Need to Know: God is Powerful

With God’s help to obey, Moses went to rescue God’s people, the Israelites, from mean Pharaoh and the Egyptians. When Pharaoh would not obey and let the Israelites go, God showed him how powerful He is by sending a plague of frogs (Exodus 8:1-15)! God also showed His power to the Israelites by parting the Red Sea, saving them from the chasing Egyptians (Exodus 14:5-31). In these two stories we learned what we Need to Know today: God Is Powerful.

We also talked about how God is powerful enough to help us any time—when we are scared or mad or happy or sad—God wants to show us His power every day!

Next time you are washing dishes in the sink, have your child help you. Make washing fun by taking turns trying to part the water with your hands and other kitchen utensils. Once the dishes are clean, talk to your children about how only God has the power to part the water in the Red Sea. In that moment thank God for being so powerful!

Don’t forget to practice our Remember Verse!. Here is the verse and the motions we do along with it:

Need to Know: Praise God Instead of Yourself!

So often we all do things to receive the praise of others. But God teaches us through the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11:1-9 what we Need to Know today: Praise God Instead of Yourself. In this Bible story the whole world had one language, and the people were starting to feel very proud of themselves. The Babylonians wanted to build a tower that would make them famous. God knew that if this tower made them famous, they would think they were so good they did not need God anymore! To show the people they could not be great without God, He made them all speak different languages so they could not work together to build the tower.

We are all great at doing certain things, but since God is the reason we are able to do great things, we should praise Him instead of ourselves!

Have fun playing a joke on your kids to teach them how we should praise God instead of ourselves. Get your kids to help you cook dinner and clean up for your spouse or another close family member or friend. Be sure to fill the person you are cooking for in on your joke ahead of time. After cooking and cleaning, try to take all the credit for the meal and cleaning. Boast and exaggerate about having done it all yourself until the kids begin to clamor for some of the credit. Acknowledge the truth that you could not have done it without their help. Use this to explain how we do the same thing to God. We try to take credit for the work He has allowed us to do.

Today we learned the second half of our Memory Verse for this series. Practice putting the whole thing together so your child can win a prize in a few weeks.  Here it is: