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Family Worship

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 24: Session 2

Jesus Raised a Widow’s Son

Big Picture Unit Question:

What is prayer? Prayer is talking with God to praise Him, ask Him for help, and confess our sins.

Christ Connection:

Jesus has the power to bring the dead to life. We are all dead in our sins, but Jesus will give us new life in Him if we repent and trust in His life, death, and resurrection.
Luke 7:11-17

Unit 24: Session 3

Jesus Was Anointed

Big Picture Unit Question:

What is prayer? Prayer is talking with God to praise Him, ask Him for help, and confess our sins.

Christ Connection:

Everyone has sinned and owes a debt they could never repay. Jesus, the only sinless One, died in our place to pay the debt for our sin. When we trust in Jesus, we are forgiven of all our sins and are credited with Jesus’ perfect life.
Luke 7:36-50

Preschool Bible Story

Elementary Bible Story

Preschool Bible Story

Elementary Bible Story

The tardigrade (also called a “water bear”) is a tiny creature that can survive being frozen, boiled, dried out, or even sent into space! Scientists have found that when it looks totally dead and dried up, if you add just a drop of water, the tardigrade comes back to life and starts moving again. That’s pretty amazing!

But here’s something even more amazing: Jesus has the power to bring the dead back to life! Jesus showed His power and compassion by raising a widow’s only son back to life. When Jesus saw the mother crying over her lost son, He walked over, touched the coffin, and said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” And just like that, the young man sat up and started talking! Everyone was filled with awe and said, “God has come to help His people!”

This story shows us that Jesus is compassionate. He saw the widow’s pain, and He cared deeply for her. It also shows us His power because only Jesus has power over life and death. No one else could do what He did that day.

This miracle also points us to the gospel. One day, Jesus Himself would die on the cross, but God raised Him from the dead. Because of His resurrection, anyone who trusts in Jesus can have eternal life. Death doesn’t have the final word-Jesus does.

Jesus has the power to bring the dead to life. We are all dead in our sins, but Jesus will give us new life in Him if we repent and trust in His life, death, and resurrection.

The most expensive bottle of perfume in the world will cost you a whopping $1.8 million! It’s made with rare ingredients, and the bottle is covered in gold and diamonds. That’s a pretty steep price just to smell good!

In Bible times, perfume was also extremely expensive-sometimes worth an entire year’s salary. Because it was so expensive, people didn’t use it every day. And when they did, they used a very small amount. That’s why it was so unbelievable to see a woman pouring perfume on Jesus’ feet to worship Him!

This woman wasn’t accepted by the people around her. They remembered all the wrong she had done. But Jesus looked at her differently-He saw her faith, her love, and her need for forgiveness. Instead of pushing her away, He forgave her completely.

Sometimes you might feel like you’ve messed up too much, or that God wouldn’t want you because of the wrong things you’ve done. But Jesus is bigger than your mistakes. He offers forgiveness freely to anyone who comes to Him. Just like the woman, you don’t have to hide-you can come to Jesus honestly, and He promises grace.

Everyone has sinned and owes a debt they could never repay. Jesus, the only sinless One, died in our place to pay the debt for our sin. When we trust in Jesus, we are forgiven of all our sins and are credited with Jesus’ perfect life.

Preschool Bible Verse

Elementary Bible Verse

Questions:

1) How does today’s story remind us of God’s love and care for us?

Jesus is full of love and compassion for people, especially those who are grieving and in need. When Jesus saw the widow who had lost her only son, He had compassion on her and cared for her. God showed His love and care for us by sending Jesus to take the punishment our sin deserves and give believers new life.

2) How can a person experience new life in Jesus?

To experience the new life Jesus offers, we must turn away from our sin and trust Him as our Savior and Lord. The people in today’s story were amazed when they saw Jesus raise the young man from the dead, but only a few trusted that Jesus is the Messiah, God’s Son.

3) What does today’s story show us about God’s power?

God alone has the power to raise the dead, both physically and spiritually. Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, we see several examples of Jesus raising those who were physically dead back to life. On the cross and through the empty tomb, we see Jesus conquer sin and death once and for all allowing all who trust in Him to have victory over the power of sin and death.

Pray:

Jesus, thank You for showing Your power over death and Your compassion for people who are hurting. Help us trust that because You died and rose again, we can have hope and life with You forever. Amen.

Questions:

1) Is a person ever too bad or too sinful for Jesus to save?

No! Jesus is the powerful Savior who took the punishment for sin through His death on the cross and His resurrection from the dead. No sin is too big for Him to forgive, and no person is too far away from Him to save. 

2) Can we do anything or be good enough to earn salvation?

The Bible tells us that Christians are saved only by grace through faith in Jesus. We are all sinful and cannot do anything to earn salvation. Jesus died in our place so that believers can have forgiveness and a new life with Him. 

3) What are some ways we can show thankfulness and love toward God?

The best way we can show our love and thankfulness to God is to live in a way that pleases and honors Him. If He has saved us, we are His children and we should live in a way that points others to Him. 

Pray:

Jesus, thank You for loving and forgiving people who need Your grace. Help us see our need for You and to love You with all our hearts because of the forgiveness You offer us through the cross. Amen.

Additional Resources:

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.