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Story Preparation: Find a place in your home to worship with the story.
Sing: “Be Still and Know that I Am God”
Be Still and Know I am God, Be Still and Know I am God, Be Still and Know I am God.
Center Your Mind and Body
Share the Story: of “Abram and Sarai” Young Children and Worship by Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman
Genesis 12-13
The desert is a strange and wild place. At night it is very cold, but in the day it is burning hot. There is almost no water at all….. The desert is always changing. The wind comes. And as it blows it shapes and molds. So the desert is never the same.
Once Abram…
And Sarai…
Lived in the beautiful city of Haran.
The one true God loved Abram and Sarai.
One day God said to them, “Move from your home. I will give you a new home and a new land. It’s all right to go. I will be with you. And I will bless you….
And I will make you a blessing.”
Abram and Sarai looked across the desert. It would be sad to leave their home and their friends.
They wondered if they would be safe. Would God be with them?
Abram and Sarai went. They trusted the one true God to show them the way.
They came to Shechem in the land of Canaan. God had been with them in Haran.
But would God be here too?
Then God said to them, “Look. Look at all this land….I will give this to your children.”
Abram and Sarai were so happy that God was with them, they couldn’t help but give thanks to God. So they built a special place, an altar and prayed their thanks to God.
Then they moved on to a place near Bethel.
And God was there too. Abram and Sarai were so happy that God was with them, they couldn’t help but give thanks to God. So they built an altar and prayed their thanks.
Then there came a great famine so there was not enough food to eat. They were very hungry. So Abram and Sarai moved to the land of Egypt for food.
Abram was scared. He was scared of the people of Egypt. He forgot that God had promised to be with him. But God did not forget. God kept Abram and Sarai safe. The Egyptians were good to them, and gave them food and animals… Abram and Sarai moved back to the land of Canaan, the land God promised to give them, to a place called Hebron.
Abram and Sarai wondered if God would be here too. God had been with them in Haran…and in Shechem, and near Bethel, and in Egypt. Would God be in Hebron too? Then God said to them, “I will give you many children to live in this land.” Abram and Sarai were so happy that God was with them they couldn’t help but give thanks to God. So they built an altar and prayed their thanks…
To the one true God who was with them.
Now Abram and Sarai knew that the one true God who spoke to them and showed them the way….
Was in every place…
And in every time….
Just as God promised.
Wonder:
I wonder what is the most important part of this story?
I wonder where you are in this story?
I wonder how this story helps us listen to children?
Response:
If you would like to make something that shows how this story feels to you. You may use any art materials that are available to you.
Read Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4.
Share: We would love you to share your responses on our Light a Candle With Children Facebook page at facebook.com/LightaCandleforChildren.
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