Loving God as a Family Lesson Three

Loving God as a Family

God Has a Plan for Each of Us


Read: Genesis 24:1-51; Psalm 139:13-16

Questions for discussion:
Why did Abraham believe that his servant would find a wife for Isaac?
How did Abraham show that he trusted God’s plan?
How do we know that we can trust God’s plan for us?
What do you want to be or do in the future (or when you grow up)?
What plans does God have for you? What about for us as a family?
Does God have specific plans relating to every detail of our lives?
How can you show God that you trust his plan for you?

As a family think of something you would like to do, make or build. Come up with a well thought-out written plan for how you will accomplish what you are setting out to do (It could be simple like preparing a meal or anything from having another family over to dinner to building a tree house). Follow your plans and then discuss how having a plan helped. What would have been different if you had not had a plan? What if every person was following a different set of plans? How is this similar to the plans that God has for our lives?

Key Thought: Abraham trusted that God had a wonderful plan for his son Isaac to find a wife. He trusted that if he followed God’s plan that God would accomplish His goal in the right way and at the right time. God has great plans for us, too. God is in control of everything and we can trust that His plans for us are perfect!

Pray and thank God for the plan that he has for all of our lives and that you would all seek his will for your lives daily.

Activities


Preschool:


Using masking tape if indoors, or sidewalk chalk if outdoors, create a path for your child
to follow to get from one place to another. Place a treat at the end of the path and help your child find the treat by following the path. As you are sharing the treat, talk about what it is like to follow the plans and the path that God has for our lives.


Help you child tell the other members of the family that they are glad God planned for them to be in a family together.


Lower Elementary:



Play a game with your family being sure to follow the rules that come with the game.
Talk with your family about how the rules to a game are like a plan for playing the game. If you trust the rules, you can play the game right, just like if you trust God’s plan for you, you can live life right!


Help your child write “We trust God’s plan for us” on 5 to 10 Sticky notes. Decorate the notes with stickers, stamps or small drawings. Then, place the notes around the house in prominent places as reminders to always trust what God has planned for us.


Upper Elementary:



Help your child find the North Star in the night sky. (hint: If you can find the Big Dipper than you can find the North Star.) Explain how people have used the North Star for centuries to figure out what direction they are walking in. Discuss how, in the same way that people can trust that the North Star always shows which way is north, we can always trust that God’s plan for us is showing us the right way to go.


Cut out a star, and write on it the name of a friend who does not know Jesus as their savior. Tape it somewhere that you will see it regularly. Every time you see it, pray that God would give you an opportunity to share with that person that God has a plan for them.


Help your child mark out a path from room to room in the house, or outside. The path could be
marked with stickers, taped out on the floor with masking tape, drawn with sidewalk chalk, or just about anything. Let you child lead the rest of the family through the planned path that they have made. At the end, discuss how God has a great plan for your lives and how you can follow them.


Teens:



Write “God has a plan for me” on an index card and tape it somewhere that you will see everyday. When you see it thank God for the plan that he has for you.


Think about where you would like to be in a year, 5 years and even 10 years. Think about what you would like to be doing and what you would like to have and so on. Share some of these plans and ideas with your family and then pray together that you would submit your plans to God’s will for your life. Pray that His plans would be your plans.