Family Worship is a devotional plan which equips your family to build upon the gospel truths your child learns Sunday in children’s church.
We include scripture, questions, and a prayer for you and your child to engage with throughout the week. It is our goal to give you tools to help model a personal worship practice for your children.
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Unit 8: Session 1
Big Picture Unit Question:
What is repentance? Repentance is turning away from sin and turning to Jesus.
Christ Connection:
In 1998, five countries worked together to launch the International Space Station. It orbits Earth approximately 15 times per day collecting data for research. It’s been flying the same path around the planet for 24 years. If you do the math, this means the International Space Station has circled the planet more than 131,000 times! Talk about going around in circles!
After Joshua died, the next generation of Israelites forgot about the wondrous works God had done. For many years after that, the people followed the same devastating cycle of sin. Over and over again, the Israelites forgot God, turned away from God, and then cried out “God save us!” Each time, God sent a judge to deliver His people and save them from their enemy. But the cycle of sin kept going around and around.
This same cycle is in our lives. We have sinned and turned away from God. When we realize how sin separates us from God, we should cry out “God save us!” Glory to God that He has heard those cries for help! He sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sin and be the perfect Deliverer. Only Jesus has the power to defeat sin. He is the better rescuer who can deliver us from the cycle of sin.
God brought consequences to His people for their sins, but He also raised up judges to save them from their enemies. We also have consequences for our sins, but God sent Jesus to save us from our sins once and for all.
Questions:
1) What punishment does our sin deserve?
Remind kids that all sin deserves death. Discuss how all sin is wicked in God’s sight because He is holy. Tell kids that those who do not repent of their sin and trust in Jesus will spend eternity in hell. Tell kids that hell is a real place, but because of God’s love for us, He sent Jesus to rescue sinners from sin and death.
2) What makes Jesus different from the judges in the Old Testament?
Discuss how Jesus is not just a man; He is also the Son of God. Jesus lived a perfect life and died for us to make the way to live with God. But unlike the judges in the Old Testament, Jesus showed He has power over sin and death when He rose from the dead. Tell kids that Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to live in believers, and He can change our hearts to repent, love God, and obey Him. The judges could not change people’s hearts but only remind them of God’s laws.
3) What can we do when we sin, even after we trust in Jesus?
Tell kids that we repent of our sin, telling God we are sorry and asking Him to help us turn away from sin. Repentance is turning away from sin and turning to Jesus. Remind kids that, in Jesus, God declares us righteous. Jesus’ perfect obedience is given to us because He took on our sin. Our sin will not stop God’s love. We repent because we love God, not to earn God’s love.
Pray:
Jesus, thank You for being the Rescuer we need! Only You can save us from our sins. Help us remember Your works and help us follow You as King. Amen.
Worship Video
The Apostle’s Creed
We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
