WCI –NYERI Sunday school
Date: 19th January 2014
LESSON OUTLINE WEEK: Ages: 1 - 15
Years
EXCEEDING GRACE:STRANGE WORKS:STRANGE
ACTS- 2 Cor 9:14-15
Prophetic
Focus: PRAYER and FASTING empowers fulfillment
of prophecy I Tim 1:18
Welcome All the Children by greeting each one of them. Ask them how the
week was; how the school/Exams/home
was; Ask them about their: Parents: friends; teachers: ask them the activities
they did during the week etc
Do a recap of last week’s lesson. Ask the children e.g. (Who was the
Biblical Character? Memory Verse? The
songs we sang: Theme of the year: Theme of the Month….
TEXT:Isa 58:6-7{58:6} [Is] not this the fast that
I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and
to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? {58:7} [Is it] not
to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out
to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou
hide not thyself from thine own flesh(body)?
TOPIC: WHY
DO WE FAST&PRAY ?BENEFITS OF FASTING&PRAYING
Objective: Teach and Help the children understand why we Fast/benefits of
fasting and Praying
·
For
deliverance from sins,unwanted habits and behaviours,actions that are not
pleasing our God,teachers,parents,friends,classmates,neighbours e.t.c(let the
children give you examples of such habits)(Jonah 3)
·
To get favour
from God Esther 4:16-17
·
To get out
high places in life Mat 5:13-15-we are
the salt and the light of the world
·
For Divine
Health-Isa 58:8
BIBLICAL CHARACTER :JONAH AND THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH- Jonah3
God was very unhappy with the
city of Nineveh because of the sins they did before him and he wanted to
destroy/finish all of them. But because God is full of Mercy and Love for His
people,he sent Jonah to go and tell the people of Nineveh that in the next 40
days,God would finish them if they did not repent and stop doing bad things and sins.
What did the people of Nineveh
do? They listened to Jonah and Believed
what God had told them. They announced a
fast for all people and all their animals.
They also prayed and cried to God for forgiveness of their bad habits, behaviors
and sins and God heard them and did not
destroy them.
Bible
Trivia:
-Jonah was the son of?
-when God sent Jonah to Nineveh, he
refused and instead went to which town?
-what happened to the ship that
Jonah entered?
-Jonah remained in the stomach of
the fish for how long?
-God gave the people of Nineveh
how many days to repent?
Songs-May your kingdom come-ECHO:may
your will be done ECHO:on earth as it in Heaven X2
Father(/Jesus/Saviour/Healer)
establish your Kingdom
Father(/Jesus/Saviour/Healer)
establish your will… in my life
May your kingdom come ECHO:May
your will be done ECHO:on earth… as it is in Heaven
On earth…. As it is in Heaven
MEMORY VERSE Mat 6:9-13:Luke 11:2-4(OUR LORDS PRAYER)-Song
BIBLICAL
TRUTH:PRAYER AND FASTING WORKS
CHALLENGE FACTOR: When do I Pray and Fast?
CHALLENGE FACTOR: When do I Pray and Fast?
POSITIVE
CONFESSION:
I will fast and Pray like Jesus
ALTER
CALL.
