The
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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 23: Session 4

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount

Big Picture Unit Question:

What did Jesus teach when He was on earth? Jesus taught about God and His kingdom. He taught that all Scripture is about Him.

Christ Connection:

Jesus taught how people in His kingdom have hearts that love God and love others. But because of sin, no one always does what is right and good. When we trust in Jesus, God forgives our sin and changes our hearts so we can live in ways that glorify Him.

Preschool Bible Story

Elementary Bible Story

What kind of juice would you get if you squeezed an orange? What about if you squeezed an apple? Of course, the orange would give orange juice and the apple would give apple juice. If something else came out, then you need to throw away those oranges and apples!

One of Jesus’ most well-known teachings is the Sermon on the Mount. In these verses from Matthew 5, Jesus described the type of character He desires in His followers. Jesus spoke
of the blessings that come to a person who is humble, merciful, peaceful, and pure in heart. When the pressures of life squeezed His followers, these characteristics should come out.

When you are pressed by hard situations, does what comes out look like Jesus or something else? When we believe in Jesus, our hearts are changed to love and obey Him. We want to live in a way that honors Him. We will never do this perfectly, but the Holy Spirit helps us continue growing to look more like Jesus.

Humility, mercy, peace, and righteousness perfectly describe Jesus. When the Spirit helps us grow these traits in our lives, He is making us a light that points the world to Jesus!

Jesus taught how people in His kingdom have hearts that love God and love others. But because of sin, no one always does what is right and good. When we trust in Jesus, God forgives our sin and changes our hearts so we can live in ways that glorify Him.

Preschool Bible Verse

Elementary Bible Verse

Questions:

1) Is worry a sin?

Remind kids that worry can be a sin when it causes us to lack faith in God. Share that God is sovereign, which means He is in control of everything. If God takes care of the flowers and the birds, we can trust Him to take care of us, too.

2) What does it mean to build our house on the rock?

Explain that Jesus wasn’t talking about building a literal house. Discuss what it looks like to build our life on Jesus and His Word. Followers of Jesus have a faith that remains steady, despite the ups and downs of life.

3) How can we show Jesus’ love to our enemies?

Answers will vary. Remind kids that Jesus commanded His followers to treat everyone like we would want them to treat us. By loving our enemies, we can shine Jesus’ light to them. Explain that this does not mean that we allow people to hurt us, and if we are in a situation like that, it is important to talk to a trusted adult. We can love people while still holding healthy boundaries.

Pray:

God, help us to grow in Christ-like character. Make us humble, peaceful, merciful, and hungry tor righteousness. We want the Spirit to produce this good fruit in us so that we can live in a way that honors Jesus and points others to Him. 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.