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GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE LIFE POINT: God made people in His own image. CREATION LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image. BIBLE PASSAGE Genesis 2:4-24 UNIT VERSE In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (HCSB) WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE Genesis 1:27 SUGGESTED DATE Week of September 11 LEADER BIBLE STUDY In the last session we showed how modern astronomy verifies the universe was created. Even more astounding is that science has discovered how the universe is fine-tuned 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 365.25 days, we could not exist on this planet! We traced 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. 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 the 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. What is the special significance of God s breathing life into Adam so that Adam became a living being? 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? (see Jesus affirmation: Matthew 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. Additional training for Bible Studies for Life: Kids available at ministrygrid.com/web/biblestudiesforlife. 14 Unit 1 Session 2

BIBLE STORY God s Plan for People God created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breathed life into the man, and he became a living being. God made the man in His Own image. God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to grow in the garden. Some trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the start of four other rivers. God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any tree in the garden except for one. God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He decided to make the man a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the man s helper. God caused the man to fall asleep. God took one of the man s ribs and closed the man s skin. Then God made the rib from the man into a woman. God took the woman to the man. The man said, This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken from man. BASED ON GENESIS 2:4-24 REVIEW QUESTIONS What did God create the man from? (dust of the ground) What did God breathe into the man? (the breath of life) In whose image did God make man? (in His Own image) Where did God place Adam? (in the garden of Eden) What did God plan for the man to do in the garden? (work in the garden and watch over it) What did God see that was not good? (for the man to be alone) What did God create the woman from? (the rib of the man) BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 1 3 & 4 6 15

Grades 1-3 Pack Item 5: Bible Books Chart marker board and marker DVD aluminum dolls Option: foil (1 for every 3-4 kids) God s Plan for People coloring page (CD) DVD-Click on the missions tab video menu to find the video Learning the Stories. International Missions: West Africa (CD) large bath towels Place towels on the floor for kids to sit on. PRACTICE BIBLE SKILLS Place the boys in one group and the girls in another. Ask kids to open their Bibles to Genesis 2 and find the words man and woman. Guide the boys to find the name of a man anywhere in the Bible and call out the reference. Write the reference on a marker or poster board. Invite the girls to find the reference and to call out the name mentioned in the verse. Write the name beside the reference. Switch roles and play again. Instruct the girls to find the name of a woman in the Bible and call out the reference. Add the reference to the marker or poster board. Lead the boys to find the reference and to call out the name mentioned in the verse. INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY Give each group of three to four kids a large piece of foil. Guide each group to wrap the foil around an object in the room. Lead kids to gently remove the foil to create a mold of the object. Guide groups to ask another group to guess what the foil represents. Next, give each group of kids a large piece of foil and a doll. Guide each group to wrap the foil around the doll s face. Lead kids to gently remove the foil to create a mold of the doll s face. Talk about how the impressions resemble faces. Explain that when God created people He did something much greater. He created people in His own image! Show God s Plan for People: Introduction video. MISSIONS EMPHASIS Show the video Learning the Stories or read the missions story. Lead kids to make comparisons about your church and the church they saw in the video. Remind kids that kids in West Africa are hearing the same Bible stories they are! Comment that Kimberly Cain hopes that as the children learn, they will grow up and choose to follow Jesus. Kimberly believes that God has special plans for these children. Pray and thank God for missionaries like Kimberly who are telling children all over the world about Jesus. 16 Unit 1 Session 2

PRACTICE BIBLE SKILLS Review the general content of each of the Old Testament Law books (Genesis story about creation and the first people; Exodus the story of the exit of God s people from Egypt; Leviticus laws God gave His people; Numbers events during 40 years in the wilderness; Deuteronomy Moses final do s and don ts to the people). Lead kids to stand in a circle, one palm facing up. Place the box lid on one of the kids hands, then drop one marble in the lid. Kids should pass the box lid around the circle using only their flat hands. When the marble drops through one of the labeled holes, prompt kids to tell you what kind of information or stories they can find in that book. After each rotation around the circle, add another marble and direct kids to pass the lid in the opposite direction. INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY Direct kids to sit in a circle. Read the characteristics below. Kids who fit the description will move one chair to the right; kids who do not fit the description will stay seated. If the chair is already occupied, kids should share the space (put a hand on the chair, balance a knee on the seat, and so on). Use descriptions like: blue eyes, snores, not ticklish, only child, fish owner, plays an instrument, likes going barefoot, can ice skate, and so forth. Remark that God created all kinds of people, but all the people He created are made in His image. Show God s Plan for People: Introduction video. MISSIONS EMPHASIS Show the video Learning the Stories or read the missions story. Lead kids to make comparisons about your church and the church they saw in the video. Remind kids that kids in West Africa are hearing the same Bible stories they are! Comment that Kimberly Cain hopes that as the children learn, they will grow up and choose to follow Jesus. Kimberly believes that God has special plans for these children. Pray and thank God for missionaries like Kimberly who are telling children all over the world about Jesus. Grades 4-6 marbles or gumballs shallow box lid Cut or punch 5 holes in the lid slightly larger than the marble. Label each hole with a Bible book name: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. DVD DVD-Click on the missions tab video menu to find the video Learning the Stories. International Missions: West Africa (CD) large bath towels Place towels on the floor for kids to sit on. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 1 3 & 4 6 17

Grades 1-3 STUDY THE BIBLE Pack Item 1: Unit 1 Banner and Verse Teaching Picture 2 Kids Activity Pages CD DVD mirror 1. Unit Verse Sing Your Amazing World (track 1). Display the Unit 1 Banner and Verse. Invite kids to say the verse together several times. Give one child a sticky note and ask him to place the note over a word. Guide the kids to say the verse, including the covered word. Continue until kids cover all words and can say the verse from memory. Option: Teach the weekly Bible verse, Genesis 1:27. 2. Bible Story Invite kids to play a mirror game. Encourage one child to choose a movement. Offer suggestions (such as jumping in place, swinging his arms, or stretching from side to side.) Guide the other kids to mirror his movement. For example, if the child hops on his right foot, the kids should mirror him and hop on their left feet. Hold up a mirror. Explain that a mirror shows a reflection of something. Distribute the Kids Activity Pages. Guide kids to discover the missing word in Trace the Numbers. Ask kids to define the term image. Explain that an image is something that closely resembles something else. God created us like Him in the way we think, feel, and decide. Guide kids to listen for the word image as you open your Bible to Genesis 2 and tell the story. 3. Review Display the Teaching Picture. Invite kids to explain how the word image was used in the story. Ask kids the review questions. Pray and thank God for making people in His Own image. 4. Life Action Explain that God made each person special. Tell kids to think about qualities that make them different. Remind kids that all of our differences are good, such as the color of our skin, the number of freckles we have on our face, the color of our hair, or the size of our feet. Comment that even though we each have differences, we are all made in God s image. Hold the mirror and share something special about the way God made you. Invite kids to pass the mirror around and share something special about the way God made them. Comment that God created us to have a relationship with Him, but sin keeps us from right relationships with Him. That s why God sent Jesus to provide a way for our sins to be forgiven so that each of us could have a relationship with God that would last forever. Show God s Plan for People: Life Action video. 18 Unit 1 Session 2

LIFE POINT God made people in His own image. Grades 4-6 1. Bible Story Sing Your Amazing World (track 1). Lead kids to review, in order, the result of each of the days of creation in Genesis 1. Comment that Genesis 2 provides more details about how God provided for the people He created. Open your Bible to Genesis 2 and tell the Bible story. Note: Guide preteens or strong readers to investigate the chapter on their own first. Provide additional detail as you summarize the story. Distribute Kids Activity Pages. After reviewing the significance of chapter and verse numbers in a Bible reference, lead kids to complete Found It! Invite volunteers to read or recap what they found. 2. Review Direct kids to stand in a circle. Volley a balloon across the circle as you begin a sentence related to the Bible story: When God The player who catches the balloon should add one word to the series before volleying to a new player: When God made Use the Teaching Picture as a prompt. Continue until kids construct an accurate sentence, one word at a time. Repeat as time permits. To simplify, volley the balloon around the circle in order rather than at random. 3. Unit Verse Display the Unit 1 Banner and Verse. Lead kids to read it aloud with you. Allow a volunteer to suggest an action (clapping, stomping) to substitute for the word created. Lead kids to say the verse, making the proper substitution. Enlist another volunteer to suggest a second action to replace image. Say the verse with both substitutions. Continue to replace words with actions. Option: Teach the weekly Bible verse, Genesis 1:27. 4. Life Action Explain that being made in God s image refers to our ability to think, feel, act, and decide. When we sin, we are not thinking, feeling, acting, or deciding in a way that honors God. Talk about how Jesus is the perfect image of God. Jesus was perfect and without sin. His sacrifice on the cross enables us to receive forgiveness for our sin and have eternal life. Call attention to Who, Me? Like Him? on the Kids Activity Page. Give kids a few moments to respond to the survey and suggest other actions, thoughts, or characteristics that reflect God s image. Remind kids that sin keeps people from being perfect reflections of God, but it does not keep people from God s love! God still loves us even though we sin. Show God s Plan for People: Life Action video. Pack Item 1: Unit 1 Banner and Verse Teaching Picture 2 Kids Activity Pages CD DVD inflated balloon BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 1 3 & 4 6 19

Grades 1-3 Choice 1 Pack Item 7: Symmetrical Drawings Make 1 copy for each child. DVD hand mirrors pencils, crayons, or markers Choice 2 DVD tape file folders (2 per group of 3 kids) Open the file folders. Tape the right vertical edge of 1 folder to the left edge of the 2nd folder. Set the folders up on a table in the shape of a U. containers of play dough (1 per group of 3 kids) LIVE IT OUT Choice 1: Symmetrical Drawing Distribute the Symmetrical Drawings, mirrors, and drawing tools. Invite kids to hold mirrors on the half-drawings to see full images of things God created. Explain that only people are made in God s image. Encourage kids to choose a drawing. Lead right-handed kids to choose an image on the left side and left-handed kids to choose an image on the right side. Guide kids to place the mirror on the line with the mirror side facing the image and look down at the paper to see the reflection. Invite kids to draw the other half of the image on the paper. Distribute blank sheets of paper and challenge kids to make their own symmetry drawings. Guide each child to draw a line down the middle of his paper and then draw half of a symmetrical face or design on one side of the paper. Remind kids that God created people in His image. Choice 2: Build and Compare Place kids into groups of three. Set up a file folder on a table. Place one container of play dough behind each file folder. Guide the first child to go behind the file folder and use half of the play dough to make one thing God created. Lead the second child to go behind the file folder and describe the structure as the third child (who cannot see it) tries to build the same structure with the remaining half of the play dough. Tell kids to use descriptive words to help describe the structure to the child who cannot see it. Suggest kids talk about the size in comparison to coins, Ping-Pong balls, or crayons. Compare the two structures when the child finishes. Talk about the parts that turned out the same and those that look different. Allow kids to rotate to each position and play a total of three times. Share how it is difficult for two kids to make the exact same structure. Remind kids that God made man and woman in His image and that we are not like any of His other creations. Wrap Up Show God s Plan for People: Wrap Up video. Remind kids to give their One Conversation pages to their parents. 20 Unit 1 Session 2

LIFE POINT God made people in His own image. Grades 4-6 Choice 1: Imago Dei Bracelets Guide kids to find and read Genesis 5:1. Encourage kids to define, in their own words, what it means to be created in God s image. Ask: Did God create anyone who does not reflect His image? What makes it difficult to treat some people as a reflection of God s image? Show the construction paper phrase. Emphasize that, without exception, all people possess the imago Dei (Latin for image of God. ) Discuss how recognizing and respecting God s image in others can create friendships and strengthen relationships. Give everyone two cardboard cuffs. Lead kids to wrap the cuffs with narrow strips of printed tape and on the inside or outside write imago Dei. Guide kids to keep one cuff and give the other one away. Challenge kids to tell the recipient that he or she is created in God s image. Choice 2: All About Appearances Comment that instead of basing a person s self-worth on being made in God s image, many people rely on other things to feel special. Provide newspapers, magazines, scissors, and glue. Guide kids to create a collage with pictures and captions of things that represent appearance-based or externalbased self-worth (such as expensive clothes, strength and athletic ability, popularity, and so on). Prompt kids to explain each picture on the collage. Option: provide markers and allow kids to draw representative pictures. When about five minutes remain, call for volunteers to read these verses: Deuteronomy 33:3; 1 Samuel 16:7; Jeremiah 1:5; Isaiah 43:4; Ephesians 2:10. Remind kids that nothing gives a person more value than being created and cherished by God. Choice 1 empty paper towel rolls Cut a vertical slit in the roll, then cut the roll into 1-inch lengths to create cuffs (2 per child). construction paper Write imago Dei. printed duct tape scissors permanent markers Choice 2 blank poster or large sheet of paper assortment of magazines and newspaper sale circulars scissors glue sticks Wrap Up Show God s Plan for People: Wrap Up video. Remind kids to give their One Conversation pages to their parents. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 1 3 & 4 6 21

GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE GENESIS 2:4-24 TEACHING PICTURE 2 PRINTED IN THE USA

UNIT VERSE?? What did God see that was not good? (for the man to be alone)?? What did God create the woman from? (the rib of the man) Genesis 1:1 God, s Plan for People WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE Genesis 1:27 God created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breathed life into the man, and he became a living being. God made the man in His Own image. God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to grow in the garden. Some trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the start of four other rivers. God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any tree in the garden except for one. God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He decided to make the man a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the man s helper. God caused the man to fall asleep. God took one of the man s ribs and closed the man s skin. Then God made the rib from the man into a woman. God took the woman to the man. The man said, This is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken from man. BASED ON GENESIS 2:4-24 Review Questions?? What did God create the man from? (dust of the ground)?? What did God breathe into the man? (the breath of life)?? In whose image did God make man? (in His Own image)?? Where did God place Adam? (in the garden of Eden)?? What did God plan for the man to do in the garden? (work in the garden and watch over it)

UNIT 1. SESSION 2 God's Plan for People UNIT VERSE In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. GENESIS 1:1 (K JV) GENESIS 1:1 (HCSB) THE NUMBERS God made people in His own 28-13-79 71839 7139-46 317965 3179-46. To find each letter of the word above, trace the grid from number to number. Remember to lift up your finger at each dash and do not connect those numbers on the grid. Who did God create in His own image? Draw a picture of yourself. IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM God created (NAME) in His Own image. BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 1 3 5

TM ATIO RE N C THE BIBLE MEETS LIFE: Parents, today your child heard that God has 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? LEVEL OF BIBLICAL LEARNING God created people in His image. KIDS GOD S PLAN FOR PEOPLE God created a man out of the dust of the ground. God breath ed life into the man, and he became a living being. God made the man in His Ow n image. God planted a garden in Eden, and He made every tree to gro w in the garden. Some trees were beautiful and some trees supplied food. A rive r went out from Eden to water the garden. Fro m there it divided and becam e the start of four other rivers. LIVE IT OUT: Discuss with your child what the phrase 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 her. 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 WEEKLY BIBLE VERSE Genesis 1:27 6 God took the man He created and placed him in the garden. God planned for the man to work in the garden and to watch over it. God told him that he could eat from any tree in the garden except for one. God saw that it was not good for the man to be alone. He dec ided to make the man a helper. God brought all of the animals of the ground and the birds of the sky to the man. The man named all of the animals and birds. But none of them could be the man s helper. God caused the man to fall asle ep. God took one of the man s ribs and closed the man s skin. Then God made the rib fro m the man into a woman. Go d took the woman to the man. The man said, This is bon e of my bone and flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken from ma n. based on Genesis 2:4-24 TAKE IT FURTHER: Check out the God s Plan for People section of the Bible Studies for Life: Kids Family App.

UNIT 1. SESSION 2 God's Plan for People Read GENESIS 2 and you will find some wonderful things God gave people. When you find one of the things listed below, write the verse number where you found it. (The verse number is the one in small print within your Bible s column of text.) Then compare with a friend you may find more than one answer for each clue! What to Find FOOD TO EAT WORK TO DO RULES TO FOLLOW SOMETHING TO ENJOY SOMEONE TO LOVE In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. GENESIS 1:1 (HCSB) UNIT VERSE In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. GENESIS 1:1 (K JV) Where Did You Find It? Being made in the image of God means that in some ways, you are like Him not physically, but mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. CREATED OR WROTE SOMETHING Circle the things you did this week. WENT TO CHURCH DID SOME WORK IMAGE CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM ENJOYED ART OR MUSIC CARED FOR AN ANIMAL AVOIDED EVIL HUGGED YOUR MOM DESIRED JUSTICE OR FAIRNESS MADE A FRIEND These actions are evidence that you are created in God s image! FELT HAPPY OR SAD BIBLE STUDIES FOR LIFE GRADES 4 6 5

1 UNIT 1 BANNER AND VERSE Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA Instructions: Use with God s Amazing World, Unit 1 sessions (younger and older). The Unit Verse in HCSB is on the back of this item.

LAW Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy GOSPELS Matthew Mark Luke John Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings HISTORY Acts HISTORY 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther POETRY Job Psalm Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon PAUL S LETTERS Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Timothy Titus Philemon MAJOR PROPHETS Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel MINOR PROPHETS Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah GENERAL LETTERS Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi PROPHECY Revelation 5 BIBLE BOOKS CHART Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA Instructions: Use with Practice Bible Skills (younger and older).

7 SYMMETRICAL DRAWINGS Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Leader Pack, Fall 2016 Printed in the USA Instructions: Photocopy (1 per child). Cut apart on the dotted black lines. Use as directed with Unit 1, Session 2 (younger).

TODAY S TEMPERATURE PRAYER REMINDER k Color each thermometer to show the daily temperature where you live. k The red line on each thermometer shows what today s temperature is like in West Africa. k If the temperature where you live ends with an even number, ask God to give the people of West Africa a strong desire to learn about Him! k If the temperature where you live ends with an odd number, ask God to keep missionaries in West Africa safe. k If the temperature where you live is more than 10 degrees lower than the temperature in West Africa, ask God to give the missionaries great ideas for ways to share God s love. DAY DAY DAY DAY DAY TEMP TEMP TEMP TEMP TEMP INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay Instructions: Print in color if possible and use with Unit 1, Session 1.

Learning the Stories INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS Children all over the world are important to Jesus. He loves them and wants them to learn about Him when they are very young. Christian workers, like Kimberly Cain in West Africa, love the children like Jesus does. Sometimes Kimberly teaches kids as they sit on mats on the dusty ground. Sometimes she teaches kids at a local church where the roof is made of woven grass. That church building might not look KIMBERLY CAIN like yours, but the children in West Africa are learning the same stories from the Bible that you are! Kimberly uses a storying cloth to tell stories from the Bible. Each picture on the cloth tells a story. Kimberly tells children the story of creation and continues with stories about Jesus so children can grow up knowing Him and telling others about Him. Ways to pray for the people and missionaries in West Africa: k Pray that missionaries will be willing and able to learn the language spoken by the people so they can tell the people about Jesus. k Pray for missionaries as they adjust to a different culture in a part of the world where the temperature stays very hot all year. k Pray that the children of West Africa will learn to follow Jesus at a young age. INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay Instructions: Print and use with Unit 1 (younger and older).

A Christian worker in West Africa teaches the Bible using a Bible storying cloth. It includes pictures of different Bible stories. The Bible storying cloth includes pictures of Bible stories starting with the creation and ending with Christ. This method of teaching the gospel is called Creation to Christ. INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay Instructions: Print and use with Unit 1.

Kimberly Cain teaches kids about Jesus as they sit on mats on the dusty ground.

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS: WEST AFRICA Bible Studies for Life Grades 1 3 & 4 6 Enhanced CD, Fall 2016 2016 LifeWay Instructions: Print and use with Unit 1, Session 1.

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