School Age: Hard Work (Genesis 1-2, 1 Cor 10:31)
Kids Talk Watch the MBM kids talk for this week online mbm.org.au/online
Family Talk What’s your favourite job at home? What’s the worst job at home/school?
Bible Time
When God made the world, everything he made was good. What does this tell us about God? (when God works it always turns out the way he’d planned) Match the work God does with the work people do (see activity sheet).
Read Genesis 2:15 ( use ICB version, Bible Gateway )
What was work like for Adam and Eve? (great, no pain, no frustration, no anger) Work is hard because of sin. When will work stop being hard, boring, painful...? (in God’s new heaven and earth) What work lasts forever? (when we tell others about Jesus)
Read 1 Corinthians 10:31 ( use ICB version, Bible Gateway )
What does it mean to give God the glory? (praise God that he gave us the ability to work, depend on God to help us work, love others while we work…)
Application | Prayer
How can you give God the glory this week? When Mum or Dad asks you to do a job? Your teacher sets work you don’t like doing? Turn these answers into prayers.
Memory Verse Revelation 4:11 (sing this verse to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb)
Craft Option 1: Decorate the thorny vine. Option 2: Cut out the clock. Attach clock hands with a split pin. Draw jobs you do.
math
Match the work God does with work people do.
Plants a garden (and the whole world)
Creates a masterpiece of a world
Rescues people in trouble
Judges and punishes the Israelites
Cleans up the mess sin makes
Teaches his people through his prophets
Feeds his people as they cross the desert
Designs the plans for Tabernacle and Temple
Heals people
Lovingly warns his people
Protects and cares for people
Gives his people a home
Teacher
Judge
Gardener
Artist
Carpenter
Doctor
Chef
Roadside Worker
Architect
Garbage Collector
Social Worker
Police
GOD THE FIRST WORKER
Other ways God works in this world….
When God first made the world, work was easy. But after Adam and Eve disobeyed God work becamehard and painful. Thorns and thistles made work hard. Fighting and arguing made work hard.
Genesis 1-3
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3So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for
the glory of God.1 Corinthians 10:31