Biblical Texts

The Lord’s recovery. Howard Higashi Hymns. A slide show of Bible verses set to soothing music and beautiful hymn. Scripture in songs. Country Girl – The Divine Romance. Lyrics: 1. How could a country girl like me Become Your match Your bride to be? You’re holy and You are divine But I’m fallen and human. Without You, Lord, I have no chance To be like You in this romance. But You chose me ere the world began Nothing could change Your plan. Chorus*: This divine romance Is My heart’s deep plan. I became a lowly man To court My country girl. Nothing could deter, Nothing can alter My eternal love for her; I’ll gain My country girl. 2. No man or angel ever knew This secret hidden deep in You That You desired to be one with man Before the world began. Though sin came in to ruin me Through Satan’s scheme and subtlety Nothing could break Your love for me To gain me totally. * This divine romance Is My heart’s deep plan, I became a lowly man To court My country girl. Nothing could deter, Nothing can alter My eternal love for her; I’ll gain My country girl. 3. As King of kings You became a man, You died for meI’ve been redeemed, In resurrection made us queen To marry You, my King. From death You ‘rose and entered me, I now possess Your divinity; In life and nature we’re the same: Both human and divine. * In Your love I’m drawn, To You I belong; I am not my own, Lord, I’m Yours alone. By Your love I’m drawn, In Your name I’m charmed, And Your Person captured me, For I’ve been …

Have you ever seen someone go down the wrong path or street? I bet you wanted to yell, “Stop!” The truth is, there are millions of people going the wrong way everyday. Instead, they should be heading toward Jesus who is the only way to the right way. Do your kids know that they can take part in helping lead their friends away from the wrong way? James 5:20 says this: “Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner’s soul from death.” This is a pretty strong verse with a strong message. But elementary kids are ready to understand that death is real and there is a wrong and right way. Why not try playing this fun Bible school activity to help your kids understand this important truth and memorize this important Scripture? I call it, “Wrong Way, Right Way.”

Here’s what you do:

Before playing you will need to put together the following: Grab 2 ropes about 6 feet long each on which clothespins will easily fit. On one end of each rope, hang a sign that reads: Wrong Way. On each of the other ends, hang a sign that reads: Right Way. Next, take 2 paper plates and draw a face on each. You might want one to be a boy and the other a girl. Tie a loop of string at the top of each plate so that you can easily attach it to the rope with a clothespin. Now place 6 pieces of colorful tape equidistantly apart on each rope. These are the spaces on which the “person” will be moved. Finally, prepare 2 objects that are exactly the same, yet are different colors, such as 2 beanbags and place them inside a bag so that the children cannot see them. One object will represent the wrong way and the other will represent the right way. You are now ready to play the game.

Divide your kids into 2 teams. Say the following: Today we are going to memorize a very important Bible verse. It is James 5:20 and it says this: “Anyone who brings a sinner back from the wrong way will save that sinner’s soul from death.” I bet a lot of you know people who seem to always be doing the wrong thing or going the wrong way. But this Scripture says that you can take part in leading your friends away from the wrong way, which leads to death, and point them towards the right way, which leads to Jesus. Let’s play “Wrong Way, Right Way” to help us learn James 5:20 and see who can get their person (hold up paper plate face) to Jesus first. Before playing our game, let’s say James 5:20 several times together. Remember, the faster you memorize the verse, the better your team will do.

Pick 2 kids from each team who would like to hold the ends of the ropes. If you have a smaller class, you could tie each of the ropes to chairs. Explain that with every successful attempt of reciting the Bible verse, each team will get to reach into this bag that contains 2 beanbags. (Show them the bag and beanbags.) The (red) beanbag will stand for the wrong way. The (green) beanbag will stand for the right way. If you pick the red beanbag, your “person” (point to the paper plate) will have to move backwards a space. If you pick the green bag, your “person” gets to move forward a space. Now have a child from the first team come up and try and recite James 5:20. If he is successful, allow him to reach into your bag that has the beanbags. Play until one team has their “person” successfully reach the “Right Way”.

Tip: Begin the “person” on the “Wrong Way” sign. If a team picks the red beanbag and their “person” cannot move back any further, the paper plate just stays in the same position.

The Lord’s recovery. Howard Higashi Hymns. Longing and Praying. A slide show of Bible verses set to soothing music and beautiful hymn. Lord how long, dear bridegroom. Lyrics: 1.Lord, how long, dear Bridegroom, ‘Til You come, Lord, how soon? Don’t delay for that coming day, coming day. Grant me, Lord, to be filled With You, Lord, every day. Dearest Lord, take me all the way. Chorus: Come, Lord Jesus, Please come, dear Bridegroom; Precious One, come soon, come soon. Lord, consume me! Oh Lord, don’t let me stray, Faithful to You all the way. 2.Lord, make home in all my heart In my secret, deepest parts, Hidden, Lord, and reserved for You, for You. You would be preeminent In all things and all events, Possessed by Thee to this extent. 3.In my prayer and deepest plea In my spirit always be Saturated and soaked with Thee, with Thee. This would be my life daily. Every hour expecting Thee, This I pray, Lord, desperately! 4.The universe, in it we see, In the sweetest touch of Thee, You’re my choice and my destiny, destiny. Lord, whate’er the price may be, Lord, Amen, let it be! Oh, my Love, please come back quickly! 5.In Your love I am constrained. What’s within, I can’t contain. Lord, I can’t any more restrain, restrain. In Your love, I’ll pour on Thee. And the church, Your Bride to be, This my choice voluntarily. Facebook Fanpage: www.facebook.com The Way Of Qi: www.facebook.com Please visit: TWOQ Global: www.twoq.org Independent Entrepreneurs (IE): www.saliljha.com Vast …

I know you’ve heard of apple pie and peach pie. You might have even heard of shoo-fly pie. But have you ever heard of fruit of the spirit pie? Here is a Bible school activity that will help your kids memorize one of the most loved verses of the Bible, Galatians 5:22, which says: “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. This Bible game also might make your kids a little hungry.

Here’s what you do:

You will need to make a pie chart that has 10 pieces to it. You could either draw this outside on pavement with some chalk or you could draw it on a chalkboard or dry erase board or you could construct a colorful one from poster board. It’s your choice. Next, write one of the fruits of the spirit alongside each pie piece. There are nine of them: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control. Near the tenth piece of pie, write the Bible reference, Galatians 5:22. Eventually, all of these words will be erased or covered up. In the corner of each piece of pie, write a number 1 through 10. Have the number one begin with the word love, 2 joy, 3 peace, 4 patience, 5 kindness, 6 goodness, 7 faithfulness, 8 gentleness, 9 self-control and 10 Gal. 5:22. After this, make or gather 30 red circles and 30 orange circles big enough so that 6 of each could fit inside a piece of the pie. The red circles will stand for cherries and the orange circles will stand for oranges. Finally, grab a bag into which you will put cards that have the numbers 1 through 10 written on them. You are now ready to play the game.

Divide your class into 2 teams. One will be the cherries and the other oranges. Have one child come up from the first team – cherries. He must say the Bible verse correctly. If he says it correctly, he gets to reach into the number bag and pull out a number. Let’s say it was the number 3. He will add a cherry to pie piece number 3. The child puts the number 3 back into the bag. The next team is up and does they same thing. The first team to get 3 pieces of their fruit in one of the pie pieces is the winner.

Now, it’s important to realize during this Bible school activity that the kids are allowed to look at the pie while reciting the verse. At first, it will be very easy for them. However, when a pie piece ends up with 2 pieces of fruit (either cherries or oranges) inside a “slice”, then the word next to that slice is erased or covered up. As the game progresses, reciting the verse will become more difficult. Anyone for whipped cream?

Isn’t it amazing that God, Maker of Heaven and the Universe, desires that we call out to Him? Not only that, but when we do call to Him, He promises to show us great things we have no idea about! If you have your doubts, read Jeremiah 33:3, which says: “Call to me and I will answer you and I will tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” I think your kids will get excited about this verse especially when they play the fun Bible school activity “Call and Catch.”

Here’s what you do:

Before playing the game, you will want to introduce your children to Jeremiah 33:3. Ask them if they ever would like to ask God a question, but sometimes feel like He wouldn’t answer them. Let the kids respond, then point out how this verse shows that God wants His children to ask Him anything and to call upon His name. In fact this verse promises that He will answer us and even tell us great and wondrous things even things that are too hard for us to understand or fathom. Tell the children that they are going to memorize this important Bible verse. Say the verse together as a class several times, then tell them that they are ready to play “Call and Catch.”

For this Bible school activity game you will need a ball. A beach ball or rubber playground ball will work nicely. Have the children in your group stand in an open space. Pick one child to begin. He will throw the ball up into the air and you, the teacher, will call out the name of someone in the class. That person catches it and now it is their turn to throw the ball up in the air and you, the teacher, call out another name. This happens 3 times. The third person who catches the ball must hold the ball and on your word, “Go!”, he must say Jeremiah 33:3 from memory as fast as he can. After he is done, the calling and catching begins again.

Tips:

I suggest that the teacher calls out the student’s names to keep things fair. However, if you have a class with good camaraderie, then you could have the kids call out the name of a person to catch the ball.
If you’d like, you could time each child on how fast they can say the verse and keep track of it. You could then reward the top 3 reciters with something “GREAT!”