Teaching Truth

I started this blog in the hopes that it would motivate me to share the truth about God and Jesus to my children. Although I never really thought many people would read it, I found that it motivated me to complete a devotion each day thinking that “someone, somewhere” might be reading it.  And a…

Elijah – Part 1

Lesson Learned:  Elijah obeyed God and God protected him during a drought. Materials Needed: black construction paper, additional piece of paper, pencil, scissors,  glue stick Bible Verse:1 Kings 16:3333 Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel…

Elijah – Part 2

Lesson Learned: Elijah was taken up to Heaven suddenly.Materials Needed: 2 paper plates, drinking straw, tape, orange or yellow construction paper, scissors, pencilBible Verse:2 Kings 2:2-11 2 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said,…

Paul

Lesson Learned:  God had a plan for Paul to share the gospel message. Materials Needed: large box, small broom or similar object Bible Verse: Acts 26:4-23 4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child, from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have…

Solomon

Lesson Learned: Solomon asked God for wisdom and God gave it to him. Materials Needed:  2 envelopes, chocolate chips Bible Verse:1 Kings 3:5-155 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” 6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness…

Samson

Lesson Learned:  Samson was a very strong man in the Bible.Materials Needed:  pillow case, stool or small chair, combBible Verse: Judges 13:1-5, 24 & 16:4-6, 15-30 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah,from the clan of the…

David and Goliath

Lesson Learned:  With God’s strength, David defeats the giant, Goliath. Materials Needed: 5 small sheets of gray construction paper, grocery sack, large piece of construction paper, pencil, scissors, piece of string, tape Bible Verse:1 Samuel 17:2-11, 16, 40, 45-502 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their…