What Your Child Learned in Church Today, Sunday, March 1

ROCK SOLID (Kg through 4th Grades)

Main Point: I will do what God wants!
Today's Bible Lesson: The Story of Gideon (Judges 6 & 7)
Memory Verse: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take." Proverbs 3:5-6

Lesson Summary:
For the months of March and April, we are exploring what it means to have noble character. Our Bible adventures are set in Medieval Times in which we meet King Earl the Undecided. King Earl will encounter situations in which he must learn to be a king of noble character, a person that God wants him and us to be. Be sure your child joins us each Sunday for Kingdom Tales!

Today, children pretended to be knights and ladies of old. Children came up with their Medieval names. Ask your child what their Medieval name is. We saw how it is so very important that we do what God wants us to do in our lives. We heard the story of Gideon, how God called him to lead an army against the Midianites even though he had never lead an army before. Gideon sought out what God wanted him to do as he lead the Israelite army against the powerful Midianite army. Read this story with your child this week. You can find it in Judges 6 and 7.

Children learned that is is so important that we do what God wants us to do. We learned four ways we can find out what God wants us to do. First, we can read the Bible to find out what God wants us to do. Second, we can go to church to learn what God wants us to do. Third, we can ask godly people. And fourth, we can pray to God Himself, to ask Him what He wants us to do. We also talked about how God tells us what He wants us to do in more than one of these ways, and usually a through a combination of these ways. For example, I know when God is working on me when I read something in Scripture in my quiet time, then hear it again Sunday mornings as Pastor Ronnie is preaching, and then 'coincidentally' it comes up in some other setting ( a random conversation, a devotional email that I subscribe to, the Holy Spirit impressing it upon my heart, a random email...) You see, God uses multiple sources to confirm what He is telling us to do. Our part is to listen, expectantly watching for His Will.

For example, our lesson today, which is purchased from an independent source, just happened to coincide with Pastor Ronnie's message (which was EXCELLENT by the way.) Did we plan it that way? No, but God did!

Help your child look for God's will in their lives. Help them to learn how to do what God wants!

Training Up a Child Homework:
1. Read Judges 6, 7 with your child this week.
2. Help your child memorize this week's memory verse, Proverbs 3:5-6, and tell it to me next Sunday for a prize.
3. Encourage your child to follow the four ways of finding out what God wants us to do: reading our Bible DAILY; praying DAILY (without ceasing); going to Church (Sundays & Wednesdays); and seeking the counsel of godly people.

Grace and peace friends!
In His Love, Cathy