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Jesus Has Always Been
Take a nature walk and pick up acorns, leaves, pine needles or anything of interest.
Ask:
Can you make an acorn that could grow into a tree?
Who made this? (God/Jesus)
Some people think Jesus started as a baby in a manger. Read Colossians 1:15-19. Jesus is God and has always been. He created the world and holds it all together. Jesus became a man, but He was also God. (Is smoke coming out of your ears?)
****There is no good analogy to explain God or the Trinity; all fall short. One illustration I use to help children understand the hard things about God is to suggest that they teach a Bible verse to their pet. Can their pet learn a Bible verse and say it? No, because pets are different from humans. God is different from man. He did make man in His image, but He is so far above man that we can never understand Him. There are some things we must just accept by faith. There is one God–in three persons.)
If Jesus is God and made everything there is, how should we treat Him and His name? (With honor and with respect) Say a thank you prayer or listen to some quiet praise music.
Thanksgiving Placemats
Make creation placemats for the Thanksgiving dinner table. Give the kids a large piece of construction paper and have them draw things they are thankful Jesus made.
OR make a creation centerpiece from the items you collected on the nature walk. Arrange them in the middle of the table, using a basket or decorative vase.
Before the meal, let each person tell what they are thankful God made.
Invisible Words
Items needed:
A clean piece of white paper
Lemon juice (squeezed from a lemon or bottled juice) mixed with a few drops of water
Q-tip or stick (to use as a paintbrush)
When the kids aren’t around, use the Q-tip to paint a simple message on the piece of paper with the lemon juice. Let it dry. Ask if they see anything on the paper.
Then hold the paper up to a light source (a light bulb, candle flame, etc.) and watch as the “invisible word” appears on the paper.
Say something like this:
Even though you couldn’t see the word written on the piece of paper, it was there.
Ask:
Do you believe in things you can’t see? If they say “no,” ask if they can see the wind. No, you can’t see the wind, but it is there. You can see what the wind does–it can move a leaf; a strong wind can even turn something upside down.
We believe in God even though we can’t see Him. Colossians 1:15 says that Jesus is the image of the invisible God. We believe in God because we see what He does–He created the world, He answers our prayers, He gave us the Bible, and He sent Jesus to show us what He is like.
