Truthful In Deed

Share The Scriptures:

• "He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much." Luke 16: 10
• "Walk in truth." 3 John 4
• "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith ; who, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews. 12: 1, 2.

Give the Children's Bible Message: These two verses from Hebrews are a part of one of Saint Paul's sermons to the Hebrews; but I think there is quite enough in these alone for a whole sermon to little children. He first says, " Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us." You know how impossible it would be to swim with heavy boots on, or pull a sled with a great load of lead on it, and how soon you would pull off the boots, or cut the lead loose ; and just so when we are trying to live as Christ would have us, there are always old sinful habits, which are very heavy, and will drag us back from the right path, unless we constantly fight against them. Ask yourself today what are the sins that most easily beset you. We are all tempted to sin, but not all by the same things. One child may be tempted to be selfish, and this is his besetting sin. Another may be vain, pleased when any one notices her. Another sin, by which almost all are tempted is anger ; and so I might tell you of very many ; but you must look into your own heart, little reader, and find there by what you are most easily beset, and then look unto Jesus, for power and grace to conquer and resist whatever temptations assail you. He has said. Ask, and ye shall receive.

 Video by www.apostleshipofprayer.org 

The video above is about the vineyard owner's two sons. The first seems agreeable to his father but does not help him. The second must fight the temptation to disobey his father and ultimately does as he is expected. So which of the two sons has been truthful in deed and therefore faithful to his father?

Questions for Discussion After The Lesson:

1. What is it to be faithful?
2. Should we be faithful in all things?
3. To what must we be faithful?
4. Should we always act the truth?
5. Is not this as important as to speak truly?
6. Do you always act truly?

Extend The Lesson by Sharing a Poem:

True in word, and true in deed,

In the little as the much,

Seeking right and duty ever,

Christ the Lord approveth such.

To thy God, and to thy duty,

Thou must ever faithful be;

To thyself, and to thy brother,

Though he oft prove false to thee. 

Close The Lesson in Prayer: Help me dear Lord to resist temptations as you did, lead me by your example and grant me strength to endure hardships until I come to live with you in Heaven. Amen

Jesus Love, So That We May Know How to Love

       "Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out‚ the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, Don't cry." Then he went up and touched the bier (movable frame for corpses) they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "God has come to help his people." This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country."  Luke 7:11

• "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" 1 John 4:8
• "Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another" 1 John 4: 11

Teach The Lesson: Here, in this beautiful story, we have a glimpse of the loving, tender heart of Jesus, for when He saw this mother in misery "He had compassion on her." No doubt her friends felt very sorry for her too, and had tried in every way, by kind and soothing words, to comfort her; but they certainly could not bring her son back to life.  Only Jesus can see how deep our sorrow is; and although He may not always answer our prayers in the way we desire, He is ultimately the only one capable of restoring life to our loved ones. No matter how often those we love best are taken away or the things that we feel we need are removed from our environment, God is still watching over us.
       It is true also that parents often take away from their little children what they know that they will be better without, still they are the same loving, sympathizing guardians as is Jesus for those who depend upon Him. When Jesus raised the widow's son, He was showing us through this miracle just how much He was willing to do for those that need His comfort.

Questions for Discussion After The Lesson:

1. Who made us?
2. Does He take care of us?
3. Why should we love Him?
4. Can we love Him too well?
5. What does the Bible say about love?
6. How can we show that we love God?
7. Who else do you love? Why
8. How can you show that you love them?

"Music video by Bill & Gloria Gaither performing
Jesus Loves Me (feat. The Barrett Sisters)"

Extend The Lesson by Sharing a Poem:

I must love my heavenly Father

Who hath made and keeps us all;

I must love the blessed Savior,

For He loved the children small.

And earthly friends I have to love,

My father and my mother,--

My sisters, brothers, playmates too,

We all must love each other.

Close the Lesson With a Prayer: Dear loving Savior you are so loving and compassionate, you raised the widow's son from death. I know that I can always trust you with my troubles. Help me to learn to be thankful for the things I learn because of your guidance and care in my hour of need. Amen.

Coloring Pages About Love:

• 2 Corinthians 5:17 Coloring Page - "The butterfly inside a heart is symbolic for the love of God's transforming power. Because He loves us so much, he makes us new through our Resurrections. The butterfly during it's life cycle changes from one type of insect into another. This is why I have included the butterfly inside of the heart - to suggest that we are made new creations in Christ." kathy grimm
• Color the guardians of children - Matthew 10:10 The love of the LORD is so powerful that He assigns his holy angles to guard over the innocent souls of children in Heavenly Spaces.
• "Above all be loving..." - Patterns of love are tied together in harmony with God's great plan!

Jesus Tenderly Watches His Flock

Share The Scripture: "HE shall feed His flock like a shepherd : He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom. Isaiah 40:11."

"There is but one, who gave up His life so that we would have a door to eternal life - if we chose to enter. Gentle, reflective. A beautiful voice and beautiful lyrics. JESUS is The Good Shepherd, He knows His sheep, and His sheep know Him. "The Good Shepherd" by Fernando Ortega"

Teach The Lesson: In olden times, the shepherds were very different from the men whom you often see now, driving the poor sheep so cruelly, for they were never intrusted with the care of the flocks, unless they had been proved to be faithful, kind men, who spent their whole time and strength in tenderly watching the sheep, guarding them from wolves, leading them to green pastures, and even carrying any poor weak little lamb, who was unable to walk. And this, dear little ones, is a beautiful picture of our Savior, for He is a most tender Shepherd, always gently leading (not driving) His flock by the best way, ready to keep them from all danger, and even carrying the little lambs in His loving arms ; where He will keep them safely, if they will only trust Him, until He leads them to that beautiful Garden which His Father is preparing for them. If you have never before given yourself to Jesus, go to Him to-day, and ask to be made one of His little lambs ; then no matter how rough the path through this world, your Shepherd will always go before, gently leading and helping you in all trials and sorrows.

Close With a Prayer: O Lord God, my heavenly Father, I thank you for the precious promise you have sent me through your scriptures and for all the forgiveness you have given me. Increase my love for yourself, and grant that I may always stay close to you.  For Jesus' sake. Amen.

Coloring Pages of Sheep:

• The Greek Agnus Dei - symbol of Jesus as The Lamb of God
• Day of Pentecost - lambs as members of the church
• David, as a shepherd boy coloring page... - God used events in David's life to teach us how Earthly kings should act, care for their subjects and also how they should repent from their sins.
• Jesus in the carpenter's shop coloring page - a little lamb is the pet of infant Jesus, this lamb is the church
• "I know my sheep..." coloring page - Jesus as shepherd
• Color David Playing the Harp in The Fields - Kind David is often portrayed as a shepherd, a keeper of God's flock, a challenging coloring project for older students
• Shepherds Keep Watch - guarding flocks, coloring page used at Christmas time
• Caring For A Lost Lamb - coloring page of Moses as a shepherd guarding members of God's church

Be Kind One To Another

Share The Scriptures:

• "Be ye kind one to another." Ephesians . 4:32
• "Be kindly affectioned one to another." Romans 12:10
• "Bear ye oneanother's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6: 2

Teach The Lesson: No doubt you have often heard and read these words, but have you ever tried to obey them? Perhaps you scarcely ever think of pleasing others, but are always doing just what will please yourself, but this is not living as Jesus would have us live.
        Or you may think that you are too young to help others with their problems? But no one on earth can truly say they can do nothing; and although not everyone has the same opportunities or responsibilities. We all have some ability to help resolve hardships and sooth the burdens of others. We will be expected to explain ourselves before God concerning our handling of these hardships/burdens someday.
       Do you remember the beautiful parable in the Bible of the ten talents? Our Lord reproached the servant who had not improved his one talent. Just so it is with you; very young and weak, you may be, and not able to do much, but there is usually something small you can and ought to do for others.
        Even a kind word to one in pain, a little classmate helped in a difficult lesson, or a baby brother or sister amused while mother rests, is a help to another that will not be forgotten by Jesus who has said, that a cup of cold water, given in His name, shall not lose its reward. Pray earnestly today that God will make you more like Jesus, who pleased not Himself alone, but went about doing good for those who needed Him desperately.

This video was made by teaching staff at the Willow Canyon Elementary School

Questions for Discussion After The Lesson:

1. Who should you be kind to?
2. Does the Bible command this?
3. Should you be kind to everyone?
4. Is God kind to everyone?
5. Is God kind to the wicked?
6. Is God kind to the poor?

Extend the Lesson by Sharing a Poem:

Be ye kind to one another,

Little sister, little brother;

To the darling baby small,

To the youthful playmates all.

Be ye kind to one another;

To thy father and thy mother,

To each creature, great or small,

Be ye kind to one and all.

Close The Lesson With a Prayer: Almighty God, my heavenly Father, I thank you for your loving care and for having given me so many blessings to enjoy, but above all, I thank you that Jesus came to die, that I might have eternal life. For His dear sake, forgive all my sins, and help me through your Holy Spirit to grow in Jesus' likeness, Striving always to go about doing good. Bless all whom I love and make them to know and love you. Be with me, O God, this day, and all the days of my life, through Jesus Christ, my Savior. Amen.

Even the Winds And Sea Obey Him

Share the Scripture: "When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing!" He said to them, ‚"Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. The men were amazed, and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?" Matthew 8:23"

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Teach The Lesson: As you read these verses, you can imagine the lovely lake of Gennesaret lying peacefully among the hills, when the disciples, little thinking of the dangers they would meet, entered their small fishing boat; and Jesus, who was with them, being very tired after teaching the people all day, lay down to sleep. Soon the wind began to blow, and such a furious tempest arose that the disciples, who were frightened, awoke Jesus, saying, "Don't you think we may die?" How this distrust must have grieved Jesus' loving, tender heart! But how gentle Jesus was when he corrected them, and how willing he was to teach them! Just so now, even the weakest little frightened child that goes to Jesus, feeling sure that God will hear every child, is soothed, and helped to pass through the danger unharmed.

Questions for Discussion After The Lesson:

1. How bad did the storm get before the disciples woke Jesus from His sleep?
2. How did Jesus respond to his disciples during the storm?
3. What did Jesus do during the storm that people normally do not do? Why?
4. Even though storms frighten us at times, what do you think God would like us to remember about the storms in our lives?

Close The Lesson With a Prayer: O Lord, you know us to be in the middle of so many dangers, and that we are too weak to help ourselves, be with us always in our times of need, just as you were with your disciples, granting us such strength and protection as we need in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Against Quarreling and Fighting

"When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him." Proverbs 16:7 

Let dogs delight to bark and bite,

For God hath made them so:

Let bears and lions growl and fight,

For 'tis their nature, too.

But, children, you should never let

Such angry passions rise:

Your little hands were never made

To tear each other's eyes.

Let love through all your actions run,

And all your words be mild:

Live like the blessed Virgin's Son,

That sweet and lovely child.

His soul was gentle as a lamb;

And as His stature grew,

He grew in favour both with man,

And God His Father, too.

Now, Lord of all, He reign above;

And from His heavenly throne

He sees what children dwell in love,

And marks them for His own.

by Isaac Watts.

Eternal Father Strong to Save

Poem by Daisy Rinehart

I’m tired of sailing my little boat

Far inside of the harbor bar;

I want to be out where the big ships float –

Out on the deep, where the great ones are!

And should my frail craft prove too slight

For storms that sweep those wide seas o’er,

Better to go down in the stirring fight

Than drowse to death by the sheltered

shore!

More Versions of The Hymn:

• This lovely piece by Katherine Jenkins

The Littlest Star

The Littlest Star

" I cannot do much," said a little star,

" To make the dark world bright!

My silvery beams cannot struggle far

Through the folding gloom of night!

But I'm only part of God's great plan.

And I'll cheerfully do the best that I can."

A child went merrily forth to play,

But a thought, like a silver thread,

Kept winding in and out all day

Through the happy golden head;

Mother said, " Darling, do all you can!

For you are a part of God's great plan."

She knew no more than the glancing star,

Nor the cloud, with its chalice full.

How, why, and for what the strange things were,

She was only a child at school;

But she thought, " It is part of God's great plan

That even I should do all that I can."

So she helped a younger child along,

Where the road was rough to the feet,

And she sang from her heart a little song.

That we all thought passing sweet.

And her father, a weary, toil-worn man,

Said, "I too, will do the best that I can."

Our best! ah! children the best of us,

Must hide our faces away.

When the Lord of the vineyard comes to look

At our task at the close of day !

But for strength from above, tis the Master's plan,

We'll pray and we'll do the best that we can.

God In The Thunder Storm

There Is A Cloud from Elevation Worship.

"The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters" Psalms 29:3 KJV

God In The Thunder Storm
by Hannah Flagg Gould

When peals the thunder long and loud, 

The Lord is speaking from the cloud.

Whilst they who know him not, may fear,

His children love his voice to hear.

And though it sound in noise and storm,

His love but takes the varied form;

To give them purer vital breath,

"The God of glory thundereth."

When lightnings flash from out the sky,

It is the Lord who passeth by, 

With brightness from his holy throne,

In gleamings on his raiment shown.

His splendor may the sinner awe;

But they who know and love his law,

Recall his Word of life, that saith

"The God of glory thundereth."

At last, when scenes of life shall end,

And Christ arrayed in power descend;

His voice will rend the silent tomb;

His lightnings every eye relume!

His friends, in that august review,

Will shine with joy his friends anew;

While, with the keys of life and death,

"The God of glory thundereth."

The Lad With The Loaves and Fishes

The Lad With The Loaves and Fishes
by Hannah Flagg Gould

When by Christ the throng were led

Up the lonely mountain's side,

Where the multitude were fed,

Who the wondrous food supplied?

Those five loaves and fishes two,

Which for thousands were to do-

Who the loaves and fishes brought

Whence the miracle was wrought?

Wife, nor maid, nor mother then

Might the rural feast prepare;

Not the young, nor white-haired men

Should provide the timely fare.

But a little Christian boy

For the work did Christ employ,

Pleased, his host of friends among,

To distinguish one so young.

Still doth Jesus love to count

Young disciples, fair and true,

Like the lad upon the mount

Where his early friends he drew.

Every little gift or deed

He can bless, like planted seed,

Or the barley-loaves of old,

To increase a thousand fold.

Though your gift be but a mite

Spared to send his word afar,

It may prove a ray of light

Spread and brightened to a star!

This the star of morn may be

O'er some land beyond the sea,

Opening up the shining way

Of the peaceful gospel day.

Little friends of Jesus, aim,

While your life is in the flower,

With his spirit, in his name,

To commend his love and power.

Emulate the Hebrew lad,

Who, imparting what he had,

Saw the wonders Christ could do,

And the moral left to you.

Love

" We love Him because He first loved us." John 4:19 KJV

Love one another. From The Christian Clip Art Review.

     If I were to ask one of you why it is that you love your father and mother, you wouldn't be able to tell me at first. There are so very many reasons why you love them that it is hard to talk about it. The greatest reason why you love them is because they first loved you. When you were very small and couldn't care for yourself, they loved you and did everything for you. They watched around you by day and by night, and gave you the good things that you needed, and taught you to do right. So you love them because they first loved you.

       That is the reason we love Jesus Christ. Because He first loved us. He gave us not only every good thing that we have but also He gave Himself for us.

       Long ago in the city of Lynchburg there was an Orphans' Home, and there was a boy who lived there about whom I am going to tell you. This boy had only one leg, and he is one of the finest little heroes I ever heard of.

       Many years ago they had a fire in the Orphanage and its buildings were all burned. This one-legged boy was then about fourteen years old. In the second story of one of the buildings there were some little girls when the fire started. In the confusion of trying to save the other children these little ones were forgotten. It was not long before the entire building was in flames. Then this little lame boy remembered them. He made up his mind that he would save them if he could. He found an old ladder and, after a hard struggle, set it up against the building, and dragged himself up on the roof of the porch. He broke a window and went in and carried out, one by one, five little girls. He put them out on the roof and told them to stand there till he could get down the ladder. One of them went back into the building and they never saw her again. The boy slid down the ladder and stood on a little pile of rocks at the bottom, and told them to jump, one at a time, and he would catch them. Then he braced himself the best he could. You know it is easy to plant your feet and brace yourself when you have two legs to stand on. But this little fellow had but one, and when those children jumped, he broke their fall; but each time a child dropped down into his arms he was knocked down flat on the rocks, and when the last one had jumped, the back of his head was battered and bleeding, where he had fallen on the sharp stones. When they found him he was unconscious, but he had saved the little girls.

       Don't you think that those children, as they grow older, must love the memory of that young hero? They love him because he first loved them and was willing to risk his life for them.

       That is what Jesus did. He loved us and gave Himself for us. Satan came to destroy us, as the wolf comes to destroy the sheep. Jesus was the good shepherd and came to fight against Satan, and save us. But He lost His life. That is why we love Him, He loved us and gave Himself for us. S. N. Hutchinson

"Oh The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" 

sung by Audrey Assad

Narcissus Flowers in Stained Glass

Description of The Coloring Page: Narcissus depicted in stained glass, greyscale of outside view in window panes, floral motif, plant life

A coloring page superimposed on top of a digitally traced stained glass window helps the person who is coloring to determine how and where to include a color gradient.

Don't forget to drag the png. or jpg into a Word Document and enlarge the image as much as possible before printing it folks. If you have a question about this coloring page, just type into the comment box located directly below this post and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can.