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A Repeating Pattern

The Judges Cycle

Day 111of 180
Week 23of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Israel repeatedly disobeyed God

2

Recognize the cycle of disobedience and consequences

3

Learn that God is patient and always wants us to return to Him

📖 Scripture Connection

Judges 2:10-19

“After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.”

— Judges 2:10-19 (WEB)

Demonstrates the importance of passing down faith to the next generation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Cycle wheel diagram from BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Colored markers
  • Paper plates
  • Scissors
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson! Let's review what we learned about Joshua's commitment to serving God.

💭 Review Question: Who remembers what Joshua said about his family serving God?
2Teaching (8 min)

After Joshua died, the Israelites started forgetting about God. They would do bad things, then God would allow enemies to defeat them. When they got sad and asked God for help, He would send a judge to rescue them.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God loves His people, even when they make mistakes
  • The Israelites kept doing the same wrong things over and over
  • God is patient and always wants us to come back to Him
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think it means to forget about God?
  • How can we remember to follow God every day?
3Activity: Obedience Cycle Wheel (10 min)
craft

Create a spinning wheel showing the judges cycle of disobedience and rescue

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take two paper plates
  2. Cut a window in the top plate
  3. Draw the cycle of disobedience, punishment, crying out, and rescue
  4. Attach plates with a brass fastener to make a spinning wheel
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps draw the cycle

Challenge: Child writes short phrases describing each stage

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's love and patience

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about God today?
  • How can we show God we love Him?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us to remember You and follow Your ways every day.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how the Israelites forgot God

💎 Memory Verse

Judges 21:25

“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”

— Judges 21:25 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Repeat and Act: Children stand in a circle and take turns saying one word of the verse, doing a silly action with each word

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

The book of Judges shows a repeating pattern of Israel's disobedience and God's mercy

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Focus on God's love more than punishment
  • Connect the lesson to child's daily life
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand why people keep making the same mistakes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of God's patience and love

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing a BibleMouse memory verse song
  • Color a judges cycle coloring page from BibleMouse Printables Library

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