OT 32 Spies in the Promised Land

Reference: Numbers 13-14

Big Idea: Trust in God with all your heart.

Verse: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (ESV)

Motions For the Big Idea:
Trust - make a “T” with your hands
God - point up
All - gesture your arms out in a big circle
Heart - tap your chest with your hand

Verse:
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (ESV)

Motions for the Verse:
Trust - Make a “T” with your hands
Lord - point up
All - Gesture your hands in a big circle
Heart - tap your heart
Do not - wag your finger “no”
Lean - cross your arms and lean
Understanding - tap your temple

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

1. What did God tell Moses to do? // Send some men to check out the land of Caanan
2. How many men did Moses send? // Twelve
3. Name two of these men. // Joshua and Caleb
4. What was the soil and fruit of the land of Canaan like? // It was good.
5. What were the people like? // Big and scary.
6. When the men came back, who did they report to? // Moses.
7. What did the ten spies say about the land? // The people are too big to defeat. We can’t do it.
8. What did Joshua and Caleb say about the land? // We can defeat the people with God’s help.
9. Who did the people of Israel listen to, the ten spies or Joshua and Caleb? // The ten spies
10. How did God punish the people of Israel for not trusting him? // Can’t enter the promised land, wander in desert for 40 years
11. What is today’s big idea? // Trust in God with all your heart.
12. Who do we need to trust in to save us? // Jesus
13. What is today’s Bible verse? // Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. (ESV)

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