By the end of this lesson the child should be able to:

• See Joseph as their role model Genesis 45 1- 28 • Understand why it's important to forgive • They should have started to forgive people who have hurt them, being a part of the deliverance. • Share their faith DOWNLOAD Hurricane Lesson #12

AS KIDS ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON (10 minutes) ACTIVITY
Forgiving is not forgetting. Children hesitate to forgive because they believe it means condoning the other person’s behaviours. In reality, to forgive is to say,” I did not like or appreciate your words or actions, but I am willing to let it go because it does not help me to hold onto these feelings.” Practice writing a letter stating what caused the upset and how he or she feels about it. Then have your child write a compassion statement or one of forgiveness to the offender and to him- or herself. Keep this paper until the end of the class

Supplies needed:
• Chairs enough for all the children except one.
• Music or a drum.
• Print out musical lyrics..
• Print 'Bible Verse Visual Aid' and 'Jesus Cube' get the children to colour them prior to the class.
• Print Visual Aids, GOOD and BAD signs, crayons for children to colour before class starts.
• Print the 'Activity Book'
• Print 'Take Home Bible Memory Verse'
• Print Chapter #12 'And Puppy"

DOWNLOAD Lesson #12 Visual Aids

1. GAMES: (10 minutes)
MUSICAL CHAIRS:

Children can gather in a circle inside a circle of chairs While the music is playing, or the drum is drumming, the children will slowly walk around the circle, "over and over again" until the music stops.

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)

As they move they say, "I forgive you" This will help the stoplight hear when participants get closer. The stoplight can turn around and yell, "Stop!" at anytime to stop the movement forward anyone who moves forward once the command to Stop has been issued has to start again. ‘The spotlight’ then turn away from the group again, saying, "Forgiveness." The first player to touch the stoplight is told "You are forgiven"

They then get to be the next 'Stoplight.'

3. ACTIVE PRAISE CHORUS: (10 minutes)

Optional: Download 'Forgiveness song' video Download 'Forgiveness song' lyrics' Optional: Download 'My God is so BIG' video Download 'My God is so BIG'' lyrics'

4. INTIMATE WORSHIP: (5 minutes)
Optional: Download 'This is my Desire'
Download 'This is my Desire' lyrics'

5. TEACHING:
a. Deliverance Review: ( If following the two week Deliverance training)

Remember Evil Spirits don't change! •  What did they say after you were born again? They said, "that didn't really happen". •  What did they say after you were healed? They said, "that really didn't work". •  What do they say after deliverance? They say, "I'm still here". Remember they all lie.

a. Salvation Review: (If following the Salvation Lesson #8 training)

God has a gift for you - what is that gift? (Eternal life) What stops us from getting that gift? (Sin) There must be a different way - which way? (God's way) Can you tell me the two different sides of God? (Loving and Just)

We have a problem, how did God solved this problem
(By sending His son Jesus)

How do we receive this gift? (By faith)

Share their faith using the Jesus Cube Cut along the outside lines and fold along all the lines. Colour the little pictures. Glue tag A to inside edge of side B. Cut out the Scripture and place it in the Cube.

Jesus is God! (Turn Cube)

He came from Heaven to earth. (Turn Cube)

He lived a perfect life (Turn Cube)

He died on the cross (Turn Cube)

And rose from the dead, to pay the penalty for our sins and to purchase a place in Heaven for us. (Turn Cube)

Jesus is in Heaven now offering us the FREE GIFT of eternal life.

Who can recite last weeks Bible Verse?

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; old things pass away; behold all things become new.

2 Corinthians 5: 17

b. Learn a Bible Verse (5minutes) And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him. Genesis 45:15 DOWNLOAD Bible Verse Visual Aid

Adapted from Bible for Children

c. Teach the Lesson (15 minutes)

Introduction:

Joseph had a lot to forgive his brothers for. They did not believe his dreams. They teased him and were jealous of him. They threw him in a pit and spoiled what was precious to him. Then they lied about him and told his father he was dead!

Forgiving is not easy. It is saying I choose not to hate you for this offence. I choose to let it go and I am asking God to help me not remember it every time I think of you. Download Joseph poster

This lesson is about a family reunion. Have you ever been to a family reunion? A reunion is a wonderful time seeing aunts, uncles, and cousins that you haven't seen for a long time. There is always plenty to eat and lots of hugs and kisses at reunions.

When Joseph arrived in Egypt, a lot of things happened to him -- some good -- and some not so good.

Remember he ended up in jail, lets carry on with the story, using the BAD and GOOD signs DOWNLOAD BAD sign DOWNLOAD GOOD sign

The head jailer took a liking to Joseph and placed him in charge of all the other prisoners. (Good) Joseph used his God-given gift to interpret the dreams of the other prisoners. (Good)

Joseph was stuck in jail for more than two years. (Bad)
Pharaoh heard that Joseph had the ability to understand dreams. (Good)
Pharaoh released Joseph from jail to explain his dreams. (Good)
Pharaoh believed what Joseph told him and put him in charge of the entire land of Egypt. (Good)

Now, let's see what happens next.

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Optional: Download 'A favorite son becomes a slave' PDF slide show Optional: Download 'A favorite son becomes a slave' PDF colouring pages Adapted from Bible for Children

Then there would be seven years when there would be nothing.

God was telling Pharaoh to set aside grain during the good years so that there would be plenty of food during the bad years. That is exactly what Pharaoh did. When the bad years came, there was plenty grain in Egypt, but all the countries around them were starving.

People came from all the surrounding countries to buy grain from Joseph, because the whole world was in need of food. Some of those people were Joseph's very own brothers. When his brothers came, Joseph recognized them, but they did not know who he was.

Optional: Download ‘Joseph Reunites ’ Video Finally, he could keep it to himself no longer. He told his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father alive?"

You see, it wasn't you who sent me here. God has put me here to save people from starving."

Fluctuations were God’s method of teaching Joseph to sustain hope. He uses the same method to teach us the same, so that we shall know how to sustain hope even in the most hopeless situations.

Unless we see the big picture of what God is doing through the difficulties of life, the suffering, the pain, the injustices of life, we will miss the profound and foundational truth that God is using all of it for our ultimate good and His glory.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Discussion: Think about anyone you need to forgive . God can help you get rid of the hate and fear that makes you sad and sick, talk about it.

6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD:
Get the letters the children wrote at the beginning of the lesson rip them up, signifying the release of forgiveness, put them in a bin take it outside and burn it. “Today I choose to forgive”

Optional: Download ‘Broken Bridges’ Video Optional: Download 'A Heart that Forgives' dance video

CLOSING PRAYER: Get the children to privately list off the people they need to forgive and choose today to forgive them and pray for them.

https://www.sermons4kids.com/joseph_and_his_brothers_part_2.htm

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