Sunday School:Pilgrim's Battle

This is the allegory of a Christian's struggle against evil for your Sunday School, Devotions and Bible Study.

Clues for you:

Jesus said, Satan is our enemy trying to steal, kill and destroy us (John10:10)
God gives us a spiritual weapon.

It’s called the ‘sword of the spirit’ - His Bible promises.
Believe them and pray them.

Then Satan has no power. (Galatians 6:17)

It seemed to be the end.

But Christian quickly grabbed his sword and gave a hard thrust and the creature fell back as if he had received a deadly wound.
It made him drew back in dismay.

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Sunday School: The Dreadful Creature

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Pilgrims Progress
Christian saw the dreadful creature whose real name was Satan and he called, “I belong to the King of the Celestial City.”

The creature called to Christian, “Prepare to die!” as he threw flaming darts as thick as hail. Only for his armour Christian would have been killed.
They fought so hard and long that Christian was badly wounded.

His enemy decided to finish him off and came
close to wrestle him and Christian’s sword fell.
It seemed to be the end.

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Sunday School:Pilgrim's Dark Valley

Share Pilgrim's Progress to your Sunday School, Bible Study, and Devotions Group to help their own spiritual growth.

Your clue:

Satan is our spiritual enemy trying to trick us in our thinking. He works against friend Jesus. Satan tries to frighten us like a ‘roaring lion.’

That morning Christian was taken to the palace armoury, where he was dressed in armour from head to foot.
“There will be those who who will set upon you and fight with you,” he was told.

Then they gave him food and went a little of the way with him.

After that he found himself in a dark valley and he saw a dreadful figure coming towards him dressed in scales, with dragon’s wings, a mouth like a lion, and feet like a bear.

“I am Prince of the city called Destruction,” he said.

But his real name was Satan.
“I belong to the King of the Heavenly city” said Christian “and I only serve him.”

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Sunday School: Pilgrim Meets Lions

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Pilgrims Progress
Two lions barred the way to the Beautiful Palace.

Christian could be killed but the attendant called, “Use your faith.”
Trembling, Christian kept to the path and he reached safety.

The attendant welcomed Christian and said, “The Lord has built this place for his pilgrims to rest.”

Then he gave him dinner and took him to a large room upstairs.
The name of the room was Peace, where he slept till day.

Christian was so full of joy and happiness that he sang.

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Bible Study: God in us

Share these conclusions with your Devotions group, Bible Study or Sunday School .

We humans have a body, soul and spirit.

God’s Power ...... in our spirit!

When our spirit is touched by God’s Spirit
we are ‘born again’
- spiritually alive - connected to God!

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Bible Study: Two Kinds of Beings

Give this important spiritual truth with you Sunday School, Devotions, Kids Club and Bible Study.

Thinking about things you can’t see
- looking at two kinds of beings

Human Beings
Eg Adam - Eve - us

Humans have flesh bodies.

We can be seen and touched.
We take up space.

Jesus is a spirit but he was born a human baby - a person.
That way people came to see and know him.
He is exactly like God. That’s how we get to know God.


Spirit Beings
God- angels– Satan

Spiritual beings have spiritual bodies.

They cannot be seen or touched or take up space.

A spirit needs a body to live in, if it is to be seen by a human. This is the reason Jesus was born a human.
This is probably why Satan occupied the serpent’s body when talking to Eve.
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Devotions:Volcano in USA

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It supports the Bible teaching of a world created complete and perfect under 10,000 years ago.

Mount St Helens volcano in Washington State, USA erupted on May 18, 1980
causing landslides, mudflows, ash falls and emptying a lake.

In the following 18 months there was a build up of 180 metres (600 feet) of layered sedimentary rock.

A fascinating glimpse of how geologic processes, thought to take millions of years, can happen quickly.
Creation Magazine

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Devotions:The Clock in the Rock

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A man made clock encased in solid rock along with sea shells.
This ‘clock rock’ was found in 1975 at Westport, Washington, USA.
Many people think it takes millions of years for sediments (like mud or sand) to harden into rock.

It happens with the right mixture of ingredients - concrete is formed like this.

That is how this striking example of a clock is part of a rock.

It can form quickly.

Creation Magazine June 1997

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Sunday School: Psalm 104

Use this excercise to imprint the teaching of these words on your Sunday School, Bible Study and Kids Club.

Fill in the missing words from reading the text from Psalm 104 printed on previous blog.

After the ....... God ....... the water to rush away.
His orders like .............. . ....... rose.

Valleys ....... God set the borders for the ....... so that the ......... will never cover the ........ again.

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Bible Study:World Changes

This knowledge is important for your Sunday School, Bible Study and Devotions group young people.

What’s going on? ……..God Power!

As the water ran off the earth after the flood it made gullies and marks as it slowly ran into the sea. See the Grand Canyon.

The force of water in some places moved rocks and left them standing by themselves perhaps like Ayers Rock.
Fish and shell fossils are often found on mountains because water covered them.
You can see the ripple marks on rocks in valleys where the water has receded in the same way as the sand at the beach.

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Bible Study: Psalm 104-After the Flood

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The Bible tells the ‘after’ story: Psalm 104
Changes:
6 You covered the earth with oceans.
The water was above the mountains.

7 But at your command, the water rushed away.
When you gave your orders like thunder, it hurried away.

8 The mountains rose.
The valleys sank.
The water went to the places you made for it.

9 You set borders for the seas that they cannot cross.
The water will never cover the earth again.

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Sunday School: Flood Crossword

Crossword puzzle Across: 1.rain 2 family 3.door 4.olive 5.water Down: 1.rainbow 2.forty 3.dove

Interest your Sunday School, Kids Club and Devotions group children with this crossword.

ACROSS
1.Water falling from the sky
2.God saved Noah and all his ....
3.God shut the ..... of the ark.
4.The dove came back with an ..... branch

5. ...... covered all the earth during the flood.

DOWN
1.God set a ..... in the sky as a sign of promise.
2. It rained for ..... days and nights.
6. A bird Noah sent out from the ark.

.... rhymes with “love.”

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Sunday School: Ark Information

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How big was the ark?
· 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, 45 feet high - 3 decks
· Had a total deck of 97,700 square feet (equivalent to 20 standard college basket ball courts)
· Average animal size - that of a sheep
A modern train of 150 boxcars could carry this.
The Ark had carrying capacity of over 520 boxcars .

Each of these can hold 240 sheep.

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Bible Study:The Flood Experience

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Genesis chapter 7
3-4 The water that covered the earth began to go down.

After 150 days the water had gone down so much that the boat touched land again.
It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat…

5 The water continued to go down.

By the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains could be seen.
6 Forty days later Noah opened the window…..

10 After seven (more) days Noah again sent out the dove from the boat.

11 And that evening it came back to him with a fresh olive leaf in its mouth.

Then Noah knew that the ground was almost dry.

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Bible Study: The Flood

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18The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on the water above the earth

19The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it.

20The water continued to rise until it was more than 20 feet above the mountains.

Genesis 7: 1God made a wind blow over the earth.

And the water went down.

2The underground springs stopped flowing.

And the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain.

3-4The water that covered the earth began to go down.

After 150 days the water had gone down so much that the boat touched land again.

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Bible Study: The 'Large' Boat

The message from the story of Noah is important for your Sunday School, Kids Club and Devotions group. It begins in Genesis 6.

The ark to keep Noah’s family and the animals safe.

After a long building time God told Noah’s family to move into the ark.

The animals too. Seven days later..

11That day the underground springs split open.

12 The clouds in the sky poured out rain.

It fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights.

16 Then the Lord closed the door behind them

17Water flooded the earth for 40 days.

As the water rose, it lifted the boat off the ground.

18The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on the water above the earth

19The water rose so much that even the highest mountains under the sky were covered by it.

20The water continued to rise until it was more than 20 feet above the mountains.

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Bible Study:Noah's Task

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Plans for a super boat– the ark
A wonder of ancient shipbuilding

People are so bad

God starts again

Only Noah followed God

God gives Noah a massive task.
Plans to build the largest boat to float safely.

It had to be large enough to keep safely two of each kind of animal (seven of some).

Noah’s three sons would help with the work.
God gave the plans - Genesis 6:14-16
The size – six times longer than wide.

Three decks. A excellent design for window ventilation.

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Devotions: Pilgrim's Progress

Help your Sunday School, Bible Study, and Kids Club children to understand the relevance of Christian's hardship at the Hill Difficulty.

Then Christian came to the Hill Difficulty.

It was very steep, and sometimes he climbed on his hands and knees.

The way grew more steep and dangerous.

He often had to stop to read his roll for comfort.

It showed him the way.

He was so relieved to leave the Hill of Difficulty behind.

He could see ahead a very grand Palace, called Beautiful.

Perhaps I can stay the night there, he thought.

But then, he saw two fierce lions.

“Horrors! I shall be killed!” he thought.

Then an attendant called, “Is your faith so small?

Use it. The lions are chained!”

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Sunday School: Pilgrim's Progress

Bring your children from your Kids Club, Sunday School and Bible Study groups up to date with Christian's progress.

Pilgrims Progress
Christian ran toward the cross. His burden grew heavier and suddenly it was gone.

It had rolled into a wayside pit.
Christian gave three leaps for joy.

He was jubilant.

The cross had freed him.

Three shining figures came to him.
The first said, “Peace be with you.

Your sins are forgiven..”; the second gave him new clothes; and the third put the mark of the Cross on his forehead and gave him a roll of directions with a seal on it.

Christian went on but often stopping to read the roll the Shining Ones had given him.

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Devotions: Pilgrims Progress

For your Kids Club, Sunday School and Devotions group: the lessons Christian learned on his pilgimage to the Heavenly City.

Pilgrim's Progress
Clue: The path is narrow and straight.

Not many people travel along it.

Mr Interpreter showed him a picture of a man with a gold crown over his head.

“Always remember, he is your guide.”

Then he pointed to the way that Christian needed to go.
The way was a narrow road uphill and there was a cross standing on the top.

Christian thought of how Jesus died for his sins and the burden on his back grew heavier and heavier.

He ran…
Then a wonderful thing happened.

His terrible burden suddenly fell from his back and rolled down into a roadside pit.

Christian gave three leaps for joy. The cross had freed him.

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Devotions: Pilgrim's Progress

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Pilgrims Progress
Christian was going to the Heavenly city.

He was being attacked.
He got through the wicket gate just in time.

Someone was shooting arrows at Christian as he struggled to get through the gate.
Mr Goodwill helped him get through quickly.

“That wicked prince at the castle doesn’t want you to get to the heavenly city, " he said.

“Come on I will take you to Mr Interpreter’s house.”

That’s where Christian discovered clues to help him on his journey.

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Devotions: It Didn't Really Matter

Share this healthy attitude with your Sunday School, Bible Study and Kids Club children.

The Kids from OUR Church had a really hard project.
Their leader Pastor Stone told them to go out and find a practical way to be servants.
“I want you to be Jesus in the city for the next two hours,” he said.

“If Jesus were here, what would he do?”

Figure out how he would help people.”
Two hours later the kids returned to the pastor’s living room to report on their work.


..they had gone to THE OTHER Church to ask the pastor if he knew someone who needed help.
The pastor sent them to the home of an elderly woman who needed yard work done.

There, for two hours, they mowed grass, raked the yard and trimmed hedges.

When they were ready to leave, the woman called the group together and thanked them for their hard work.

“I don’t know how I would get along without you,” she told them.

“You kids at THE OTHER Church are always coming to my rescue.”

“THE OTHER Church!” exclaimed Pastor Stone.

“I sure hope you told her you were from OUR Church.”
“No. we didn’t.” the kids said.

“We didn’t think it mattered.”

These kids understood more than their pastor.
Did you?

OUR CHURCH kids knew to give praise and glory to God
- not to use it for their own ‘good name.’

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Devotions: Word Search

Delight your Sunday School, Bible Study Study and Kids Club children with this word search following their lessons on Adam and Eve in the garden.

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Sunday School: Text 1 Corinthians 15:22

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Bible Study: Why a Blood Sacrifice?

Share with your Bible Study, Kids Club and Sunday School children that God required a blood sacrifice. That is why God was pleased with Abel and disappointed in Cain's sacrifice.

Did you know?

All through the Bible we are told that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness for sin.
This is the reason Jesus shed his blood on the cross to forgive our sins.

Did you accept the sacrifice Jesus paid for you?

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Bible Study: An Angry Brother

Share this scripture with your Sunday School, Bible Study and Devotions group.

Jealousy causes the first murder

Cain and Abel were brothers they were sons of Adam and Eve.
Cain was a farmer who raised grain and fruit in the fields and Abel raised animals and took care of a flock of sheep

They decided to pray and bring gifts to God.

They burned them on an altar of stones to show that the gifts were for God.
Cain brought grain and Abel a sheep but Cain knew that he did not please God.

God reminded Cain that the death of an animal was required for sacrifice.

Cain did not listen to God.

He was angry and sulking.

Abel did what was right but Cain was jealous of his brother.

Cain knew what was the right thing to do but he refused to obey God.
He went his own way and blamed Abel.
When they were in the field together he attacked his brother and killed him.
As punishment, God cursed Cain and he was put out of God’s presence.
Genesis 4:1-18

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Sunday School:Human Beings

Share this simple puzzle with your Sunday School , Kids Club and Devotions groups as a fun excercise. It says: In His Own Image

The original source of Creation is recorded in the Bible – Genesis

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Bible Study :Redeem

Share this important scriptural message with those in your Bible Study, Devotions and Sunday School class.

God will buy us back: Redeem

Adam and Eve believed Satan’s lie and they disobeyed God.
Then they lost God’s Presence. So God planned to send Jesus to get it back – redeem.


Genesis 3:15
14The Lord God said to the snake,
“Because you did this, a curse will be put on you….

15 I will make you and the woman enemies to each other.
Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies.
Her child (Jesus) will crush your head.
And you (Satan) will bite his heel.”

God said to Satan (disguised as the snake), “You will be an enemy to everyone born after this.”
The child (Jesus) will crush Satan’s head.

When Jesus died on the cross, Satan’s power over us was broken. -his headship gone.

Satan still tries to trick us but God in us is greater. Satan will bite Jesus’ heel.

Satan’s influence caused Jesus death but Jesus lives again by God’s power— like a bite on the heel.

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