Memory Verse:
Trust in the Lord” (Proverbs 3:5)
Memory Verse Craft:
Before class make plain bright paper flags glued to dowel approx 30cm long (or use three non- flexible drinking straws joined together).
These flags can be used later as an activity also. Play some lively marching music while the children march around the room waving their flags. When the tape is turned off the children must shout out the memory verse “Trust in the Lord”.
Repeat the marching and stop the tape several more times to reinforce the verse.
Story:
Sometimes we feel scared, worried, sad, disappointed when things in our lives
haven’t gone the way we wanted them to, even though we may have prayed to
God. Even Mummy and Daddy and other grown-ups sometimes feel this way but we need to believe and trust God to answer our prayers His way.
Tell the children that today’s story is about some people who were very sad about something that had happened but who found out that they could trust Jesus.
Lazarus, Mary and Martha were good friends of Jesus.
Lazarus became very sick, so Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus telling
Him about Lazarus.
When the time was right, Jesus traveled to Bethany where His good friends lived.
When He arrived, He found out that Lazarus had died four days ago. The sisters, Mary and Martha, were very sad and were upset that Jesus hadn’t come earlier to make Lazarus well.
Jesus told Martha that her brother would rise again. He told her He was the
resurrection and the life, and to believe in Him.
He told the people who had gathered at the cave where Lazarus was buried, to
move the stone away from the entrance.
After praying to God the Father, Jesus called out, “Lazarus, come forth!”. Lazarus came out of the cave still bound in his grave-clothes. Jesus told the people to set Lazarus free.
Craft:
Print out the activity sheets on the PDF, on for each child.
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