God Makes a Promise
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LESSON
Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2; Luke 1:5-17; Matthew 3:1-4
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\ame tour people who spoke Gods message about Jesus coming.
\ame one thing each person told about Jesus coming.
Begin to memorize isaiah 25:1,
Fell what it means to worship God.
Worship God because He kept His promise.
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Two prophets, an angel, and a preacher told people that Jesus was corniig, The two prophets spoke about Jesus’ coming a long time before Jesus
vas born. Let’s look in our Bibles to find out who told about God’s prom
se to send Jesus.
Small groups will work together to find out about one person who spoke about
esus coming. Group children into four teams. Each child will need the card
From page 25) for the person his team is researching. Guide the children to find
he Bible book in the table of contents of their Bibles. Locate the page the hook
egins on, then the big number for the chapter and the small number for the
erse. Encourage the children to do as much as possible by themsehes. Read
ach teams verse with them. ileip them complete their cards.
Who spoke God’s message about Jesus’ coming? (Each team can report
ne: Isaiah, Micah, Gabriel, John the Baptist.) Which one was an angel?
Gabriel) Which one preached in the desert? (John the Baptist) Which two
vere prophets who spoke for God? (Isaiah, Micah(
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Eer morning and eer night someone must put new incense on the incense
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the angel as harder to helieve. \Ix wife Elizabeth couldn I hae children, and
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tihe’, ed the law F’, en though we pra ed for children I still had trouble
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But it was true. h’iends and relatE es filled our house the week after John U
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horn. F. ervone jabbered about how good God had been to us. Een me God s
spirit moed me to praise the lord. Let us thank the Lord God of Israel. God has
come to help his people. Now iou. child, will he called a prophet of the Most
High. \ou will. prepare the people for his coming. Now I was sure Gods
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ise to Isaiah and Micah was about to come true. -\nd, I also knew that inv son
John would tell people to get ready for the Savior, the promise from God.
Say each of the following riddles and ask, X ho said it?”
• I will send someone to get rid of sin. God)
• flow can I know this is true? )Zechariah)
• Do not be afraid; Elizabeth will have a son. (angel)
• God will give a Son to us. (Isaiah)
• God’s promise will come from Bethlehem. Micahi
• Get ready for the Savior. (John)
For a harder review, ask what each character said.)
Summary questions: What two prophets spoke God’s message about Jesus’
coming? (Isaiah, Micah) What promises of God did the prophets make?
(God
will give a Son to us; He will he from Bethlehem.) Who was the angel
who
spoke God’s message? (Gabriel) What message did Gabriel tell? Zechar
iah
would have a son. John, John would tell people to get ready fbr the Savior,
the
promise from God.)
Bible Verse
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Isaiah was God’s prophet. He spoke for God many times. Since
God
always keeps His promises, Isaiah knew God would keep His
promise to
send Jesus. That’s one reason Isaiah wrote our Bible verse. Isaiah
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shiped God with the words in Isaiah 25:1.
Each child will find Isaiah 25:1 in a Bible. \s the teacher reads the erse
aloud
from page 26, children can fill in the w ord ou ever’ time the teache pauses
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Continue to read and fill in the blanks. While reading the verse the second
time
children can point and or look up each time they sa’•vou. [his helps
set a pattern
br addressing personal worship directly to God. Then sa the ‘,erse
in rhythm
and ask the children to join in the second time See the ‘erse rhthm
on unit
page 12.
Who wTote this iersc? Ihe prophet haiah To whom is Isaiah
talking in
this ierse? God What three things does Isaiah say God has
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things what lie said what I Ic planned
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Bible and Me
worship (.0(1 because lie aiwais keeps His pronhises. Sonic of the
children on this page are worshiping God by telling God lie is special.
lhich ones are worshiping? liihieh ones are not orshiping?
11w children will select which song, prawr poem dod picture worships God.
Guide children to (TOSS out the pictures that are not worship. Ihen use the ques
lions helo to help them tell von that worship is using different w a s to tell God
how special we kimw F-Ic is,
Which song worships God? how can ou tell? llhieh pra5er? Which
poem? Which picture? How do you know the3 worship God? So, what does
it mean to worship God? Fell Him how special He isi
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While we eat our snack, lets pretend we have just heard John the
Baptist tell about Jesus. (The Bible says John ate locusts and wild honey.)
John said, “Get ready! Jesus is coming!” Maybe the people said, “This is
wonderful! Lets worship God for giving us this special promise.” Maybe
omeone remembered what Isaiah wrote.
Distribute completed Bible Verse pages. Slowly read the Bible verse together.
[‘Iwo ask children to listen as ou pravertull read the terse again. Close with a
raver that thanks God for sending people to tell His promise to send Jesus.
orship God for keeping His promise.
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Before class, make a tentatie decision about what will be included in the
worship time, [hen ou will be able to give children choices and direct their
decisions. Meet with church leaders to schedule time for the children to share
their worship project.
We are learning many ways to worship God. he can sing worship songs,
pray worship prayers, write worship poems, and draw worship pictures.
Lets plan together a worship time that we can lead. We will be helping
other people worship God because He keeps His promises.
Each child will choose one activity in which to participate. As you explain what
could be included in the worship time, print the worship activities on a long piece
of shelf paper (verse, song, choral speaking, and so on(. Each child will sign her
name under the activity she chooses. Next week, students will begin working on
their activities, Allow students to switch activities next week it’ necessary.
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Bible Search
Cut apart the cards, Follow the direc
tions on one card. Find out what one
person said about Jesus’ coming.
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Find Isaiah 9:6 in your Bible.
Read what Isaiah said God
would do. Circle the right
answer below.
Find Luke 1: 1 9 in your Bible.
Who told Zechariah good
news? Circle the right answer.
‘I
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God sent me
to talk to you.”
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Gabriel
Gideon
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Isaiah said, “God will give a
to us.”
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Find Micah 5:2 in your Bible,
Read what Micah said about
Jesus’ birth, Circle the right
answer below,
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Micah said Jesus would be
born in the town of
Bethany
Bethsaida
Bethlehem
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Find Maffhew 3:1 in your Bible.
Who preached that Jesus was
coming? Circle the right answer.
the Baptist came and
began preaching in the desert,”
James
Jude
John
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Fill in the missing words.
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Read what the children are saying to
worship God. Choose the song, prayer
poem, and picture that worship God
because He keeps His promises.
Bible and Me
“God is great!
God is good!
kept His promise
like He said
He would.”
Dear God,
Please can I
have some
new shoes?
The fish lives in the brook.
The bird lives in the tree.
But home’s the very nicest
place
For a little child like me.
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“The ants go
marching one
by one, hurrah,
hurrah.”
Dear God, You
are wonderful!
You always keep
your promises.
God makes promises
And keeps every one.
A special promise
was kept
when God sent His
Son,
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