Day Five - Noah's Ark

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Day Five - Noah's Ark

Text: Genesis 6:1 - 7:24

Key Verse:

"The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke His heart." Genesis 6:5,6 (NLT)

Symbol: Boat or animals

Elephant

To think about:

• Do you remember what we talked about in our first lessons?
• Has God provided a Savior yet?
• Why did He destroy the world with a flood?

Read these verses as well:

• Micah 6:8
• Proverbs 6:16-19

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How do you feel?

 "People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel." Make your guests feel welcome, accepted, and valuable. Then, no matter what else happens, your dinner party will be a success."

Maya Angelou

Some tips on making your guest feel welcome:

• Greet them by name
• Greet them at the door (if your soup is boiling over, do call a hello by name, manage your soup, and then stop what you are doing for a quick, face to face hello and then go back to your soup)
• Relax.
• Offer them something to drink
• Sit down with them. (Works well to have a team-thing, making sure at least one host is visiting with the guest while the other finishes tasks)
• Ask them questions. "How was work today?" or "How is your family?" or "What is new with you this week?"
  

How about you? What are some things you have enjoyed as a guest?

Day Four - Review

• Take time today to review the lessons and Bible verse done this week, by looking at the ornaments on the tree.
• Practice a memory verse
• Sing a song (Suggested song - Have Patience)

Day Three - More Sin

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Day Three - More Sin

Text: Genesis 4:1-16 (with discretion)

Key Verse:

"You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master."

Genesis 4:7

To think about:
Here blood was shed. Anger was let to lead to sin. Our world was getting wrose.

• Why do you think God responded to Cain the way He did?
• What could've Cain done differently?
• Is there any patching-up and forgiving you need to do?
• How does this show us the world needed a Savior?

Read these verses as well:

• Matthew 18:21-35

Rememberance

I want you to know you are never forgotten;

That the old, old days hid in my memory sweet

Are still a part of my life that I cherish -

Without them so much would be incomplete.

And you are mixed up with so much I remember,

Your name so often I utter in prayer;

Never forgotten, on earth or in heaven,

Always the child of God's tenderest care.

I want you to know you are never forgotten,

That my thoughts and my prayers are folding you round.

Rest in His promises, go where He send you,

Do what He bids you, faithful be found.

Look up and trust Him, a new year is dawning,

Stretch out your hand and take His today;

Bought by Him, loved by Him, never forgotten,

Hid in His heart forever and aye.

~ Anonymous

Day Two - First Sin

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Day Two - First Sin

Text: Genesis 3:1-19

Key Verse:

"Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel." Genesis 3:14,15

Symbol: Snake or fruit

To think about:

In a beautiful, perfect world, sin enters. Even from this very beginning, God loved us past the sin, and made a plan for us. Part of His plan was to send His Son.

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  Can you see where it talks about this in these verses?
  
• Where is it pointing to Jesus?
  
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  What does it say Jesus will do?
  

Read these verses as well:

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  John 1:1
  
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  Isaiah 59:1-3
  

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Day One - Creation

Today I picked out my tree. It is, of course, a balasam....since I think they smell the best. This one needs a little space in the branches (not too thick) so the ornaments can hang nicely! (The nice thing about a virtual tree, is I can pick out whatever ornaments I want!) I'm excited to begin! Below are this week's lessons, Tuesday thru Friday.

Day One - Creation

Text: Genesis 1

Key Verse:

"In the beginning, God created the heaves and the earth." Genesis 1:1

Symbol for our tree: Lights!

To think about:

     In the beginning, God made everything. It all started out dark, but with a word, God said, Let there be light, and there was LIGHT! God's first week of creation was beautiful! As we start this Christmas season, you will see all sorts of beautiful lights decorting the town and houses. When you see the pretty lights, stop and think about the beginning of time. Who was there? (God was) Who is with us nowadays? (God still is) And in the end, when the world is destroyed, who will be there? (God still will) God was, and is, and is to come. He is ALWAYS. The lights can remind us of this.

Read these verses as well:

• Revelation 1:8
• Hebrews 1:10-12
• John 1:1-5