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God Will Show His Power

Let My People Go

Day 80of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God has power over everything

2

Learn how God helped Moses talk to Pharaoh

3

Begin to recognize God's amazing abilities

Exodus 7:3-5

I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

Exodus 7:3-5 (WEB)

Shows God's plan to demonstrate His power through miraculous signs

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Staff or stick
  • Frog pictures
  • Red paper
  • Bible (World English Bible)

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Let's remember what happened yesterday when Moses and Aaron asked Pharaoh to let God's people go.

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what Pharaoh said when Moses asked him to free the people?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we'll learn how God told Moses He would show Pharaoh His amazing power! God promised to do big, surprising things to help Pharaoh understand that He is the true God.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God wanted to show Pharaoh how powerful He is
  • God would do amazing miracles to help Moses
  • God always keeps His promises
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think a miracle is?
  • How can God help us when things seem impossible?
3Activity: God's Power Demonstration (6 min)
worship

Use a stick (like Moses' staff) and pretend to show God's power. Make funny frog sounds and hop around to remember the coming frog plague!

📝 Instructions:
  1. Hold the stick like Moses
  2. Pretend to wave the stick
  3. Make frog sounds and hop
  4. Sing a simple song about God's power
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just hop and make frog sounds

Challenge: Act out multiple plagues with different movements

4Closing (3 min)

Let's review what we learned about God's power today!

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who wanted to help God's people?
  • What did God promise to do?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for being so powerful and loving. Help us trust You like Moses did.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the amazing things God did to show Pharaoh His power!

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found.

Psalm 46:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along memory verse with hand motions: 'God (point up) is our refuge (make a roof shape) and strength (flex muscles), a helper (give a helping hand motion) who is always found (spread arms wide)'

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's supernatural power to young children

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated voice and expressions
  • Encourage physical movement
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find it hard to understand abstract concepts of divine power

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, ability to repeat key phrases, willingness to act out the story

Extension Activities

  • Color a BibleMouse printable of Moses and his staff
  • Make a simple craft using the BibleMouse Resource Guide suggestions
  • Listen to a BibleMouse song about God's power

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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