OT 38 Crossing the Jordan River

Reference: Joshua 3-4


Big Idea: Remember that God has saved you.


Verse: 1 Corinthians 11:27 - For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.


Motions for the big idea:Remember - tap your templeGod - point upSaved - make the baseball “safe” signYou - point to another person

Motions for the verse:
You - point to another person
Eat this bread - pretend to eat bread
Drink the cup - pretend to drink a cup
Proclaim - cup your hands around your mouth
Death - cross your forearms over your chest
Comes - do a “come here” gesture with your hands

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

1. Where did the Israelites camp? (By the Jordan River.)
2. What special thing were the priests carrying? (The ark of the covenant.)
3. What did God tell the priests to do? (Go and stand in the river.)
4. What happened when the priests stood in the river? (The water stopped flowing.)
5. What was the ground like when the people walked over? (It was dry.)
6. What was it supposed to mean to the Israelites when the water stopped? (God would be with them in the promised land.)
7. What did God want the people to get from the river? (Twelve stones from right where the priests stood with the ark.)
8. What did Joshua do with the twelve stones? (Piled them up.)
9. What were the twelve stones supposed to remind the Israelites of? (How God stopped the Jordan river.)
10. What did God do to save us from sin? (Sent Jesus to die and pay our punishment.)
11. When we celebrate the Lord's supper, what does the bread remind us of? (Jesus' body, hurt for us.)
12. What does the cup of wine remind us of? (Jesus blood, bled for us.)
13. What is today's big idea? (Remember that God has saved you.)
14. What is today's Bible verse? (1 Corinthians 11:27 - For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.)

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