Kids' Activity – New Living Translation

Hands-On Bible Activity: God’s My Home Base

Evie Polsley — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:37:33 +0000

“The LORD is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.”—NAHUM 1:7

You know how when you play Hide and Seek, there’s one place where you’re safe? Home base is your safe place, your refuge. (See? You learned a new word—a refuge is a safe place!)

A refuge can be wherever you feel safe, kind of like a home base. And the safest “place” of all is with God! Read NAHUM 1:7 out loud so you remember where your home base should be.

GOD WANTS TO BE OUR HOME BASE!

Write, “God Is My Home Base” in the center of a sheet of poster board.
Draw a square around the words. (Now it looks like a home base.)
Around the poster,write or draw things that trouble you.

See how all those troubling things are outside the home base?

Hang your poster in your room to remind you that God will be your refuge in times of trouble!

Want to read more about God as our refuge? Check out Psalm 46.

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A Sign for Me

Evie Polsley — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:30:54 +0000

“All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). ” Isaiah 7:14, NLT

Activity from the Hands-On Bible

Check out Isaiah 7:14 to see what Isaiah said a sign of the coming Savior would be. Hey! It all came true—Jesus was born of a virgin, and he is God.
Isaiah had his way to tell people about Jesus. Now you can have your way!

Here’s how:

Get a 3-ring binder that has a clear plastic pocket on the cover. On a sheet of paper, write, “God is with us.”

Decorate the page, and put the paper into the pocket.

In the binder, collect pages that will help you tell others about Jesus. You could draw pictures, interview other Christians, or write favorite Bible verses.

Keep your binder with you when you go to school, the mall…wherever! If your friends ask you about your binder, tell them about Jesus, just like Isaiah told the people he knew!

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Hands-On Bible: Say Again?

Evie Polsley — Tue, 26 May 2020 20:15:53 +0000

This is an activity from the Hands-On Bible to help kids understand Acts 2:1-42.

“Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabs. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!” Acts 2:9-11, NLT

Huh? Say again? All those words mean “hello” in a different language. There’s a cool story in the Bible about people speaking different languages. But they were speaking in languages they didn’t even know! Read Acts 2:1-42.

Grab a friend (or sibling or parent) and try this.

Together make up your own foreign language. In your new language, what words represent these pictures?

Now, with your friend, go talk to three people using only your new language. They didn’t understand you, did they? So how come on the day of Pentecost the people where able to speak in new languages and others were able to understand them? Because of God! God poured out his Holy Spirit on the people!

Spread the news, just like the disciples did!

Think of three things you can tell about Jesus, and tell to three people this week.

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