they put their faith in God.

The Fiery Furnace

In this lesson, children learn about the courageous faith and obedience of three young men named Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

The Greatest Commandment

In this lesson, the children learn that doing it all for Jesus means to love Him with all of their heart, soul, mind and strength. Also, that we must love others in the same way, because this is pleasing to Jesus.

Zacchaeus Climbs A Tree

In this lesson, the children will learn how to watch and listen for Jesus and follow Him in obedience every day of their lives.

OBJECT TALKS

First Things First

Children learn that nothing should come between us and our love for God.

Shaky Foundation

We need to build our lives on the solid foundation God provides.

PRINTABLES

Remain In My Love

If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (John 15:10)

SKITS

Do A Good Job

A puppet skit that teaches children that doing a good job is one way to obey God. (Skit for two)

Noah Obeys

A skit that teaches children it is important to obey God (Skit for two, Noah Puppet and person acting the part of God)

Ways We Honor God

A puppet skit that teaches children what it means to honor God. (Skit for one puppet)

SONGS

Daniel And His Friends

(Audio Available) A song about Daniel and his friends doing what was right. Sung to the tune of "Are You Sleeping," also known as “Frère Jacques.”

Faithful Noah

Children have fun singing about the different animals and sounds aboard Noah's Ark. Sung to "Old McDonald Had a Farm."

Right Away, All The Way

We need to obey right away, all the way and with a happy heart. Sung to the tune of “Are You Sleeping?”

Zacchaeus Come On Down!

(Audio Available) Kids call out to Zaccheaus in the sycamore tree to come down and follow Jesus. (Luke 19:1-5)Sung to the tune of “Father Abraham.”

STORIES

A Friend For Beetle

(Storybook Available) Giving back to God in faith and obedience can have some great rewards.

Balaam's Donkey

The story of Balaam and his talking donkey on the journey to Moab as found in Numbers 22:21-35.

Noah And All The Animals

A story that will capture the children's attention and hearts!

Ruth Follows God

The story of Ruth when she decided to follow God by going with Naomi to Bethlehem. Ruth 1: 1-18.

Samuel - Prophet & Judge

The story about how Samuel serves God all the days of his life. 1 Samuel 3, 7, 8, 15, and 16 (Paraphrased)