OT 72 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Reference: Daniel 3:1-30

Big Idea: Jesus came to save us from sin.

Verse: 1 John 4:14 - ...the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
Came - march in place
Save - make the baseball “safe” sign
Us - point to yourself with two thumbs
Sin - two thumbs down

Motions for the Verse:
Father - touch your right thumb to your forehead with the rest of the fingers pointing up1
Sent - pretend to push someone away from you
Son - pretend to cradle a baby
Savior - make the baseball “safe!” sign
World - draw a large circle in the air with your finger
1 This is the ASL sign for “father/dad”

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Who were the three friends in today’s story? (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego/S,M.A.)
• What did King Nebuchadnezzar build? (A 90 ft. tall gold statue)
• When the music played, what were the people supposed to do? (Bow down, worship the statue)
• What was the punishment for not bowing down to the statue? (Thrown in the fiery furnace.)
• Did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego worship the statue? (No.)
• What did Nebuchadnezzar do when S, M, and A refused to bow? (Heated the furnance hotter, had them thrown in.)
• What happened to S, M, A in the furnace? (Untied, not harmed, walking around with a fourth person)
• What did Nebuchadnezzar say about S, M, A’s God? (No one can say anything bad about their God.)
• What is today’s big idea? (Jesus came to save us from sin.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (1 John 4:14 - ...the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. ESV)

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OT 71 Daniel and the King's Dream

Reference: Daniel 1-2

Big Idea: God knows everything and can do anything.

Verse: Daniel 2:20 - Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
God - point up
Knows - tap your head
Everything - sweep your arms in a wide circle
Do - flex your muscles
Anything - sweep your arms in a wide circle

Motions for the Verse:
Blessed - point to your cheeks and smile
Name of God - point up three times (once for each word)
Forever and ever - draw a sideways “8” in the air with your figner
Wisdom - tap your head
Might - flex your muscles

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week

• Who was the evil king in today’s story? (Nebuchadnezzar.)
• Who was taken as a prisoner by King Nebuchadnezzar, along with three friends? (Daniel.)
• What did Daniel not want to do? (Become like Nebuchadnezzar’s people by drinking his wine and eating his food)
• What test or experiment did Daniel want to do? (Eat vegetables and drink water for 10 days.)
• After 10 days of veggies and water, how did Daniel and his friends look? (Healthier than everyone else.)
• What happened to King Nebuchadnezzar? (He had a special dream.)
• What did Nebuchadnezzar want the magicians and wise men to do? (Tell him his dream and what it meant.)
• What does omniscience mean? (God knows everything.)
• What does omnipotent? (God can do all he wants.)
• What is today’s big idea? (God knows everything and can do anything.)
• What is today’s Bible verse? (Daniel 2:20 - Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. ESV)

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OT 70 The Fall of Israel and Judah

Reference: 2 Kings 17, 24-25

Big Idea: God punished Jesus for our sins.

Verse: Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)

Motions for the Big Idea:
God - point up
Punished - swat your leg with your palm
Jesus - form a cross with your forearms
Our - point to yourself with two thumbs
Sin - two thumbs down

Motions for the Verse:
Wages - hold one hand up like a credit card reader, and pretend to swipe a credit card with the other hand
Sin - two thumbs down
Death - cross your arms in an X over your chest
Free gift - pretend to hold a gift and give it to someone else
God - point up
Eternal life - trace a sideways “8” in the air with your finger
Christ Jesus - form a cross with your forearms

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
Who were God’s special people? // The Israelites
What do we call the rules God gave to Moses on the mountain? // The Law
If the Israelites disobeyed God’s law, what did God say he would make the land do? // Spit them out
The Israelites split into two kingdoms. What were the kingdom’s names? // Israel and Judah
Did the kingdoms of Israel have lots of good kings or lots of bad kings? // Bad kings
What happened to the kingdom of Israel? // God sent the Assyrian army to capture their king and take over their land
What happened to the kingdom of Judah? // God sent the Babylonian army to capture their king and take over their land
Who did God send to pay the punishment for your sin and mine? // Jesus, God’s Son
What is today’s big idea? // God punished Jesus for our sin.
What is today’s Bible verse? // Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (ESV)

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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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