WHAT S ENCORE FOR? Encore is designed for students who want more. This booklet was developed to help you grow in your relationship with God and inform your parents/guardian(s) of the messages covered during service. Each weekend, we ll cover one of the Encore lessons, and we ve provided space for you to take notes during services. After each message page, there is a page that contains some suggested readings regarding the point of the week. We encourage you to read the verses during your daily devotional time and memorize the main scripture for that week. After you memorize the verse and read each daily devotional, have your parents sign in the space provided. Then, show it to Mix56 worker and receive 300 jewels! SERIES DESCRIPTION Have you ever tried to put God in a box? Have you ever unknowingly placed limitations on Him, assuming He s a certain way? Maybe you think you ve figured Him out? The truth is, whatever our view of God is, it s probably not big enough. In this series, we ll explore the attributes and bigness of God. We ll learn that He is much, much bigger than whatever box we ve tried to place Him in. THEME SCRIPTURE And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, Who is this man, that even the wind and waves obey him? Mark 4:41
WEEK 1 BIG PRAYERS YOU RE BELIEVING OUR BIG GOD TO ANSWER! THE VERSE: And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, Who is this man, that even the wind and waves obey him? Mark 4:41 THE BIG DEAL: God is bigger than your box. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?
WORD SCRAMBLE What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? 1. BGIERG 2. OGOD 3. ONPTOMINET 4. MIPENOSRNET 5. TMICNINESO 6. VPOREDIR 7. COKR 8. DORL DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 Isaiah 40:12 18 Day 2 Isaiah 40:25 31 Day 3 Isaiah 55:8 9 Day 4 103:2 5 Day 5 Ephesians 3:14 21 Day 6 146:5 10 Day 7 145:1 3 BIG FACT Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts, as much as an automobile. 1. Bigger 2. Good 3. Omnipotent 4. Omnipresent 5. Omniscient 6.Provider 7. Rock 8. Lord Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 2 THE VERSE: Your goodness is so great! You have stored up great blessings for those who honor you. You have done so much for those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. 31:19 MAZE THE BIG DEAL: God is good. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? START FINISH
WORD SEARCH X L R D Y E R E H W Y R E V E M D H X M J Z C E A W L J W Z P Z D P D E M O A C J A L X Q W O O H V H W M V B A C J U B D L D K Z O L U F R E W O P A T M E T T V U B V G L B A G E P Y G B C A N P N U V N K W A Q P U D H H R I E Y U I A L J Y U H I W O W J P N I K F A I B D V J V O H I X W O F C W C J I R I N Y A H W E H U X H T D J D K L U E J Y H W I O I K D E G Z J O I Y X M T W L X I R Y S L X R R Q O J W T Q S T O J U S S E N D O O G M E C Y Huge Lord Powerful Everywhere Knowing Provider Yahweh Jehovah Goodness Awe What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? Parent/Guardian Signature DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 34:1 8 Day 2 25:4-8 Day 3 86:5-6 Day 4 100:1-5 Day 5 145:8-9 Day 6 Lamentations 3:22-25 Day 7 James 1:17 BIG FACT The world s tallest structure is the 828 m (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building gained the official title of Tallest Building in the World at its opening on January 4, 2010. It s taller than any other man-made structure ever built.
WEEK 3 THE VERSE: Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 APPLICATION GAME MAGAZINE CLIPS Find magazine clips or draw pictures of things that remind you of the Bigness of God. THE BIG DEAL: God is omnipotent. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message?
What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 Matthew 19:26 Day 2 147:3-5 Day 3 Jeremiah 10:12-13 Day 4 Ephesians 6:10-18 Day 5 Colossians 1:13-18 Day 6 Jeremiah 32:17-19 Day 7 93:1-5 BIG FACT The largest mouth in the world belongs to the bowhead whale and can measure 16 ft long, 12 ft high and 8 ft wide. Its tongue weighs approximately one ton. Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 4 THE VERSE: Am I only a God nearby, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Who can hid in secret places so that I cannot see them?" declares the Lord. 'Do not I fill heaven and earth?' declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24 THE BIG DEAL: God is omnipresent. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 137:5 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided. Genesis 22:14 Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. 144:1 I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing. 16:2
What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 Joshua 1:8 9 Day 2 John 1:1-4 Day 3 Deuteronomy 4:39 Day 4 139:7-12 Day 5 Proverbs 15:3 Day 6 34:15 Day 7 Matthew 28:18-20 BIG FACT Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It has a mass 318 times greater than the Earth s and a diameter that is 11 times larger. Jupiter's volume is large enough to contain 1,300 planets the size of Earth. Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 5 THE VERSE: If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 137:5 THE BIG DEAL: God is omniscient. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? And they were filled with awe and said among themselves, Who is this man, that even the wind and waves obey him? Mark 4:41 Your goodness is so great! You have stored up great blessings for those who honor you. You have done so much for those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. 31:19 Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 Am I only a God nearby, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? declares the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23 24
What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 139:1 6 Day 2 147:4-5 Day 3 Acts 15:18 Day 4 33:13-15 Day 5 44:20-21 Day 6 Hebrews 4:12-13 Day 7 Isaiah 46:9-10 BIG FACT The ostrich is the largest living bird. Found primarily in Africa, the male ostrich can grow to be nearly 8 feet tall, with its neck making up almost half of its height. Ostriches can weigh almost 350 pounds. Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 6 THE VERSE: So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided. Genesis 22:14 THE BIG DEAL: God is provider. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 Deuteronomy 10:17 18 Day 2 Philippians 2:9-11 Day 3 Romans 10:8-10 Day 4 Romans 14:11 Day 5 1 Corinthians 8:6 Day 6 Hebrews 8:10 Day 7 Revelation 1:8 BIG FACT One of the longest words in the English language is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, with 36 characters; it s the fear of long words. They should have made it shorter. Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 8 THE VERSE: I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing. 16:2 THE BIG DEAL: God is Lord. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 1 Corinthians 10:13 Day 2 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 Day 3 1 Peter 4:11 Day 4 2 Corinthians 9:9-11 Day 5 Philippians 4:19 Day 6 Matthew 6:31-34 Day 7 37:3-5 BIG FACT The biggest insect in the world is the African Goliath Beetle. Males can be up to 11 centimeters long and can weigh up to 100 grams; more than enough for a well-stocked sandwich! Parent/Guardian Signature
WEEK 7 THE VERSE: Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. 144:1 THE BIG DEAL: God is my rock. THE POWER: What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through this message? What s the Holy Spirit saying to me through these verses? DAILY DEVOS: Day 1 18:1 3 Day 2 19:14 Day 3 Ephesians 2:19-22 Day 4 27:1-6 Day 5 62:5-8 Day 6 2 Samuel 22:2-4 Day 7 Deuteronomy 32:4 Parent/Guardian Signature BIG FACT The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway consists of two parallel bridges that are the longest bridges in the world by total length. These parallel bridges cross Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana. The longer of the two bridges is 23.87 miles long.