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Obeying Even When It Seems Strange

The Walls Fall Down

Day 100of 180
Week 20of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God's instructions can seem unusual but are always good

2

Recognize the importance of obedience to God

3

Develop trust in God's plans

📖 Scripture Connection

Joshua 6:2

“Yahweh said to Joshua, 'Look! I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty warriors.'”

— Joshua 6:2 (WEB)

God gave clear instructions that seemed strange but would lead to victory

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blocks or cardboard boxes
  • Trumpet or noisemaker
  • World English Bible
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Coloring sheets
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn about a time when God asked people to do something that seemed really weird!

💭 Review Question: What do you remember about how the Israelites marched around Jericho?
2Teaching (8 min)

Sometimes God asks us to do things that don't make sense. But when we trust and obey, amazing things can happen!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God told Joshua to march around the city
  • The soldiers had to walk quietly
  • They followed God's instructions exactly
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever been asked to do something that seemed strange?
  • How does it feel to follow instructions you don't understand?
3Activity: Walls of Jericho Demonstration (10 min)
interactive

Build a small city with blocks and act out the march around Jericho

📝 Instructions:
  1. Build a 'city' with blocks
  2. March around the city quietly
  3. On the last march, make a big shout
  4. Watch the 'walls' fall down!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just march around blocks without complex instructions

Challenge: Have child explain each step of the Bible story

4Closing (3 min)

God's plans are always good, even when they seem strange!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the people do to obey God?
  • What happened to the walls of Jericho?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us trust and obey You, even when we don't understand.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about what happened after Jericho

💎 Memory Verse

Joshua 24:15

“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

— Joshua 24:15 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Marching Memory Verse: Children march in place and shout one word of the verse each time they stomp

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

The Jericho story demonstrates radical obedience and God's supernatural power

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated voice to keep child engaged
  • Encourage questions and imagination
  • Connect the story to real-life obedience
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand why marching would defeat a city

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to retell the basic story and understand obedience

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color a BibleMouse Jericho worksheet from the Printables Library
  • Listen to the memory verse song from BibleMouse Song Collection
  • Build a more elaborate Jericho scene with additional craft materials

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