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1 Lesso 3 27 God Provides Water Exodus 17:1-7 Third- ad fourth-graders ofte complai if they do t get thigs their way. They have specific likes ad dislikes, ad oe of those dislikes is to feel deprived of somethig. Use this lesso to help kids see they do t eed to complai whe thigs do t go their way or whe they do t get somethig they wat. Help them focus o trustig God i every circumstace istead of complaiig. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio Souds of Complaiig (about 10 mi.) Hear complaiig souds, ad discuss caregivers resposes to those souds. Complaiig Natio (about 25 mi.) Discuss the Bible passage to lear how the Israelites complaied istead of trustig God. The U-Gift (about 10 mi.) Draw pictures, ad uderstad what it feels like whe someoe is ugrateful for a gift. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Bibles, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bibles, salties, foam cups, brow costructio paper, glue sticks, pitcher of water paper, markers Bible Poit God is patiet with us. Key Verse The Lord is my shepherd, I shall ot be i wat. He makes me lie dow i gree pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters (Psalm 23:1-2). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will trust God istead of complaiig. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 3
2 28 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Complaiig or Trustig (about 15 mi.) Lear the Key Verse, ad draw pictures comparig complaiig ad trustig., pecils, markers, CD player, copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of this lesso) Teacher Pack: CD Tear out the Lesso 3 pages from each studet book. 4 Lastig Impressios Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 3 Grades 3 & 4
3 29 God Provides Water Exodus 17:1-7 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Food ad Whie Be Ecouraged As we begi today s lesso, we fid the Israelites cotiuig their jourey toward the Promised Lad. They re still gettig maa every morig ad quail every eveig, but they ca t fid water at their latest campsite. It s importat to take a momet to recall that the Israelites were just begiig to kow God. This is the first time God had iteracted with the Israelite commuity as a whole. Though this does t excuse their actios, it might give some cotext for us to see ourselves i more clearly. Agai, istead of callig i faith upo the God who had secured their freedom, tured bitter water sweet, ad provided maa ad quail, the people complaied to Moses. Agai, istead of trustig God, they lameted that they were goig to die i the desert for lack of water. As you ca see from Exodus 17:4, Moses was exasperated. God, however, proves his patiece ad love i this passage, givig the Hebrews the water they eeded i spite of their complaiig ad their lack of faith. The ames Moses gave to the place where all this happeed mea temptatio ad murmurig. No doubt Moses itet was to make this place a remider of the people s ubelief but also a ecouragemet toward faith i the God who had provided for them. The Jesus Coectio Thik of someoe who has frustrated you recetly. What eeds to happe to resolve the situatio? A relatioship with Jesus brigs us forgiveess, ot perfectio. Pray for clarity ad the opportuity to recogize whe you eed to exted the same type of grace ad uderstadig that Jesus has give you. O the lies below, write a prayer for the perso who has recetly frustrated you. Actig o Faith God had a pla. His istructios to Moses must have seemed ludicrous! Moses was to take with him the leaders of the people likely represetatives from each tribe so that they could see firsthad what God was goig to do. I frot of these leaders, Moses was to hit with his staff a rock that God would poit out to him. Ad eough water would come out of the rock to take care of the eeds of 2 millio people. As ulikely as God s pla seemed, Moses did t questio God. He did what God told him to do, ad God did what he said he would do. Moses ad God gave a covicig demostratio of what actig o faith i God ca do. Ad God was glorified whe the leaders brought back their report. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 3
4 30 GETTING STARTED Souds of Complaiig Bibles CD player Teacher Pack CD: Dog Whiig (track 6) Baby Cryig (track 7) Sheep Bleatig (track 8) Souds of Complaiig What You ll Do Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Have kids stad o oe side of the room. What does it mea to complai? What s somethig you ve complaied about recetly? How did that tur out for you? How do others respod to your complaiig? Say: Let s liste to some souds that will help us thik more about complaiig. Play Dog Whiig (track 6 o the CD). Have kids idetify the soud. What s your reactio to this soud? Explai. Play Baby Cryig (track 7 o the CD). Have kids idetify the soud. Do you thik this souds the same as whe you complai? Why or why ot? Say: This ext soud is kid of like today s Key Verse, which compares God with a shepherd. Imagie that you re a shepherd watchig over your sheep o a hillside. Play Sheep Bleatig (track 8 o the CD). Have kids idetify the soud. Say: Let s see how our Key Verse compares God with a shepherd. Make sure kids all have a Bible, ad have kids tur to Psalm 23:1-2. Ask a willig child to read aloud the Key Verse: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall ot be i wat. He makes me lie dow i gree pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters. Have kids repeat the verse with you several times. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. How are a dog s whie, a baby s cry, a sheep s bleat, ad a perso s complaits similar or differet? Whe you thik about God as a shepherd ad yourself as a sheep, what does this verse say about how God treats you? Keepig the Key Verse i mid, how is God patiet with you? Lesso 3 Grades 3 & 4
5 31 Say: We ofte complai whe we re afraid or feel as if we do t have cotrol. Ad eve though souds like a dog s whiig, a baby s cryig, or a sheep s bleatig may be a form of complait, those who care still respod. Today we ll lear how God respoded to a group of people who forgot to trust i his care ad istead complaied. The Bible Poit tells us that GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Complaiig Natio What You ll Do Say: The Israelites had bee slaves i Egypt for a log, log time. God had performed may miracles so the Egyptia Pharaoh would set them free, ad it worked! After the Israelites were set free, they wadered i the desert for may years. Today s Bible passage takes place while the Israelites wadered i the desert. Distribute a few crackers to each child, ad have kids form groups of four. Allow kids to eat their crackers as they ope their Bibles to Exodus 17. Have groups read aloud Exodus 17:1-3. After kids have eate the crackers ad read the verses, have them compare their thirst after eatig the crackers to the Israelites thirst as they wadered i the desert. Ask kids to act out the feelig of extreme thirst. Complaiig Natio Bibles salties foam cups brow costructio paper glue sticks pitcher of water! ALLERGY ALERT Say: The Israelites were afraid about ot havig water to drik. Because of their fear, they complaied istead of talkig to God. Now let s see how God respoded to the Israelites complaits. Have kids fid Exodus 17:4-7 i their Bibles, ad have groups read the passage aloud. Distribute a foam cup to each child, ad give brow costructio paper ad glue sticks to each group of four. Show kids how to rub a glue stick over the sides of a cup, leavig the top lip clea. The show kids how to tear costructio paper ad glue pieces of paper to the outside of the cup to make it look like a rock. Whe everyoe has fiished, pour water ito the cups ad allow kids to drik water from their rocks. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. How did your parets react the last time you complaied? What do you thik of God s respose to the complaiig of the Israelites? What ca you kow about God because of his reactio to the Israelites? Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 3
6 32 Say: GOD IS PATIENT WITH US because he loves us. The Israelites wated to kow if God was goig to take care of them. They let their fear tur cocer ito complaiig, but God wated them to kow that he was there with them. He did somethig miraculous to care for them. Whe we mess up, GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. The U-Gift The U-Gift paper markers What You ll Do Have kids form pairs, ad have pairs sit i a circle. Distribute paper ad markers to each pair. Say: I your pairs, draw a picture for the pair to your right. Allow about two miutes. Have kids come see you as a group, oe child from each pair, as you sit i a far corer of your room away from the other kids. Say: You re about to receive a picture from aother pair. Whe you get it, complai about receivig it. Say thigs like I did t wat a drawig; I wated a pet uicor, or But I wated a millio dollars. Your parter does t have to complai with you, but your job is to fid ways to complai about receivig this gift. You wo t make commets about the picture, but you will say thigs you wish you had istead. Make sure childre uderstad that they re preted complaiig, ad remid them ot to say hurtful thigs about oe aother or ayoe s artwork. Have pairs give their picture to the pair o their right. Allow time for the pairs to complai ad those who gave them the picture to react. The have kids draw aother picture o the back of the oe they ve just received. Allow about two miutes. Ask the kids who you spoke with earlier to come talk to you agai. Say: You ll switch pictures agai. This time, show how thakful you are to receive the picture from your frieds. Say thigs like I am so thakful you gave me such a special gift, or Thak you for makig this for me. Have pairs give their picture to the pair o their left. Allow time for the pairs to thak each other ad those who gave them the picture to react. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. What was differet about thakfuless ad complaiig i our activity? What thigs do you expect others to say or do whe you re helpig them? How do you thik that s like or ulike God s reactio to helpig us? Say: GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. He was patiet with the Israelites, too. They wated water, ad they complaied about their situatio. God listeed ad patietly cared for them. We ca be thakful istead of complaiig. Lesso 3 Grades 3 & 4
7 33 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Complaiig or Trustig What You ll Do Set out pecils ad markers. Have kids form trios, ad distribute this week s Bible Truth Sleuth pages. Have kids tur to the Complaiig or Trustig activity. Have trios discuss what the Israelites might have said whe they complaied ad write those words i the top left speech bubble. Play Psalm 23 (track 4 o the CD) while kids follow the ext set of istructios. Restart the sog if you eed to. Say: I your trios, discuss what the Israelites might have said if they d remembered to trust God, ad write those words i the top right speech bubble. After a few miutes, have several willig kids share with the group what they wrote. Say: With your trio, discuss what kids of thigs you all complai about. I the bottom left square, each perso ca draw a picture to represet a complait. Say: Fially, discuss how you ca remember to trust God. The each of you ca draw a picture i the bottom right square to show how you ca remember to trust God. After a few miutes, have willig kids share with the etire group what they drew. Distribute copies of the lyrics page, ad play Psalm 23 (track 4 o the CD). This time, lead kids i sigig alog with the CD. Complaiig or Trustig pecils markers CD player copies of the lyrics page (at the ed of this lesso) Teacher Pack CD: Psalm 23 (track 4) Complaiig or Trustig Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 3 pages from each Bible Truth Sleuth studet book. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall ot be i wat. He makes me lie dow i gree pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He restores my soul. He guides me i paths of righteousess For his ame s sake. Eve though I walk through the valley Of the shadow of death, I will fear o evil, for you are with me; Your rod ad your staff, they comfort me! Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 3
8 34 You prepare a table before me I the presece of my eemies. You aoit my head with oil; My cup overflows. My cup overflows. Surely goodess ad love will follow me All the days of my life, Ad I will dwell i the house of the Lord Forever, forever! Psalm 23 by Jay Stocker Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. What s the differece betwee whe you re complaiig ad whe you re trustig God? What might it be like to trust God whe you re havig a hard time i life? What do you thik of the way God treats us regardless of if we complai or thak him? Say: GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. We are t always easy for him to deal with. Sometimes we complai ad forget how good he is. We ca ask God to help us remember to have a attitude of trust ad thakfuless toward God. Ad we ca thak him for beig so patiet with us. 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Daily Challeges What You ll Do Say: I d like you to cosider how you ca remember this week that GOD IS PATIENT WITH US. Lesso 3 Grades 3 & 4
9 35 Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges o their pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Pray about somethig you eed or wat from God. Practice patiece this week by waitig for a aswer from God. Help someoe who s youger tha you as he or she lears to do somethig ew. Be patiet, ad remember how God is patiet with you. Thik of somethig you re tryig to accomplish whether you re learig to play the piao or tryig to get better grades i math ad pray for patiece as you try to lear to do that thig. Remember how God is patiet. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell the kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Say: Let s remember that GOD IS PATIENT WITH US as we follow through o our Daily Challeges. Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about how God is patiet with us. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their pages with their families. Weavig Faith at Home Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Have kids stad i a circle ad place their pages o the floor by their feet. Ecourage kids to pray about ways they ca remember God s patiece. Grades 3 & 4 Lesso 3
10 36 Lyrics Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall ot be i wat. He makes me lie dow i gree pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He restores my soul. He guides me i paths of righteousess For his ame s sake. Eve though I walk through the valley Of the shadow of death, I will fear o evil, for you are with me; Your rod ad your staff, they comfort me! You prepare a table before me I the presece of my eemies. You aoit my head with oil; My cup overflows. My cup overflows. Surely goodess ad love will follow me All the days of my life, Ad I will dwell i the house of the Lord Forever, forever! Psalm 23 by Jay Stocker Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved.! OK TO COPY Lesso 3 Grades 3 & 4
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