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Rules About Loving God

God's Top Ten Rules

Day 42of 180
Week 9of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the first four commandments focus on loving God

2

Recognize how we show love and respect to God

3

Begin to understand God's desire for a close relationship with us

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 20:1-11

“God spoke all these words, saying, 'I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.'”

— Exodus 20:1-11 (WEB)

Direct biblical source for the first four commandments

📦 Materials Needed

  • Two cardboard stone tablets
  • Mountain picture
  • BibleMouse Ten Commandments poster
  • World English Bible
  • Colored markers
  • Blank paper
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse Adventure: Recall how God met Moses on the mountain and gave special rules

💭 Review Question: What special place did God talk to Moses last time?
2Teaching (8 min)

Exploring the first four commandments about loving God

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God wants to be first in our lives
  • We show love by listening to God's rules
  • God cares about how we worship Him
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What does it mean to love God?
  • How can little kids show God they love Him?
3Activity: God's Love Rules Poster (10 min)
interactive learning

Create a colorful poster showing ways to love God

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a big heart in the center of paper
  2. Write/draw 4 ways to love God inside heart
  3. Share poster with family
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps write words

Challenge: Add Bible verse to poster

4Closing (3 min)

Review first four commandments

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about loving God?
  • Can you remember one way to show God love?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank God for giving us rules to help us love Him

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about loving other people

💎 Memory Verse

Deuteronomy 6:5

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”

— Deuteronomy 6:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Heart Love Dance - Children create heart shapes while saying each word of the verse, moving to a rhythmic beat

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First four commandments establish relationship with God

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Make lessons interactive
  • Connect rules to child's daily life
🤔 Common Struggles:

Abstract concept of loving an invisible God

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's growing understanding of God's love

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse worship song about God's love
  • Act out commandments with hand motions
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library commandment coloring sheets

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