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Bible lesson for today
Bible lesson for today













bible lesson for today

This lesson is taken from Group’s Be Bold curriculum, which helps empower preteens in their faith. Say: If we stop and pay attention, miracles are happening all around us because God is at work today.

  • Which kind of miracle do you think is more likely to impact your life, and why?.
  • Describe what you’d consider a big miracle.
  • Movies and books have been made to tell the world about certain miracles. And sometimes people do pay attention when miracles happen. Say: Look again at the situations from the page. (Share your own story here about a small miracle in your life and how it impacted you.) So, big or small, those things are miraculous. Some miracles don’t seem all that big-but they make a big impact on individuals. Miracles also come in small ways, like in someone’s kind act at just the right moment or in finding out you already did your page of homework and just forgot. It’s common for our culture to dismiss miraculous things because we see a lot of pretty amazing things, like a spacecraft launching to Mars and surgery on babies inside their mothers’ bellies before they’re even born. Say: Here’s the truth: God is at work today, just like he always has been and always will be.
  • Explain whether you think it can be easier for us to dismiss things today as “not miracles” than it was for people in Bible times.
  • Why? What did you base your decision on?.
  • Which of these situations made it onto your miracle list? Which didn’t?.
  • You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.” Have preteens find a partner and work on “Is It a Miracle? You Decide!” on page 21. Invite another willing preteen to read aloud John 14:12-13: “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. Even after Jesus left the earth, his followers kept performing miracles to show God’s power. They feel like because we don’t see big miracles from God, maybe he’s out of the miracle business. Say: In our world, many people don’t believe miracles still happen.

    bible lesson for today

    What do you think this verse tells us about God’s miracles?.And all the people around you will see the power of the Lord-the awesome power I will display for you.’” I will perform miracles that have never been performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation.

    bible lesson for today

    Invite a willing preteen to read aloud Exodus 34:10: “The Lord replied, ‘Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. Many of the people who lived during Bible times didn’t experience miracles at all. But these events took place over a very long stretch of time. Say: When we read about these miracles, it’s easy to assume big miracles happened all the time back then. If you could ask God one question about one of these miracles, what would you ask?.Do you think it’s possible for these miracles to happen again today? Explain.Why do you think we couldn’t replicate the miracles?.Explain whether you doubt any of these miracle stories really happened in the first place.Sometimes because we can’t make miracles happen, it might seem like they’re impossible. Say: Well, we weren’t very successful at making these miracles happen. Heal the Sick (Find someone in your group who has a cut or scab, and try to get it to go away by putting your hand on the person’s head.)Ĭongratulate preteens on their attempts to replicate the miracles.Calm the Storm (Point out the window and try to get the weather to change just by speaking.).Try to turn it into 10 pieces that are all the same size as the original.) Feed the 5,000 (Take one piece of food from today’s snack and hold it in your hand.Try to color in the entire piece-without getting any ink or pencil marks on you at all.) The Fiery Furnace (Tear off a tiny corner of your paper.Part the Red Sea (Try to rip the Bold Action Student Book page in half-without touching it.).After they’ve described it, they’ll attempt to re-create the miracle for everyone following the directions in the Bold Action Student Book. Each group will read its miracle, then take a turn describing the miracle to the larger group. Distribute pages 17-20 from the Bold Action Student Book to each preteen, and assign each group a miracle from those pages. Have kids form five groups (a group can be one preteen if needed, and preteens can represent more than one group if needed). Say: Let’s read about some miracles in the Bible. Explain whether you think miracles still happen today like they did in the Bible.Why do you think some people don’t believe miracles happen anymore?.















    Bible lesson for today