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DO YOU NEED TO KNOW GOD LOVES YOU?

Do you need to know God loves you?  I received an e-mail recently from someone who listened to Whispering Wind and he felt at the conclusion that God loved him.  John 3:8-9 says, “The spirit is like a wind that blows wherever it wants to.  You can hear the wind, but you don’t know where…

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VBS FOLLOW-UP : Action Steps

Few ministries of the church have the evangelistic impact and potential of VBS. However, the number of decisions recorded during VBS is really just the tip of the iceberg for churches that follow-up well with children, parents, grandparents, and siblings of children discovered through VBS. In the week or two following VBS, the family of…

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GOD WILL MAKE A WAY

Do bills outweigh income? Do relationship hassles frazzle? Do sick days outnumber healthy ones? Do disappointments become Mount Everest? “What seems impossible to get through, God will make a way for you” says the encouraging song by Mary Rice Hopkins “What Seems Impossible” (Dancing in the Desert album). You will also be strengthened by several…

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LIGHTHOUSE

The song Lighthouse helps children grasp what it means to be Jesus’ light and shine everywhere they go. Two of the verses say: I’ll be a lighthouse shining above I’ll be a lighthouse sharing His love And if my flame flickers and my well runs dry I know Jesus lives inside my lighthouse   I…

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WHALE OF A TALE – Jonah

“Whale Of A Tale” (Lighthouse album) is the perfect song to accompany your lesson on Jonah. (Click on song title to hear a clip.) The song begins: It’s cold and dark and wet down here I’m feeling kind of strange, I am scared I got swallowed by a whale and I’m aware It’s a terrible…

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DO KIDS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE MEMORIZING?

  When teaching a Bible verse to your class, be sure the boys and girls understand the meaning of difficult words.  If kids try to remember things they don’t understand, nothing sticks. It’s like building a model car without glue. Understanding the means of words also eliminates developing wrong concepts. A second-grade boy was asked,…

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