1. GAMES: (10 minutes)
JAIL TAG: Play a normal game of tag-you're IT... but the
leader trying to tag other players will take the ones that are tagged
to JAIL, over to the side.. in a place that is set up as a jail
in our story today. Let children take turns tagging and putting
into jail.
2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)
Divide the children in two groups, make two lines, give each team
a ball, they have to pass it over their heads and then the other
child between their knees until the ball is at the end of the line,
the child runs forward and repeats until all the children have played,
the first team to finish is the winner. (Have a small prize)
3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS (10 minutes)
I will not be afraid (Use Video learn dance movements)
The wise man built his house (Use Video and lyrics)
4. INTIMATE WORSHIP (5 minutes)
God I need you now (Use Video and lyrics)
I am not alone (Use Video and lyrics)
5.TEACHING
a. Review GOOD TOUCH
Read: Mark 10:13-16
Review BAD TOUCH
Remember last week we taught you that when Joseph arrived in Egypt,
a lot of things happened to him -- some good -- and some bad. I
will tell you some of the things that happened to Joseph and you
will tell me if they were good or bad.
(Use GOOD and BAD signs from lesson #5)
Joseph worked in the house of Potiphar and was placed
over all of his wealth. (Good)
Potiphar's wife told some terrible lies about Joseph
to her husband. (Bad)
Because of his wife's lies, Potiphar had Joseph thrown
into jail. (Bad)
But today we are going to learn that God never left Joseph even
when he was in prison.
b. Learn a Bible Verse (5minutes)
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the
Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted
him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39: 20b-21 (Dramatize the Bible Verse.)
Optional: Download the 'Joseph in Jail' video
if possible
c. Teach the Lesson (15 minutes)
Introduction:
Bible Teaching: (Use GOOD and BAD
signs)
While Joseph was in the prison, 21 the Lord
was with him; (Good) he showed him kindness and
granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. (Good)
22 So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in
the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.
(Good) 23 The warden paid no attention to anything
under Joseph's care, because the Lord was with
Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. (Good)
While Joseph was in prison he had two friends, the kings cupbearer
(butler) and the king's baker. They had both offended the king and
he had them imprisoned. One night, they both had dreams and were
troubled. Joseph interpreted them. Three days would pass
and the cupbearer would be restored and the baker would be beheaded.
This was exactly what happened. He then asked the butler to mention
him to Pharaoh and remind him how he had done nothing wrong and
should be released from prison, unfortunately the butler forgot
all about Joseph once he was released!
God speaks to us in dreams download ’Puppy dreams’
flier
Joseph had a long list of reasons to be angry at God and life.
He certainly could have walked around bitterly with a chip on his
shoulder.
Think of Joseph's life over 13 years . At around 17 years
old, he was sold to merchants and slave traders by his own brothers.
After things in Egypt were starting to look up for him, he was falsely
accused of attempted rape and unjustly imprisoned. Again, things
were going well for Joseph, even while in prison. After
some time in prison, he interpreted dreams for Pharaoh's butler
and baker. He asked the butler to remember him when the butler was
restored to his position. Now to add insult to injury, he is
forgotten.for two years Hated, betrayed, rejection, abandoned, sold,
enslaved, framed, imprisoned, forgotten sounds like a raw deal
for over a decade, right?
Yet in all his time in Egypt however, this is the first time Joseph
displays unbelief when he put his trust in what man can do instead
of depending on what God can do by getting impatient and asking
the cupbearer to speak a good word for him.
Have you ever promised to do something for someone, who maybe has
done a favour for you, and then you forgot to do it?
It is important that you do what you promise if it is within your
power to do so. Let your word be your bond.
Story Time: The Story Teller and ' Scruffy
' the sock puppet read "And Puppy'
Chapter 7
Life in Tent School
Optional: Download ' Emotions' and 'Bullying'
videos
Discussion: Was your school damaged in the Cyclone/Flood,
if so how badly?
Do you get dreams about the disaster? Sometimes God speaks to us
in our dreams (Download Puppy Dreaming' Bible Verse)
6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD
Get the children to come forward with pieces of the Jail Chain
and place them in a basket provided as they place them in the basket
let them ask Jesus to remove these painful thoughts from their minds,
cover them in His blood and set them free.
CLOSING PRAYER
TAKE HOME PAGE/ACTIVITY
'Take Home Activity Book, 'Bible Memory Verse'
one per child. Chapter 7 of "And Puppy' .
NEXT WEEK Have an opportunity to take your pain
to the Cross and have Jesus heal your hurt.
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