QUEST: Preschool Lesson for August 22
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“Running Away,” p. 272
This week’s Big Idea:
Because of Jesus, God forgives us and brings us home!
This week’s Key Verse:
Ephesians 2:8-9
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Conclusion
CONCLUSION: THE GREAT PROMISE
“And never forget, I even I, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Son of the Most High, endowed with all glory, power, and authority, yes I, Jesus am always present with you to bless, to empower, to guide, to comfort, and to enable. You will never have to face a day without me.” Isn’t this what Jesus was telling the group of disciples He had just commissioned to change the world? This was no afterthought. Our Savior knew the impossibility of the task He was giving and He was assuring us that He is leading the charge into battle and the victory is His.
Jesus follows the Great Claim (Matthew 28:18) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) with the Great Promise (Matthew 28:20). Take a few minutes today to meditate on the Great Promise of God throughout scripture. This promise extends to you and me and is the reason we can take up, with confidence, the cause handed down to us by the Apostles.
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for August 15
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“The Man Who Didn’t Have Any Friends (None)”, p. 264
This week’s Big Idea:
The Love of Jesus Changes Us!
This week’s Key Verse:
Ephesians 2:8-9
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Teach, Lesson 3
LESSON 3: ARE YOU A REPRODUCING DISCIPLE?
Jesus had the twelve disciples. Paul had Timothy and Silas and Luke. Barnabas had Mark. The master had grasshopper, and Yoda had Luke Skywalker. Seriously though. Who are you pouring your life into? Are you passing along all that He commanded you?
When Jesus said, “teach them,” He did not, I think, have in mind a classroom setting, or a man standing in a pulpit. That was not His primary method after all. Jesus made disciples by walking with them, where they lived, teaching them lessons about the Kingdom based on their earthly life experiences. He set an example for them, ate with them, healed them, comforted them, laughed with them, mourned with them, prayed with them and for them, cried in front of them, gave them sound doctrine about this life and the next, called them friend, challenged them, and then laid down His life for them. A close examination of Paul’s disciple making and church planting ministry looked much the same. Barnabas as well.
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for August 8
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“The Friend of Little Children,” p. 256
This week’s Big Idea:
God’s Love is a Free Gift!
This week’s Key Verse:
Ephesians 2:8-9
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Teach, Lesson 2
LESSON 2: IT TAKES ONE, TO MAKE ONE
Before Jesus called us to make disciples He called us to become His disciples. He says in Matthew 11:28-29, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” If I think back on my best teachers I find a few commonalities. For one, they didn’t live in the theoretical world. They either had or were living what they taught. Practical, real world experience is critical. Otherwise we wouldn’t have the expression, “well at least that’s how it works in theory.”
The other thing that set apart these exceptional teachers was their passion for the subject they taught. It was a passion born of their own commitment to pursuing knowledge and understanding of their area of expertise. And it didn’t end. For them it was a life-long quest.
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for August 1
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“Treasure Hunt,” p. 250
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus is our treasure!
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 19:26
Family Quest: Extreme Makeover, Spiritual Edition – Teach, Lesson 1
LESSON 1: THE ANTIQUES ROADSHOW – APPRAISAL IS THE KEY
Have you ever watched the “Antiques Roadshow?” I’ll admit I have paused, on a few occasions, to see what the fuss is all about. Personally I don’t get it. Paying lots of money for other peoples old stuff? What foolishness. Or is it? I look at these items and I see them and make a judgment…junk. However, someone skilled in appraising antiques looks at the same items and makes a very different judgment. I think there is a lesson for us here. Scripture tells us that the things of God, God’s Word, are foolishness to the “natural man” or the unbeliever. Does this mean that they can’t understand the words?
Does it look like Greek to them? I’ve heard complete heathens articulate the gospel message very clearly, so that cannot be what God meant. So what is it?
QUEST: Preschool Lesson for July 25
This week’s reading from the Jesus Storybook Bible:
“Filled Full,” p. 244
This week’s Big Idea:
Jesus is God, so He can do things other people cannot do!
This week’s Key Verse:
Matthew 19:26
BABY QUEST: August 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 story of David. Children will learn about how God helped David defeat the bad giant Goliath. They will start to identify the concepts of good and bad, learning that God is good and powerful even over very bad things.
Big Idea:
God is Strong!
Scripture Focus:
1 Samuel 17