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God Provides a Ram

Abraham Trusts God's Big Test

Day 23of 180
Week 5of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God always provides for His faithful people

2

Retell the story of God providing a ram for Abraham

3

Begin to recognize God's love and care

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 22:14

“Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-jireh. As it is said to this day, 'On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided.'”

— Genesis 22:14 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's faithful provision in moments of greatest need

📦 Materials Needed

  • Toy mountain or hill
  • Stick figures of Abraham and Isaac
  • Pretend altar materials
  • Ram picture
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse adventure begins! Recap yesterday's lesson about Abraham's obedience

💭 Review Question: What difficult thing did Abraham do because God asked him to?
2Teaching (8 min)

Storytelling of God providing a ram

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Abraham trusted God completely
  • God saw Abraham's heart and provided a ram
  • God always takes care of those who love Him
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think Isaac felt?
  • What does this story tell us about God?
3Activity: Mountain Sacrifice Reenactment (10 min)
interactive storytelling

Children use stick figures and toy mountain to act out the story

📝 Instructions:
  1. Set up toy mountain
  2. Place Abraham and Isaac figures
  3. Pretend to build an altar
  4. Show how God provided the ram
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent guides entire reenactment

Challenge: Child leads storytelling with minimal guidance

4Closing (3 min)

Review key lesson points

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special animal did God provide?
  • Did Abraham trust God?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank God for always taking care of us

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about trusting God when things seem hard

💎 Memory Verse

Hebrews 11:8

“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went.”

— Hebrews 11:8 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Ram Hop Memory Verse Game: Children hop like a ram while saying each word of the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson demonstrates God's provision and faithfulness

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Focus on God's love, not fear
  • Encourage questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find the story confusing or scary

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of God's care and provision

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Ram coloring page from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing 'God Will Provide' from BibleMouse Song Collection

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