NT 36 Peter Denies Jesus

Reference: Luke 22:54-62

Big Idea and Motions: Believe in Jesus to be forgiven.
Believe - Pretend to grab a rope in front of you with both hands.
Jesus - Make a cross with your forearms
Forgiven - hold one palm facing up and pretend to brush something off that palm with the fingertips of your other hand.

Verse and Motions: ...forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Eph. 4:32 (ESV)
Forgiving - hold one palm facing up and pretend to brush something off that palm with the fingertips of your other hand
One - hold up one finger
God - point up
Christ - make a cross with your forearms
Forgave - same as above
You - point to another person

Questions to Ask Throughout the Week
Who was Peter? (One of Jesus’ disciples.)
What did Jesus say Peter would do? (Say he didn’t know Jesus three times.)
What happened to Jesus at the beginning of the story? (He was arrested.)
How many times did people ask Peter if he knew Jesus? (Three.)
What did Peter say to these people? (I don’t know him, I don’t know what you are talking about.)
What happened after Peter said he didn’t know Jesus the third time? (A rooster crowed.)
What did Peter do after Jesus looked at him? (Began to cry.)
Did Jesus forgive Peter for saying he didn’t know him three times? (Yes.)
What did Jesus do to pay our punishment? (Died on a cross.)
How can we be forgiven by God? (Believe that Jesus died and rose again for our sins.)
What is today’s big idea? (Believe in Jesus to be forgiven.)
What is today’s Bible verse? (...forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. - Eph. 4:32)

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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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