📖

God Uses All Kinds of People

Deborah Leads

Day 120of 180
Week 24of 36
25Minutes
← Day 119Day 120 of 180Day 121 →
🖨️ Download Worksheet (PDF)
🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God can use anyone to do His work

2

Learn about Deborah as a judge and leader in Israel

3

Recognize that God values courage and obedience

📖 Scripture Connection

Judges 4:4

“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.”

— Judges 4:4 (WEB)

Demonstrates how God uses unexpected people as leaders

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Crayons or markers
  • Glue stick
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide printables
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll discover how God can use anyone to do amazing things!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about Deborah yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Deborah was a special leader God chose to help His people. She wasn't a soldier, but she was brave and listened to God.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Deborah was a judge who helped people solve problems
  • She was a prophetess who heard God's messages
  • God used her to lead and protect Israel
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you think of someone unexpected God might use?
  • How can we be brave like Deborah?
3Activity: Deborah's Leadership Crown (10 min)
craft

Create a special crown to remember how God uses all kinds of people

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a strip of construction paper
  2. Draw pictures of things Deborah did to help people
  3. Cut out small decorations
  4. Glue decorations onto the crown
  5. Measure and tape crown to fit child's head
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with cutting and decorating

Challenge: Write a short sentence about Deborah on the crown

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God using special people

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who was Deborah?
  • Can God use anyone to do His work?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You that You can use anyone who loves You. Help us be brave like Deborah.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Gideon, another brave leader God used

💎 Memory Verse

Judges 6:12

“The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

— Judges 6:12 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Mighty Warrior March - Children stand and march while saying the verse, raising their arms on 'mighty warrior'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Deborah was a unique leader in a time when women rarely held important positions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional visual aids
  • Encourage children to share their own ideas about being brave
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand leadership in ancient times

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of God using unexpected people

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Act out the story of Deborah using BibleMouse costume pieces
  • Listen to the BibleMouse Song Collection about courage

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

Continue to Day 121 →Back to Bible