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Abram Believes God

Counting the Stars

Day 28of 180
Week 6of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Abram trusted God's promise

2

Learn that believing God is an important act of faith

3

Develop simple trust in God's promises

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 15:6

“He believed in Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.”

— Genesis 15:6 (WEB)

Demonstrates Abram's complete trust in God's promise of descendants

📦 Materials Needed

  • Black paper
  • Silver star stickers
  • Glow-in-dark stars
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about yesterday's lesson of God's promise to Abram about stars

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how many stars God showed Abram?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today, we'll learn how Abram trusted God's amazing promise

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God promised Abram he would have many children
  • Abram and Sarai were very old and had no children
  • Abram still believed God would keep His promise
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think it means to trust someone?
  • How do you think Abram felt hearing God's promise?
3Activity: Believing Stars Craft (8 min)
interactive

Create a night sky showing Abram's faith

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take black paper
  2. Stick glow-in-dark stars randomly
  3. Talk about how each star represents God's promise
  4. Use silver stickers to mark special 'faith' stars
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parents help place stars

Challenge: Child counts and places stars independently

4Closing (3 min)

Recap lesson about trusting God

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who made a big promise to Abram?
  • Did Abram believe God?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us trust You like Abram did

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about God giving Abram a new name

💎 Memory Verse

Genesis 12:2

“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you.”

— Genesis 12:2 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Star Verse Hop: Place star stickers around the room with words of the verse, have child hop to each star and say the words in order

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Abram's faith was remarkable - trusting God's promise despite no visible evidence

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language about trust
  • Connect lesson to child's own experiences of trusting
  • Be patient with concrete understanding
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children may find abstract concepts of faith challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and basic understanding of trusting

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Read BibleMouse storybook about Abram
  • Sing memory verse song from BibleMouse Song Collection

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