Wilderness to Land
Bible Text:
Exodus 16:1–15
Joshua 24:14–18
Deuteronomy 6:4–9
Lesson Focus:
We should focus our lives on God.
Big Question:
I have so many important things in my life; why should I focus on God?
Key Words:
PROVIDE, OBEDIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, PROMISE
Definition of Key Words
PROVIDE: to supply or give what is needed to meet or sustain one's needs.
OBEDIENCE: complying with the guidelines that have been given to you.
FAITHFULNESS: allegiance and loyalty, especially to God, family, and friends.
PROMISE: a pledge or declaration that one will do what is declared.
Highlight
Once out of Egypt, the people begin to grumble; God provides food for them.
The people worship the golden calf and so must wander in the wilderness for 40 years. During that time the Lord provides for them.
Moses is not allowed to enter the promised land, and Joshua becomes the new leader of the people.
The faithfulness of God in spite of the erratic behavior of God's people is a prominent theme in these stories.
Moses' audience for many of his sermons is a new generation of Israelites. Moses is concerned that they know the history of their ancestors and the history of God's direct involvement in their lives.
Moses preaches with the backdrop of the Exodus and his sight set forward to the fulfillment of the promise of a marvelous land for God's chosen people.
Moses, and later Joshua, expands and clarifies the law throughout the people's journey, always emphasizing the grace of the law that leads to the fulfilled life that God intends for the chosen people.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9, especially verses 4–5 (called the Shema), is foundational for Jews in a very profound way to this day. All obedience, it claims, flows out of a sense of love toward God and dependence on God.
Connecting
This week, we watched two videos. One was a music connection and one was a movie connection. Here is the music video and some background:
Home By Daughtry
In this lesson, we learn that the Israelites are on a long journey to the promised land. Through Moses's many speeches, the people learn that their special relationship with God is based on love. The Israelites feel that the promised land is to be their home. Chris Daughtry sings about a journey home: a place where love is. Even though he is not always the best man, the love that abides at home is always there.
Debrief the movie clip with these questions:
• How does it feel to go home after a long journey?
• What do you consider "home"?
I think that we should focus on GOD because without him we would have all the things in our lives that are cool and are fun to play with. GOD is usually the one thing our lives that in time of need we call for help from him. We don't have to truly believe in him but when we need help we start to believe in him because we know that in hard time he will help us.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: How does it feel to go home after a long journey?
Answer: Once you get home from a long journey, at the beginning you feel like nothing is the same but with the help of your friends and family you realize that everything is as you left it.
Question: What do you consider "home"?
Answer: I consider home to be were the heart is. That means to me a place that you will always love and feel like this is a place that is the closes to your personality than ever.
It feels good just to be back home with your freinds and family. I like to be back with everything that is familier and feels safe.
DeleteI consider home to be where I am with people who love me and accept me. That can be many places where my heart is happy. Jack Delafield
Everyone shoud focus on God, God is the oe who created us, God is the one who sacreficed his ONLY son for us. Even if your the busiest person on the planet, you need to find time to pray, or find another way to talk to God. When you eventually go to heaven and the lord asks, "why have you not spoken to me?" he will not except that you were to buisey to talk to him. Everyone need sto stay connected to god.
ReplyDeletelove is a strong necessity in your relationship with God that needs to be present for a strong and powerful connection with God.
ReplyDeleteWe need to have a strong relationship with god. Our love for him will carry us to heaven and make our afterlife, that much more sweeter.
ReplyDelete-Matt VanOsdol
We should all promise to be faithful to God and have a strong relationship with him.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to have a strong relationship with God. Love is really important you need to love God with all your heart.
ReplyDeleteAmy Foresman