Welcome to this week's Bible lesson for kids.
Our Bible lesson is based on Genesis chapters 6-9. Read Genesis chapter 6-9 in your own Bible or at biblegateway.com in one of the translations that are available. This story can also be found in the children's Bible that we use in our Sunday school at church. It is called the My Keepsake Bible. This is a color-in Bible that our children love using. You will find the story called The Big Storm And A Rainbow on page 17 and there is a lovely page to color on page 18. I have a copy of the story from biblehub.com below and in our Kid's Zone, you will find a word search and a memory verse puzzle to fill in too.
Noah And The Great Flood:
When God saw that men were growing more wicked in the world and that their thoughts were always evil, he was greatly grieved and regretted that he had made man. Therefore, Jehovah said, "I will completely destroy all living beings from off the earth, for I regret that I have made them."
But Noah had won God's favor. So God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all living beings, for the earth is filled with their wicked acts. I am going to destroy them from the earth. Make yourself an ark of cypress wood. Build rooms in the ark, and cover it within and without with pitch. This is how you shall build it: the ark shall be five hundred feet long, eighty feet wide, and fifty feet high. Make a roof for it and place the door on the side. Build it with lower, second, and third stories. For I am about to bring floods of water upon the earth to destroy every living creature in which is the breath of life. Every creature that is on the earth shall die."
Then God said to Noah, "Enter with all your household into the ark, for I see that of all the people who are now alive you alone are upright. Of all the beasts that are fit for food and sacrifice you shall take with you seven, the male and the female; but of the beasts that are not fit for food and sacrifice two, the male and the female; and of the wild birds that are fit for food and sacrifice seven, to keep each kind alive on all the earth. After seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy every living thing that I have made."
Then Noah did all that God commanded him. When the waters of the flood came upon the earth, he, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, together with the beasts that were fit for food and sacrifice and the beasts that were not fit, and the birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground, entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
The rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and Jehovah shut Noah in the ark. And the waters rose higher and higher and raised up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth. All creatures living on the land died. Noah only was left and they were with him in the ark.
Then God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to blow over the earth, and the flood went down, the rain from heaven ceased, and the waters withdrew more and more from the land.
After forty days Noah opened the window of the ark and sent out a raven, and it kept going to and fro until the waters were dried up on the earth. He also sent out a dove to see if the waters had gone from the surface of the earth. But the dove found no rest for her foot, and so returned to him to the ark, for the waters covered the whole earth. Therefore, Noah reached out his hand and took her, and brought her back into the ark.
Then he waited seven days longer and again sent out the dove from the ark. And the dove came into him at dusk, and in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had gone from the earth. And he waited seven days more and again sent out the dove, but it did not return to him.
So Noah took off the covering of the ark and looked and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. Then he, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went out of the ark.
And Noah built an altar to God and took one of every beast and bird that was fit for sacrifice and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And God said to himself, "I will never again condemn the ground because of man, nor will I again destroy every living creature, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease."
And God said, "This is the sign of the solemn agreement that I make for all time between me and you and every living creature that is with you: I have placed my rainbow in the cloud and it shall be the sign of the solemn agreement between me and the people who live on the earth. Whenever I bring a cloud over the earth and the rainbow is seen in the cloud, I will remember the agreement which is between me and you and every living creature; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy them."
The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman and Charles Foster Kent.
Some Questions To Ask Your Children:
What were the measurements of the Ark?
Who went into the Ark?
How long did it rain?
How did Noah know it was safe to come out of the ark?
When you see a rainbow in the sky, what promise should you remember?
To wrap up our lesson today, try out the word search and memory verse that you will find in the Resource Library HERE.
There is a fun craft for your children to create from ctraftingtheword.com. You will find it HERE.
Prayer: You can use this prayer with your children or use one of your own.
Dear Father, we are thankful that you are faithful to keep your promises. Help us to be faithful in keeping ours. Amen.
Here are some more Bible lessons that you might enjoy:
In The Beginning - Creation Story - Bible lesson for kids - read it HERE
The Holy Spirit, the comforter- Bible lesson for kids - read it HERE
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life - Bible lesson for kids - read it HERE
The Good Shepherd - Bible lesson for kids - read it HERE
Have you read our recent post for adults about The Promises Of God? You can read it HERE
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See you next week!
xx Karen.