NT 15 Jesus Feeds the 5000

Reference: Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Big Idea and Motions: Our God takes care of all of our needs.

• Our - point to yourself with two thumbs
• God - point up
• Takes care - hug yourself
• All - gesture your arms in a wide circle
• Needs - pretend to eat a sandwich

Verse / Motions: Matthew 6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread... (ESV)

• Give - cup your hands together and push them forward
• Us - point to yourself with two hands
• Today - hold out the thumb and pinkie of each hand with your palms facing up, move your hands up and down a couple times *
• Bread - pretend to eat a sandwich

* This is sign language for “today.” See http://goo.gl/Qgogv for a demonstration.

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• After they sailed on the boat, who met Jesus and the disciples? // A big crowd
• How many men were in the crowd? // 5,000 men, plus women and children
• What did Jesus tell his disciples to do? // Give food to the crowd
• What did Philip say to Jesus about feeding the crowd? // It’d take eight month’s pay to buy food
• How much food did Andrew say they found? // Five loaves of bread and two fish
• What did Jesus do with the food before he gave it to the disciples? // Broke it and thanked God for it
• What happened to the bread/fish in the disciples’ baskets as they passed it out? // It kept multiplying
• How much food did the people get to eat? // As much as they wanted
• What is today’s big idea? // Our God takes care of all our needs
• What is today’s Bible verse? // Matthew 6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread... (ESV)

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NT 14 Jesus Drives Out Evil Spirits

Reference: Mark 5:1-19

Big Idea and Motions: God is strong and on our side!

• God - point up
• Strong - flex your muscles
• On our side - point to yourself with both thumbs as you say each word

Verse / Motions: Psalm 118:6 - The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? (ESV)

• Lord - point up
• My side - point with both fingers to the spot next to you, as if God is standing by your side
• Will not - wag your finger “no”
• Fear - put your hands on your cheeks and look scared
• What can - hold out your arms and shrug your shoulders
• Man - flex your muscles
• Me - point to yourself with two thumbs

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Who met Jesus when he got off the boat? (A man with an evil spirit)
• How did the evil spirit make the man’s life miserable? (Lived among the tombs, screamed, broke chains, cut himself)
• What is the first thing Jesus said to the unclean spirit? (Come out of him!)
• What was the spirit's name and what does it mean? (Legion - a large group of soldiers)
• Why were the evil spirits afraid of Jesus? (He’s God’s Son.)
• What did the spirits ask Jesus for permission to do? (Leave the man and enter some pigs.)
• What did the spirits make the pigs do? (Run into the water)
• How do we know that God’s Son Jesus is on our side? (He died and rose again for us.)
• What is today’s big idea? (God is strong and on our side.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (Ps. 118:6 - The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?)

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NT 13 Jesus Calms the Storm

Reference: Luke 8:22-25

Big Idea and Motions: Jesus is the God-man: totally God and totally human.

• Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
• God - point up
• Man - flex your muscles
• Totally - draw quick, repeated circles in the air with your index finger
• God - point up
• Totally - draw quick, repeated circles in the air with your index finger
• Human - pinch the skin of your arm

Verse / Motions: Luke 8:25 - Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him? (ESV)

• Who then - hold out your arms and shrug your shoulders
• Commands - put a hand on your hip, then wag the index finger of your other hand
• Winds - cup your hands around your mouth and blow
• Water - make your arm wiggle like a wave
• Obey - form an “O” above your head with your arms

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• What did Jesus tell his disciples to do? (Sail across the water.)
• What was the name of the water called? (The Sea of Galilee.)
• What did Jesus do as they sailed on the water? (Slept in the boat.)
• What happened to the Sea of Galilee as they sailed? (A wild storm came.)
• What was the boat about to do in the storm? (Sink from the waves/storm.)
• When the disciples were scared, what did they do? (Woke up Jesus.)
• What did Jesus say to the storm? (Quiet! Be still!)
• When Jesus spoke to the storm, what did it do? (It was completely calm immediately.)
• What is today’s big idea? (Jesus is the God-man: totally God and totally human.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (Luke 8:25 - Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him? ESV)

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NT 12 Jesus Turns Water Into Wine

Reference: John 2:1-11

Big Idea and Motions: Jesus’ miracles are signs that show us he’s God.

• Jesus’ - form a cross with your forearms
• Miracles - hold your hands above your head and wiggle them in celebration
• Signs - hold your arm up, palm facing out, pretending it’s a stop sign
• Show - pretend to look through binoculars
• God - point up

Verse and Motions: John 20:31 - But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God... (ESV)

• Written - pretend to write on one of your palms
• You - point to another person
• Believe - pretend to grab a rope in front of you like it’s a rescue line*
• Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
• Son - pretend to cradle a baby
• God - point up

*This is the ASL sign for faith/trust. Follow this link to watch a video: http://goo.gl/4cHz3

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
Where was Jesus at in today’s story? (A wedding.)
Who else was there at the wedding? (Jesus’ disciples, his mother Mary.)
What did Mary tell Jesus? (They’ve run out of wine.)
What did Jesus say to his mother Mary? (My time hasn’t come yet.)
What did Jesus have the servants do? (Fill six large stone jars with water.)
What happened when the servants scooped the water out of the jars? (It had turned into wine.)
What did the person in charge of the dinner say about the wine? (It was the best wine.)
What do the seven miraculous signs in John show us? (Jesus is God’s Son.)
What is today’s big idea? (Jesus’ miracles are signs that show us he’s God.)
What is today’s Bible verse? (John 20:31 - But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God... ESV)

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NT 11 The Twelve Disciples

Reference: Luke 6:12-16 , Matthew 9:9, John 1:43-51

Big Idea and Motions: A disciple believes the good news and follows Jesus.

• Disciple - Hold up the index finger on both hands. Bounce them to the side, as if they’re walking, with one following the other *
• Believes - pretend to grab hold of a rope with two hands **
• Good news - pretend to read news in something you’re holding and smile
• Follows - march in place
• Jesus - form a cross with your forearms

* This is the ASL Sign for “Disciple.”
** This is the ASL Sign for “Trust”

Verse / Motions: 1 Timothy 1:15 - ...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. (ESV)

• Christ Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
• Came into - gesture with your arm like you’re waving someone over
• Save - make the baseball “safe” sign
• Sinners - two thumbs down
• I am - point to yourself with two thumbs
• Foremost - hold up 1 finger (since “foremost” means “number one”)

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
What special word does the Bible use for students who follow and learn from a rabbi? (Disciple.)
What job did Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John have? (They were fishermen.)
Who went and told Nathanael that he had found Jesus? (Philip.)
What did Nathanael/Bartholomew do when he heard about Jesus? (Made fun of him.)
What was Matthew/Levi’s job? What did people think of them? (A tax collector, and people despised them.)
Who was the disciple who wouldn’t believe Jesus rose from the dead until he saw him? (Thomas.)
How was Jesus different than a regular rabbi? (God’s Son, perfect, spoke God’s Word, died and rose to save us)
How many disciples did Jesus have? (Twelve.)
What is today’s big idea? (A disciple believes the good news and follows Jesus.)
What is today’s Bible verse? (1 Timothy 1:15 - ...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. ESV)

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NT 10 Jesus Calls the First Disciples

Reference: Luke 5:1-11

Big Idea and Motions: A disciple believes the good news and follows Jesus.
Disciple - Hold up the index finger on both hands. Bounce them to the side, as if they’re walking, with one following the other *
Believes - pretend to grab hold of a rope with two hands **
Good news - pretend to read news in something you’re holding and smile
Follows - march in place
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
* This is the ASL Sign for “Disciple.”
** This is the ASL Sign for “Trust”

Verse / Motions: Mark 1:17 - And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” (ESV)
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
Said - make your hand talk like a puppet
Follow me - march in place and swing your arms
I - point to yourself with two thumbs
Fishers - pretend to cast a fishing rod
Men - flex your muscles

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
What did Jesus do with the crowd of people? (Taught them God’s Word.)
What were the names of the fishermen in today’s story? (Simon, Andrew, James, and John.)
How many fish did Simon and the others catch the night before? (None.)
What did Jesus tell Simon to do with his nets? (Throw them over the side of the boat to catch fish.)
What happened when they threw their nets over? (They caught tons of fish.)
Why did Simon say to Jesus, “I’m sinful! Go away from me!”? (Simon saw Jesus’ power and knew he didn’t deserve to be around Jesus.)
What did Jesus mean when he said his disciples would be “fishers of men”? (His disciples would go make new disciples.)
Who left everything and followed Jesus in today’s story? (Simon, Andrew, James, and John)
What is today’s big idea? (A disciple believes the good news and follows Jesus.)
What is today’s Bible verse? (Mark 1:17 - And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” - ESV)

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NT 09 Jesus is Tempted

Reference: Luke 4:1-13

Big Idea and Motions: Jesus was tempted in every way, but he never sinned!

• Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
• Tempted - put a sneaky look on your face and make a “Hey, come over here” gesture with your hands
• Every way - gesture your arms out in a wide circle
• Never - wag your finger “no”
• Sinned - two thumbs down

Verse / Motions: Hebrew 2:18 - For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. (ESV)

• He - form a cross with your forearms (because “he” is Jesus
• Suffered - wring your hands and look like you’re in agony
• Tempted - put a sneaky look on your face and make a “come here” gesture with your hands
• Help - reach down and pretend to pull someone up from the ground.
• Being tempted - same as above

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Where was Jesus in today’s story? (The desert/wilderness.)
• What did Jesus not do for 40 days? (Eat.)
• Who came to tempt Jesus? (The devil.)
• What did the devil tell Jesus to do to the stones? (Turn them to bread.)
• The devil told Jesus he’d make Jesus the king of the world, if he would only...? (Bow down and worship the devil)
• What did the devil tell Jesus to do at the top of the temple? (Jump off and see if God would send angels to catch)
• When Jesus said, “It is written...” to the devil, what did that mean? (He was saying something from the Bible.)
• Did Jesus give in to the devil’s three temptations? (
• What is today’s big idea? (Jesus was tempted in every way, but he never sinned!)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (Hebrew 2:18 - For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. - ESV)

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