OT 69 Josiah Finds the Scroll of the Law

Reference: 2 Chronicles 34

Big Idea: God sent Jesus to save lawbreakers like you and me.

Verse: Romans 4:7 - Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
God - point up
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
Save - make the baseball “safe” sign
Lawbreakers - cross your wrists behind your back like you’re in handcuffs
You and me - point to someone else, then yourself

Motions for the Verse:
Blessed - point to your cheeks and smile really big
Lawless deeds - put your hands behind your back like they’re in handcuffs
Forgiven - hold left palm up, brush it off twice with the fingertips of your other hand 1
Sins - two thumbs down
Covered - make a roof over your head with your arms
1 This is the ASL sign for “forgive.” See a demonstration.

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
Who was the king in today’s story? // Josiah
How old was Josiah when he became king? // 8 years old
What evil things were the people doing when Josiah became king? // Worshipping other gods
What did Josiah do to the Asherah poles, idol statues, and altars? // Tore them down and smashed them
What building did Josiah have his men fix? // The temple
What did Hilkiah find in the temple? // The scroll of God’s law
What did Josiah do when they read God’s law to him? // He cried and tore his robes
What did the prophet Huldah say to Josiah’s men? // God will bring trouble upon the Israelites, but save Josiah
What did Josiah and the people promise to do? // Obey God’s law with all his heart and soul
What is today’s big idea? // God sent Jesus to save lawbreakers like you and me.
What is today’s Bible verse? // Romans 4:7 - Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. (ESV)

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OT 68 Jonah and the Big Fish

Reference: Jonah 1-3

Big Idea: Just like Jonah was in a big fish for three days, Jesus rose from the dead after three days.

Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:3 - Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day... (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
Big fish - press your palms together and wiggle them like a fish
Three days - hold up three fingers
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
Rose from the dead - gesture down towards the ground, then lift your hands above your head
Three days - hold up three fingers

Motions for the Verse:
Christ - make a cross with your forearms
Died - cross your forearms in an “X’ over your chest
Sins - two thumbs down
Scriptures - pretend to open a book
Buried - pretend to dig with a shovel
Rose - gesture upward with both palms
Third - hold up three fingers

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
Where did God tell Jonah to go? // Nineveh.
Did Jonah go to NIneveh? If not, where? // He went the other way, on a boat
What happened on Jonah’s boat trip? // God sent a terrible windstorm
What did Jonah tell them to do to stop the windstorm? // Throw him overboard
When they threw Jonah into the water, what two things happened? // Storm stopped, fish swallowed Jonah
How many days was Jonah in the big fish? // Three days and nights.
After Jonah prayed from the fish, what did God do? // Made the fish spit him out onto dry land.
When Jonah told the people of Nineveh God was going to destroy their city, what did they do? // Became sad about their sin and called to God for help
Did God destroy NIneveh? Why or why not? // No, because they turned from their sin and trusted God to save them
What is today’s big idea? // Just like Jonah was in a big fish for three days, Jesus rose from the dead after three days.
What is today’s Bible verse? // 1 Corinthians 15:3 - Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day... (ESV)

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OT 67 God Saves Elisha From an Army

Reference: 2 Kings 6:8-23

Big Idea: Our invisible, everywhere, and good God is here to save us.

Verse: Jeremiah 23:24 - Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD. (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
Invisible - cover your eyes with a hand
Everywhere - gesture with your hands in a wide circle
Good - two thumbs up
God - point up
Save us - make the baseball “safe!” sign with your arms

Motions for the Verse:
Man - point to yourself
Hide himself - hide your face behind your hands
Secret places - peek your eyes out from behind your hands (after doing the previous motions)
See him - pretend to look through binoculars
Declares the Lord - point up rhythmically on each word (Declares... the... Lord...)
Fill - hold your arms in front of you palms up, then raise them up above your head
Heaven and earth - point up, then slap the ground

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Who heard everything the King of Aram said? Why? (Elisha, God let him hear everything he said.)
• The King of Aram was mad that Elisha heard everything. What did he do next? (Sent soldiers to capture Elisha.)
• Who came out and saw that Elisha’s house was surrounded with soldiers? (Elisha’s servant.)
• After Elisha prayed, what did Elisha’s servant see? (Angel soldiers with horses/chariots, surrounded by fire)
• After Elisha prayed, what happened to the soldiers? (They were made blind.)
• After Elisha led the blind soldiers to the King of Israel, did he hurt them or let them go? (Let them go.)
• After God made the soldiers blind, did the King of Aram keep fighting the Israelites or give up? (Gave up.)
• What is today’s big idea? (Our invisible, everywhere, and good God is here to save us.)
• What does it mean that God is invisible? Everywhere? Good? (You can turn this into 3 questions.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (Jeremiah 23:24 - Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.)

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OT 66 God Heals Naaman

Reference: 2 Kings 5

Big Idea: Put your faith in our Mighty Savior to be saved.

Verse: John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ESV

Motions for the Big Idea:
Faith - tap your temple with a finger, then tap the fist of that hand on top of another fist*
Mighty - flex your muscles
Savior - make the baseball “Safe” sign with your arms
Saved - make the baseball “Safe” sign again
*This is the ASL sign for faith. See here to watch a video.

Motions for the Verse:
God - point up
Loved - hands over your heart
World - trace a large circle in the air
Gave - cup your hands and gesture away from you
Son - pretend to hold a baby
Believes -  tap your temple with a finger, then tap the fist of that hand on top of another fist*
Perish - cross your forearms over your chest and close your eyes
Eternal life - draw a repeated sideways “8” in the air with your finger
*This is the ASL sign for faith. See here to watch a video.

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Who was the prophet in today’s story? (Elisha.)
• What was Naaman’s job? (A commander in the army of Aram.)
• What was Naaman’s problem? (He had a skin disease.)
• What did Elisha’s messenger tell Naaman to do? (Dip in the Jordan River seven times.)
• How did Naaman feel after Elisha sent his messenger to tell him what to do? (Angry.)
• What happened to Naaman after he dipped seven times in the Jordan River? (His disease was healed.)
• Who healed Naaman’s disease? (God.)
• How can you and I be saved, by obeying God’s law or by faith in Jesus? (Faith in Jesus.)
• What is today’s big idea? (Put your faith in our Mighty Savior to be saved.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ESV)

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