Noah Finds Favor
Understand that people can forget about God
Learn that God sees everything we do
Begin to recognize the importance of following God
“Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
— Genesis 6:5-7 (WEB)Demonstrates God's awareness of human behavior and His desire for righteousness
In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn about a time when people forgot about God
Many years after Adam and Eve, people stopped listening to God. They began to do bad things and forgot about His love.
Use stick figures to show people turning away from God
Simpler: Use fewer stick figures
Challenge: Let child create the story scene
Review the story of people forgetting God
Dear God, help us always remember You and Your love
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Noah, the one good man who loved God
“Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.”
— Genesis 6:9 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Noah Walk: Have child take steps while saying each word of the verse, using hand motions to represent walking faithfully
This lesson introduces the concept of moral choices to young children
Young children may not understand abstract concepts of sin
Child's engagement and basic understanding of following God