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Thanks to Ethan, Becky, Ross, Caitlin, Ewan and Ella for their fabulous photos on the cover.

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whe

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adul

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John

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ory

with

diff

eren

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ople

rea

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the

wor

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bol

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help

them

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5s

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th al

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se pe

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gras

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us to

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up

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welve

lar

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sket

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wha

t was

left

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barle

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text

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from

the

Con

tem

pora

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ish

Vers

ion

of th

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ble.

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crow

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thin

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bout

them

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God

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ca

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to b

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rt o

f th

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m 24

Psal

m 2

4:1–

10.

Invi

te e

very

one

to jo

in in

say

ing

the

ques

tions

in v

erse

s 3,

8 a

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10 (

in b

old)

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mig

ht li

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re

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all

twic

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nt s

ome

actio

ns

toge

ther

, may

be o

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ach

for

vers

es 1

–6.

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eat t

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assa

ge u

sing

yo

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ctio

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5s

1 Th

e ear

th an

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ryth

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it be

long t

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LORD

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e wor

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peop

le be

long t

o him

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e LOR

D pla

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ocea

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d rive

rs.

3 W

ho m

ay cl

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RD’s

hill o

r sta

nd in

his h

oly te

mple?

4 Only

thos

e who

do ri

ght f

or th

e righ

t rea

sons

,an

d don

’t wo

rship

idols

or te

ll lies

unde

r oat

h.5

The L

ORD

God,

who

save

s the

m, w

ill ble

ss an

d rew

ard t

hem,

6 be

caus

e the

y wor

ship

and s

erve

the G

od of

Jaco

b. 7 O

pen t

he an

cient

gate

s, so

that

the g

loriou

s king

may

come

in.

8 Who

is th

is glo

rious

king

?He

is ou

r LOR

D, a

stro

ng an

d migh

ty w

arrio

r.9 O

pen t

he an

cient

gate

s, so

that

the g

loriou

s king

may

come

in.

10 W

ho is

this

glorio

us ki

ng?

He i

s our

LORD

, the

All-

Powe

rful!

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text

is ta

ken

from

the

Con

tem

pora

ry E

nglis

h Ve

rsio

n of

the

Bibl

e.

Read

Som

e sc

hola

rs s

ay th

at th

is p

salm

is a

bout

the

retu

rn o

f the

Ark

of t

he

Cov

enan

t, th

e sy

mbo

l of G

od’s

pres

ence

, to

the

city

of J

erus

alem

. Im

agin

e yo

u ar

e th

e ci

ty w

ith g

lorio

us g

ates

and

that

God

is th

e ki

ng ri

ding

tow

ards

the

city

. U

se v

erse

s 8–

10 a

s a

pray

er a

skin

g G

od to

ope

n yo

ur h

eart

to H

im a

s yo

u

Some

thin

g Ex

tra

...fo

r old

er c

hild

ren

and

adul

ts

Dra

w o

r w

rite

to r

epre

sent

the

pict

ure

in th

is p

salm

you

like

mos

t.

E.g.

the

eart

h, p

eopl

e, w

ater

, God

’s h

oly

hill

and

tem

ple,

the

anci

ent

gate

s or

a m

ight

y w

arrio

r. I w

onde

r w

hat y

ou fe

el th

e pi

ctur

es in

this

Ps

alm

say

abo

ut G

od’s

gen

eros

ity.

expl

ore

gene

rosi

ty.

True

gene

rosi

tyle

aves

us

A ge

nero

us

thou

ght

Chat

Thi

nk P

ray

Was

h yo

ur h

ands

w

ith w

ater

as

a sy

mbo

l of

was

hing

you

r he

art c

lean

of

all t

he w

rong

thin

gs y

ou h

ave

said

, tho

ught

and

don

e. Y

ou

coul

d al

so th

ank

Jesu

s fo

r fo

rgiv

ing

you.

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e yo

u st

arte

d yo

ur 4

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s ge

nero

sity

cha

lleng

e us

ing

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amily

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e a

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of a

ll th

e pe

ople

yo

u co

uld

be g

ener

ous

to

usin

g th

e bo

xes

on t

he b

ack.

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e NIV

Bibl

e, ve

rses

3 an

d 4 s

ay

that

only

thos

e with

cle

an ha

nds a

nd a

pure

hear

t can

stan

d in

God’s

holy

place

.

I won

der w

hy

peop

le g

ive.

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t mak

es

them

gen

erou

s?

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t abo

ut yo

u?

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Cha

t abo

ut w

hich

is m

ore,

tw

o co

ins

or lo

ts o

f coi

ns.

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t abo

ut w

hich

mea

ns

mor

e, g

ivin

g lo

ts w

hen

you

have

lots

or

givi

ng a

lit

tle w

hen

you

only

ha

ve a

littl

e.

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nder

5s

Dra

w tw

o co

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on o

ne s

ide

and

lots

of c

oins

on

the

othe

r. Th

en

writ

e th

e w

ord

‘MO

RE’

to s

how

w

hich

Jes

us s

aid

was

mor

e.

I won

der

why

Jes

us s

aid

this

.

Mos

t of u

s pr

obab

ly d

on’t

cons

ider

our

selv

es to

be

as p

oor

as th

e w

idow

or

as

rich

as th

e pe

ople

in th

e st

ory.

How

ever

, thi

s st

ory

isn’

t abo

ut th

e si

ze

of th

e gi

ft b

ut h

ow m

uch

it co

st th

e pe

rson

to g

ive

it. H

ave

you

ever

bee

n re

ally

gra

tefu

l for

a ‘s

mal

l’ gi

ft fr

om s

omeo

ne e

lse?

Do

you

ever

find

thin

king

yo

ur g

ift is

too

smal

l sto

ps y

ou fr

om g

ivin

g? C

onsi

der

re-a

sses

sing

how

you

ca

lcul

ate

wha

t you

giv

e.

Some

thin

g Ex

tra

...fo

r old

er c

hild

ren

and

adul

ts

A po

or w

idow

giv

es a

lot

Jesu

s loo

ked u

p and

saw

some

rich

pe

ople

toss

ing th

eir gi

fts i

nto t

he

offer

ing bo

x. 2 He

also

saw

a poo

r wi

dow

putt

ing in

two p

ennie

s. 3 A

nd

he sa

id, “

I tell

you t

hat t

his po

or

woma

n has

put i

n mor

e tha

n all t

he

othe

rs. 4 Ev

eryo

ne el

se ga

ve w

hat

they

didn

’t ne

ed. B

ut sh

e is v

ery p

oor

and g

ave e

very

thing

she h

ad.”

This

text

is ta

ken

from

the

Con

tem

pora

ry

Engl

ish

Vers

ion

of th

e Bi

ble.

Read

I won

der

how

you

feel

abo

ut g

ivin

g ex

trav

agan

tly. T

his

coul

d be

giv

ing

your

tim

e, y

our

kind

ness

, you

r th

ings

. Wha

t cou

ld y

ou d

o to

giv

e ex

trav

agan

tly?

Hav

e yo

u ev

er g

iven

so

met

hing

whi

ch c

ost y

ou a

lo

t? It

mig

ht n

ot h

ave

been

m

oney

; may

be y

ou s

hare

d so

met

hing

pre

ciou

s to

you

or

gave

up

time

to h

elp

som

eone

.

Wha

t hap

pene

d?

Som

etim

es s

omet

hing

whi

ch

seem

s ve

ry s

mal

l can

be

very

ge

nero

us. H

ave

a lo

ok a

t #

2,

#7,

#12

and

#18

on

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Fam

ily W

allc

hart

for

som

e id

eas

of s

mal

l but

gen

erou

s th

ings

w

hich

you

cou

ld d

o th

is w

eek.

Luke

21:

1–4.

Get

a p

ile o

f (ch

ocol

ate)

coi

ns

and

give

two

to o

ne p

erso

n an

d lo

ts to

ano

ther

. In

vite

them

to a

ct o

ut th

e of

ferin

gs a

s yo

u re

ad th

e st

ory.

Extr

avag

ant

BeBe tastic

give

-

Chat

Thi

nk P

ray

Take

it in

turn

s to

hol

d tw

o co

ins

and

say,

‘L

et m

e ha

ve a

gen

erou

s he

art,

like

the

poor

wid

ow.’

Each

tim

e yo

u se

e or

hol

d co

ins

this

wee

k, s

ilent

ly

repe

at th

is.

A ge

nero

us

thou

ght

Read

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w t

he 4

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Ex

plor

ing

Gen

eros

ity is

ava

ilabl

e as

a s

ticke

r ac

tivity

boo

k w

ith 6

ext

ra s

essi

ons

from

God

Vent

ure.

co.u

k

Some

thin

g Ex

tra

...fo

r old

er c

hild

ren

and

adul

tsT

his

fam

iliar

pra

yer

is a

col

lect

ion

of d

iffer

ent

Jew

ish

pray

ers.

Wha

t do

es

this

pra

yer

mak

e yo

u th

ink

abou

t liv

ing

gene

rous

ly?

Look

aga

in a

t ve

rses

2–

5 an

d co

nsid

er h

ow g

ener

osity

cou

ld r

elat

e to

way

s to

hon

our

God

’s

nam

e, a

s w

ell a

s ho

w G

od s

ets

up H

is k

ingd

om (

v2),

giv

es u

s th

e fo

od w

e ne

ed (

v3),

and

for

give

s ou

r si

ns (

v4).

Some

thin

g Ex

tra

...fo

r old

er c

hild

ren

and

adul

ts

Jesu

s te

ache

s ho

w t

o pr

ayJe

sus

teac

hes

how

to

pray

Luke

11:

1–4.

Rea

d bo

th v

ersi

ons

here

.C

ompa

re th

em w

ith a

noth

er

Bibl

e ve

rsio

n yo

u us

e or

one

on

ww

w.b

ible

gate

way

.com

Dra

w a

pic

ture

of y

our

favo

urite

par

t of t

his

pray

er. L

earn

toge

ther

th

e ve

rsio

n us

ed a

t you

r ch

urch

or

scho

ol.

For U

nder

5s

Cont

empo

rary

Engli

sh Ve

rsion

1 W

hen J

esus

had fi

nishe

d pra

ying,

one o

f his

disc

iples

said

to hi

m,

“Lor

d, te

ach u

s to p

ray,

just a

s Joh

n ta

ught

his f

ollow

ers t

o pra

y.”2

So Je

sus t

old th

em, “

Pray

in th

is wa

y:‘Fa

ther

, help

us to

hono

ur yo

ur na

me.

Come

and s

et up

your

king

dom.

3 Gi

ve us

each

day t

he fo

od w

e nee

d.

4 Fo

rgive

our s

ins, a

s we f

orgiv

e ev

eryo

ne w

ho ha

s don

e wro

ng to

us.

And k

eep u

s fro

m be

ing te

mpte

d.’”

Read

The M

essa

ge ve

rsion

1 On

e day

he w

as pr

aying

in a

cert

ain

place

. Whe

n he fi

nishe

d, on

e of h

is di

scipl

es sa

id, “

Mas

ter, t

each

us

to pr

ay ju

st as

John

taug

ht hi

s di

scipl

es.”

2-4

So he

said

, “W

hen y

ou pr

ay, s

ay,

Fath

er,

Reve

al wh

o you

are.

Set t

he w

orld

righ

t.Ke

ep us

alive

with

thre

e squ

are

meals

.Ke

ep us

forg

iven w

ith yo

u and

fo

rgivi

ng ot

hers

.Ke

ep us

safe

from

ours

elves

and t

he

Devil

.”

Giv

e

day

a w

ay to

us e

ach

give

A ge

nero

us

thou

ght

Chat

Thi

nk P

ray

Writ

e an

d us

e yo

ur

own

fam

ily v

ersi

on o

f the

Lo

rd’s

pra

yer,

us

ing

ever

yday

wor

ds.

If y

ou’r

e lo

w o

n id

eas

of t

hing

s yo

u ca

n gi

ve, d

on’t

for

get

the

#40

acts

Fam

ily W

allc

hart

, w

hich

has

dai

ly id

eas

on g

ener

ous

thin

gs t

o do

!

Wha

t hav

e yo

u be

en g

iven

toda

y?

(The

re a

re s

ome

clue

s in

ver

ses

3 an

d 4!

) W

hat h

ave

you

give

n?

Each

day

this

wee

k, c

hat a

bout

th

ings

you

wer

e gi

ven.

Dra

w a

sm

ile to

rep

rese

nt e

ach

one.

C

hat a

bout

thin

gs y

ou h

ave

give

n an

d ad

d a

star

for

each

one

.

Sund

ay

Mon

day

Tues

day

Wed

nesd

ay

Thu

rsda

y

Frid

ay

Satu

rday

Our

Dai

ly G

ivin

g C

hart

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w t

he 4

0act

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mpa

ign

at 4

0act

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.uk

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0act

s T

@40

acts

Ex

plor

ing

Gen

eros

ity is

ava

ilabl

e as

a s

ticke

r ac

tivity

boo

k w

ith 6

ext

ra s

essi

ons

from

God

Vent

ure.

co.u

k

Act

the

stor

y ou

t usi

ng a

pl

ay h

ouse

or

kitc

hen

(or

mak

e on

e w

ith a

she

et

drap

ed o

ver

two

chai

rs, a

fe

w p

ans

and

a ju

g).

For U

nder

5s

Read

first

, plea

se m

ake a

small

piec

e of

brea

d and

bring

it to

me.

14 Th

e LOR

D Go

d of I

srae

l has

prom

ised t

hat y

our

jar of

flour

won

’t ru

n out

and y

our

bott

le of

oil w

on’t

dry u

p bef

ore h

e se

nds r

ain fo

r the

crop

s.”15

The w

idow

wen

t hom

e and

did

exac

tly w

hat E

lijah h

ad to

ld he

r. She

an

d Elija

h and

her f

amily

had e

noug

h fo

od fo

r a lo

ng ti

me. 16

The L

ORD

kept

th

e pro

mise

that

his p

roph

et El

ijah

had m

ade,

and s

he di

d not

run o

ut of

flo

ur or

oil.

This

text

is ta

ken

from

the

Con

tem

pora

ry

Engl

ish

Vers

ion

of th

e Bi

ble.

Chat

Thi

nk P

ray

Cha

t, th

ink

and

pray

abo

ut s

omeo

ne y

ou c

an

show

som

e ho

spita

lity

to, a

nd

how

it fe

els

to b

e pa

rt o

f the

an

swer

to th

eir

need

s.

Hos

pita

lity

does

n’t h

ave

to

be p

erfe

ct to

be

appr

ecia

ted!

H

ow c

ould

you

be

gene

rous

to

som

eone

in n

eed?

Coo

k a

mea

l fo

r a

fam

ily w

ith a

you

ng b

aby?

M

ake

a ca

ke fo

r so

meo

ne w

ho’s

ill

? C

all i

n fo

r a

cup

of te

a an

d a

chat

with

som

eone

who

can

’t ea

sily

get

out

? M

ake

a pl

an! U

se

the

stic

kers

to in

spire

you

.

Thi

ngs

we

find

out

abou

t th

e w

idow

I won

der

whi

ch o

f th

ese

thin

gs

jum

ps o

ut a

t yo

u.

I won

der

wha

t it

m

eans

for

you

.

1 2 3 4 5 I won

der w

hy th

e w

idow

was

gen

erou

s to

Elija

h. W

hat d

oes

vers

e 9

sugg

est

abou

t the

wid

ow’s

rela

tions

hip

with

God

? Ar

e yo

u op

en to

bei

ng

prom

pted

to g

ive

even

w

hen

you

mig

ht fe

el

you

have

ver

y lit

tle?

Something Extrafor o

lder

chi

ldre

n an

d ad

ults

13

Elija

h s t

ays

wit

h a

wido

w

Plan

som

e ge

nero

us

hosp

italit

y or

do

one

of t

hese

id

eas

on t

he

40ac

ts F

amily

Wal

lcha

rt:

#6,

#22

, #26

, #30

.

Our

Pla

n

to?

are

you

God

’s

gift

Who

A ge

nero

us

thou

ght

8 Th

e LOR

D to

ld El

ijah,

9 “Go t

o the

to

wn of

Zare

phat

h in S

idon

and l

ive

ther

e. I’v

e told

a wi

dow

in th

at to

wn

to gi

ve yo

u foo

d.”10

Whe

n Elija

h cam

e nea

r the

town

ga

te of

Zare

phat

h, he

saw

a wid

ow

gath

ering

stick

s for

a fir

e. “W

ould

yo

u plea

se br

ing m

e a cu

p of w

ater

?”

he as

ked.

11 A

s she

left

to ge

t it,

he

aske

d, “W

ould

you a

lso pl

ease

bring

me

a pie

ce of

brea

d?”

12 Th

e wid

ow an

swer

ed, “

In th

e nam

e of

the l

iving

LORD

your

God

, I sw

ear

that

I don

’t ha

ve an

y bre

ad. A

ll I ha

ve

is a h

andf

ul of

flour

and a

little

olive

oil

. I’m

on m

y way

home

now

with

th

ese f

ew st

icks t

o coo

k wha

t I ha

ve

for m

y son

and m

e. Af

ter t

hat,

we w

ill st

arve

to de

ath.”

13 El

ijah s

aid, “

Ever

ythin

g will

be fin

e. Do

wha

t you

said

. Go h

ome a

nd fix

so

meth

ing fo

r you

and y

our s

on. B

ut

1 K

ings

17:

8–16

.Pl

ace

the

follo

win

g ite

ms

on a

ta

ble

and

chal

leng

e ev

eryo

ne

to to

uch

the

item

whe

n it

is

men

tione

d in

the

stor

y: s

ticks

, cu

p, b

read

, oil

and

flour

.

Read

Dra

w o

r w

rite

a lis

t bel

ow.

Follo

w t

he 4

0act

s ca

mpa

ign

at 4

0act

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.uk

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0act

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plor

ing

Gen

eros

ity is

ava

ilabl

e as

a s

ticke

r ac

tivity

boo

k w

ith 6

ext

ra s

essi

ons

from

God

Vent

ure.

co.u

k

Zac

chae

usTo

wn:

Hei

ght:

Job:

Wea

lth:

See

vers

es 1

–2

1

Look

at N

umbe

rs 5

:6,7

. Zac

chae

us u

nder

stoo

d Je

wis

h la

w in

his

hea

d bu

t it

was

n’t u

ntil

he m

et J

esus

that

it b

ecam

e re

al fo

r him

in h

is h

eart.

Can

you

thin

k of

a ti

me

whe

n so

met

hing

in th

e Bi

ble

beca

me

real

for y

ou?

Some

thin

g Ex

tra

...fo

r old

er c

hild

ren

and

adul

ts

Zacc

haeu

s me

ets

Jesu

sLu

ke 1

9:1–

10.

Use

cho

cola

te c

oins

to e

xpla

in

earn

ing

mon

ey a

nd p

ayin

g ta

x.

Then

use

it to

sho

w Z

acch

aeus

co

llect

ing

too

muc

h, k

eepi

ng it

an

d th

en g

ivin

g it

back

plu

s m

ore.

Act

out

the

stor

y w

ith a

cr

owd

of to

ys, s

omet

hing

ta

ll to

be

a tr

ee (

e.g.

a

stac

k of

blo

cks)

, and

a

hous

e fo

r Je

sus

and

Zac

chae

us to

go

to (

e.g.

a

doll’

s ho

use

or a

box

).

For U

nder

5s

1 Je

sus w

as go

ing th

roug

h Jer

icho,

2 wh

ere a

man

name

d Zac

chae

us

lived

. He w

as in

char

ge of

colle

cting

ta

xes a

nd w

as ve

ry ri

ch. 3-

4 Je

sus

was h

eadi

ng hi

s way

, and

Zacc

haeu

s wa

nted

to se

e wha

t he w

as lik

e. Bu

t Za

ccha

eus w

as a

shor

t man

and

could

not s

ee ov

er th

e cro

wd. S

o he

ran a

head

and c

limbe

d up i

nto a

sy

camo

re tr

ee.

5 W

hen J

esus

got t

here

, he l

ooke

d up

and s

aid, “

Zacc

haeu

s, hu

rry d

own!

I wa

nt to

stay

with

you t

oday

.”

6 Zacc

haeu

s hur

ried d

own a

nd gl

adly

welco

med J

esus

.7 Ev

eryo

ne w

ho sa

w th

is st

arte

d gr

umbli

ng, “

This

man Z

acch

aeus

is a

sinne

r! An

d Jes

us is

going

home

to

eat w

ith hi

m.”

8 La

ter t

hat d

ay Za

ccha

eus s

tood

up

and s

aid to

the L

ord,

“I w

ill giv

e half

Read

of m

y pro

pert

y to t

he po

or. A

nd I w

ill no

w pa

y bac

k fou

r tim

es as

muc

h to

ever

yone

I hav

e eve

r che

ated

.”9 Je

sus s

aid to

Zacc

haeu

s, “T

oday

yo

u and

your

fami

ly ha

ve be

en

save

d, be

caus

e you

are a

true

son o

f Ab

raha

m. 10

The S

on of

Man

came

to

look f

or an

d to s

ave p

eople

who

are

lost.”

This

text

is ta

ken

from

the

Con

tem

pora

ry

Engl

ish

Vers

ion

of th

e Bi

ble.

Gen

erou

s

get it

peop

le

Chat

Thi

nk P

ray

Take

it in

turn

s to

(ca

refu

lly!)

waf

t the

ligh

t of

a c

andl

e to

war

ds y

ou

sayi

ng: “

I wel

com

e lig

ht in

m

y lig

ht.”

Waf

t the

ligh

t aw

ay

from

you

say

ing:

“I s

hare

this

lig

ht w

ith o

ther

peo

ple.

”

As

you

look

at

the

40ac

ts F

amily

W

allc

hart

, be

insp

ired

in y

our

gene

rosi

ty.

Zac

chae

usW

ante

d to

see

:

Prob

lem

:

Act

ion

take

n:

See

vers

es 3

–4

2

Zac

chae

usSu

rpri

sed

by:

Act

ion

take

n:

See

vers

es 5

–63

A ge

nero

us

thou

ght

Zac

chae

usH

ad d

inne

r w

ith:

See

vers

es 6

–7

4

I won

der

wha

t th

ey

said

ove

r th

eir

mea

l.

Zac

chae

usA

ctio

n ta

ken:

See

vers

es 8

–9

5

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Ex

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eros

ity is

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ilabl

e as

a s

ticke

r ac

tivity

boo

k w

ith 6

ext

ra s

essi

ons

from

God

Vent

ure.

co.u

k

Writ

e or

dra

w th

e de

tails

on

each

car

d.

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