Supplementary
Material for the Campaign of Israel
BIBLICAL REFERENCE
Genesis 22, 1-19
PURPOSE OF THE LESSON
Teach the children and make them understand that obedience
is the right attitude to be close to God.
VERSE TO MEMORIZE
“And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know
that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.”(1 John 5, 14)
INTRODUCTION
Educator, start
this lesson by reminding the children about the last lesson: “Kids, do you
remember the last story? It was about the faith of Abraham. A man who is a role
model for all of us because of his great faith. He heard the voice of God making
him a promise, and he obeyed. On today’s story, you are going to learn about
the fulfilling of the great promise that God said to Abraham, also a request
made by Him, and once again … he obeyed. Listen carefully!
IN THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM
Once, God called Abraham and told him that he was going to
be a father. Abraham was already seventy years old, how could it be if he and
his wife were already old? Abraham’s wife, Sara, found it very funny and laughed.
Kids, God has the power to make an old woman have children, because He is the
Almighty God! The same way He can make great things happen in our lives. When
Abraham was a hundred years and his wife was ninety, Sara got pregnant! God is
faithful in His promises and always fulfills them! All of that happened because
of Abraham obedience.
Abraham named his son Isaac. After a few years, God asked
Abraham to offer a sacrifice for Him. Kids, a long time ago, before Jesus died
on the cross for us, people used to offer animals to God on the altar. But this
time He was asking Abraham something that He never asked him before. He was
asking for Abraham’s only son! And do you know what? Abraham obeyed and trusted
God, and do you know why? Because his only desire was to do the will of God. We
should also have the same desire.
We have to make an effort to do the will of God, always do
His will.
Abraham took his son
to the place where God determined, Mount Moriah. Isaac helped his dad to cut
the firewood for the sacrifice and he climbed the mount with him.
Arriving there Isaac asked Abraham, “Daddy, we have the
firewood, the cutlass, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?” Abraham answered,
“God will provide the lamb my son.” How great was the faith of Abraham in God,
kids? We also should keep all of our faith in God, making an effort to please
Him.
Abraham prepared an altar and placed Isaac on it. When he
raised the cutlass to sacrifice his son, then, the angel of God appeared and
said: “Abraham! Abraham, don’t touch him. Now God knows that you really love
Him, because you didn’t deny your only child.”
Kids, when Abraham looked behind, he saw a lamb stuck with his
own horns in a tree. God had provided everything! Abraham sacrificed the lamb
and returned home with his son Isaac.
CONCLUSION
You know kids, we need to prove to God that we are obedient
to Him. We should love God more than anything else; trust Him in all
situations, even if it looks very difficult, even if we have to make a big
effort to do so. He is always close to us and he’s faithful. Today, we have the
opportunity to show God our obedience through our attitudes of faith. In this
Campaign, show to God all your effort and ask Him to help you do His will. You
know why? If we do the will of God we’ll have the best for our lives, because
His will is good, perfect and pleasant. Is there anything better than this?
If we obey Him, our God will fulfill His promises in our
lives, as He did to Abraham.
FUN CHAT
Biblical Educator, prepare in advance some stars, cut them out
and write the names of each child in the class on the stars. Give each star to
the child with their name on it. Then ask them to write their request on the
star, and our request in this campaign will be: ‘God help me to do your will,
as Abraham did.’ With the little ones you can write it down for them. The
children should bring the star every day to church until the end of the campaign.
On the day of the campaign, they should bring the star with their best.
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