Invisible
WELCOME TO WEEK 4
Do you think it would be fun to have an invisible friend? Someone that no one could see but you knew they were there? That may pose a few problems, but the idea sounds fun. Ww might not always know if our friend was in the room with us. We can not see Jesus, but we know He is always with us guiding us. Let’s find out how we can have strong faith even though we can not see God.
BIBLE STORY
Play a game of invisible Pictionary. Air draw items and have the audience guess what is being drawn. Have each player take a turn, and decide what they will draw. You can pick a theme that everyone draw from or it can be open to each player to choose their item to draw.
Let’s play a game of invisible Pictionary! We will each take a turn drawing a picture in the air with no paper. Everyone else will try to guess what we drew.
Was it hard to know what was being drawn when you couldn’t see it? Although it would have been easier to guess the items if we could see what was being drawn, we knew the person drawing had a plan for their picture. We can’t see Jesus with our eyes, but we can trust that Jesus is still with us. We can feel his presence and see how he changes our lives. This month we’ve learned that sometimes things can seem backwards when we follow Jesus but His way is better than ours. This week we will see how Jesus is still with us even when we can not see Him with our eyes. We can see that we can be more sure of who Jesus is even though we can not see Him.
Read or listen to the scripture Luke 9:28-36
Why did Jesus take Peter, James and John to the mountain to do? (Pray)
What began to happen as he prayed? (His face began to change and his clothes bright like lightning)
Who were the two men that appeared in glorious splendor? (Moses and Elijah)
What were Peter, James and John doing while Jesus was talking? (Were sleepy but became fully awake to see Jesus talking to the men)
What did Peter say to the men as they were leaving? (It is good for us to be here, let us put up 3 shelters )
What happened while Peter was speaking? (A cloud appeared and covered them)
How did Peter, James and John feel about the cloud? (They were afraid as they began to enter it)
What did the voice from the cloud say? ( This is my Son, whom I have chosen, Listen to him)
What did the disciples do after the cloud Elijah and Moses were gone? (They kept what they saw to themselves and didn’t tell anyone what they saw)
BIBLE STORY ACTIVITY
Activity
Even though we can’t see something, it doesn’t mean it does not exist. Let’s play a memory game and see how many items you can remember when you can no long see them. Have several items hidden in a bag. Place 3-5 items on a tray or an area in front of you. Let your child see the items for about a minute, then cover the items or remove the out of sight. Ask the child to tell you all of the items that were on the tray. Be sure to bring the tray back out where your child can see you didn’t take any items away and to check how many they remembered. Repeat this activity switching different items and adding more items to show at a time. Was that an easy or hard game? When there were only a few items on display it was probably easier to remember, but as the amount got larger, it may have been harder. Did you trust that all of the items were still there even though you could’t see them? Jesus is with us even though we can’t see Him, we can trust that He will never leave us.
Materials: scenarios
Alternate
Play a game of truth or story. Have each person write 3 things they’ve seen with their own eyes that is unbelievable. Write a few extra cards that are unbelievable but also not true. Place all the cards in a box. Have a player choose a card to read from the box out loud and decide if they think it is true or a made-up story. If it is true, have the person who wrote the card tell that it was theirs and that it is a true story. It is hard to believe something that sounds unbelievable that we also didn’t see with our own eyes. We can trust that what we read in the Bible is true, even when it sounds unbelievable and we didn’t see it with our own eyes. We can trust that God’s word is flawless so the stories are true, not make-up.
Materials: index cards, pencil/pen, small box to place cards
Independent activity:
Practice creating invisible messages for your family to read or discover. On a sheet of white paper, write a message in white crayon. Then have your friend or family member color or paint the sheet of paper with water colors to discover the message you wrote. Jesus may not be visible with our eyes, but we can trust He is with us always.
Materials: White sheet of paper, white crayon, colored crayons or water colors
ARTS & CAFTS
CRAFT 1
Make your own wind chimes using recycled items or things you find around the house. Watch this instructional video
Materials: Various household items, string, scissors, glue
Craft 2
Coloring page
Materials: printed coloring sheet, crayons
FOLLOW-UP
What are some things listed in this verse that you can not see? Angels, demons, future, powers. There is a list of things here that are visible and some that are invisible to us, but this verse tells us there is nothing visible or invisible that will keep or tear us away from the love of God. We don’t have to worry about the things we can not see, the future we can not predict, or the troubles that are yet to come, we are conquerors through Jesus who loves us. He has already conquered all of the visible and invisible things we can not see.
What are some visible things you may worry about?
What are some invisible things that bring you worry?
How can we know that Jesus has already conquered those things?
How can we also be conquerors over the things that may come up against us?
Who did the disciples see on the mount of transfiguration?
How did the disciples know it was God speaking when they could not see anything?
How can we be sure of God’s presence with us when we also can not see Him?
Practical Application at Home
Have you ever used a compass before? With a compass it will always point North, no matter what direction you are facing. The needle will always show you the direction North because of the gravitational pull a the North Pole. Even though this pull is invisible and we can’t see it, it is very helpful in keeping your directions straight. You can trust it to lead you in the right direction. We can trust Jesus even more than earth’s compass God created. When we follow Jesus, He will guide us the direction He wants us to go and never leave us. We can trust that His plan is better for us than the plan we have for ourselves.
Think of several areas in your life where you currently need God to lead you. When we say that God is sovereign over our life, we need to allow Him to be sovereign over all areas of our life. Think about how God can be sovereign over your money, school, friends, extracurricular activities, and future goals. Complete these sentence/prayers for God to lead you in these areas. Create more sentences for other areas of your life as needed.
God I want you to lead my finances…please show me how to _______________
God I want you to lead my friendships…please show me how to _____________
God I want you to lead my school life…please show me how to _____________
God I want you to lead my future plans…please show me how to ____________
God I want you to lead my __________…please show me how to ___________
Additional Resources
Outings to Reinforce Lesson
Enjoy the cool weather and take a nature walk. Observe the things God created and how they work together in His plan. What part do each of us play in God’s plan for us?