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This web-site is for everyone interested in learning more about the Bible.
This section helps Sunday school teachers find new ways of teaching familiar materials. Our goal is to augment lessons you may already have in your Sunday school curriculum.
If you missed the Kid’s Tour of the Holy Land, there is still time to download it and share it with your pupils. For the next ten weeks, we will take a closer look at a commandment a week. Stories will relate to the commandment. The memory verses will be the Ten Commandments from the NKJV Bible.
The entire Activities section is divided into Memory Work, Activities, and Discussion Questions. You can go to any of these sections and select what best works for your pupils.
You can now download all three sections for ease in using these materials for teaching. |
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MEMORY WORK |
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Teachers and Parents
It is so important to encourage our little ones as well as ourselves to memorize Bible verses and stories – to become so familiar with the passage or story that its timeless relevance appears to us more and more clearly with every retelling. A major difference was evident between Sunday school pupils required to tell the story versus those who gave nodding recognition to the same story. We can not overlook the significance of memorizing a verse or story.
Consider sharing with your Sunday school pupils and parents ways to help little ones learn the verse and understand the impact of the message on their lives.
- Write out or type this week’s Bible verse on a card and place it on a mirror the child uses each day.
- Place the verse for the week in his/her lunch box.
- Ask the child to recite the verse before or after grace at the dinner meal.
- Practice as a family at dinner, going around the table with each one saying a word until the verse is complete.
- Put the verse to music. Create your own tune for each Bible verse. Create pictures to help remember the verse.
- Write it in a Bible verse notebook as many times as you can.
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Bible Verses
Work with your child and your students to learn each verse. Then, discuss the meaning of the verse and how it can be applied to everyday lives. On Sundays during class, riding in the car, or at dinner, it's fun to share stories of how the children have used the verse in their lives that week.
We provide memorization verses for each week. You can add your own.
September 7
(NKJV) Ex. 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me.
- What does it mean to put God first in everything?
- What kind of gods try to interfere with putting God first?
September 14
(NKJV) Ex. 20:4-5 You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them…
- What’s an example of a “carved image” today?
- Why is it wrong to create images?
- Do we have any statues today?
- Would television, computer, and video games qualify as types of images?
September 21
(NKJV) Ex. 20: 7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
- What does it mean to use God’s name in vain?
- Why can’t we “get away with” taking God’s name in vain? How does God know we’re “guilty”?
- How do we honor God’s name?
September. 28
(NKJV) Ex. 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
- What is the Sabbath day?
- Why is it a different day for Jews and Christians?
- How do we keep the day holy?
- Why is it important to do that?
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Bible Stories
This month we start a ten week review of the Ten Commandments. Stories are used to support each commandment.
The Ten Commandments
Pre-School: God Gave Moses’ Rules
Younger: God’s Rules
Older: The Mountain That Smoked and the Words That Were Spoken from It
First Commandment Ex. 20:3
Read: Daniel 6:1-28 Daniel and the Lion’s Den
Younger: Daniel and the Lions
Older: Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Second Commandment Ex. 20:4
Read: Daniel 3:1-30 Fiery Furnace
Younger: A Very Hot Fire
Older: What the King Saw in the Fiery Furnace
Third Commandment Ex. 20:7
Read: Ex. 3:1-18 The Burning Bush
Younger: The Burning Bush
Older: The Voice from the Burning Bush
Fourth Commandment Ex. 20:8
Read: Joshua 5:13-6:27 Jericho
Younger: A Wall Falls Down
Older: Walls of Jericho Fell Down |
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ACTIVITIES |
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Bible Overview looks at Abednego’s prayer in The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews.
Make A Difference talks about how to face challenges.
Teen Time’s Hot Topic handles the pressure of “too much to do.”
Kids Korner offers puzzles, games, and stories about the first four commandments.
Parenting with the Bible describes how to help children live the commandments in daily life.
Color: School Days. Add your own favorite Bible stories to your children’s lunch boxes. |
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Exercise: Commandment Work
Teachers might like to look at Mary Jane Chaignot's article called, "The Ten Commandments - The Making of the Covenant" for background information. Read Caryl Krueger's parenting article on Living the Commandments. Barry Huff and Genelle Austin-Lett offer three practical exercises on the Ten Commandments for all ages.
- What is a commandment?
- What is the point of the first four commandments?
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Exercise for 1st Commandment
Discuss the importance of the 1st Commandment by talking about all the Bible characters who kept the first commandment.
Work at putting God first everyday for this next week and then share the results next Sunday. |
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Exercise:
Ask the students to write each of the commandments as if they were beatitudes. This helps them think of the message of the commandment and the reward for obedience. For example: Blessed are ye when you make God your first priority for you shall be happy. Or: I am happy when I don’t let anything interfere with my relationship to God. That way I’m always safe. Or: Blessed are those who adore only one God for they shall truly know God. Do two a week as you work through the Ten Commandments. |
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Exercise: Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Ask your Sunday school pupils to write a script for Daniel; create a story board with pictures they have made; or make puppets so they can practice retelling the story to younger children.
One student made a toothless lion because he said he was a vegetarian. There are a variety of puppets. Daniel was made with a sock, likewise two lions. The angel, the king, and some of the lions were made from lunch bags. Students should use the puppets to help them tell the story. Get permission from your childcare director to have a Sunday school class come in with the puppets and tell the story of Daniel. Practice telling the story is very important. |
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Exercise: Design a video game for Daniel in the Lions’ Den, the Three Hebrew Boys, Moses at the Burning Bush, Joshua and the Walls of Jericho, or create a game with your favorite Bible stories that help people obey the ten commandments. |
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Exercise: Three Hebrew Boys - Read Daniel 3
Have you ever heard music from a cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, or dulcimer?
Teachers: If any of these instruments are available for you to bring to church, it adds to the lesson. Or you could make an audio recording of each of these instruments and bring pictures of each one so the children can hear and see the differences. Once you have them recorded, they can be used in the telling of the story. If you have pupils who play a musical instrument, ask them to bring their instruments to class and they can provide the music for that part of the story.
- What is a cornet? [horn]
- Flute?
- Harp?
- Sackbut? [in the book of Daniel, it is a string instrument; elsewhere in the Bible, it is a wind instrument with a slide similar to a trombone],
- Psaltery? [a harp with a soprano register]
- Dulcimer? [In Daniel, it's more like a bagpipe]. Curiously enough, the line opens with two wind instruments, goes to three string instruments (varied in the number of strings each has), and closes with a wind instrument.
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Exercise: Standing up to Evil
Take this Bible verse and then discuss the following questions:
Dan 3:17,18 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Describe what it feels like to stand up to evil.
- What did it take for these Hebrew boys to willingly submit to the fire rather than compromise their belief and faith in God?
- Are you faced with these kinds of challenges today?
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS |
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First Commandment; Ex 20:3
Read: Daniel 6:1-28; Daniel and the Lions; Daniel in the Lions’ Den
- How do you know God?
- How do you rely on one God?
- What kind of a man was Daniel?
- What did Daniel know about God?
- Why were the princes jealous of Daniel?
- What is jealousy?
- How do you deal with jealousy? (Either being jealous yourself or others being jealous of you?)
- What was in the law the King signed?
- What did the princes catch Daniel doing?
- Why didn’t Daniel observe the King’s law, knowing he’d be thrown into the den with lions?
- Why didn’t Daniel try to hide the fact that he was praying?
- Do you think the king wanted Daniel to die? Why or why not?
- Who shut the lions’ mouths?
- Why couldn’t the King sleep?
- What are some modern lions’ den experiences?
- Do your friends ever try to talk you out of being obedient to God or to your parents?
- How often do you pray each day?
- Why is praying important?
- Do you have that deep abiding faith in God to deliver you from all evil?
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Second Commandment; Ex 20:4-6
Read: Daniel 3:1-30 A Very Hot Fire; What the King Saw in the Fiery Furnace
- What images try to claim more attention than God?
- Can you think of any images above, below, and on the earth?
- Why is God jealous?
- How did the three Hebrew boys land in the fiery furnace?
- What are their names?
- Who was king at the time?
- What did the King create?
- What did the King want the people to do when they heard the music?
- Why wouldn’t the three Hebrew boys bow down?
- What did the King demand they do to the furnace?
- How hot was it?
- What did the King see in the furnace?
- Who is always with us?
- What is impressive about this story?
- Why do you think that even the smell of fire wasn’t on him?
- What are some modern day idols?
- Have your friends ever asked you to bow down to modern day idols?
- How did the three Hebrew boys respond to the King's anger?
- How has your faith or reliance on God kept you safe?
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Third Commandment; Ex. 20:7
Read Ex. 3:1-18 The Burning Bush; The Voice from the Burning Bush
- Why should we be careful how we use God’s name?
- Is saying, “Oh my God!” breaking the 3rd commandment? Why or why not?
- Did you know the Hebrews were afraid to say God’s name for fear of breaking the 3rd commandment?
- Is swearing or cursing a problem for anyone you know?
- How do you avoid swearing or using words that might offend God?
- Where does Moses first encounter God in the desert?
- Why didn’t the bush burn-up?
- What does God ask Moses to do?
- What’s Moses’ response?
- What name does God give Moses to tell the Children of Israel?
- What is unusual about that name?
- What does I AM signify to you?
- How do you think it helped the Children of Israel?
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Fourth Commandment Ex. 20:8-11
Read Joshua 5:13-6:27 A Wall Falls Down; Walls of Jericho Fell Down
- Why does God want us to keep the Sabbath holy?
- What is the Sabbath for the Jews? Christians?
- How do you observe the Sabbath?
- Was healing on the Sabbath wrong?
- What kind of a city was Jericho?
- Could they walk right in and take over the city?
- Why not?
- What instructions did God give Joshua and his people? (Josh 6:3-5)
- Why do you think they were told to just walk around the city?
- What weapons were they going to use?
- What was God teaching them?
- What happened on the seventh day? (Josh.6:20)
- What lessons did God want the Children of Israel to learn about conquering Jericho?
- How realistic do you think those instructions were?
- Would you have believed the wall would fall down just from walking around it and shouting?
- Archaeologists believe they have found Jericho and that the walls of the city fell outward in a circle. What does that tell us about the validity of this story?
- How does this story relate to the 4th commandment?
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