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God's Promises to His People

God's Big Story Review

Day 172of 180
Week 35of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God keeps His promises

2

Recognize key stories of God's faithfulness in the Bible

3

Begin to trust God's love and care

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 12:2-3

“I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.”

— Genesis 12:2-3 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's promise to Abraham and His faithfulness

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse timeline pictures
  • Story cards
  • Large piece of paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Today in BibleMouse, we're going to remember how God always keeps His promises!

💭 Review Question: Can you tell me one story about God helping people from what we learned last week?
2Teaching (7 min)

God makes promises and He always does what He says. Let's remember some special promises!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God promised Noah He would never flood the whole earth again
  • God promised Abraham he would be the father of many people
  • God promised to rescue the Israelites from Egypt
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do promises mean?
  • Can you think of a promise someone has made to you?
3Activity: Promise Path Game (8 min)
game

Create a path of 'promise stones' where children hop from one story to another

📝 Instructions:
  1. Lay out story cards in a path
  2. Child hops from card to card
  3. Tell the story on each card they land on
  4. Celebrate God's faithfulness!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child identify pictures on cards

Challenge: Child tells part of the story for each card

4Closing (3 min)

Review the stories of God's promises

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about God today?
  • Can God be trusted?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always keeping Your promises. Help us trust You.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how God chose a special king!

💎 Memory Verse

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

— John 3:16 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Promise Hop: Child hops and says one word of the verse with each jump

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children struggle with abstract concepts of promises, so use concrete examples

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated voice when telling stories
  • Encourage child to repeat key phrases
  • Make connections to child's own experiences of promises
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still, understanding complex biblical narratives

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, ability to repeat simple story elements

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of a Bible story about God's promises
  • Act out one of the stories with simple props
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for coloring pages

Ready for Tomorrow?

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