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God Always Provides

Abraham Trusts God's Big Test

Day 25of 180
Week 5of 36
25Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God provides for His people

2

Recognize God's faithfulness in difficult moments

3

Develop trust in God's perfect timing

Genesis 22:14

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

Genesis 22:14 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's incredible provision even in the most challenging circumstances

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Crayons or markers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade 1 Bible
  • Toy ram picture

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're exploring how God always takes care of us, just like He took care of Abraham!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about Abraham's trust yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll discover how God provided a special surprise for Abraham at just the right moment.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God asked Abraham to trust Him completely
  • Abraham was willing to follow God's instructions
  • God saw Abraham's heart and provided a ram
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think Abraham felt?
  • What does it mean that God provides?
3Activity: God's Provision Mountain Craft (10 min)
craft

Create a mountain scene showing God's provision

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a mountain on construction paper
  2. Cut out a small ram to glue on mountain
  3. Write 'God Provides' at the bottom
  4. Color and decorate your scene
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps cut shapes

Challenge: Add Bible verse to artwork

4Closing (3 min)

Review key lesson points about God's faithfulness

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who provided the ram?
  • Can God be trusted?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always taking care of us, just like You took care of Abraham.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Abraham sending his servant on a special mission!

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: Memory Verse Mountain Climb: Create a paper mountain, write memory verse words on steps, child climbs and reads each step

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson explores God's miraculous provision through Abraham's incredible test of faith

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Emphasize God's love and care
  • Encourage child's questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find the concept of sacrifice difficult to understand

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's emerging understanding of trust and God's provision

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse memory verse song
  • Read additional story from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library about trusting God

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