Lesso 9 97 Jesus Demostrates His Authority Mark 1:21-28 Most first- ad secod-graders still thik very highly of their parets. Dads ad moms are all-powerful, as far as youg childre are cocered. There is othig their parets ca t hadle. This lesso will help the childre i your group grasp the reality of Jesus power i their lives. Use this lesso to tap ito this core belief that Jesus is the oly oe who is truly all-powerful. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started 2 Bible Exploratio Power Source (about 10 mi.) Compare powerful thigs they kow of to Jesus power. Special Report (about 25 mi.) Liste to a special report from Caperaum, ad lear the Key Verse. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. My Bible Fu, pecils, red markers Bibles, CD player Teacher Pack: CD Tear out the Lesso 9 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Bible Poit Jesus is all-powerful. Key Verse For I am coviced that either death or life, either agels or demos, either the preset or the future, or ay powers, either height or depth, or aythig else i all creatio, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is i Christ Jesus our Lord (Romas 8:38-39). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will recogize that Jesus is all-powerful ad will share his love with others. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 9 Witer Quarter
98 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life 4 Lastig Impressios Draw by His Power (about 10 mi.) Perform a experimet. Chagig Puppets (about 15 mi.) Make puppets. 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. small paper clips, maget, paper My Bible Fu, plastic spoos, scissors, permaet markers, tape My Bible Fu Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 9 Grades 1 & 2
99 Jesus Demostrates His Authority Mark 1:21-28 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Jesus Preaches With Authority Mark begis this passage with a demostratio of Jesus authority. Jesus was differet from those who usually spoke i the syagogue. Whe Jesus iterpreted the passage he read, he did so with authority so much authority that the people oticed how differet he was from the ormal teachers of the Law. Demos Take Notice of Jesus Authority Jesus apparetly was makig such a impressio that the demo possessig a ma felt the eed to create a distractio. The demo referred to himself i the plural. Apparetly more tha oe demo perhaps may of them were cotrollig this ma. Demos ad demo possessio are ot ofte discussed i the church today. I Jesus day, it seems that demo possessio was commoly kow. Perhaps it was more apparet because the demos opposed Jesus miistry. Jesus Demostrates Power Over Demos People Spread the Word About Jesus The people preset were amazed at Jesus authority just from hearig him teach. But whe demos obeyed his commads, those watchig saw that Jesus had the power to back up his authority. He was the all-powerful So of God. Ad whe people left the syagogue that day, they bega tellig everyoe i the whole regio who Jesus was. After this evet, Jesus could o loger go aywhere i the regio of Galilee without beig recogized ad surrouded by people watig to be healed by his miraculous power. The Jesus Coectio Jesus power goes far beyod what we ca comprehed. Yet we ca begi to uderstad the worth of Jesus love for us. We may ot uderstad the demo possessio that s described i this passage, but we ca stad amazed at Jesus power. Do you comprehed the magitude of Jesus power? What do you believe Jesus power ca do i your life? Go to Jesus with your eeds, your hopes, your fears, ad let his power comfort ad guide you. You ca write your prayer here. The demos i this story clearly kew who Jesus was. The Holy Oe of God is a ame for the promised Messiah. So why would a demo make himself kow to Jesus? The demos may have bee attemptig to deceive people listeig to Jesus that he was i league with them. However, Jesus cut short the demos dialogue. Notice that there was o protest whe Jesus spoke to the demos. They kew they had to obey ad did so immediately. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 9 Witer Quarter
100 GETTING STARTED Power Source Supplies My Bible Fu pecils red markers Power Source Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 9 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Power Source What You ll Do Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Gather everyoe together. Say: Today we ll lear about power. Let s see what kids of thigs we thik are powerful. Give each child a My Bible Fu page. The poit out the Plety of Power sectio. Have kids use the pecils to circle the three most powerful thigs they see pictured i the grid. Say: Raise your had if you chose the trai. Pause. The ivite a child to explai why he or she chose that picture. After a child or two shares, say: A trai certaily is very powerful, but thik about who made the people smart eough to make trais. Poit out that God made those people, ad trais would t exist if God had t. Cotiue reviewig each picture o the grid idividually, each time ecouragig kids to thik of how those items or people came to be or where the power came from. For example, you could ask kids where the fuel for the rocket comes from, or if superheroes are real or just made up by people. Say: Well, we ca see from these pictures that Jesus is more powerful tha aythig or ayoe. Have kids use red markers to circle the picture of Jesus o the grid. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: How do you kow if somethig is really powerful? How ca you tell that Jesus is powerful? Say: Today s lesso is all about Jesus power. We ll read i the Bible about somethig really amazig that he did. Ad the extra cool thig is that what we ll read about is just oe of the powerful thigs he did. Let s get excited today as we hear about how JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. Witer Quarter Lesso 9 Grades 1 & 2
101 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Special Report What You ll Do Ope your Bible to Mark 1:21-28, ad show the passage to the childre. Say: Whe Jesus bega his teachig miistry, may people wodered who he was ad what he could do. Oe of the first places we hear of Jesus amazig power is i a tow called Caperaum. Special Report Supplies Bibles CD player Teacher Pack CD: Special Report (track 19) Today we ll hear what happeed from a ews reporter. Whe someoe tells about a excitig evet like this, he or she usually tells the where, whe, why, what, ad how. Split your group ito five teams, assigig oe of the questios to each group. Say: As you liste to the ews report, liste for your assiged questio. Check that each group uderstads what to liste for. Play Part 1 of Special Report (track 19 o the CD). Pause the CD whe directed. Allow time for the kids to cofer withi their groups. Say: I wat to kow ot oly what you heard about your questio, but why you thik it might be importat. Allow time for kids to discuss. The ivite oe child from each group to give a quick explaatio. Say: I m glad we had someoe focused o each questio. It s really helpig us to get a full picture of what happeed. Let s go back to the report to hear the rest of what happeed. Switch each group s role for the secod part of the audio. Play Part 2 of Special Report. Allow time for kids to discuss the questios withi their groups, ad why each questio matters. The ivite groups to share. Say: What Jesus did was really amazig. Here s how the people aroud reacted: Read Mark 1:27-28. Say: These Bible verses really did show us that JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. Jesus had the power to sed a evil spirit out of a ma! Our Key Verse goes a step further to help us uderstad eve more how powerful Jesus is. Help kids fid Romas 8:38-39 i their Bibles. Say: Liste to what the Bible says: For I am coviced that either death or life, either agels or demos, either the preset or the future, or ay powers, either height or depth, or aythig else i all creatio, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is i Christ Jesus our Lord (Romas 8:38-39). Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 9 Witer Quarter
102 Say: That meas absolutely othig ca separate us from the love of God! Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead kids i repeatig the simplified verse several times: For I am coviced that othig ca separate us from the love of God (Romas 8:38-39). Jesus showed God s love to the ma i our Bible verses by helpig him. Not eve a evil spirit could separate the ma from God s love, because Jesus was right there to show God s love i actio. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What do you thik was separatig the ma from the love of God? What seems most powerful to you about Jesus? How does Jesus show God s love to you ad your family? Say: Our Key Verse tells us that othig othig at all ca separate us from the love of God, because Jesus will be right there to show us God s love. That s because Jesus is more powerful tha aythig that could try to get betwee us ad God. Our Bible Poit says that JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. He ca do aythig! 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Draw by His Power Supplies small paper clips maget paper! MAGNET WARNING Draw by His Power What You ll Do Place several paper clips o a table, ad have childre gather aroud. Say: Let s preted that these paper clips are us. Ad let s preted that this maget is Jesus. Demostrate how the maget attracts the paper clips. Say: The force of the maget is so powerful that it pulls the paper clips right over to it. Ad the force of God s love i Jesus is so powerful that he pulls us toward him, just as the maget pulls the paper clips. Let childre take turs attractig the paper clips to the maget. Say: But sometimes problems get i the way of God s love ad separate us from Jesus. I the Bible today, the problem was a evil spirit. The Bible says that othig ca separate us from the love of God that s i Jesus. Let me show you what that s like. Witer Quarter Lesso 9 Grades 1 & 2
103 Have two childre hold the sheet of paper horizotally above the table. Place the paper clips o the paper. Say: Let s say that this sheet of paper stads for all of the problems that separate us from God. Place the maget uder the paper, ad demostrate how the maget still moves the paper clips. The ivite childre to try the same experimet. Say: See how the maget still moves the paper clips? The paper could t separate the paper clips from the force of the maget. That s how it is with Jesus love. His love is so powerful that othig o problems that we have ad o fears that we face ca ever separate us from Jesus love. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What were you thikig durig this experimet? Tell about some problems people have. Explai whether you thik those problems are more powerful tha Jesus love. What do you like about the power of Jesus love? Say: The maget s power was really cool. But ot as cool as Jesus power ad how he set the evil spirit from the ma. Jesus love for you really is the most powerful thig. This week, remember that othig ca separate you from Jesus love because JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL! Chagig Puppets What You ll Do Say: Let s make puppets to help us remember ad tell others what Jesus did i Mark 1:21-28. Remember how Jesus power chaged the ma with the bad spirit? We re goig to make puppets that chage, too! Give each child a spoo, ad show kids how to draw a sad face o the bowl of the spoo ad a happy face o the rouded side of the spoo. Explai that the sad face represets the ma before Jesus used his power to help him. The happy face represets the ma after Jesus helped him. Chagig Puppets Supplies My Bible Fu plastic spoos scissors permaet markers tape Give each child a My Bible Fu page, ad poit out the Chagig Puppets sectio. Have childre cut out the costumes. They ll tape the eat-lookig clothig o the side with the happy face ad the disheveled-lookig clothig o the side with the sad face. Kids ca the tape the edges of the costumes together at the sides. Say: Use your puppet to retell the Bible passage whe you get home. If time allows, let kids practice with each other. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 9 Witer Quarter
104 Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What do you like about your chagig puppet? Why do you thik it s cool that Jesus ca chage people like that? How would you like Jesus to chage you? Say: The Bible says that the ews of Jesus power spread quickly all over the area. Jesus love is so powerful that it ca help us ad chage us every time we eed it. This week, whe somethig seems hard or sad, remember Jesus love ad remember that JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Supplies My Bible Fu Daily Challeges What You ll Do Say: Let s thik about how JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges o their My Bible Fu pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Ru aroud your frot yard util you start to get tired, ad the thak Jesus that he s all-powerful so that whe we re weak, he s strog! Help your family members with their chores this week. Remid them that eve though we ca t do everythig, God ca! Each time you tur the lights o i your room, thak Jesus for his power. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell 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. Ask: What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Say: JESUS IS ALL-POWERFUL. He made a bad spirit leave a ma, ad he does may other amazig thigs. This week, let s remember that JESUS IS ALL- POWERFUL ad follow through o our Daily Challeges. Witer Quarter Lesso 9 Grades 1 & 2
105 Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about Jesus power. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their My Bible Fu pages with their families. Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Take a couple of miutes to pray with your kids. Let each child tell somethig they kow that s powerful about Jesus. The pray: Jesus, thak you that you re the most powerful oe i the uiverse. Thak you that you love us so much ad you ll take care of us with your great power. I Jesus ame, ame. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 9 Witer Quarter