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God Talks to Moses

The Burning Bush

Day 113of 180
Week 23of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God speaks to people

2

Recognize Moses as an important Bible character

3

Learn that God has special plans for each person

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 3:4

“When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, 'Moses! Moses!' He said, 'Here I am.'”

— Exodus 3:4 (WEB)

Shows God personally calling Moses and getting his attention

📦 Materials Needed

  • Red and orange tissue paper
  • Bush picture
  • Shepherd staff
  • Sheep toys
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recap yesterday's lesson about the bush that didn't burn

💭 Review Question: Remember the special bush we talked about?
2Teaching (5 min)

God spoke to Moses from the burning bush

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Moses was taking care of sheep
  • He saw a bush that was on fire but not burning up
  • God called Moses' name
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever heard someone call your name?
  • How do you think Moses felt?
3Activity: Burning Bush Craft (6 min)
interactive

Create a burning bush using tissue paper

📝 Instructions:
  1. Crumple red and orange tissue paper
  2. Glue onto bush picture
  3. Talk about how God spoke to Moses
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with gluing

Challenge: Child cuts tissue paper independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review key lesson points

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who spoke to Moses?
  • Where did God speak to Moses?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for talking to Moses and loving him

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about taking off shoes on holy ground!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 46:1

“God is our helper!”

— Psalm 46:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along with hand motions: Point to sky on 'God', make helping hands on 'helper'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's personal communication

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, excited tone when describing God speaking
  • Encourage child's curiosity
  • Be patient with short attention span
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping young children focused during storytelling

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and basic understanding of God speaking

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library coloring page of burning bush
  • Act out the story with child playing Moses
  • Listen to BibleMouse Song Collection for worship time

Ready for Tomorrow?

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