12/01/2024
CHILDRENβS SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL,
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH, NIGERIA.
LESSON 2
JANUARY β JUNE, 2024.
SUNDAY, 14TH JANUARY, 2024.
TOPIC: GOD MAKES LIVING THINGS
BIBLE TEXT Genesis 1:20-2:2
MEMORY VERSE God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing (Gen 1:21b, NIV).
TARGET:
To help the child know that God created the world to be occupied by living things.
OBJECTIVES:
During and after the lesson, each child will show that he or she understands the lesson by:
1. Naming all the living things God made.
2. Praying and thanking God for making man in His own image.
OUTLINE:
1. God's Plan
2. God's Act - Gen 1:2-30
3. God's Purpose - Gen 1:31-2:1-2
INTRODUCTION:
Do you remember the activities of God during the first four days of creation? He created light, the sky, cloud and sea, dry land, trees, flowers, sun, moon and stars in those four days. But today, we shall see that these were not the only things God created. He worked for six days. We shall see today what He made in the remaining two days.
A song we sing says, "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small. All things wise and wonderful. The Lord God made them all." Sing this chorus.
LESSON COMMENTARY:
1. God's Plan
God did not make the world to remain empty (with only non-living things and trees). His plan was that living things (birds, fishes and animals) will live in the world. God made a beautiful world with all good things and put man (boys and girls thankful to God for loving us in this sky, cloud, sea, dry land, trees, sun, moon etc. can be regarded as a beautiful house built by God. Remember that Jesus is building us a more beautiful home in heaven(John 14:1,2).
2. Godβs Act-Gen 1:2-30
Here we continue with what God created. After making non-living things on the first four days, He made living things on the last two days. The first two living things that God made were fishes and birds. This was in the fifth day of creation.