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Hello Parents
Welcome to Saddleback Kids Online! You can access all of the awesome material that you'd find at church right here! Here's how you can enjoy these church videos and use the content provided as a family:
Watch the video together.
Included are worship songs, animated Bible stories, teachings, and explanations of the Bible story.
Discuss the Talk It Over Questions.
Questions will include conversations about the Bible story to allow you and your children to reflect on the biblical truth and share your thoughts about the video with each other.
Download more tools, resources, and activities to go along with the video.
Included are coloring pages, craft or activity sheets, games, additional questions and ideas to engage with the Bible story further at home with your child.
Talk It Over
God's Good Plans: Jehoshaphat
Hey parents! This week your child learned that they can ask God to help them understand his good plans. They heard the Bible story of Jehoshaphat, too! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson after they’ve watched the video service!
Family Talk It Over Questions:
- What was your favorite part of the video we just watched?
- Who was Jehoshaphat? Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah.
- What does it mean to fast and why did Jehoshaphat do that? Jehoshaphat was facing a big problem. A large army was getting ready to attack him and all of Judah. He didn’t know what to do. So, in addition to praying, he asked everyone to fast. Fasting is when you give something up, usually food and water, for a short period of time as a way to humble yourself so that you can focus on God for help.
- What is something you could give up and fast, just like Jehoshaphat? It doesn’t matter if it is dessert, TV time, YouTube, etc. What matters is that you are choosing to focus on God instead of doing those things. Is there something you’ve been wondering about or wanting God to answer? Fasting and praying are great ways to spend time with God and understand his plans.
- What did the Holy Spirit reveal to the people? The Holy Spirit revealed God’s plan and promise to through a man that was fasting and praying, too. He told them to not be afraid and that God would be there to help them and give them victory.
- What good plans does God have for you? God plan is for everyone to choose to love and follow Him. His plan is to help us show love to everyone so that they can know and love God, too. Pray to God and ask him to show you his good plans for your life.
- Have you ever prayed to God to ask him to be the Lord of your life and make the choice to be in God’s family? Is that something you want to talk about? Refer to the How to Become a Christian booklet to help with this conversation.
Take some time to pray as a family. Thank God for his good plans and that you can always talk to him. Ask him to help you understand his plans and to do the good things he calls you to do.
Hey parents! We have something just for you to enjoy this Bible story for yourself. We encourage you to read over this devotional sometime this week as a way to reflect on the Bible story your child saw from Church at Home. We love you!
DownloadThroughout this series, we’ll be providing different options to come together as a family and have fun while reinforcing the week’s teaching. Pick a night each week for Family Game Night and try to get the whole family involved in the fun! This week’s Family Game Night activity is a Lego building contest! Just like your child watched in the video, it can be hard to build something without having any plan or instructions to follow, which is why we need to talk to God about his plans! Have fun building and figuring it out together with your family.
DownloadEach week, we have a variety of additional activities to help your child to remember the week’s lesson. They include new coloring pages and activity sheets like crossword puzzles, word searches, and more to print out and enjoy each week.
DownloadHelp your kid remember Jehoshaphat by utilizing this coloring page.
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