Lesso 7 77 Sata Tempts Jesus Luke 4:1-13 Preschoolers are familiar with temptatio, especially beig tempted to act cotrary to their parets wishes. May childre this age wo t be familiar with Sata, ad they ll better uderstad the simple cocept of beig tempted to do wrog thigs. Use this lesso to help childre begi to uderstad that God ca help them say o whe they re tempted to say yes to somethig that would be wrog. Lesso What Childre Do easy prep 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. Just Like God Act out a sog sayig o to Sata ad temptatio. Puppy Poiters Hear how Theo s parets keep him safe. Bible Time: Jesus i the Desert Act out how Jesus was tempted to do wrog thigs ad chose to do right. sigal, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible, CD player Teacher Pack: CD CD player, Theo puppet, toy car, strig Teacher Pack: CD Bible, blocks, 1 toy figure per child Tie the toy car to Theo s paw. Bible Poit Jesus helps us do what s right. Key Verse Yet to all who received him, to those who believed i his ame, he gave the right to become childre of God (Joh 1:12). Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will ask Jesus to help them do the right thig. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
78 Lesso What Childre Do Easy Prep Ceter 1: Parets Are God s Helpers Decorate pictures showig parets keepig childre safe ad secure. My Bible Hugs; oe 1-ich piece of yar per child; red, gree, ad yellow markers; glue Remove the Lesso 7 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Ceter 2: Bread-Froma-Stoe Sack Make stoes from modelig dough, ad the eat rolls. Ceter 3: The Right Path Walk a straight lie with ad without help to show how they eed God s help. Ceter 4: My Ow Rock Decorate rocks as remiders of Jesus temptatio. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Actio Prayer Say thak you to Jesus for helpig whe they re tempted. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. modelig dough, dier rolls, atibacterial gel (optioal) maskig tape, blidfolds ewspapers, small rocks, glitter, glue My Bible Hugs, pes Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
79 Sata Tempts Jesus Luke 4:1-13 BIBLe BACKGROUND for Leaders Jesus Goes Ito the Wilderess Jesus temptatio by Sata followed closely o the heels of his baptism ad God s cofirmatio of Jesus relatioship with him (Luke 3:21-22). Why did God allow Jesus to be tempted i this way? At least oe aswer is foud i Hebrews 4:14-16. If Jesus had ot bee tempted as we are, he would ot be able to sympathize with our vulerability to temptatio. Because he was tempted, he ca idetify with us. Sata Tempts Jesus i the Wilderess Some ask if it was possible for Jesus to give i to Sata s temptatios. There s ot a easy aswer to this questio. Some say his divie ature ruled out the possibility of his siig. Others say that his humaity made him vulerable to si ad that if the temptatio to si was t real, the he would t have bee able to atoe for our sis i his death. For further study, read Hebrews 2:14-18. Although Luke 4:1-13 is referred to as the temptatio of Jesus, it s importat to remember the words of Luke 4:13. These evets did t mark the ed of Sata s attempts to draw Jesus away from God. Throughout Jesus miistry, Sata tried to capitalize o Jesus humaity. However, Jesus always withstood the test, ad he died for us after livig a siless life. The Jesus Coectio As your relatioship with Jesus grows through spedig time i God s Word, your resistace to Sata s temptatios will become stroger. What temptatios are you battlig right ow? Use a Bible app or a Bible website to fid a verse that helps you fight that temptatio. Persoalize it as a prayer, ad memorize it. You ca write your prayer here. Whe Sata offered Jesus all the kigdoms of the world, the stregth of the temptatio was i the shortcut it offered. Sata offered Jesus authority over the world uder Sata, who was uder God, without havig to go through the humiliatio ad sufferig that Jesus kew was comig. The oly coditio was that Jesus had to worship Sata. But all this was a deceptio. Jesus would t have become kig; he would have become a servat of Sata. Ad Jesus saw through Sata s pla. Jesus Overcomes Sata s Temptatios Jesus aswered each of Sata s temptatios with Scripture. What does that tell us about how we ca be prepared to face temptatio? Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
80 gettig started Welcome ad Celebrate sigal CD player Teacher Pack CD: Glad You re Here Today (track 7), Ad You Love Me (Psalm 139:1-3) (track 12) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle o the floor. Lead childre i sigig Glad You re Here Today (track 7 o the CD) to the tue of Te Little Idias. Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Come sig ad play ad hear the Bible. (cup hads over mouth) Sig ad play ad hear the Bible. (tur i a circle) Sig ad play ad hear the Bible. (put had to ear) We re so glad you re here! (both thumbs up) We re so glad you re here today! (hads o hips ad shake head) We re so glad you re here today! (hads o hips ad shake head) We re so glad you re here today! (hads o hips ad shake head) Come sig ad play with us. (make come here motio) (Repeat.) Say: I m glad you re here today because we re learig that Jesus helps us do what s right. Let s sig oe more sog before we lear more about that. Lead childre i sigig Ad You Love Me (Psalm 139:1-3) (track 12 o the CD). Ecourage childre to move to the rhythm of this sog as they praise God. O Lord, you have searched me Ad you kow me. You kow whe I sit ad whe I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar. You discer my goig out ad my lyig dow; You are familiar with all my ways. You are familiar with all my ways. You are familiar with all my ways, Ad you love me (Nah, ah, ah, ah), Ad you love me (Nah, ah, ah, ah). Ad you love me. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
81 (Repeat from the begiig.) Ad you love me (Nah, ah, ah, ah), Ad you love me (Nah, ah, ah, ah). Ad you love me. Ad You Love Me (Psalm 139:1-3) by Carol Smith. 2005 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Say: Jesus loves you so much, ad he kows you very well, just like the sog we just sag says. That s why we ca kow that Jesus helps us do what s right. Let s lear how he does that. 2 Key Verse activity Just Like God Have childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Joh 1:12, ad show childre the words. Tell childre the Bible is God s special book. Say: Today we re learig that Jesus wats us to do what s right ad whe we re part of his family, he eve helps us! Our Key Verse helps us kow how we ca be part of God s family. It says, Yet to all who received him, to those who believed i his ame, he gave the right to become childre of God (Joh 1:12). Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead childre i sayig the simplified Key Verse with you: Those who believe i Jesus ca become childre of God (Joh 1:12). Just Like God Bible CD player Teacher Pack CD: God Makes Me Strog (track 13) Say: We ca be part of God s family! Let s thik about what that meas. Sometimes people might say that you look or act just like someoe i your family. Share a persoal story about a family member that you resemble. Allow childre to share how they re like some other family member. Say: If we become childre of God, we ll wat to be more ad more like him. We ll wat to be lovig ad kid ad helpful. Ask: What other good thigs does God do? Say: It ca be hard to do the thigs God wats us to. But we ca trust that Jesus helps us. Whe we re part of God s family, Jesus helps us do what s right. Let s sig a sog about how he does that. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
82 Lead childre i sigig God Makes Me Strog (track 13 o the CD) to the tue of Dow By the Bay, ad teach childre the actios to accompay the sog. Explai that Sata is aother ame for the devil who ca t be see but wats people to do bad thigs ad does t care about people. God makes me strog (flex arm muscle) So I ca say, (poit to mouth) No, Sata, o! (shake head agrily) You go away! God helps me do right. (both hads lifted up, eyes lookig up toward God) So I ca say, (poit to mouth) Followig the rules (idex figer of oe had taps the faceup palm of the other o the words followig ad rules ) Is always cool! (Childre shout COOL! ) Just go away! (Childre shout these words with arms folded across chest.) (Repeat.) Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What did you lear from the sog about doig right? Why do you wat to be part of God s family? Say: Whe we believe i Jesus, we ca become childre of God. Lead childre i sayig the Key Verse with you: Those who believe i Jesus ca become childre of God (Joh 1:12). Whe we re part of God s family, Jesus helps us do what s right. Ad we wat to do what s right because we kow that s what s best for us. 3 bible Exploratio Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet toy car strig Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 2) Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tie the toy car to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste, everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 2 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! What did you brig to show us today? Theo: I brought my toy car. Everyoe buckle your seat belts! Click. (Pauses for kids to preted to buckle their seat belts.) Let s go! Vroom! Teacher: Theo, that s good that you remembered to buckle your seat belt. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
83 Theo: Yeah, it s oe of my parets rules. See, sometimes I wat to ubuckle my seat belt eve whe the car is movig. It feels tight, ad I like to move aroud! But I leared that it s ot right to disobey my parets. Teacher: That s right, Theo! Ad whe we do the right thig, it s always what s best for us. That remids me of our Bible Poit for today. Frieds, let s tell Theo our Bible Poit for today. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: Jesus helps us do what s right.) Theo: Oh, really? I d love to have some help because sometimes it s hard to obey my parets. Teacher: My frieds here are learig that they ca ask Jesus for help with doig the right thig, ad he ll keep them safe. Theo: Cool! Well, I have to go o a car trip with my parets ow. I promise to obey my parets i the car. Ad whe I have trouble obeyig, I ll ask for help. Teacher: Good idea, Theo! Let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Why do you thik Theo s parets have rules for him? Why are our parets rules importat? What ca you do ext time you re havig trouble obeyig? Say: Theo s parets ad our parets have rules to protect us. Doig the right thig helps protect us from harm, too. That s why Jesus helps us do what s right. Let s hear about a time Jesus was tempted to do the wrog thig ad how he made a good decisio. Bible Time: Jesus i the Desert Ope your Bible to Luke 4:1-13, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: Today we re learig about doig the right thig. Have childre talk about some of the rules for your group. Ecourage them to talk about times they might wat to break the rules. Bible Time: Jesus i the Desert Bible blocks 1 toy figure per child Give each child a toy figure, ad set out the blocks. Say: The Bible tells us about a time Jesus had a choice to break the rules. It says that after he was baptized, he wet to be aloe i the desert to pray ad to liste to God. Have childre walk their figures. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
84 Say: After may days, Sata (who we sometimes call the devil ) came ad said to Jesus, If you re the special child of God, make these stoes ito loaves of bread. Have childre stad their figures i frot of the blocks. God helped Jesus do what was right. Jesus said to Sata, I do t wat to do what you say, eve though I m hugry. Sata the told Jesus, If you ll worship me, I ll give you all the coutries ad cities i the world. Have childre stack blocks to make a city. But Jesus said, I will oly worship God. God helps me do what s right. A third time, Sata spoke to Jesus ad said, If you re special, jump dow from this high moutai. Nothig will happe to you. Have childre work together to build a sturdy moutai with the blocks. Have oe child stad his or her toy figure o top of the moutai. Jesus said, Do t tempt me. God helps me do what s right. The Sata left Jesus aloe. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What do you thik about how Jesus did the right thig? What are some ways that you ca choose to do the right thig? Say: God promised to be with us always, eve whe we re tempted to do thigs that will hurt us or someoe else. Jesus was tempted i the desert, but he did othig wrog. Jesus kows what it s like to have someoe tryig to get him to do the wrog thig. Ad Jesus helps us do what s right. Ceter 1: Parets Are God s Helpers My Bible Hugs oe 1-ich piece of yar per child red, gree, ad yellow markers glue Ceter 1: Parets Are God s Helpers Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 7 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. 4 weavig faith ito life Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. Ceter 1: Parets Are God s Helpers Give each child a Lesso 7 page from My Bible Hugs. Say: Today we re learig that we wat to do the right thig because that s what s best for us. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
85 Poit out the pictures o the My Bible Hugs page. Say: Sometimes we do t wat to follow our parets rules, but the rules ofte help take care of ad protect us. God wats us to be safe, ad that s why he gave us our parets to protect us. As childre look at the pictures, have them talk about rules their parets have that keep them safe. Let childre glue yar o the car seat to make the seat belt. Have childre color i the stoplight. Say: Eve whe we thik about disobeyig our parets safety rules, Jesus helps us do what s right. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What are some rules your parets have for you? Talk about whether you trust your parets to take care of you. Whe we feel like disobeyig our parets, what ca we remember? Say: Our parets have rules to keep us safe. They ask us to obey because they love us so much. Whe we thik about disobeyig our parets, remember that Jesus helps us do what s right. Ceter 2: Bread-From-a-Stoe Sack Give childre each a small amout of modelig dough, ad have them each make a stoe. Remid your childre that real rocks are t food ad should t be put i their mouths. Say: Show me what you thik a stoe might taste like. Kids will probably make a face as if they ate somethig that does t taste good. Today we leared that Jesus was really hugry. Ad Sata, the devil, tried to get Jesus to tur some rocks ito food. Of course Jesus could t eat rocks but he s God, so he could ve made the rocks ito the yummiest food aroud. Ceter 2: Bread-Froma-Stoe Sack modelig dough dier rolls atibacterial gel (optioal)! allergy alert Take the modelig dough from childre. Say: Jesus said o. He kew it was t the right thig. He was really hugry! But he wated to do the right thig. Have childre clea their hads. Give each child a dier roll. Say: God took care of Jesus. Jesus did t eed to do the wrog thig to get what he eeded. Jesus kows what it s like to have a choice to do the wrog thig. Jesus helps us do what s right ad he uderstads how we feel whe we re thikig about doig the wrog thig. Lead childre i a prayer, ad let them ejoy their sacks. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
86 Ceter 3: The Right Path The Right Path maskig tape blidfolds Say: Let s thik about how Jesus helps us do what s right. Have childre help tear several 4-foot legths of maskig tape ad stick them each i straight lies o the floor. Say: Let s try to walk o these straight lies we made o the floor. But here s the catch: we ll preted to be blid. Give childre the optio of wearig a blidfold, closig their eyes, or placig their hads over their eyes. Have childre fid their way blid to the ed of the tape (be sure to give them plety of room o each side of the tape). Most will stop or stray away from the tape. The have childre each fid a parter ad take turs guidig each other as they walk blid to the ed of the tape. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What was it like whe you tried this activity by yourself? What was it like whe you had a parter to guide you? What are some ways Jesus ca help you stay o the right path? Say: Whe we try to do thigs by ourselves, it ca be very hard. But God ca guide us, just like your fried guided you, so we ca do what s right. Jesus helps us do what s right. Ceter 4: My Ow Rock ewspapers small rocks glitter glue Ceter 4: My Ow Rock Say: God was with Jesus whe he did the right thig. Eve though Sata, the devil, tried to get him to do the wrog thig, Jesus said o. Let s make a craft to help us remember that Jesus kows what it s like to be tempted ad he ll help us do the right thig. Cover a surface with ewspapers. Give each child a rock, ad show kids how to use the glitter ad glue to decorate the rocks as a remider that Jesus did t tur the rock ito bread. Say: Sata wated Jesus to tur a stoe ito bread istead of trust God for everythig he eeded. God will give us everythig we eed whe we trust him, too! Take your rocks home to remember that Jesus helps us do what s right. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4
87 5 lastig impressios Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs pes Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Talk With Kids Say: Today we leared that Jesus helps us do what s right. I would like each of you to choose a way to make good choices this week. Give kids these two challeges to choose from: ask your mom or dad to give you a smiley-face sticker to wear o your had. Whe you do t feel like beig a kid fried, look at the sticker ad remember that Jesus will help you do what s right! Whe your mom or dad asks you to do a chore that seems too hard, ask Jesus to help you obey your mom or dad without complaiig. Say: If you wat to wear a smiley-face sticker, circle the choice with oe dot. If you wat to obey without complaiig, circle the choice with two dots. Check that each child circled a choice o his or her My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you tell kids the challege you choose. Your commitmet will ispire childre ad will give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Form a circle, ad have the childre sit dow. Have childre use their figers to show Jesus walkig i the desert. Say: Jesus chose to do the right thig i the desert, ad he ll help us do the right thig, too. Pray: Dear Jesus, Thak you for helpig us whe [have childre add their ideas of thigs that tempt them]. Thak you for walkig with us I good times ad bad times. I your ame, ame. Preschool/Ages 3 & 4 Lesso 7 Witer Quarter
88 Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet durig the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Witer Quarter Lesso 7 Preschool/Ages 3 & 4