Coach Iwan
(Asst. Shevica)
Coach Iwan
(Asst. Shevica)
Primary Class 4-6
Coach Joel
(Asst. Kent & Arlene)
FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
HOOK
GAME: GIFT BAG
Prepare a bag with the following items (or pictures of items):
·
Bread
Tell the kids this is a gift bag. And 6 kids have a chance to draw
a gift from it. Some will be good gifts; others will be yucky gifts.
Will our daddy and mummy give us good or yucky gifts? Good
Jesus will also always give us good gifts. He wants to give us
good gifts. Thank you Jesus!
GAME: MR/MRS MUMBLE
Kids are seated in a circle.
Kid A starts by asking a
neighbor, Kid B: "Mr/Mrs. Mumble, can you give me some bread?"
without showing their teeth.
Kid B responds by saying,
"No (Kid A’s name), Don’t bother me. I’m already in bed." (Again, no
showing teeth!)
Then Kid B asks the next
person, Kid C, "Mr/Mrs. Mumble, can you give me some bread?"
This must go around the
circle without any players showing their teeth while speaking.
Those who show teeth will be
out or have to do a forfeit.
LESSON: PARABLES OF THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
(Luke 11:5-13)
Today we are going to hear a parable of the friend who
had to persuade his friend to get up and give him bread at midnight.
Jesus was praying and his disciples asked him to teach
them how to pray. After he taught them how to pray (what is commonly referred
to as “The Lord’s Prayer”), Jesus had something very important to say about
prayer.
Jesus knew that what we thought of God was more
important than the words that we use when we pray.
Luke 11:5-8
Then Jesus
said to them, “Suppose you have a friend. You go to him at midnight and say,
‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread. A friend of mine on a journey has come
to stay with me. I have no food to give him.’ And suppose the one inside
answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked. My children and I are in
bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, that person will not
get up. And he won’t give you bread just because he is your friend. But because
you keep bothering him, he will surely get up. He will give you as much as you
need.
Imagine the scene. It is midnight. All is dark and
quiet. The man, his wife and their young children all asleep in bed and the
doors of the house are locked.
Suddenly, there is a knocking at the door. The man
opens his eyes, gets out of bed, walks to his window, looks down and sees his
friend below his window. He tells his friend “Don’t bother me. The door is
already locked. My children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you
anything.” He goes back to bed.
The friend doesn’t give up and continues knocking. The
wife now wakes up and glares at the man, “You better give him what he needs,
otherwise he will wake up our children”. The man finally gives his friend the
bread he asks for.
Optional
Video: https://youtu.be/1fnElIVTOrs
(Suggest to start at 0.21 and end right after the
parable)
This parable is often told to
illustrate that if we are persistent, ie keep on praying and don’t give up, and
God will answer our prayers. However, Jesus went on to say:
Luke
11:9-13
“So
here is what I say to you. Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you
will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. Everyone who asks will
receive. The one who searches will find. And the door will be opened to the one
who knocks.
“Fathers,
suppose your son asks for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake instead?
Or suppose he asks for an egg. Which of you will give him a scorpion? (The
answer to both questions is “NO!”)Even though you are evil, you know how to
give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
WHO
WE ARE
Who are we in the parable? Sometimes
we may think that we are the friend outside the house knocking on the door to
ask for bread. But Jesus says, “Even
though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Therefore, we are not the friend
outside the house. We are the children who are in bed with the Father! Whatever
we need, we can just tap him on the shoulder or tug his shirt sleeve and tell
him what we need.
Jesus went on to say that even our
human parents, who are not perfect, always want to give good gifts to us. So
our loving, perfect Heavenly Father will surely give us good gifts.
“Every
good and perfect gift is from above …” (James 1:17)
Like a little child who looks to his
mother for food, drink, comfort, or to fulfill any of his needs, we can look to
our Father to give us what we need. We know that God will surely give us what
is best for us because he even gave Jesus to die for us on the cross.
CONCLUSION
We have a loving heavenly Father who
is ever willing to help us. We can always ask him to help us and tell him what
we need.
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
MEMORY
VERSE
Luke
11:9 Ask, and it
will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened
to you.
HUDDLE
TIME
Get kids in smaller groups. Get them
to share prayer points and pray knowing that we have a God who cares, listens
and answers.
WORSHIP
Let us praise and thank God because
he is great and so good to us.
Say
to the Lord I love you (Lyrics on the slides)
My
God is so big
Primary Class 4-6
Coach Joel
(Asst. Kent & Arlene)
HOOK
(Asst. Kent & Arlene)
FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
HOOK
GAME: GIFT BAG
Prepare a bag with the following items (or pictures of items):
·
Bread
·
Egg
·
Candy
·
Rock
·
Toy snake
·
Toy scorpion
Tell the kids this is a gift bag. And 6 kids have a chance to draw
a gift from it. Some will be good gifts; others will be yucky gifts.
Will our daddy and mummy give us good or yucky gifts? Good
Jesus will also always give us good gifts. He wants to give us
good gifts. Thank you Jesus!
GAME: MR/MRS MUMBLE
Kids are seated in a circle.
Kid A starts by asking a
neighbor, Kid B: "Mr/Mrs. Mumble, can you give me some bread?"
without showing their teeth.
Kid B responds by saying,
"No (Kid A’s name), Don’t bother me. I’m already in bed." (Again, no
showing teeth!)
Then Kid B asks the next
person, Kid C, "Mr/Mrs. Mumble, can you give me some bread?"
This must go around the
circle without any players showing their teeth while speaking.
Those who show teeth will be
out or have to do a forfeit.
LESSON: PARABLES OF THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
(Luke 11:5-13)
Today we are going to hear a parable of the friend who
had to persuade his friend to get up and give him bread at midnight.
Jesus was praying and his disciples asked him to teach
them how to pray. After he taught them how to pray (what is commonly referred
to as “The Lord’s Prayer”), Jesus had something very important to say about
prayer.
Jesus knew that what we thought of God was more
important than the words that we use when we pray.
Luke 11:5-8
Then Jesus
said to them, “Suppose you have a friend. You go to him at midnight and say,
‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread. A friend of mine on a journey has come
to stay with me. I have no food to give him.’ And suppose the one inside
answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked. My children and I are in
bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, that person will not
get up. And he won’t give you bread just because he is your friend. But because
you keep bothering him, he will surely get up. He will give you as much as you
need.
Imagine the scene. It is midnight. All is dark and
quiet. The man, his wife and their young children all asleep in bed and the
doors of the house are locked.
Suddenly, there is a knocking at the door. The man
opens his eyes, gets out of bed, walks to his window, looks down and sees his
friend below his window. He tells his friend “Don’t bother me. The door is
already locked. My children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you
anything.” He goes back to bed.
The friend doesn’t give up and continues knocking. The
wife now wakes up and glares at the man, “You better give him what he needs,
otherwise he will wake up our children”. The man finally gives his friend the
bread he asks for.
Optional
Video: https://youtu.be/1fnElIVTOrs
(Suggest to start at 0.21 and end right after the
parable)
This parable is often told to
illustrate that if we are persistent, ie keep on praying and don’t give up, and
God will answer our prayers. However, Jesus went on to say:
Luke
11:9-13
“So
here is what I say to you. Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you
will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. Everyone who asks will
receive. The one who searches will find. And the door will be opened to the one
who knocks.
“Fathers,
suppose your son asks for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake instead?
Or suppose he asks for an egg. Which of you will give him a scorpion? (The
answer to both questions is “NO!”)Even though you are evil, you know how to
give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
WHO
WE ARE
Who are we in the parable? Sometimes
we may think that we are the friend outside the house knocking on the door to
ask for bread. But Jesus says, “Even
though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in
heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Therefore, we are not the friend
outside the house. We are the children who are in bed with the Father! Whatever
we need, we can just tap him on the shoulder or tug his shirt sleeve and tell
him what we need.
Jesus went on to say that even our
human parents, who are not perfect, always want to give good gifts to us. So
our loving, perfect Heavenly Father will surely give us good gifts.
“Every
good and perfect gift is from above …” (James 1:17)
Like a little child who looks to his
mother for food, drink, comfort, or to fulfill any of his needs, we can look to
our Father to give us what we need. We know that God will surely give us what
is best for us because he even gave Jesus to die for us on the cross.
CONCLUSION
We have a loving heavenly Father who
is ever willing to help us. We can always ask him to help us and tell him what
we need.
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
MEMORY VERSE
MEMORY VERSE
Luke
11:9 Ask, and it
will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened
to you.
HUDDLE
TIME
Get kids in smaller groups. Get them
to share prayer points and pray knowing that we have a God who cares, listens
and answers.
WORSHIP
Let us praise and thank God because
he is great and so good to us.
Say
to the Lord I love you (Lyrics on the slides)
My
God is so big
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