Unit 3: Serving God When It’s Hard
Lesson 11: Joseph and His Brothers
Lesson Concept: Service When Wronged
Instructional Objectives: 1. The student will recite Matthew 5:44 from memory by the following week’s class. 2. The student will participate in the life application questions and discussion. 3. The student will return an answer sheet for the challenge question by the following week.
Materials Needed: Bible, Verse reminders to give to students, Verse and song visuals.
Opening Activities: Review last week’s verse. Sing: I Have Decided To Follow Jesus, and Do You Know?
Memory Verse Activity: Color Sequence: Beforehand write each phrase of the verse out on a different colored piece of paper. Line the verse up …show more content…
Review the previous week’s lesson on the slave girl and Naaman the leper. Ask questions over the previous lesson: Who was Naaman? What was his job? Who told Naaman to visit the prophet? A. Review the previous unit’s theme: Who are we to serve? We are to serve strangers, those in the ministry, the poor, the people in the church, and those in authority. B. Ask students if they have ever had someone wrong them? What is very nice? Was it funny? Were they angry and get into a fight with that person? This Bible lesson is about a man named Joseph who was treated very badly by his brothers; in fact, they sold him as a slave! What do you think Joseph did? Did he try to get even with his …show more content…
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