Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done



Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done

Week 13: Remember to Praise God

This includes:

Leader Preparation

Lesson Guide

LEADER PREPARATION

BIBLE BASIS

Psalm 100 is a song of thanksgiving, calling everyone to praise God as the creator. It’s also a reminder of God’s goodness, unfailing love, and faithfulness to all generations. Use this lesson to remind kids of the character of God. Encourage them to praise God on a daily basis as they see God’s goodness and unfailing love demonstrated in their own lives.

DISCOVERY POINT

Remember to praise God.

BIBLE FOCUS

Psalm 100

KEY VERSE

“Give thanks to him and praise his name” (Psalm 100:4).

TEACHING PREP

The short overview below is designed to help you prepare for your lesson.

Supplies You’ll Need: Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD, LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD, CD player, TV/DVD player, “Shout to the Lord” handout, construction paper, scissors, drinking straws, crepe paper, paper towel rolls, markers, tape, poster board or newsprint, and pens

Before This Lesson

• Print the “Shout to the Lord” handout. You’ll need one half of the handout for each crew.

• Assemble Bible Exploration Kits (one per four kids): Bible, “Shout to the Lord” handout, construction paper, scissors, markers, pens, tape, crepe paper, and one paper-towel tube and one drinking straw per person.

• Review Psalm 100.

• Cue "Into the Bible" (Track 1) on the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD or (Quarter 8/Track 1) on the LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD.

• Huddle briefly with your volunteers beforehand. Answer any questions they have. Encourage them and pray.

PARENT EMAIL

We’ve provided you with a “Family Devotion” handout to send the Bible learning and faith discovery home. When kids and parents have faith discussions regularly, kids’ faith multiplies.

So we’ve given you two options:

• Print the “Family Devotion” handout and make enough copies for each child to take one home.

• Email the “Family Devotion” to families before or after the actual lesson.

Or why not do both? That way you’ll double the opportunities for parents to actually get the handout.

Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done

Week 13: Remember to Praise God

LESSON GUIDE

WELCOME!

Supplies: Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD, LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD, CD player, TV/DVD player

1. Play “Into the Bible” (Track 1) from the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD or (Quarter 8/Track 1) from the LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD as kids arrive.

• “Into the Bible”

Makes me wanna jump!

Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!

Makes me wanna sing! Hallelujah!

It’s the greatest book.

Come and take a look.

Makes me wanna shout!

Shout! Shout! Shout! Shout!

So that everyone will see

I’m getting into the Bible

And the Bible...is getting into me!

We’re discovering a brand-new world

As we dig a little deeper (deeper),

Finding out about who God is.

Open it up and see it (see it)!

There’s nothin’ like

God’s Word, and I get

So excited.

It makes me wanna,

Makes me,

Makes me wanna jump!

Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!

Makes me wanna sing! Hallelujah!

It’s the greatest book.

Come and take a look.

Makes me wanna shout!

Shout! Shout! Shout! Shout!

So that everyone will see

I’m getting into the Bible

And the Bible...is getting into me!

“Into the Bible” by Jay Stocker. © 2006 Group Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to use lyrics granted for local church use only. No unauthorized duplication permitted.

2. Have kids form several large groups. Station the groups at different areas in your room.

3. Assign each group a well-known kids’ praise song that even the youngest members will know. Use songs such as “Jesus Loves Me,” “The B-I-B-L-E,” and “Deep and Wide.” Explain that at your signal, each group should sing its song as loudly as possible.

4. Give the signal, and let the singing begin. Go around the room, cheering on the groups and encouraging them to sing louder and louder. If you have time, have groups switch songs and play again.

5. Give the signal again to stop the singing. Start the “Fireworks Countdown” (Quarter 8/Countdown Track 1) on the LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD to signal kids to gather together. When the countdown ends, SAY: Wow! I think that was the loudest start I’ve ever heard! Way to go!

ASK:

• Which group do you think sang the loudest? Point to each group, and let kids express their preferences by applause.

SAY: Great job! Let’s clap for everyone! Lead kids in a round of applause for all groups. You know, even though this was just a fun game to see who could sing the loudest, it actually reminds me of something the Bible says. Listen to this. Ask a child to come up and read aloud Psalm 100:1 for the large group. SAY: See? We’re supposed to shout with joy to the Lord! Today we’re going to explore how we can remember to praise God. Let’s see what we can discover. Are you ready? Pause. I can’t hear you! I said, are you ready? Keep asking until kids are shouting “yes” as loudly as possible.

LET’S EXPLORE!

Supplies: assembled Bible Exploration Kits, Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD, CD player

1. Have kids form Bible crews of four. SAY: Praising God is telling God how great he is. It’s almost like being a cheerleader for God. Check out what Psalm 100 has to say about cheering for God. Ask a couple children to read Psalm 100 aloud.

ASK:

• Why do you think God deserves our praise?

• In your own life, what are things you can praise God for?

2. SAY: Let’s make something to help us be God’s cheerleaders and praise God for his amazing love! Ask kids to take the “Shout to the Lord” handout from their Bible Exploration Kits. Have kids also remove the paper, scissors, paper towel rolls, markers, and tape from their Bible Exploration Kits. Tell kids to follow steps 1 through 4 on the handout to make the megaphones. As kids work, play “Let Us Bow Down in Worship” (Psalm 95:6-7) (Track 6) from the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD in the background.

3. When everyone has finished making the megaphones, let kids show off their creations to each other. SAY: You know, your megaphones remind me of a pep rally you might have in school. Usually in a pep rally, the room is decorated with lots of posters to cheer your crew on. Let’s get to work making some signs for God!

Have a volunteer from each crew come get a few sheets of poster board or newsprint. Encourage crews to use the markers in the Bible Exploration Kits to make a few signs cheering God on. Signs might say, “Yea, God!” or “The Lord is Good!” When kids have finished, let them hang their signs on the wall.

4. SAY: Looks like the only thing we’re missing for our pep rally is some pompoms. Better get back to work! Have kids remove the drinking straws, crepe paper, scissors, and tape from their Bible Exploration Kits. Have them cut the crepe paper into 1-inch strips about a foot long. Demonstrate how to tape the strips to one end of a straw to make a pompom.

5. SAY: OK, now we’re almost ready! All you need to do is read the last paragraph of your handout, and do what it says. Give crews time to make up cheers for God based on Psalm 100. When crews are ready, give each crew a chance to perform its cheer for the large group. After each presentation, encourage kids to cheer for the presenting crew by yelling encouragement through their megaphones.

6. Then have kids sit and answer these questions in their crews. After each question, invite kids from each crew to share their answers with the large group.

ASK:

• What was your favorite part of our pep rally for God and why?

• How do you like to praise God in your everyday life?

• How often do you praise God?

• How could you praise him more?

SAY: God deserves our praise, big time! Just like the Bible says, God made us—we belong to him. God is good, and his love never ends. Those are just a few of the reasons we can remember to praise God every day! Let’s start right now!

LET’S PRAISE!

Supplies: Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD, LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD, CD player, TV/DVD player

1. Encourage kids to use their megaphones and pompoms as they sing the following songs.

2. Set up the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD or the LIVE Children’s Curriculum (Year 2) DVD. PLAY:

• God Loved the World So Much (John 3:16) (CD Track 5) (DVD Quarter 8/Track 5)

Here we are, here we are,

And we’re feeling alive

‘Cause Jesus saved our lives.

Jesus made us see.

God is love; God is good.

God is bigger than sin.

It’s easy to let him in.

All you gotta do is believe.

(Chorus)

God loved the world so much he gave his only Son.

God loved the world so much he gave his only Son,

So whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

We can try, we can try but it’s not enough.

We can’t earn God’s love because it’s already free.

So give it up, give it up,

Give your sin to the Lord.

You know you can be sure he’s all that you will need.

(Chorus)

Whoever believes in him, whoever believes in him, whoever believes in him

Will not perish, but have eternal life.

(Chorus)

“God Loved the World So Much” (John 3:16) by Jay Stocker. © 2007 Group Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to use lyrics granted for local church use only. No unauthorized duplication permitted.

• You Gave (John 14:19) (CD Track 4) (DVD Quarter 8/Track 4)

Lord, I want to be

Pleasing to you

In everything I do.

And I want to love you more,

More than yesterday,

More than words can say.

‘Cause you gave your life;

You lived and died for me, for me.

You paid the price;

You sacrificed for me, for me.

Now the least that I can do

Is live my life for you.

Lord, I want to be

Pleasing to you

In everything I do.

And I want to love you more,

More than yesterday,

More than words can say.

‘Cause you gave your life;

You lived and died for me, for me.

You paid the price;

You sacrificed for me, for me.

Now the least that I can do

Is live my life for you.

“You Gave” (John 14:19b) by Jay Stocker. © 2006 Group Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to use lyrics granted for local church use only. No unauthorized duplication permitted.

• I Will Never Fail You (Hebrews 13:5b) (CD Track 7) (DVD Quarter 8/Track 7)

God has given you everything

You will need,

And you don’t have to worry.

Be satisfied.

Don’t even try to get more,

For God has said,

I will never fail you

Or abandon you.

I will never fail you

Or abandon you.

(Repeat from beginning.)

I will never fail you

Or abandon you.

I will never fail you

Or abandon you.

“I Will Never Fail You” (Hebrews 13:5b) by Wallace and Rachel Fa’agutu and Jay Stocker. © 2006 Group Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to use lyrics granted for local church use only. No unauthorized duplication permitted.

LET’S PRAY!

Supplies: Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD, CD player, markers, megaphones Let’s Explore!

1. SAY: It’s good to praise God in song. Now let’s quiet things down and talk to God.

ASK:

• What kinds of things do you usually pray about?

SAY: If you’re anything like me, you might spend a lot of your prayer time asking God for things. But today we’ve been learning how good it is to remember to praise God, too. So let’s pray without asking God for anything. Let’s pray to praise him!

2. Have kids each remove a pen from the Bible Exploration Kits. Explain that you’ll give kids time to write a praise prayer on the inside or outside of their megaphones. Play the instrumental version of “You Gave” (John 14:19) (Track 12) from the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD quietly in the background as kids work.

3. When you see that kids have finished writing, close the prayer by thanking God for being so worthy of praise. Ask God to help everyone in the group remember to praise him during the coming week.

HIGH FIVES

Supplies: none

As they leave, encourage kids to give three people high fives with one hand as they hold their megaphones with the other. Encourage kids to shout a praise phrase to God as they give each high five.

FOR-EXTRA-TIME ACTIVITIES

Never-ending Love

Supplies: paper, scissors, tape, pens

Remind kids that Psalm 100 says that God’s love continues forever. Demonstrate how to make a Möbius strip by holding a strip of paper by both ends, twisting it once, and taping the ends together. After kids make their own strips, demonstrate how to draw a line on the outside of the strip. The line continues on the inside of the strip to form an unending circle. Encourage kids to show the strips to a friend this week and share how God’s love never ends.

Sheep Snacks

Supplies: marshmallows, thin pretzel sticks, napkins

Have kids read Psalm 100 again. Then let them make sheep snacks to remind them that we’re the sheep of God’s pasture. They can use pretzel sticks to hold a marshmallow body and head together and add pretzel legs.

Hiding It in Your Heart

Supplies: pompoms from Let’s Explore!

Have kids read Psalm 100:4 aloud together. Then have kids sit in a circle with their pompoms. Have kids take turns around the circle shaking the pompom and saying a name for God or a description of God. Kids might say, “God,” “Lord,” “Father,” “Savior,” “mighty” and “forgiving.”

Create a Bible Dictionary

Supplies: paper, markers, dictionary, CD player, Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD

Ask kids to create one or more pages, each with a new word, for a Bible dictionary. Have kids suggest words from today’s lesson—unfailing and generation are two suggestions. Have them write each word on a sheet of paper in fun letters, add a definition, list Scripture references, and make illustrations. Play “The Books of the Bible Song” (Track 8), from the Putting God First: Remembering What God Has Done (Year 2/Quarter 8) CD while kids work. Add each page to a three-ring binder, and watch the dictionary grow!

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