Blog Posts by Tony Cho

QUEST: Preschool Lesson for May 16

This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
Daniel and the Scary Sleepover, p. 152

This week’s Big Idea:
God rescued Daniel and He has sent another to rescue us all!

This week’s Key Verse:
Jonah 2:9

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After you’ve read the story from the Jesus Storybook Bible, you can watch a special video lesson based on the book Jesus and the Lion’s Den to help your family recognize and see Jesus in the story of Daniel! Find it and a lesson guide here.

Interested in reading Jesus and the Lion’s Den? Stop by Sunday and check it out in the QUEST library!

Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Salt and Light, Lesson 3

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LESSON 3: “I WENT THE EXTRA MILE”

Several years ago I ran in the annual Army 10-Miler in DC. I signed up for 10 miles and I trained for 10 miles. What happened instead was a race diversion, because of a bomb scare, and I, along with 20,000 other runners, ended up going 11.5 miles. When asked to run 10 we ran 11.5 instead. Ok. That’s not exactly what Jesus was talking about in His most famous sermon (Matt 5). So what was He getting at? Love your enemies, do good to those who persecute you, if someone forces you to go a mile, go with him two miles. Say what? This is crazy talk, Jesus. That’s just not feasible. He clearly hasn’t kept up with the latest personal assertiveness seminars. Get ahead by standing up for yourself. That’s the American way.

We started out this section looking at how we can love our neighbors in the family, and in the church. Most recently, as we discussed our neighbor in the world, we first looked at the sinner and then the defenseless. So far so good.

Download Salt and Light, Lesson 3

Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Salt and Light, Lesson 2

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LESSON 2: THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW

“You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.” – Jesus the Christ

Think back to your days on the school yard. What was the law of the jungle? The weak kid, the overweight kid, the kid dressed poorly, the different kid, was ignored at best and in many cases the object of abuse. If you’re like me you might be feeling some shame right now as you think back on those times. Good. Now let’s help our children be “other than” when it comes to their treatment of the defenseless and needy.

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BABY QUEST: May Lessons

Baby QUEST is Reston Bible Church’s ministry to the youngest members of our Body.

Each month, we will feature a guide for your family to use with children ages 0-2. The guide includes follow up activities, a craft or sensory activity, recommended reading, a song, and other tips that are uniquely tailored to the development of infants and toddlers.

The guide follows the themes we are teaching in our nursery classes, giving you an opportunity to connect and reinforce the ideas taught at home. Because children this age need repetition, each activity can be done multiple times throughout the month to continue to press it upon your child’s memory as they grow!

This month, we’re focusing on the Creation story. Children will learn to identify God as the Creator and different things He created in the world around them–including themselves!

Big Idea:
God Made Everything!

Scripture Focus:
Genesis 1-2

Download the monthly guide