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Week of January 6, 2008 Lessons for the Leader When King Nebuchadnezzar ordered the captives to eat foods from his table, what did Daniel decide? What do you think was wrong with the king s food? What kinds of foods would you expect from a king? Rich foods? Sweets? Fatty foods? Abundant portions? The king s food may have been unclean and prepared improperly not according to Jewish laws. The food also may have been offered first to idols, which would associate Daniel and his friends with idolatrous worship. Have you participated in activities that would associate you with disobedience to God? How can you make better decisions that glorify God? Daniel had to choose between obeying a king or God. If Daniel refused to eat the king s food, he might insult the king and appear to be rebellious. Despite the consequences, Daniel made the wise choice to obey God. Are you seeking God s will and following His rules? Although Daniel decided not to eat the king s food, he was not disrespectful or rebellious. Daniel offered a plan. He challenged the guard to test a different menu for 10 days. Just like Daniel, you represent God. How can you ensure your actions are pleasing to God? Notice how God was working Daniel chose to be obedient, and God worked in the heart of a potential enemy to help Daniel be obedient. How can you use Daniel s example of obedience to God when you face simple or critical decisions of obeying God? God wants us to obey Him because He loves us. He gave us the Bible to learn how to live in His protection and provision. Pray for God s guidance for your choices. Express to God how you want to be obedient to Him. What do these symbols mean? Application Activities Format: Follow the numbers with arrows for a 30-minute, large group plus 20-minute Application Activities format. Follow all the numbers for a 45- to 60-minute large group only format. Pull It Together: Indicates everything needed to gather and prepare for the activity. Teacher Tip: Helpful advice. How to Choose Focus Passage: Daniel 1:1-20 Key Bible Verse: Joshua 24:24b Lif e Application: I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. Le vel of Biblical Learning: The Bible tells me what God wants me to do through verses and stories about people and events. Session at a Glance Introduction to Worship (6 to 8 minutes) Welcome the Children by Name Do Warm-up Calisthenics Worship (30 minutes/45 minutes) Gather for Worship Sing Honor You, God Sing Whoa! Introduce the Session Sing Trustin God Pray Teach Bible Skills Learn the Key Bible Verse Tell the Bible Story Apply the Bible Story Use Worship Guides Show Video #6 Apply the Life Application Pray Application Activities (20 minutes) Wrap-Up (10 minutes) OK to copy

Introduction to Worship Welcome the Children by Name Do Warm-Up Calisthenics Lead the children to do the Warm-Up Calisthenics. Conclude: Exercising is a good choice to make because it keeps our bodies healthy. Reading the Bible is another good choice to keep our minds healthy. Reading and studying the Bible gives us the wisdom and courage to make good choices. Worship Gather the Kids for Worship (1 minute) Say: We are here to worship an awesome God who loves us! He wants us to know Him and enjoy His presence. Let s worship God by focusing our attention on Him in a song. Sing Honor You, God DVD (3 minutes) Sing Whoa! DVD (2 minutes) Pull It Together Print Warm-Up Calisthenics (CD). Teacher Tip Option: Print the Warm-Up Calisthenics instructions on separate posters and establish warm-up stations around the room for children to rotate through in small groups. Introduce the Session (1 minute) Comment: In order to know how to make good choices, we have to read the Bible and do what it says. Read aloud Psalm 119:9. Explain: God is always right, and He always knows what is best. We can depend on His Word to help us. Sing Trustin God DVD (3 minutes) Receive the offering during the song. Pray (1 minute) Ask a volunteer to pray, asking God to help the church use the offering to teach people about Him. Teach Bible Skills (3 minutes) Lead the kids to stand as you distribute the Pull It Together Worship Guides and Worship Guides, pencils pencils. Say: We did some warm-ups a few minutes ago. Now, we ll learn the meaning of those exercises. Call attention to Explanation for Warmups on the Worship Guides. Repeat each short set of exercises. After the boys and girls complete each set, read the explanation from the Worship Guide. Encourage the kids to say the missing words or numbers as they fill in the blanks on their Worship Guides. (Answers on back page.) Learn the Key Bible Verse (3 minutes) Give markers to volunteers. Tell each volunteer to color briskly over a poster to reveal a hidden word. Lead the kids to say the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b. Help the children open their Bibles to the verse. Explain: This verse Pull It Together Bibles, white sheets of paper, tape, white crayon, dark colored markers On separate sheets of paper use the crayon to write each word of the key Bible verse and display the words in order. was the answer the Israelites said when Joshua challenged them to obey God. They made a good choice. Imagine Joshua challenging us to obey God. How should we respond? Lead the boys and girls to shout the verse. Tell the Bible Story (5 minutes) Show the teaching picture. Pull It Together Print Daniel Say: Daniel faced Teaching Picture (CD). tough choices just as we do. The question was: would he choose to please himself or would he choose to obey God? Demonstrate the actions as you say: Let s listen carefully during the story for good and bad things. If we hear something good, we show thumbs up. If we hear something bad, we show thumbs down. How to Choose

Daniel Chose Obedience Based on Daniel 1:1-20 King Nebuchadnezzar [NEB-yoo-kad-NEZ-uhr] attacked and captured Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah. (Thumbs down!) The king took many captives, or prisoners, back to Babylon with him. (Thumbs down!) Four of the captives were Daniel and his three friends, Shadrach [SHAD-rak], Meshach [MEE-shak], and Abednego [uh-bed-nih-goh]. The king ordered his chief court official to select the handsomest and most intelligent of the captives for court service. The king ordered special foods to be served to the chosen young men. Daniel looked at the king s food and knew that eating it meant disobeying the laws God gave Daniel s people. (Thumbs down!) Daniel chose to obey God. (Thumbs up!) In order not to insult or anger the king, cleverly, Daniel asked the chief official for permission not to eat the king s food. (Thumbs up!) Because Daniel chose to obey God, God caused the chief official to show favor toward Daniel. (Thumbs up!) When Daniel suggested testing a different menu of only vegetables and water, the guard agreed to test the menu for ten days. (Thumbs up!) After ten days the guard compared the four young men against the rest of the group who ate the king s food. The guard saw Daniel and his friends looked better and healthier. (Thumbs up!) The young men who ate the king s food did not look as healthy. (Thumbs down!) The guard continued to give Daniel and his friends vegetables and water. (Thumbs up!) God was pleased with the four friends choice to obey, and they became wiser and stronger than all the other men. (Thumbs up!) At the end of the three years the king discovered that Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were ten times better than all the other advisors in his kingdom. (Thumbs up!) Apply the Bible Story (2 minutes) Ask the kids to recall the choices Daniel made. (Emphasize: He learned God s laws. He wanted to obey God. He asked for healthy food. He did not demand his way. He suggested a 10-day test. He was a good example to others.) Ask the kids how this Bible story can help them make better choices to obey God. Call on kids to respond. Use Worship Guides (3 minutes) Lead the kids to complete Today s Menu on their Worship Guides by marking foods on Daniel s list that they have tasted. Discuss the foods Daniel ate compared to the foods the kids like. Guide the kids to complete the menu with a list of healthy foods they like to eat. Encourage the kids to compare their answers with others. Show Video #6 DVD (8 minutes) Ask the kids to compare the choices Factoid Girl faced with the type of decisions Daniel and his friends faced. Apply the Life Application (5 minutes) Guide the kids to complete Food for Thought on their Worship Guides. Allow only one or two minutes to complete the activity. Ask the kids to form pairs. Lead the children to say the key Bible verse once, turn to their friends, and tell their friends what they wrote or circled. Pray (1 minute) Say praises to God for giving us examples of how to make good choices that honor Him. Ask Him to remind us of these examples of obedience when we have to make choices between pleasing ourselves or obeying Him. Lead the Children to Application Activities or Continue with Wrap-Up Play Whoa! (DVD) during the transition. Week of January 6, 2008

Wrap-Up (Large Group Only Format) Review (6 minutes) Choose volunteers to be the drummer and the bag holder. Seat the boys and girls randomly in three groups. Give each group a ball. Guide each group to pass the ball among the group members while the drummer pounds a beat. When the drummer pauses, the bag holder draws a paper from the bag. The child holding the matching colored ball can answer a review question. Play until the kids answer all of the questions and say the key Bible verse. Sing You Are Good DVD (3 minutes) Pray (1 minute) Pull It Together Three different colored balls, three paper squares colored to match the three balls, gift bag Place the colored paper squares in the gift bag. Print January Review (CD). Use only the January 6 questions. Wrap-Up (Application Activities Format) Share Application Activities (6 minutes) Invite the Dramatic Play Application Activity group to share its experiences. Sing You Are Good DVD (3 minutes) Pray (1 minute) Begin by saying the key Bible verse together. Lead the boys and girls to pray, asking God to help us obey Him this week. Explanation for Warm-ups The first part is the Old Testament, which tells about times before Jesus was born. The second part is the New Testament, which tells about Jesus life, death, and resurrection, and the beginnings of the church. 66, 39, 27 There are 66 books in the whole Bible. The Old Testament has 39 books. The New Testament has 27 books. 5, 12, 5, 5, 12 The 39 books of the Old Testament are sorted into 5 divisions. There are 5 books of the Law. There are 12 books of History. There are 5 books of Poetry. There are 5 books of Major Prophets. There are 12 books of Minor Prophets. * Giant Game Floor Mat (ISBN 0-6330-0807-9; Item Number 001114564) may be ordered through LifeWay Christian Resources Customer Service Center at 1 (800) 458-2772 or online at www.lifeway.com. Week of January 6, 2008 Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Leader Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA.

Application Activities Select from the following choices. Each choice is designed for 20 minutes of group time. Pull It Together Six-inch squares of yellow fabric (1 per child), permanent markers or fabric pens, protective table covering, poster, marker, tape, scissors Print Keep God s Commands and You Make the Call (CD) and cut apart the game cards. On the poster write the words of the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b. Cover table(s) with protective covering. Make a sample flag. Teacher Tips Caution the kids to keep the fabric on the protective paper. Lead the younger kids to write only the quote from the key Bible verse. Pull It Together Foam or plastic disposable cups, scissors, permanent markers, poster board Make a megaphone for each child by cutting the bottoms from disposable cups. On the poster write the words of the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b. Teacher Tip Cover the edges of plastic cups with duct tape. Worship Through Arts and Crafts Show Keep God s Commands as you say: This is a list of God s commands. The Bible helps us make good choices. Let s read the Bible. Lead the boys and girls to open their Bibles to Exodus 20:3-17. Quickly read the Ten Commandments, emphasizing these are starting points of knowing what God expects and knowing how to obey God. Show the kids your flag and ask if anyone knows what a flag on the play means. Allow kids to respond. Toss your flag on the ground and explain that a referee uses this signal to let players know that someone broke a rule or made an illegal move. Say: Sometimes we make poor choices and break God s rules. Today we ll design a flag to use as a reminder to make good choices based on what the Bible says. Give each child a piece of the yellow fabric and display the markers. Show the key Bible verse poster. Guide the kids to write on their flags the words of the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b, or the life application, I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. Lead the kids to take turns reading the You Make the Call cards. Say: If the person makes a good choice, throw both hands in the air, signaling a Score! If the person makes a bad choice, throw the flags on the ground, signaling a Foul! When the boys and girls throw their flags, ask the kids to name better choices the person could have made. Invite a volunteer to pray that we use the Bible to make good choices. Worship Through Dramatic Play Comment: In order to know how to make good choices, we have to read the Bible and do what it says. The Bible can help us make good choices. Show the key Bible verse poster. Explain that the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b, was the Israelites answer to Joshua s challenge to obey God. Lead the kids in cheering the verse a few times. Give each child one of the megaphone cups and a marker. Guide the kids to copy today s key Bible verse onto their cups. (Younger children may prefer to copy only the reference.) Guide the children to work together to create a cheer, using the words of the key Bible verse and adding motions the way cheerleaders do. On co-ed squads the boys do one motion while the girls do another. Sometimes the entire squad does the same thing. Help the kids develop the cheer so that the motions can help them remember the words. Encourage the kids to use their megaphones during all or part of the cheer. Practice together and prepare to lead the rest of the kids in the cheer during Wrap-Up. Week of January 6, 2008

Pull It Together Giant Game Floor Mat*, 4¼-by-11-inch strips of paper, paper, markers, poster boards Print Folded Football and You Make the Call (CD). On sheets of paper write the following letters: S, H, M, C, G. Randomly insert the letters in pockets of the Giant Game Floor Mat. On five separate sheets of paper draw a star and put in any empty pockets left in the Giant Game Floor Mat. Fill remaining empty pockets with blank sheets of paper. Worship Through Games Give each child a piece of paper and demonstrate how to fold the paper football using the directions from Folded Football. Demonstrate the first fold and wait until each child completes that fold. Continue in this manner until each child completes his football. Some children may need extra assistance. Provide markers for the kids to decorate their individual footballs or to print their names so they do not get mixed up during the game. Display the Giant Game Floor Mat as you ask the kids to form two teams. Direct the teams to sit on opposite sides of the Giant Game Floor Mat. The kids should sit at least two feet from the edge. Explain the game, using the You Make the Call instructions. Play the game. Add the points to determine a winner, but emphasize that every person is a winner when she uses the Bible to help make good choices. Say: The Bible helps us make good choices, but we have to read it to find out what it says to do. What did we learn from today s Bible story? Lead the boys and girls to open their Bibles to Daniel 1:1-20. Emphasize that Daniel knew what God expected and chose to obey God. Invite a volunteer to pray that we use the Bible to make good choices. Pull It Together Worship Guides, pencils, wet wipes, clear disposable cups, disposable spoons, a variety of fresh fruit cut into small bite sizes, a variety of flavored yogurt, crumbled granola, poster, marker Print Keep God s Commands (CD). Make a poster alerting parents that the kids will be eating yogurt, fruit, and granola. Worship Through Exploration and Discovery Say: The Bible helps us make good choices, but we have to read it to find out what it says to do. What did we learn from today s Bible story? Lead the boys and girls to open their Bibles to Daniel 1:1-20. Emphasize that Daniel knew what God expected and chose to obey God. Call attention to Today s Menu on the Worship Guides. Lead the children to tell which foods on Daniel s list they have tasted. Also talk about other foods they enjoy. Talk about the foods they mention, asking them if they are good or bad food choices. Distribute wet wipes and ask kids to clean their hands. Guide the kids to make their own Practically Perfect Parfaits. Give each child a clear disposable cup and a spoon. Instruct the kids to layer their choice of yogurt and fresh fruit into the cup. The kids may top their parfaits with crumbled granola. Encourage the kids to enjoy their snacks while you retell the Bible story. Ask the kids to name other things the Bible helps them know about making good choices. Continue the discussion by opening the Bible to Exodus 20:3-17 and reading aloud the Ten Commandments. Quickly show and review Keep God s Commands to help children understand and to emphasize these as a starting point of knowing what God expects and knowing how to obey God. Call on a volunteer to pray that we use the Bible to make good choices. Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Leader Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. OK to copy.

Key Bible Verse: Joshua 24:24b Explanation for Warm-ups Old Testament, New Testament There are two parts of the Bible. The first part is the Testament, which tells about times before Jesus was born. The second part is the Testament, which tells about Jesus life, death, and resurrection, and the beginning of the church. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John These are the four Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament. The books tell the gospel or good news about Jesus. 66, 39, 27 There are books in the whole Bible. The Old Testament has books. The New Testament has books. 5, 12, 5, 5, 12 The 39 books of the Old Testament are sorted into 5 divisions. There are books of the Law. There are books of History. There are books of Poetry. There are books of Major Prophets. There are books of Minor Prophets. Today s Bible story, Daniel 1:1-20, comes from the fourth division, called Major Prophets. There are five books in this section. Life Application: I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. Circle the good choices you plan to make this week: Week of January 6, 2008 Younger Children Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Worship Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Key Bible Verse: Joshua 24:24b Explanation for Warm-ups Old Testament, New Testament There are two parts of the Bible. The first part is the Testament, which tells about times before Jesus was born. The second part is the Testament, which tells about Jesus life, death, and resurrection, and the beginning of the church. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John These are the four Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament. The books tell the gospel or good news about Jesus. 66, 39, 27 There are books in the whole Bible. The Old Testament has books. The New Testament has books. 5, 12, 5, 5, 12 The 39 books of the Old Testament are sorted into 5 divisions. There are books of the Law. There are books of History. There are books of Poetry. There are books of Major Prophets. There are books of Minor Prophets. Today s Bible story, Daniel 1:1-20, comes from the fourth division, called Major Prophets. There are five books in this section. Life Application: I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. Circle the good choices you plan to make this week: Week of January 6, 2008 Younger Children Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Worship Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Key Bible Verse: Joshua 24:24b Explanation for Warm-ups Matthew, Mark, Luke, John These are the four Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament. The books tell the gospel or good news about Jesus. Old Testament, New Testament There are two parts of the Bible. The first part is the Testament, which tells about times before Jesus was born. The second part is the Testament, which tells about Jesus life, death, and resurrection, and the beginning of the church. Today s Bible story, Daniel 1:1-20, comes from the fourth division, called Major Prophets. There are five books in this section. 5, 12, 5, 5, 12 The 39 books of the Old Testament are sorted into 5 divisions. There are books of the Law. There are books of History. There are books of Poetry. There are books of Major Prophets. There are books of Minor Prophets. 66, 39, 27 There are books in the whole Bible. The Old Testament has books. The New Testament has books. Life Application: I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. These are some of the good choices I plan to make this week: Week of January 6, 2008 Older Children Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Worship Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

Key Bible Verse: Joshua 24:24b Explanation for Warm-ups Matthew, Mark, Luke, John These are the four Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament. The books tell the gospel or good news about Jesus. Old Testament, New Testament There are two parts of the Bible. The first part is the Testament, which tells about times before Jesus was born. The second part is the Testament, which tells about Jesus life, death, and resurrection, and the beginning of the church. Today s Bible story, Daniel 1:1-20, comes from the fourth division, called Major Prophets. There are five books in this section. 5, 12, 5, 5, 12 The 39 books of the Old Testament are sorted into 5 divisions. There are books of the Law. There are books of History. There are books of Poetry. There are books of Major Prophets. There are books of Minor Prophets. 66, 39, 27 There are books in the whole Bible. The Old Testament has books. The New Testament has books. Life Application: I can use the Bible to help me make good choices. These are some of the good choices I plan to make this week: Week of January 6, 2008 Older Children Worship KidStyle Children s Edition Worship Guide 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in USA. OK to copy.

2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the United States of America. Daniel Chose Obedience Daniel 1:1-20 Frank Ordaz

Warm-Up Calisthenics Do four jumping jacks while saying: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Repeat 3 times. Do three sets of toe touches while saying, Old Testament, New Testament alternately. Jog in place while reciting: 66, 39, 27 Do arm stretches while saying: 5, 12, 5, 5, 12. Warm-Up Calisthenics (January 6) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

Folded Football 1. Begin with a 4 ¼-inch by 11-inch strip of paper. 2. Fold the paper in half lengthwise. 3. Hold the paper vertically with the fold to the left side. Fold the lower right corner over and even with the folded edge, forming a triangle. 4. Continue folding as indicated by the dotted lines, making triangles as you go. 5. When you do not have enough paper for a final triangle, tuck the remaining flap into the pocket of the triangle. Folded Football (January 6) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

you make the call Worship Through Games: Use the instructions below and cut apart the situations on the next page. Say: Each team will take turns flipping footballs onto the Giant Game Floor Mat. All players from one team will flip their footballs at the same time. Teams score 100 points for each blank sheet, 500 points for each lettered sheet, and 1000 points for each starred sheet. End each round with a face-off flip. One player from each team flips his football onto the Giant Game Floor Mat. If the football lands on a blank sheet, the team can write on a poster one word of the key Bible verse, Joshua 24:24b. The team scores 100 points for each word or 1000 points for completing the verse. Instruct: If the football lands on a letter, the team must name a place that begins with that letter and tell one way to obey God at that location. The team doubles its points. Continue: If the football lands on a star, the team must read the next You Make the Call Card. The team must decide if the person made the right call. If the answer is Yes, the team doubles its score. If the answer is No, and the team can give a better option, the team triples its score. You Make the Call (January 6) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

Your sister ate a whole bag of potato chips, four cans of cola, and watched three movies back-to-back last night. Your brother played video games all weekend and missed ball practice. At your friend s house you watched a movie your parents would not approve. Your sister chose to eat a salad with grilled chicken instead of a burger and fries. Your brother spent a couple of hours shooting hoops with friends instead of doing his homework. You decided to spend ten minutes before bedtime each night for a week reading your Bible. Your friend uses bad language when no adults are around to hear. Your friend turned off a television show because the actors used bad language. Worship Through Arts and Craft: Cut apart the situation cards. You Make the Call (January 6) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

January Review Review Questions for January 6, 2008 1. What were Daniel s three friends names? (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) 2. What did the four friends not want to do? (eat the king s rich food) 3. Why did the friends not want to eat the king s food? (because they would be disobeying God s laws) 4. What happened when the four friends made good choices? (They were healthier than the other young men.) 5. How long was the test between the four friends and those eating the king s food? (10 days) 6. How can you make better choices? 7. What does Joshua 24:24b teach you? (I can worship and obey God. I can read the Bible to learn how God wants me to live.) 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? (Answers will vary.) Review Questions for January 13, 2008 1. What was Esther s cousin s name? (Mordecai) 2. What was Esther chosen to become? (queen) 3. What did the King have to hold out when a person approached so the person would not be killed? (the king s golden scepter) 4. Who tried to have all the Jews killed? (Haman) 5. How many times did Esther prepare a meal for the king and Haman? (2) 6. How do you trust God? (Answers will vary.) 7. What does Psalm 56:3 say about trusting God? (I can trust God.) 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? (Answers will vary.) Review Questions for January 20, 2008 1. How many men were with David? (600) 2. How many men were with Saul? (3,000) 3. What did David s men think David should do? (kill Saul) 4. What did David do to King Saul s robe? (cut off a corner) 5. What did King Saul say that David would be someday? (the king) 6. Name some right choices you can make. 7. What does Deuteronomy 6:18a teach you? (Do what is right.) 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? (Answers will vary.) Review Questions for January 27, 2008 1. Where did the angel of the Lord tell Philip to go? (south to the desert road) 2. Whom did Philip see coming down the road? (an Ethiopian in a chariot) 3. What was the Ethiopian reading? (an Isaiah scroll) 4. What did Philip tell the Ethiopian beginning with the Isaiah passage? (Philip told the good news about God s Son Jesus.) 5. What did the Ethiopian want to do when he found water? (He wanted to be baptized to show he was a follower of Jesus.) 6. What do the ABCs of Becoming a Christian mean to you? (Answers will vary. Refer the kids to their Worship Guides if they need help.) 7. What does Romans 10:13 teach you? (People who believe in Jesus as their Savior are Christians and will live with God in heaven after they die.) 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? (Answers will vary.) 9. Who can become a Christian? (Anyone who believes in Jesus as his or her Savior.) January Review (January) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

Review Questions for January 20, 2008 1. How many men were with David? 2. How many men were with Saul? 3. What did David s men think David should do? 4. What did David do to King Saul s robe? 5. What did King Saul say that David would be someday? 7. What does Deuteronomy 6:18a teach you? 6. Name some right choices you can make. 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? January Review (January) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

Review Questions for January 27, 2008 1. Where did the angel of the Lord tell Philip to go? 2. Whom did Philip see coming down the road? 3. What was the Ethiopian reading? 4. What did Philip tell the Ethiopian beginning with the Isaiah passage? 5. What did the Ethiopian want to do when he found water? 6. What do the ABCs of Becoming a Christian mean to you? 7. What does Romans 10:13 teach you? 8. What can you learn from today s Bible story? 9. Who can become a Christian? January Review (January) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.

Keep God s Commands 1. Worship God 2. Worship only God and nothing else 3. Respect the name of God 4. Keep the Sabbath day holy 5. Honor your father and mother 6. Respect the life of others 7. Keep your marriage promises 8. Respect other people s possessions 9. Tell the truth 10. Be happy with what you have Keep God s Commands (January 6) Worship KidStyle, Winter 2007 2007 LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Printed in the USA. OK to copy.