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Covenants Connect the Story

The Bible's One Big Story

Day 167of 180
Week 34of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how God's covenants reveal His rescue plan

2

Identify the major biblical covenants and their key promises

3

Recognize how all covenants point to Jesus

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 9:16

“The rainbow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

— Genesis 9:16 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's faithfulness in covenant-making

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Large paper or poster board
  • Colored markers
  • Sticky notes
  • BibleMouse Story Arc Diagram
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse Adventure Intro: 'Today we're detectives solving the big mystery of God's rescue plan!'

💭 Review Question: Can you remember the big story of the Bible we talked about yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Exploring God's Covenant Promises

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God makes promises to restore what sin broke
  • Each covenant shows more of God's rescue plan
  • Jesus fulfills all of God's promises
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think a covenant is?
  • How does God show He keeps His promises?
3Activity: Covenant Connection Poster (10 min)
covenant review

Create a colorful poster mapping out God's covenants from Adam to Jesus

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a timeline on poster board
  2. Add sticky notes for each covenant
  3. Draw connections between covenants
  4. Highlight how each points to Jesus
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use pre-printed covenant cards to arrange

Challenge: Add specific promises from each covenant

4Closing (3 min)

Recap of covenant journey

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was your favorite covenant we learned about?
  • How do these covenants show God's love?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank You, God, for Your promises and Your amazing rescue plan

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how every part of Scripture points to Jesus

💎 Memory Verse

Luke 24:27

“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.”

— Luke 24:27 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Covenant Chain Game: Children create a human chain, with each child holding a sticky note representing a different covenant, then recite the verse while linking arms

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Covenants are God's way of showing His commitment to His people

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language about promises
  • Encourage questions and curiosity
  • Connect covenants to real-life promises
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may find it hard to understand how older covenants connect to Jesus

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to see God's consistent love through different covenants

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a covenant promise journal
  • Act out the different covenant stories
  • Memorize one promise from each covenant

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