Sept. 30, 2012 "The Bible is God's Message for Me"- Session 2 (continued)

The Fall session of extra Bible Curriculum material for 5th graders, Session 2,   has lessons teaching: 

• topic #4 of "The Bible is God's Message for Me" (‘BGMM’), covering the major topic of Salvation and JESUS our Savior; and also 
• topic #1` of “On the Right Path” (‘OTRP’) -- that there is a Right Path, following Jesus, and they have to choose to either serve Jesus, or to follow “The Way of the World”.     

OTRP topic #1 also includes teaching about the identity of the believer, as a child of God, and their God-given destiny, for this life.  God promises them He will give them “a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).   Being On the Right Path is the way to receive what God has planned for us.

This class has been planned as the final class to cover Session 2.   As the remainder of this Lesson Summary shows, the Session 2 material was not completely covered.    There were some student questions that generated good discussion, and there were also incidents of  student misbehavior requiring correction and then re-correcting continued misbehavior, multiple times thereafter.     Since these students did not show the proper attitude toward Christian Education and  proper respect for the correction given by the instructor, further consequences will be imposed in future classes, so that other students can have the teaching planned for the class, without disruption.

A copy of the Class Notes handout for this class can be viewed online, by clicking   HERE .
The lesson began with comments referring to page one of the handout, which was covered last week.  This included explanation and discussion of John 3: 17.   Then presentation of the OTRP material began, by emphasizing, and having the entire class recite out-loud The sentence from the top of page two:

God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.

The first step in that plan is -- “Come to JESUS”  

Using the OTRP-diagram of the two paths in life, it was explained that there are a lot of side roads and detours on the other, worldly path, and some of them can lead to very evil things. On the Right Path, you follow Jesus; there are no detours on that path, and if we fall off or walk off the Right Path, God provides a way to get back.   Then using the first of the three verses from Jeremiah 29 that are part of the OTRP teaching on God’s destiny for us, verse 11, we explained that God is always working with three generations in the Church - three age-categories: (1) grandparents, (2) parents, and (3) kids.   God’s plans for our lives are good, will give us a sense of peace,  and will be what Jesus called “the abundant life.”    No time remained in the class period, for studying the remainder of the class handout  and for further OTRP teaching on topic #1.   The class ended with giving the Memory Verse assignments for next week and with the closing prayer.

The Emphasis Memory Verse will continue as a verse for reciting next week -- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (HCSB),    The HCSB text is shown below:

13 Be alert, stand firm in the faith, act like a man, be strong. 14 Your every action must be done with love.  

The other verse presented in class, Romans 5:8  can still be a verse for reciting  next week., and John 3:17 was  also assigned for next week.  The final verse from the OTRP lesson, Jeremiah 29:11  will be assigned as Memory Verse on 10/7/12..