Loving God as a Family Lesson Two

Loving God as a Family
God Made Everything

Note to Parents: Before reading Job 38 explain that Job was going through a very hard time and had many questions for God. Job was not sure that God was powerful enough to help him through his difficult situation. Job 38-39 was God’s response to Job.

Read Job 38 (you could also read Job 39 and Genesis 1) Younger families may prefer to read Matthew 6:25-34

Questions for discussion:
What is one thing God mentioned about His creation to Job?
Why did God tell Job about creating the world as a response to Job’s concerns?
Are there situations in our lives where we hesitate to trust God’s power to help us?
What is one thing in creation that you are thankful for?
How can we show our thankfulness for what God has created?
Take some time to discuss any difficult situations that you as a whole, or any individuals,

are facing.

As a family, spend some time outside together. You could take a walk, drive up to Garvin Heights look out, go out boating or on a bike ride. At some point along the way, stop and take a few minutes to look at the display of God’s creation around you. Discuss what you see and how awesome God must be to have created all of these things.

Key Thought: God has displayed His awesome power through the creation that we see every day. Since He is the powerful Creator and King over all of creation, we can know that He is more than able to help us in every difficult situation that we face.

Pray and thank God for the display of His power through creation and that He cares about ALL of our concerns. Thank Him for helping us through every difficult situation and spend time praying for any difficulties that were shared.








Activities





Preschool:


Sing this song to the tune of “Did You ever See a Lassie?”
“Oh, who can make a star shine, a star shine, a star shine?
Oh, who can made a star shine?
Oh, only God can!
God is the creator, creator, creator!
God is the creator of everything!”
Substitute other things that God has made,

and continue to sing this song.



Help your child create a collage of different things that God has created. Cut pictures out of
magazines, print them off the Internet, pick leaves and flowers out of the yard or collect objects that can be glued to a piece of paper. Include a picture of your child or your family. After the collage is complete, pray and thank God for creating all of these things.



Help your child pray over a meal today and thank God for creating food for us to eat.



Lower Elementary:


For a family project, choose a way to take care of God’s creation, which could include people. You could pick up litter at a local park, pull weeds in a flower bed, take care of an animal, take trash to the recycling center, visit a nursing home or donate books to the children’s hospital.



Help your child create a poster reminding them to be thankful for all of God’s creation. On a large sheet of paper or poster board, write “We are Thankful God Made Everything.” Then collect pictures and objects that are samples of the things you are grateful God made. Glue these things onto the poster. When finished, have the whole family sign the poster and display it somewhere that you will see it often and be reminded of God’s power.



Upper Elementary:


Help your child gather cool things that God created and place them in a special box. As you place each item in the box, thank God for making the object.



Organize an outdoor workday for your family in the back yard or in a local park. Pick up trash, take care of any plants, rake leaves or grass and any other activities that need to be done. When you are finished talk about the things God created that you especially like.



Help your child plant a flower from a seed or bulb. Spend time everyday taking care of the plant and thanking God for His creation.



Teens:


Find time to be alone surrounded by God’s creation. Spend some time being silent in your
surroundings then read and think about Matthew 6:25-34. Take a minute to thank God for His creation, revelation, and desire to help you in every situation.



Ask a parent or older sibling to tell you about a time that they trusted God to help them through a difficult situation in their lives, possibly even when they were your age. Pray together for God to help you through any thing you might currently be facing.