WELCOME TO WEEK 1

We are each made unique with our own special skills and talents God has given us. What are some things you enjoy doing and do very well? God designed you that way! We can know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 

Psalm 139

BIBLE STORY

What are some things that are special to you? What makes them special? God designed each of us special. Let’s look at how God made each of us. As a family, look at the different features you each have. Compare your eyes, hair color, skin color, height, talents and interests. Are all of us exactly the same? No we are not, and yet we are all in the same family. We may have things that are similar like the same eye color or hair color, but there are things that are different as well. We may also have different interest and skills. The skills or talents that you have are not by accident but by God’s design. He made you for a purpose and knows exactly how you can use those talents. 

God is proud of His creation of you! Have you ever created something you were really proud of? Some people might call their creation a masterpiece. Let’s look at some pictures of things people have considered a masterpiece.

God considers you His masterpiece, and that means you are wonderfully made.

Read or listen to the scripture story in Psalm 139

Who wrote Psalm 139? (David)

Name a place where David said that God is present? (Heaven, Sheol, eastern horizon, western limits, darkness, light.

When did God know you? (Before we formed)

Tell one of the ways the Psalms describes how God created us. (In our mothers womb, wonderfully, in the depths of the earth)

Does God know what our future will be? (“All my days were written in your book before one of them began”)

What did the psalmist compare God’s thoughts to? (The number of grains of sands)

What did the psalmist want God to search? (His heart to see if there was anything offensive in him)

BIBLE STORY ACTIVITY

It is wonderful to know that God knows exactly who I am. It is also wonderful to know that no matter where we are, God is there. We can not find a place where God is not present there. He even knew us before we were born! God saw us before we were made and knew all of our days to come. We are not here by accident, we were a part of God’s plan. That makes you a wonderful creation! 

Activity

God knew exactly what you would like and the talents you would have from before you were born. Use this attached person outline to decorate it to look like you. Then complete the “I am” and “I can” statements about yourself. Who has God designed you to be and what are some things He has designed you to do.

Materials: printed “I am and I can self picture”, pencil, crayons or colored pencils

Alternate

God is a master creator. He did not create anything by accident but it is all a part of His plan. God created humans to design as well. We have the ability to design and create things that we often call a masterpiece. God can create anything from nothing, just by speaking. We create new things from existing things. Look at the following pictures and decide which masterpiece was created by humans and which were created by God. The things God has created, man can not duplicate.

Materials: pictures of God or Man creations

Independent activity:

God created each of us with a purpose. Complete the following activity sheet. God put us together, you can put together the bone skeleton. Write the ways God has made your hair, skin, and eyes unique and special.

Materials: printed activity sheet, pencil, crayon, scissors, glue, construction paper

ARTS & CAFTS

CRAFT 1

Use a piece of construction paper to cut out at large heart. On a black sheet of paper, glue small pieces of colorful construction paper in various places on the paper to make it look like patchwork. Using the person cutout, trace the outline onto the patched black construction paper and then cut it out. Glue the patchwork person to the center of the cutout heart. Along the top of the heart write “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm 139:14.

Materials: •Blank person cutout, construction paper in various colors including black, glue, scissors, markers 

Craft 2

Coloring page

Materials: printed coloring sheet, crayons

FOLLOW-UP

What makes you wonderful?

Does God know if you are sitting or standing right now?

How does it make you feel to know that wherever you go, God is there?

Have you ever been lost?

Did you want your mom, dad or someone you knew to know where to find you?

Did it take them a long time to find you?

Did God know where you were the entire time?

We were wonderfully made by God, He has not forgotten us. He knows us better than anyone. He knows the things we like and what we are good at. You can trust that God has a plan for you because He knew you before you were born and he knew all your days before 1 came to be. That makes you wonderful. 

Practical Application at Home

God made us as His masterpiece and he gave us the ability to create things as well. A masterpiece is something incredible that someone creates, which could be anything. You could create a masterpiece of food, music, art, or writing. Look at the following examples and try to create your own masterpiece or recreate their masterpiece. As a family, try to create something together that you all can call your masterpiece.

Poem: Write your own cinquain poem. (See an example here)

1st line: one word (a noun or subject of the poem)

2nd line: two words (adjectives to describe noun or subject in line 1)

3rd line: three words (-ing action verbs related to subject in line 1)

4th line: four words (phrase or sentence to show feelings about subject in line 1)

5th line: one word ( a synonym about subject in line 1, sums up it all up)

Music: Create a new song using an instrument you can play or are learning to play. Give your new song a title, praising God for the gift He’s given you of music.

Art: See the following how to videos that give step by step instructions on how to create the picture.

pig drawing- (preschool): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNzh5gyOIc

bubble gum drawing- (elementary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7zWxiQiE4

Food: Try this recipe at home with your family:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKPbCVYYzbw (7 layer bars)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6mFRDkZWhM (mini fruit pizzas)

Additional Resources

Outings to Reinforce Lesson

Go to a park and spend time in worship and prayer. Ask God to show you ways to trust him and listen to his voice.