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PSALM 23 Response

3/3/2020

Here's an activity which I did with students aged 10-12 but could be used with teens or adults. After reading Psalm 23 from the Bible and underlining and or coloring in key words or phrases, the students were asked to write their own version of the psalm using the template below.
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FILL THE GAPS WITH YOUR VERSION OF THE PSALM
PSALM 23
THE LORD THE …………………………..

A song of …………………...

23 The Lord is my ………………….
    I have everything I need.
2. He gives me rest ………………………..
    He leads me to …………………….
3. He gives me new strength.
For the good of his name,
    he leads me on ……………………….
4. Even if I walk
    through a very ……………………….,
I will not be afraid
    because you are with me.
Your ………………..    and your ………………..     comfort me.
5. You prepare a meal for me
    in front of …………………….
You …………………………………...
    You give me more than …………………….

6. Surely your ………………………….. will be with me
    all my life.
And I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1) What part of this Psalm-poem do you like? Please explain why.

2) Have you ever lain down on green grass or in a field?
What do you think it would feel like?

3) Is there a part of the Psalm that scares you? Why?

4) Is there a part that you find comforting? Why?

5) What do you think David thought God was like?

6) What do you think God is like?

7) Why do you think it is sometimes hard to describe who God is?

8) Why do you think people have different ideas about who God is and what he does?

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Bible Verses set to Simple Songs

2/20/2020

Here's a few Bible verses for young children I set to well known tunes. I came up with these as part of a Forty Days Of Purpose children's program.

Mark 12:30 ( Tune: Row, row, row your boat)
Love, love, love the Lord,
Love the Lord your God-
With all your heart
With all your soul
With all your mind and strength.

Ephesians 2:10 ( Tune: If you're happy and you know it)
We are God's workmanship
Created in Jesus Christ
to do good works
which God has prepared
in advance for us to do.

Romans 12.5 ( There's a hole in the bucket)
So, in Christ we who are many -
form one body and each member
in Christ everybody
belongs to the rest.

The Bible: A Story in 6 Acts

2/20/2020

Act 1 A story of Creation
Act 2 The Fall - Creation spoiled
Act 3 Israel- God shapes a people
Act 4 The story of Jesus - God sends his Son
Act 5 The story of the Early Church- Good News for all (> US)
Act 6 The story of the End Times - Creation completely restored

Easter picture series

2/14/2020

I found a wonderful series of pictures which tell the story of Jesus' death and resurrection. They are free to download and use.
Free Easter Pictures set (16 pictures)
Biblestorycards.co.uk

FEEDING 5000

9/27/2019

FEEDING 5000 (John chapter 6)
(Invite children to join in the counting parts of the rhyme)

1, 2 ... two small fish. (Not much of a dish)
PLUS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... five loaves of bread.
"That's all I have!" The small boy said.
No shops to stop. No place to buy,
Then Jesus prayed, please multiply
Till every mouth had fish and bread.
Amazed that all the crowd was fed.
1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000...
People, sat on a hill
And saw Jesus add up a miracle.

©Don Stott Eliab.com

10 Storytelling Ideas for Kids Church Lessons

9/23/2019

Check ouit these excellent storytelling ideas from Tony Kummer
https://ministry-to-children.com/10-storytelling-ideas-for-kids-church-lessons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

from https://ministry-to-children.com/

What makes a person a Christian?

8/23/2019

WHAT MAKES A PERSON A CHRISTIAN?
Not "being good",
Not "going to church"
Not "reading the Bible"?
Sure, any of these people MIGHT be real Christians,
but they're not Christians
BECAUSE of what they do -
they do those things
BECAUSE they're Christians.

Sorry- that's not really right either.
Christians DO believe in God,
but so do lot's of other people.

That depends on what you mean
by "believing".
If you just believe Jesus lived,
then that's not enough
either...

YES! A Christian is someone
who TRUSTS JESUS* -
*that means
BELIEVES Jesus is a real person - God's own son.
ADMITS they haven't lived His way & asks God to forgive them.
TRUSTS that because HE died in their place God will forgive what they've done wrong.
LET'S Him be in charge of their life & does what he says.

Jesus will help you take that step,
if you honestly ask Him (PRAY)
- in fact that is the first step ...

the second step is to start
letting Him help you live His way.

(c) Eliab.com What makes a person a Christian?
Jesus ID

Jesus ID

8/22/2019

Jesus Christ
born: Bethlehem, 5 or 6 BC
hometown: Nazareth
occupation: Carpenter and travelling preacher, healer, miracle worker
usual companions : fishermen, tax collectors, and other ordinary people.
said about himself:
* He was sent by God.
* He existed before he was born.
* Seeing him is the same as seeing God.
* Doing what he says is the sake as doing what God says.
* He is the only way to know the truth, have life and know God.
* He was going to die and come back to life again.
died: Jerusalem, about 30 AD
seen alive 3 days later...

(c) Don Stott Eliab.com

Lost Coin Poem

8/20/2019

LOST COIN POEM- (Luke 15:8-10) (c) Don Stott Eliab.com