God is Powerful!

Let’s get up and dance with your kids in praise! Play some worship music in your home, have fun with it! Raise your hands, jump, close your eyes – enjoy a time of worship as a family. To get you into a groove, here are some songs to choose from:

John 3:17 - by Saddleback Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0MNmUh3v54
Brave - by Saddleback Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_LQ8pytZJU

Bible Passage: Genesis 7:1-12, The Flood

God is Powerful
Lesson: I can trust God because God is powerful

Today’s story comes to us from the Bible. (Hold up a Bible.)
The Bible is God’s word to us, so we know that everything it says is true. (Open the Bible and set it down in front of you as you give the lesson.)

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son – Jesus.

Last week, we learned that God told a man named Noah to build an ark. God told Noah that a flood was coming, and he wanted to save Noah’s family. After Noah built the ark, his family went inside. God closed the door of the ark, and it started to rain. It had never, ever rained this much before and it has never rained so hard since. It rained so hard for 40 days and 40 nights, that the whole Earth was flooded. Noah knew God was powerful. Even though he had never seen a flood like the one God described, he knew God could do anything. He also trusted God would save him and his family, and God did just that. God is very powerful. We can trust Him to protect us. We can trust Him because He is powerful.

Simple Prayer:
Dear God, Thank you for your power. Amen!

Discussion Questions:
Wiggle Tamer: Have the kids do the sound effects of a rainstorm. Have them start by snapping their fingers to make the sound of soft rain. Then have them slap their knees to make the sound of steady rain, then have them stomp their feet to make the sound of heavy rain. Step it back to steady rain by slapping the knees again, and then light rain with the snaps..

Small Group Memory Verse: Give each child one word of the verse to say. Say the verse together slowly, one word at a time, then go faster, and then faster.

Questions: What happened after Noah built the ark?
Had it ever rained before Noah built the ark?
How long did it rain?
Why did Noah trust God to make it rain?

Game: Sing or teach the kids the song “Baby Shark” since we are talking about floods and water covering the whole Earth.

Make this week’s lesson real:
Eating: During your mealtime prayer, thank God for His power.

Playtime: Fill up a sink or a tub of water and play a game of “Will it float?” Pick a few random items and see if they can float. Remind the kids that the ark God told Noah to build floated and saved his family from the water.

Snuggling: Cuddle up with your little ones during the next rainstorm. Tell them you love them, and remind them that God is more powerful even than the rain, the thunder, and the lightning outside. Go over the memory verse together as well: “But I trust in you, Lord. I say, ‘You are my God.’” Psalm 31:14 (NIrV)

Activity:
Items Needed: A glass of water, a straw

Ask the kids if they think they can make water stay in the straw when they lift it out of the cup. Demonstrate how by putting your finger over the top of the straw and pulling it out of the cup. Then let go to show the water was still in the straw. Let all the kids try this. Tell the kids, “God made it rain because He is powerful, but God saved Noah with His power as well. We can trust God because we know He is powerful.”