Week 19 - God is Faithful

Overview

Truth Group this week is all about GOD’S FAITHFULNESS. We’re going to talk about what faith is — I’m defining it as “trusting God with my head”— and what faithfulness is — always doing what you say you will do. I can trust God with my head because He always does what He’s said.

• How does God’s faithfulness relate to my service for him? 1 Thessalonians 5:24 “Faithful is He that callers you, who also will do it.”

• Is God faithful? Lamentations 3:22-23 “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: ‘great is Thy faithfulness.’”

Schedule

1. Registration in the foyer

2. Starting together in the auditorium

3. Truth Group Opening - Songs & Rules

4. Tiny Trackers Dismissal, Special Story

5. Game Time - Midnight

6. Restroom Break

7. Lesson - Achan tries to trick God

8. Training Time & Snack

9. Dismissal

Special Story

Kent is teaching the Special Story this week.

Game Time - Bucketball

Divide the players into three teams, and place the teams in three corners of the gym. Each team has its own kiddie pool and 5-gallon bucket, and they must stand behind two cones that mark their corner. Each team has its own adult leaderwho will he

In the center of the gym are 4 buckets. One bucket contains mini beach balls, one bucket contains rubber playground balls, one bucket contains bigger balls, and one bucket contains the well-worn foam soccer balls.

The players will take turns running to the center of the gym with their 5-gallon bucket. Once they are inside the center circle, they may grab as many balls as they’d like and then place the balls into their bucket. They must then race back to their team with the balls, but they may not touch the balls once they leave the center circle.

If a ball falls from the player’s bucket or the player touches the ball while running it to their team, that ball is disqualified and the referee (or another helper) must return it to the center of the gym.

If the player wants to, they may take the balls to another team and place it in that team’s kiddie pool. Unlike previous versions of this game, players may not return balls to the middle from their own pool. Once a ball has been placed in their pool, it must remain in their pool.

Scoring is as follows:

• Beach balls: 25¢

• Rubber playground balls: 50¢

• Big balls: $1.00

• Nasty-looking foam balls: -25¢

Lesson - God is faithful to keep His promise to Noah

Training Time

Group Discussion: God promised Abraham that he would have a son and that son would produce a great nation of people. When God promised this, Abraham was seventy-five years old and his wife Sarah was sixty-five years old. As the years passed by, Abraham and Sarah did not have a child. They questioned God’s faithfulness. They didn’t believe God would do what He had promised, so they tried another way to have a son. Despite their disbelief, disobedience, and Sarah being ninety years old, God kept His promise, and they had a son named Isaac.

• Who was talking to Abraham? (v.1)

• What did God promise to Abraham? (v.2-3 Hint: There are six things God promised.)

• Which promise meant that Abraham would have a son? (v.2)

• Sarah is ten years younger than Abraham, so how old was Abraham and Sarah when God promised them a son? (v.4)

• How did God talk with Abraham? (v.1)

• What was Abraham upset about? (v.2)

• What did God promise Abraham? (v.5)

• Did Abraham believe God would be faithful? (v.6)

• Sarah is now seventy-five years old. Did she believe she could have children? Why not? (v.2)

• Did Sarah believe God was faithful? Why not?

• What did God promise Abraham here? (v.16)

• What did Abraham think of God’s promise? Did he think God was faithful to do it? (v.17)

• Was God faithful to Abraham and Sarah? How? (v.1)

• How old was Abraham and Sarah (Sarah is ten years younger than Abraham)? (v.4)

Group Activity: Have the children each write out a personal question on a post-it note (or you as the teacher can do it ahead of time). Everyone takes off 1 shoe and places it in the middle of the table (or on the floor). Choose one child to close their eyes, and grab a shoe and a post-it, then open their eyes. The child then must then put the shoe on the kid who owns the shoe while asking them the question from the post-it. Then the child who got their shoe back closes their eyes and goes next.

Group Prayer: Have several kids mention ways that God is faithful. Then pray, praising God for His faithfulness.