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Sunday, July 28, 2019

28 July 2019

Toddler Class
Coach Susan
Asst. Oling

Primary Class 1-3

Coach Iwan
(Asst. Shevica)


Primary Class 4-6
Coach Shawn
Coach Nicho


INCREDIBLE GOD & AQUA MAN


LESSON OBJECTIVES

CHILDREN WILL LEARN …
My incredible God always makes a way

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Exodus 14 (Moses and the Parting of the Red Sea)


CLASS PLAN

TIME: 50 mins

10 mins 
 Welcome / Cheer
 Attendance
 Run through boundaries with kids
 Commit class and kids to God in prayer

5 mins
 Incredible Song (theme song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxCDur76lc
 Hook

15 mins 
 Bible story/Lesson

5 mins 
 Memory Verse

5 mins 
 Review/Reinforcement: Bring it Home

10 mins 
 Huddle Time


INTRO/HOOK

Incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxCDur76lc


DEMONSTRATION

Parting the Waters
http://www.kidssundayschool.com/452/gradeschool/parting-the-waters.php

or

Pepper and Water Trick
Prepare a small dish of plain water. Take a pepper shaker and shake pepper all over the water.

Can you see the pepper floating on top of the water? Now, I want to to watch what happens when I put my finger into the water and touch the bottom of the dish. Did you see that? What happened?
You are right — nothing happened!

Next I am going to take just a drop or two of this dishwashing detergent and put it on the tip of my finger. Now I will once again put my finger into the water and touch the bottom of the dish. Now, watch carefully. Wow! Did you see what happened? The pepper all separated and moved to the sides
of the dish! That is pretty amazing, isn't it?

Today, we learn about an event that is far more amazing that the little trick I just showed you. In fact, it may one of the most spectacular events in history.

LESSON

Our hero today is Aqua Man!

Aqua Man was not always a hero. He had power and wealth. But he was a coward … afraid and always running away from trouble. He couldn’t speak well. So he hid for many years in a desert among goats and sheep.

But one day, God gave Aqua Man a special mission — to bring about 1 million people out of the clutches of the evil Egyptian king.

After a series of other incredible miracles, the evil king finally allowed the people of Israel to go with Aqua Man.

But the adventure didn’t end there. Because the evil king changed his mind and decided to get them back! So the entire army of the Egyptian king chased after Aqua Man and his motley bunch, with old, old people and babies.


And up ahead, there was a big sea. Oh no! Aqua Man and crew were trapped!

“We are going to die!!!” they all cried.

But Aqua Man was not a coward anymore. He knew God had sent him on his mission. He knew God was with him. And he had seen God’s incredible miracles.

"Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord save you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm."

Then Aqua Man raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind.

So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

The Egyptians, with their horses and chariots, chased after the Israelites through the sea, but God twisted their chariot wheels, making them difficult to drive.

When the Israelites reached the other side, the Lord said to Aqua Man, "Raise your hand over the sea again." When he did, the waters returned and all of the chariots and horses -- the entire army of the Pharaoh who chased the Israelites into the sea were drowned. Not a single one survived.

When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the Lord had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the Lord.


AQUA MAN

Who can tell me who Aqua Man is? That’s right. Moses.

Moses was a coward who ran away and hid in the desert for many years. But God called him to be a deliverer for the people of Israel, who were slaves in Egypt.

Moses gave all sorts of excuses. But God reminded him that He was with him always.

Even when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they didn’t have any GPS or Waze to tell them where to go. But the Lord went before them and led the way as a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of cloud by night.

Aqua Man knew that he just needed to "stand still and watch the Lord save you today”, because he had an incredible God.


INCREDIBLE JESUS

The Egyptians pursued the Israelites. They thought they had trapped them … out in the desert with the Red Sea blocking their way. The Israelites thought they were goners. But God opened a way through their biggest obstacle (the Red Sea) for them to pass through safely. And God also used that same obstacle to destroy their enemies (the Egyptians)!

When Jesus was on earth, the devil thought he could destroy him by getting him killed. What he didn’t expect was that God used the devil’s weapon — death (after all, the devil’s job is to steal, kill and destroy) — to destroy the curse of sin completely.

It’s like the devil threw a slingshot, but the stone came back and hit him in his head! 

Jesus’ death on the cross opened the way for us through the waters of sin and death and destroyed the power of Satan over us!

Jesus is our deliverer! We are free! Jesus set us free! We don’t have to do anything except walk in the way He has opened for us!

Side note: God told Moses to “lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.” (Exodus 14:16)


This is also a clue that God gave us back in the Old Testament — a picture of Jesus on the cross!


ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

THEME MEMORY VERSE (for the series)

Ephesians 1:19-20 I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honour at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms.


SONG

How did Moses cross the Red Sea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7THqnY-uL0 (actions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HboALKQxbNY


I will sing unto the Lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QeKBAvbDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx0JJOBMlp8



BRING IT HOME

Whatever challenges we may face, know that our incredible God will bring us through. We just have to rest in Him.


HUDDLE TIME

Get into small groups.
Share any difficulties and challenges faced and pray for each other.


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