Bible Sessions from Monday Night - 9-17-12

Soldiers in The Lord’s Army

6-11 Year Old Lesson 9-17-2012

SING
I may never march in the infantry (march)
Ride in the cavalry (pretend to ride a horse)
Shoot the artillery (clap hands together upwards as if shooting artillery)
I may never fly o’er the enemy (pretend to be an airplane)
But I’m in the Lord’s Army, yes Sir! (salute)
I’m in the Lord’s Army, yes Sir! (salute)
I’m in the Lord’s Army, yes Sir! (salute)
I may never march in the infantry (march)
Ride in the cavalry (pretend to ride a horse)
Shoot the artillery (clap hands together upwards as if shooting artillery)
I may never fly o’er the enemy (pretend to be an airplane)
But I’m in the Lord’s Army, yes Sir! (salute)

SOLDIERS
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are all soldiers in God’s Army.  Being a soldier isn’t always about marching, riding, shooting or flying.  Sometimes being a soldier looks more like this… Showed soldier helping other soldiers and community people around the world photos on iPad.  Sometimes being a soldier means helping someone you don’t know who needs help. Sometimes it means praying with someone who is sad or scared. Sometimes it means just being with someone to show them you care and to comfort them.
Asked: Who can tell me what comfort means?

BIBLE DRILL
2 Corinthians 1:14 – God comforts us, so we know how to comfort others.
Galatians 6:2 – Help each other through troubles
John 15:12 – My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

PROJECT
Today we’re going to make a “Praying for You” poster card for Macy and Jaxson’s mom, Justine.  She has been fighting cancer for most of this year, and she is continuing to fight and go through treatment.  It is very tiring, and I would like each of you to remember to pray for Justine this week.  Also, draw pictures or write a message of encouragement on the poster card.

TAKE HOME
Memory Verse: John 15:12 – My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Task: Pray for Justine (Macy & Jaxson's mom) once a day, every day this week.

Being a Servant

12+ Group Lesson 9-17-2012

Jeremy taught on being a servant and how Christ set an example of how to be a servant that we should follow. He discussed that in order to become a "great" person you must first have to be a servant. After I read the passage in John, I had the boys think and share ways they could be a servant to their peers.

Ephesians 5:1-2 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Luke 22:27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

John 13:1-20
1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”

11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not everyone was clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.

13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am.

14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.