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Kufesa Mbewu ya Yesu - Chidule

(To be translated into Chichewa)

Download Lesson #12

This week’s destination: THE FINAL DESTINATION!

This is the end of a 12 week programme and we are going to summarize the entire study. Colouring pages can be downloaded for the smaller children to keep then interested.

MATERIALS:
Photocopy the Bible Verse Card and visual aids. Sowers Parable review flier. Fruit review cards, crayons. Moringa seeds. 2 Moringa pods. Yellow cloth to represent the sun. Moringa leaves.

AS KIDS ARRIVE PRIOR TO THE LESSON:
Get the children to colour the Bible Verse Card & props.

1. WELCOME GAMES: (10 minutes)
Get the children to come up and take turns playing the guessing game using seeds. (How many seeds have I got in my left hand etc)

2. TEAM GAMES: (10 minutes)
Split into two teams and use a Moringa pods as a relay sticks.

5. TEACHING
a. Review
Twenty weeks ago we started this series about Moringa whose leaves have the potential to save the lives of millions of people. This series began by educating the children on Moringa, recognized as the ‘Miracle Tree’ called ‘Mothers Friend” and “Mother’s Milk.”

Remember God first planted the Jesus seed in our lives by the Holy Spirit. So although Jesus was speaking about seeds in the parable, the story really applies to people. Where did the first seed land? (On the path) Jesus knew the importance of the condition of our hearts. “When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.”

In the Parable of the Sower the seeds that fell on rocky places are like people that have hard hearts and little faith in God. When life gets a little rocky, their Christian walk quickly withers and dies.

In the final lesson of the Sower’s series we learnt 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.

Then we learnt about planting the Jesus seed. God wants us to grow Spiritually. In order to grow, plants need sunlight and water.

The light is like the presence of God, Jesus is our light. Being watered is like being filled with the Holy Spirit living & growing in you

In order to grow, plants sometimes need to be pruned. In order for Christians to grow sometimes God has to prune our lives. God shapes us and creates us to be what He wants us to be. Sometimes that is a bit uncomfortable, but He does it for our good in the end.

Can you remember this memory verse (Romans 8:28)

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT:
Love: We are to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, soul and mind.

Joy: There is a difference between joy and happiness. Happiness is based upon “happenings,” meaning if good things happen, you’re happy, but if bad things happen we are unhappy. Not so with joy

Peace is being content with what God has given us. Be happy with what you have.

Longsuffering is patients, not whining or complaining.

Kindness is giving and helpful. Saying something nice to someone that you see is feeling down?

Goodness means caring and understanding. Do a little something extra to help out at home.

Faithfulness means to be true to God. You all know right from wrong. You all know what God expects. You all know what He says not to do.

Gentleness is being tender and calm. Again, being kind to your family, friends and your pets.

Self-control is managing your wants and emotions. Be careful how you act, what you say.

Last week we learnt in between the seed-planting & the harvesting a divine process had been going on. GOD HAD BEEN GROWING THE SEED!

The important thing to notice about farmers is that they have to be willing to wait for the seed to come into full growth! That is how you make it through the growing season, REFUSE TO GIVE UP UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR HARVEST!

6. APPLICATION / ENCOUNTERING GOD
Let us take time to thank God for all that He has taught us over the months about His character and the character He wants to build in our lives.

CLOSING PRAYER
Heavenly Father, we thank you God that you created fruit trees for our health and healing You created light to enable trees to grow. You created us in your image to reflect Your love and glory. You are awesome and we worship you. Amen.

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