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GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. LEADER BIBLE STUDY CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image.

1 GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. LEADER BIBLE STUDY CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image. BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 2:4-24 WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female. Genesis 1:27 UNIT VERSE In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 In the last session, we stated that modern astronomy verifies the universe was created. Even more astounding is that science has discovered how the universe is finetuned for the existence of human life. Consider this: If the earth was not 93 million miles from the sun, was not tilted on its axis at precisely 23.4 degrees, did not rotate exactly once every 24 hours, or did not revolve around the sun every days, we could not exist on this planet! We can trace God s process to prepare the world for the pinnacle of His creation: the human race! Beginning in Genesis 2:4, we see how God made man and woman. God formed man (Hebrew: Adam) and breathed into him the breath of life (v. 7). God placed the man, later named Adam, in a beautiful garden where nourishing plants grew. In the garden were two special trees: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God forbade Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. As time passed, God allowed Adam to name all the animals. Nonetheless, none was really adequate as his companion. Therefore, God put Adam to sleep and formed a woman from his rib. God brought them together and blessed the marriage of the man and woman (v. 24). What is the special significance of God s breathing life into Adam so that Adam became a living being? (v. 7) Why did God forbid Adam to eat fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Why is God s definition of marriage so significant (v. 24)? (see Jesus affirmation: Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:6-9) NOTE: Downloadable versions of items identified as CD are available in the Music and Print Extras Bundle. Items identified as DVD are available in the Digital Video Bundle. SUGGESTED DATE: week of September 11 Additional training for Bible Studies for Life: Kids available at ministrygrid.com/web/biblestudiesforlife. 14 Unit 1, Session 2

2 PRACTICE BIBLE SKILLS Bible Volley, Your Amazing World, Instrumental (CD, track 2) 1. Direct kids to sit in a circle. Crumple up a large newspaper page, making a ball. 2. Explain that kids will gently tap the paper ball across the circle, keeping it from hitting the ground. 3. Each time the ball falls on the ground, the kid who tapped it last will name a book of the Bible. The group will guess whether that book is in the Old or New Testament. 4. Play Your Amazing World, Instrumental while kids play. Option: God s Plan for People Coloring Page (CD) INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY Regroup! Your Amazing World (CD, track 1) 1. Explain to kids that you want to group them into teams based on certain characteristics. Instruct them to listen for your descriptions and then find other kids in the room with the same characteristics. 2. Play Your Amazing World (track 1) while groups form. 3. Begin forming two groups: kids wearing jeans and kids wearing something other than jeans. 4. Add other descriptions, based on the attributes of the kids in your department. You can use this activity to learn more about the kids! Suggestions could include things like play sports, play a musical instrument, like chocolate, has a pet, or other fun things that distinguish the kids. Throw in some family-based options like being the oldest/youngest/middle/only child. 5. Continue adding characteristics as time allows. 6. Discuss how many times kids moved from group to group. Ask: --Did anyone stay with another kid for each group? --Why do you think that did not happen? 7. Comment that God made each of us and gave us different personalities and traits. But as different as we each are, we are all made in the image of God. 8. Show the God s Plan for People: Introduction video. CD newspaper DVD CD BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 r d & 4t h GRADE 15

STUDY THE BIBLE Pack Items 1, 2 Teaching Picture 2 CD DVD Bible, nonbreakable hand mirror International Missions: West Africa TELL THE BIBLE STORY God s Amazing World Title Banner (Pack Item 1),

3 STUDY THE BIBLE Pack Items 1, 2 Teaching Picture 2 CD DVD Bible, nonbreakable hand mirror International Missions: West Africa TELL THE BIBLE STORY God s Amazing World Title Banner (Pack Item 1), Teaching Picture 2 Point out the title banner. Show the Teaching Picture and explain that last week s story of creation was like a wide-angle lens on a camera that showed a big picture of everything God created. Today s story will be like a zoom lens that shows a closer view of the most special thing God created, people. Open your Bible to Genesis 2 and tell the story in your own words using the story below or the one printed on the back of the Teaching Picture. Tell the Bible Story: God s Plan for People When God created everything, He formed the first man out of the dust on the ground and breathed life into his nostrils, and the man became alive. God planted a garden in Eden and placed the man in the garden. God caused wonderful things to grow in the garden, including two very special trees. Four rivers went out to water the plants in the garden. God told the man to work in the garden and watch over it. He also told the man that he could eat from any tree in the garden except the most special one. God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper as his complement. So God brought wild animals, livestock, and birds to the man. The man gave each creature a name. But none of the creatures was the right helper and complement for the man. God caused a deep sleep to come over the man. God took one of his ribs and used it to form a woman. God brought the man to the woman. The man said, This one, at last, is made like me. She is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called woman because she was taken from man. This is why, even today, men and women are created to bond together in marriage. The man and woman lived in the garden together and felt no shame. BASED ON GENESIS 2:4-24 REVIEW Your Amazing World, Instrumental (CD, track 2) Guide kids to sit in a circle. Show the hand mirror and remind kids that they are uniquely created in God s image. Help kids understand and appreciate people who 16 Unit 1, Session 2

4 LIFE POINT God made people in His own image. are not like them. Discuss ways kids can show love to all people, because all people are made in God s image. Direct kids to pass the mirror around the circle while music plays. Play Your Amazing World, Instrumental (track 2). When you stop the music, the person holding the mirror will answer a Review Question from page 94. Show and discuss the God s Plan for People: Life Action video. Explain that each person is uniquely created in God s image. No one is alike and every person is equally valued by God. LEARN THE UNIT VERSE Genesis 1:1 Unit Verse (Pack Item 2) Draw attention to the Unit Verse poster and guide kids to recite the verse. Form pairs of kids. Place 3 in a group if there is an odd number. One kid will say the first word of the verse, the other kid will say the second word. The pair will go back and forth, each saying one word until the verse is complete. Pairs will then say the verse together. MISSIONS EMPHASIS Read the missions story or show the video Learning the Stories (DVD). Lead kids to make comparisons about your church and the church they saw in the video. Remind kids that children in West Africa are learning the same Bible stories they are! Comment that Kimberly Cain hopes that as the children learn, they will grow up and choose to follow Christ. Kimberly believes that God has special plans for these children. Let kids know that you have the same hope for them! SING AND PRAY Your Amazing World (CD, track 1) Sing Your Amazing World (track 1). If your group is comfortable with the song, play the instrumental version (track 2) while kids sing together. Pray, thanking God that each person is uniquely created in His image. Dismiss kids to their Live It Out groups. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 r d & 4t h GRADE 17

5 LIVE IT OUT CHOICE 1 Pack Item 5 Make a copy for each kid. Kids Activity Pages CD colored pencils, construction paper, glue sticks CHOICE 2 Kids Activity Pages scraps of construction paper in red, green, yellow, and blue; marble CHOICE 1 No One Like Me (Pack Item 5), Made in His Image (Kids Activity Page), Your Amazing World, Instrumental (CD, track 2) 1. Encourage kids to complete Made in His Image on the Kids Activity Page. 2. Talk about what it means to be made in the image of God. Help kids explore specific ways they can reflect God s character and imitate Jesus. 3. Distribute the No One Like Me pages and instruct kids to complete each section. Offer colored pencils for kids to draw their self-portraits. 4. As kids work, play Your Amazing World, Instrumental (track 2) quietly in the background. Lead kids to discuss the things that make them unique. 5. As kids finish, guide them to mount their pages on construction paper. 6. Using each section of No One Like Me from the Kids Activity Page as your guide, lead kids to discuss their responses. Note similarities and differences in each kid s response. 7. Display the completed pages on a wall in your classroom. 8. Comment that God has a special plan for every person. Every person is made in God s image, even those who are different than you are. CHOICE 2 Made in His Image (Kids Activity Page), Colorful World Game 1. Encourage kids to complete Made in His Image on the Kids Activity Page. 2. Talk about what it means to be made in the image of God. Help kids explore specific ways they can reflect God s character and imitate Jesus. 3. Direct kids to sit in a circle and place the construction paper in the center. 4. Give the marble to a kid and tell him to roll it so it stops on or close to a piece of construction paper. Depending on what color the marble is nearest, he will answer a different question: --Red: Name something special about the person on your left. --Green: Tell something that happened in the Bible story today. --Yellow: Name something God created. --Blue: Name one way you can honor others as made in God s image. (How can you show respect to someone who is different from you?) 5. Pass the marble to the next kid on the right and repeat. Go around the circle as many times as time allows. Kids can ask for help from a friend if needed. 18 Unit 1, Session 2

6 LIFE POINT God made people in His own image. 6. At the end of the game, encourage kids to remember that everyone is special because we are all made in God s image. CHOICE 3 Made in His Image (Kids Activity Page), A Work of Art 1. Encourage kids to complete Made in His Image on the Kids Activity Page. 2. Talk about what it means to be made in the image of God. Help kids explore specific ways they can reflect God s character and imitate Jesus. 3. Guide kids to find Genesis 1:27 in their Bibles. Invite a kid to read the verse to the class. 4. Discuss how God made both men and women in His image. 5. Distribute the framing mats, markers, and art supplies. Guide kids to use markers and other supplies to decorate their mats with words and pictures that remind them that they are made in God s image. 6. As kids work, discuss things that make each of them special, such as their families, physical attributes, abilities, personalities, and interests. 7. Challenge kids to display the frame at home after adding a picture of themselves. Kids can be reminded that they are created in the image of God and that God has a special plan for every person. WRAP UP Gather kids and watch the God s Plan for People: Wrap Up video. Remind kids that God made people in His own image. Pray, thanking God for uniquely creating each person in His image. Remind kids to give their One Conversation pages to their parents. CHOICE 3 Kids Activity Pages Bibles; white framing mats (at least 11-by-14 inches) or white poster board cut like framing mats; markers; art supplies WRAP UP DVD BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 r d & 4t h GRADE 19

7 UNIT 1. SESSION 2 in His Image God's Plan for People What does it mean to be made in the image of God? You can be a reflection of God s character. How? By imitating Jesus and living according to the statements in the mirrors below. Look up each Scripture and match it to the correct reflection statement. UNIT VERSE In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. GENESIS 1:1 Forgive as God forgave you. Colossians 3:13 Be holy as He is holy. Ephesians 5:2 Accept others as Jesus accepts you. Luke 6:36 IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM, ISTOCK.COM Love others just as Jesus loves us. Show mercy as your Father is merciful. 1 Peter 1:15-16 Romans 15:7 BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE 3 r d & 4t h GRADE 5

TM THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE Parents, today your child heard that God had a plan for the people He created. God created people in His image, and people are His most special creation.

GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE GENESIS 2:4-24 BIBLE VERSE: Genesis 1:27 LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. LIVE IT OUT Discuss with your child what the term in God s image means.

DAILY BIBLE READING Sunday: John 1:3 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13 Tuesday: Genesis 5:1 Wednesday: Genesis 5:2 Thursday: Isaiah 43:7 Friday: Luke 19:10 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15 When God created everything,

8 TM THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE Parents, today your child heard that God had a plan for the people He created. God created people in His image, and people are His most special creation. How does your family respond to being created in God s image? KIDS LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image. GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE GENESIS 2:4-24 BIBLE VERSE: Genesis 1:27 LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. LIVE IT OUT Discuss with your child what the term in God s image means. What about the creation of people was different from all other things God created? List some characteristics your child has that are special only to him. DAILY BIBLE READING Sunday: John 1:3 Monday: 1 Timothy 2:13 Tuesday: Genesis 5:1 Wednesday: Genesis 5:2 Thursday: Isaiah 43:7 Friday: Luke 19:10 Saturday: 1 Timothy 1:15 When God created everything, He formed the first man out of the dust on the ground and breathed life into his nostrils. God planted a garden in Eden and placed the man in the garden. God caused wonderful things to grow in the garden, including two very special trees. Four rivers went out to water the plants in the garden. God told the man to work in the garden and watch over it. He told the man that he could eat from any tree in the garden except the special one. God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper as his complement. So God brought wild animals, livestock, and birds to the man. The man gave each creature a name. But none of the creatures was the right helper and complement for the man. God caused a deep sleep to come over the man. God took one of his ribs and used it to form a woman. God brought the man to the woman. The man said, This one, at last, is made like me. She is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called woman because she was taken from man. The man and woman lived in the garden together and felt no shame. TAKE IT FURTHER Check out the God s Plan for People section of the Bible Studies For Life: Kids Family App. 6

9 IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM GOD S AMAZING WORLD TITLE BANNER 1 3rd & 4th Grade Leader Pack, Fall LifeWay. Published in the United States of America. Instructions: Use this item as directed during Unit 1.

10 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (HCSB) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM (NKJV) 2 GENESIS 1:1 UNIT VERSE 3rd & 4th Grade Leader Pack, Fall LifeWay. Published in the United States of America. Instructions: Use this item as directed during Unit 1.

11 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. (ESV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)

Self Portrait I am happiest when... I like to help others by... These people are in my family... Name: I need more practice with... My favorite things to share are... I hope to someday.

12 Self Portrait I am happiest when... I like to help others by... These people are in my family... Name: I need more practice with... My favorite things to share are... I hope to someday... IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM I am really good at... My favorite thing about God is... NO ONE LIKE ME 5 3rd & 4th Grade Leader Pack, Fall LifeWay. Published in the United States of America. Instructions: Use as directed in Live It Out (Choice 1), Unit 1, Session 2. Premission is granted to reproduce this item for church use only.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA MAP 3rd & 4th Grade Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay.

13 INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA MAP 3rd & 4th Grade Enhanced CD, Fall LifeWay. Published in the United States of America. Instructions: Use this item as directed during Study the Bible in Unit 1, Session 1.

14 GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE GENESIS 2:4-24 TEACHING PICTURE 2

15 GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE When God created everything, He formed the first man out of the dust on the ground and breathed life into his nostrils, and the man became alive. God planted a garden in Eden and placed the man in the garden. God caused wonderful things to grow in the garden, including two very special trees. Four rivers went out to water the plants in the garden. God told the man to work in the garden and watch over it. He also told the man that he could eat from any tree in the garden except the most special one. God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper as his complement. So God brought wild animals, livestock, and birds to the man. The man gave each creature a name. But none of the creatures was the right helper and complement for the man. God caused a deep sleep to come over the man. God took one of his ribs and used it to form a woman. God brought the man to the woman. The man said, This one, at last, is made like me. She is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called woman because she was taken from man. This is why, even today, men and women are created to bond together in marriage. The man and woman lived in the garden together and felt no shame. BASED ON GENESIS 2:4-24

16 God s Plan for People Genesis 2: LifeWay. Printed in the United States of America. This item may be reproduced.

GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE

GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. LEADER BIBLE STUDY CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image. BIBLE PASSAGE 2:4-24 WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE God created