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The King of All Things Wrapped
Wrap a Christmas gift for the whole family—a movie, book, game, tickets, coupon for dinner out, etc. Disguise it so they won't be able to guess it.
Ask the kids:
What's in the gift?
What's in the gift?
Let them try to guess. Finally, let one of the kids open it.
Say something like this:
Even though you tried to guess what was in it, you didn't really know for sure. There is Someone who knows for sure what is going to happen before it happens. In fact, He knows your thoughts and even the words before you say them. (I know it sounds like Santa—but we don't want to go there.) Jesus is God's Son come to earth and He was omniscient. That's a big word meaning all-knowing. God knows all about you and loves you and wants to guide you in the right way.
Say a prayer of thanks for that.
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"The Great Swami"
Play a guessing game, “The Great Swami,” with your kids. Choose an adult or older child to be the Great Swami (wrap a towel around his head as a turban). Tell the rest of the family that the Great Swami can know what they are thinking.
Lay out nine books on the floor in a pattern of three across and three down. Before you start, clue the Swami in on how to know what book was chosen. Tell him that where you point on the first book will show him which book was picked. If you point to the upper left of the book, that will mean the person chose the top left book. If you point to the middle of the book that will mean the person chose the middle book in the middle row.
Send the Great Swami out of the room and let one of the kids point to one of the books. (Let's say he picked the very last book on the right in the bottom row.) When the Swami comes back in, ask him to guess which book this person chose. Point to the first book (remember to point on the bottom right of any book since that was the one chosen) and say, "Is it this one?" (This will tell him which book was chosen.) Continue pointing at books and asking, "Is it this one?" until you point to the one on the bottom right. When you point to that one, the Great Swami will say, "Yes."
Continue sending the Swami out and letting others pick a book. After several tries, tell them this is really a trick. The Great Swami can't know what they're thinking. Only God can know your thoughts—He is all-knowing. Psalm 94:11a says, "The LORD knows the thoughts of man."
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Where's Baby Jesus?
Students using the D6 curriculum are memorizing John 1:1,14a. (“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”) Practice the verse together at home.
Ask: Who was in the beginning? (The Word)
Who was with God? (The Word)
Who was God? (The Word)
Who became flesh and dwelt among us? (The Word)
Who is the Word? (Jesus)
Replace "Word" with "Jesus" and say the verse and you will get a clear picture of who Jesus is. He did not begin at Christmas—He was the Creator and is God. (Don't even try to explain the Trinity—just accept it by faith.)
Play a game to review the verse. Take baby Jesus from the nativity set (or any object really). Choose one child to be the hider and one to be the finder. Send the finder out of the room while the hider hides baby Jesus (or other object). Make sure the others see where He is hidden. Call the finder back into the room. The others in the room should say the Bible verse as the finder looks for the object. Speak softly when he is far away and loudly when he is close. Cheer when baby Jesus is found. Take turns being the hider and finder.
If you don't have readers yet, sing softly and loudly to locate baby Jesus and then have an older child say the verse or say it altogether every time He is found.
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Lay on a blanket outside on a clear night. Look up in the night sky and count all the stars you can see. (You might see approximately 1000—2000 stars depending on where you live.)
Ask the kids to share some facts they learned about stars in church (or share some of the amazing facts listed below with them).
Some facts:
- Astronomers estimate there are 100 billion stars in our galaxy, and there may be 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
- The nearest star, Alpha Centauri, is twenty-four thousand million miles away (24,000,000,000,000 miles). The distance to our nearest star is so great it’s hard to imagine. If you started running the minute you were born and ran a mile every four minutes, without stopping, you would be 700 years old before you reached the sun. But you would be 182 million years old before you reached the nearest star!
- Scientists don’t measure the distance of stars in miles, but in light years. Light travels at 186,000 miles each second. (That means light could travel around our planet seven and one-half times a second.) They use the speed that light travels in a year (a “light year”) to measure star distances.
- God created the stars (Genesis 1:16) and called them all by name (Psalm 147:4).
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"Where Were You When I Made the Stars?"
Watch a video of an eagle(a little more than 4 minutes long): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGwKAMf09NQ&feature=related
or a
52 second video of an eagle catching a salmon:
When Job was finally allowed to question God, God never told Job why things happened as they did or why he had to suffer. God reminded Job of His greatness. God asked, "Where were you when I made the stars . . . or the horse . . . or the eagle . . . or the many other wonders of creation"? When Job thought about God's greatness, he was speechless.
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Do You Really Know?
Allow one child to count out any item (pieces of cereal, candy, coins, etc.) and put them in a jar and write the number on a piece of paper. Let each person try to guess the number of items in the jar. After all guesses have been made, let the one who put the items in the jar announce the actual number.
Ask:
Who actually knew the correct number of things in the jar? (The one who put them there)
We all made guesses, but we did not really KNOW. There are many things that happen and we don't really understand why. God is wise and knows everything. Only God knows the reasons because He made the world and is in charge.
We can think about the things we do know.
Review the five truths that destroy Satan's lies.
God can be trusted
God is powerful
God will always love me
God is all I need
God has a plan for me
After saying all five truths, make a fist, pound the palm and say, “These truths destroy Satan’s lies.”
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