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God's Promise of a Rescuer

God Keeps His Promises

Day 16of 180
Week 4of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God made a promise after Adam and Eve sinned

2

Learn that God always plans to help people

3

Begin to recognize God's love never stops

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 3:15

“I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

— Genesis 3:15 (WEB)

God's first promise of a future rescuer after sin entered the world

📦 Materials Needed

  • Heart cutouts
  • Colored pencils
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse lesson! Let's remember what we learned yesterday about God's love.

💭 Review Question: Can you tell me one way God showed love even after Adam and Eve made a mistake?
2Teaching (7 min)

After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, something special happened. God made a promise that someone would come to fix everything that sin broke.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God still loved people even when they disobeyed
  • God promised a special helper would come
  • This promise shows God's amazing love
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think a promise is?
  • How does God show He loves us?
3Activity: Promise Heart Craft (8 min)
craft

Create a special heart to remember God's promise

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take a heart cutout
  2. Draw a picture of something that makes you happy
  3. Tell a grown-up about God's promise
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child draw

Challenge: Write one word about God's love on heart

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's promise

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special promise did God make?
  • Does God stop loving us when we make mistakes?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always loving us and keeping Your promises.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how God never stops loving us!

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 1:31

“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”

— Genesis 1:31 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Promise Chain Memorization: Write one word of the verse on each paper chain link, then connect links while saying the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's redemptive promise after the fall

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Focus on God's love
  • Be patient with questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children may find it hard to understand abstract concepts of sin and redemption

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to express God loves them even when they make mistakes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse Printables: Promise coloring page
  • Sing a song about God's love from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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