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The People Choose Fear

The Twelve Spies

Day 64of 180
Week 13of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how fear can cause people to doubt God's promises

2

Learn that trusting God is more important than being afraid

3

Develop courage through faith in God's protection

📖 Scripture Connection

Numbers 14:1-4

“All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!'”

— Numbers 14:1-4 (WEB)

Demonstrates how fear can lead people to doubt God's promises and plan

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Large map of Canaan
  • Pretend binoculars
  • Picture of large grape cluster
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse adventure begins! Let's remember our journey through the wilderness with God's special people

💭 Review Question: What did Joshua and Caleb say about the land yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Today we'll learn how the Israelites let fear stop them from trusting God's amazing promise

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • The spies saw a beautiful land with giant grapes
  • Ten spies were scared of the big people
  • The people started crying and complaining
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel afraid?
  • How can we be brave like Joshua and Caleb?
3Activity: Brave Spy Adventure (10 min)
storytelling

Children use pretend binoculars to 'explore' the Promised Land, practicing being brave

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on your 'spy binoculars'
  2. Look for good things in the 'land'
  3. Say something brave when you see something
  4. Remember God is always with you
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child identify brave things

Challenge: Children create a 'brave map' of things they see

4Closing (3 min)

Review our BibleMouse lesson about trusting God

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the people do when they were afraid?
  • Who trusted God completely?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us be brave and trust You, even when things look scary

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about trusting God's promises

💎 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: Trust Hop: Children hop forward when they say each part of the verse, building courage with each hop

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson shows how fear can prevent people from experiencing God's blessings

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use a gentle, encouraging tone
  • Help children understand the difference between being afraid and being brave
  • Validate their feelings while teaching trust in God
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children often have big fears and may need extra reassurance

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's willingness to talk about fears and desire to trust God

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a 'Brave Book' with drawings of things that seem scary
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library coloring page about the twelve spies

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