For our lesson time during Awana this year, we will spend most of our time in the Old Testament. We began with the story of Noah. I created a craft with a focus on fine-motor skills filling in the curves of the rainbow with paper punches. It ended up taking a bit too long and
The second lesson in the Jesus Storybook Bible is found in Genesis 3 as Adam and Eve choose to believe the terrible lie Satan tells them. I focused our lesson on happy hearts and sad hearts – that God’s heart is happy when we make good choices and God’s heart is sad when we make
Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt Genesis 46:1-7 (ESV) So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he
Joseph Tests His Brothers Genesis 44-45:3 (ESV) 44 Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, 2 and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with
Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams Genesis 41:1-45 (ESV) After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile, 2 and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass. 3 And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile
Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams Genesis 40:1-23 (ESV) Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and he put them in custody in the
Genesis 39:19-23 (ESV) 19 As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, “This is the way your servant treated me,” his anger was kindled. 20 And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. 21 But
Joseph’s Dreams Genesis 37:5-36 (ESV) 5 Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. 6 He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed: 7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered