Feeding God's Lambs

Accepting Help

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:53:08 -0700

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Help (Younger Student Lesson)

Main Point: I Will Accept Help from Others!

Bible Verse: “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.” Ecclesiastes 4:9

Bible Lesson: Naaman and the Search for the Cure. (2 Kings 5:1-14)

It’s good to learn how to do things ourselves! I remember when I learned to tie my shoes. What can you do all by yourself?

Learning how to let other people help is also important.

Naaman was very sick. He had leprosy. Naaman had bad sores all over his skin.

A little girl was taken from her home and taken to Syria. The little girl knew God was powerful. She told a woman in her new home about God’s special preacher named Elisha.

Naaman accepted help from the little girl and went to see Elisha.

Elisha loved God. Elisha told Naaman that God wanted Naaman to dip into the muddy Jordan river 7 times.

The muddy water was yucky. Naaman didn’t want to accept God’s help. Naaman’s...Read More

Freedom vs Slavery

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:34:47 -0700

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Freedom vs Slavery - Younger Student
What is a slave? A slave is someone FORCED to obey someone else. Slaves are not safe. Slaves are not loved. Slaves do not have a choice.
God’s people, the Israelites, were slaves in Egypt. The Israelites had terrible lives with hard work all the time (Ex 1:19).
God gave the Israelites freedom by sending ten plagues (very bad stuff) to Egypt (Ex. 1-12). After the plagues, the pharoah (king) of Egypt let the slaves go free.
We are not slaves, but we also obey some people. Who do we obey? parents? grandparents? teachers?
How is obeying a teacher different from being a slave?
A slave works to help the owner. The slave does not gain anything. The slave is not loved by the owner. The slave has no choice.
We obey our teachers because the rules are for our good. School rules keep us safe and help us learn. We need the skills we learn in school to care for our families. Some teachers may even love us!
God gives us rules for safety and freedom. Can you think of some of God’s rules?
Keep God as the most important person in your life.
Don’t make things more important than God.
Fruit of the Spirit - Younger Students
Check out this video: from “The Fruit of the Spirit” LifeKids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2bhXAR1gCU
If bananas are on a tree, it is a banana tree. Apple trees have apples. Christians -- people who have decided to let God be the boss of them -- should ‘look’ like they belong to God.
Does this mean that Christians need to wear certain clothes? No - people will know that we are Christians by seeing what we do.
Galatians 5:22-23 says “But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
It’s not easy to always show all of the fruits of the Spirit. For example, when you have to wait a long time, it’s hard to be patient. We might feel like fussing and getting mad.
When we become Christians, we have God’s Holy Spirit. God’s Holy Spirit gives us the strength and power to do difficult things like being kind when someone isn’t nice.
We all mess up sometimes, but when we make mistakes, we can ask God to forgive us and make a plan for how to do better next time.
God loves us. God knows...Read More

Love? Joseph Shows Love

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:44:10 -0800

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Joseph Shows Love - Younger Student
In February, lots of people celebrate Valentine’s Day! Some people show friends or family love with candy, cards, or other things. Today, we will discover Bible facts about Joseph who showed his love to his family even though his family had treated him badly.
In Genesis 37, we learn about a boy named Joseph. He was kind of a tattle-tale who liked to brag. Added to that, his daddy, Jacob, treated Joseph better than all of Joseph’s brothers.
Joseph’s older brothers “hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.” Gen. 37:4b
When Joseph was 17, Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave! He would have to go far away to Egypt with people he didn’t know!
Joseph had to go through some very difficult times in Egypt. In fact, Joseph even had to go to prison for a while even though he hadn’t done anything wrong. In time, through God’s blessings, Joseph became the second most important person in the entire country of Egypt.
About 20 years later, the only food in the whole area was in Egypt, and Joseph was in charge of deciding who would get the food.
Joseph’s brothers needed food. They went to Egypt and were brought to Joseph. Joseph knew who they were, but Joseph looked very different. His brothers didn’t recognize him.
Ministry Opportunities in Polk County
On-Site Children's Ministry
Volunteers can provide Bible lessons, crafts, games, transportation, and or meals to children at the local park, in small neighborhoods, at the local Boys and Girls Club, and/or at local churches. Opportunities are flexible, and seasoned volunteers from Polk County with established relationships with the children are here to help you!
Packing Meals
Donate food or use provided to pack meals for children with or without the assistance of FGL volunteers. Hot/cold meals need to be packed and delivered every week on Monday mornings. Snack packs need to also need to be prepared to send home with children. Food is usually packed at Smyrna Baptist Church, but snack pack items may be transported to another location to facilitate the effort for volunteers. We also need volunteers to pick up the unpacked food in coolers from Cleveland (about 20 min. away from Smyrna Baptist Church. There are lots of ways volunteers can participate!

Sorting Donations
People Helping People is a local nonprofit organization that provides clothing, food, and other items to those in need. PHP receives donations from local community members; however, these items need to be sorted and tagged. This volunteer opportunity can be conducted fully inside - great for inclement weather days!