Dear Parents, We hope the following summary of the Sunday School lesson will help you in discussing the lesson with your children and working through this booklet together. SCRIPTURE PASSAGE:
Ezra 5:1-6:10, 20-22; Haggai 1:1-14
Ezra & Nehemiah
BIBLE STORY SUMMARY:
God stirred up the heart of the prophet Haggai, and he called the people to return to God. They listened to him, and they began again to work on rebuilding the temple. Their enemies heard about it, and they came to stop them, but God was with them and let them keep building while a letter was sent to Darius, the king of Babylon, to decide if the work should continue. The king wrote back and said that the work should go on and that they should complete the temple and he provided money for the sacrifices and the work. They completed the temple and worshipped God. LESSON FOCUS:
God calls us to a life that is focused first on Him. When God is with me, I can do courageous things, standing up for Him and what He wants.
WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT GOD:
God is always working in my life to draw me to Him.
It is God who changes people and things; I need to listen to Him.
RESPONSE:
To look for times when I can be a bold servant for Him who gives me courage.
To always be ready, or to be getting ready, to do His work in my life.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. How did the people get interested again in working on the temple? (Haggai the prophet spoke to them after God spoke to him, and the people wanted to obey God, Haggai 1:12-14) 2. What did the king find out that Cyrus had decided should be done about the temple? (Cyrus had ordered that the temple be rebuilt, and that he would pay for offerings and supplies so that the God of the Jews would be on his side, Ezra 6:3-10) Copyright 2009 Berean Baptist Church 309 E County Road 42 Burnsville, Minnesota 55306 952.432.7168
The Temple is Complete This Week’s Memory Verse:
Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:9
January 20, 2013
Read Haggai 1:3-11
Monday—Haggai’s Prophecy—Wake Up Call The Israelites had been ordered to stop building the temple about 15 years before Haggai’s prophecy.
________________ for you _____________ to be _______________ in your _________________ ____________ , while this ____________ remains in _______________?” Fill in the blanks: Haggai 1:4 “Is it a
What house was in ruin?
_____________________
The Israelites had lost sight of God and started filling their lives up with other things. What kind of things does it say they were busy with?
1. ______________________________ 2. ______________________________ 3. ______________________________
Name three things that you often put before God:
1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________
It’s all messed up! The words in this verse somehow got all mixed up! Can you put them back in order?
Peter brothers undergoing resist the sufferings because you are the 1 world that throughout kind standing him in the same 9:5 of your firm ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________
Read Your verse 3 times
Tuesday—Back To Work!
Friday– Listening and Following
God spoke to the Israelites through the prophet Just like God spoke to the Israelites and wanted them to obey and follow Him, He wants us to listen for His voice and follow Him. Read these questions below and check the box of two things you want more of.
Will you think about what you can do for God to show Him that you love Him?
Can you spend some time praying each day when you wake up in the morning?
Will you make time to read your Bible? Will you set aside money for offering? Will you talk to someone about Jesus?
__________________________ . (Zerubbabel, Haggai, Isaiah) Who does it say obeyed the voice of the Lord?
Z _____________________________ J _____________________________ The whole r _________________ ________ _________ p _____________________ Who was the King when work on the temple resumed?
___________________________
Will you honor God with your thoughts? Will you think first about what Jesus would do? Will you act with kindness toward your siblings and friends? Will you obey your parents and not argue with them?
Read Haggai 1:12-14
What is the temple called? The ___________ of the ______________ Almighty. Read Corinthians 6:19. What does it say is a temple of God?
____________________________________ V. 19 says,
“_______________________________”. Just like the Israelites took care of the temple building, we need to take care of our bodies. What is something you could do to take care of your body?”
_____________________________________
Read Ezra 5:3-4, 11-14
Wednesday—Opposition Again ?!?
After the Israelites started building the temple again, who asked them who had authorized the rebuilding of the temple? (Circle all the right answers) 1. Titus 2. Timothy 3. Tattenoil 4. Shethar-Bozeni 5. Barnabas Who did the Israelites say they were? “We are __________
____________ _____ ____________ ___________ ___________ _________ ____________ __________.”
Thursday—God Is Always At Work! Did the Israelites have to stop their work while the letter was sent to King Darius? Yes No Why not? “But the
___________
_____________ issued a ______________ ____________ this _____________ of __________________.”
Yes No
Would you have been scared? Probably Definitely Probably Not
___________ was
_____________________. -el + s
to
Do you think the Israelites were scared when these men came to them and opposed their work?
of
______________ing over the ___________ of the
Who gave them permission to rebuild the temple? “King
Read Ezra 5:5; 6:6-9
Summarize what King Darius told Tattenai and Shethar—Bozenai:
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ God was at work! Is He still at work?
Yes No Always
Sometimes Write about a time when you saw him at work.
_____________________________________ _____________________________________