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Printables: Gideon and the Midianites. These printables can be used in a variety of ways, including illustrations for stories, cards to collect and match, bookmarks to take home and small pictures for attendance charts or matching games. These should be printed on the correct paper size to look their best. The two most common sizes (“Letter ...
If you’d like to print 8‐1/2” x 11” or A4 sheets, you can download the free Participant Guide handout sheets at: www.jesuswalk.com/gideon/gideon
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Bring a flat pan or large bowl of water to class today. Tell the children to pretend that the water is a river. All of the children are soldiers and they are getting ready to fight a battle. They are all supposed to drink from the river before they fight in the battle. The commander, Gideon, will choose his army by the way they drink the water. Let...
This story can be told using a variety of methods. Always remain true to the facts found in the Bible but help children connect to its meaning by using drama, visual aids, voice inflection, student interaction and/or emotion. Click here for visual aids and story-telling methods.
illustrations that best relate to how YOU tell the story in THIS lesson. Too many illustrations can be confusing, so eliminate any that cover other stories or details you do not wish to emphasise in this lesson.
Activities: Use this simple Judges Review Wheel to explain the cycle of the Judges. Printable instructions for Judges Review Wheel. Divide the class in half and let them demonstrate the two ways to drink water from a river (use a bowl or pan). Write the words of the memory verse on separate pieces of paper. Hide the pieces around the room and let t...
Colouring page with text (Ministry Spark) Other: Visual Aid: Colour drawings Covers both Gideon and the Fleece and Gideon Fights the Midianites (Bible for Children) Craft: Gideon’s jar from (Christianity Cove) Worksheets: There are a number of Old Testament worksheets on the following link. Just scroll down to “Judges Worksheets-Gideon”. (Hub Pages...
Gideon and the Midianites. Scripture Reference: Judges 7. Suggested Emphasis: When God asks us to do something, He will always help us do it. Memory Verse: “ So we can feel sure and say, ‘ I will not be afraid because the Lord is my helper. People can’t do anything to me.'”. Hebrews 13:6, ICB.
In the New Testament, God’s name is manifested most clearly in Jesus Christ. He is called “the Word” (John 1:1), and Jesus Himself makes the claim that He has revealed the name of God (John 17:6). God’s name is His promise to dwell with His people.
The Character of Gideon Chart Idea: bibleanswer.com &Barnes’ Bible Charts GIDEON AND THE WINEPRESS (OBSCURE YET NOBLE, HUMBLE, & INDUSTRIOUS) n Judges 6:11-15 Hebrews 11:32-33 CCC GIDEON AND THE ALTAR (GOD-FEARING) n Judges 6:25-27 CCC GIDEON AND THE FLEECE (CAREFUL ASSURANCE OF GOD’S WILL) n Judges 6:36-40 CCC GIDEON AT THE WATER ...
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In today’s story, we will watch as one man learns it is not our ability that matters, but God’s power. God sent a surprising message to an Israelite man named Gideon. The message was that God had chosen Gideon to save the Israelites from the Midianites.
