ELEMENTARY KIDS & FAMILIES
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This resource is designed to allow your family to have time in God’s Word BEFORE your children attend church. Because God’s plan is for parents to be the primary spiritual nurturers of their children’s faith, we want YOU to be the one to introduce this part of The Big God Story to them. For additional support in spiritual parenting and to learn more about creating transforming environments in your home, be sure to pick up HomeFront: A Spiritual Parenting Resource from your church or download at HomeFrontMag.com. You can also access the HomeFront app for your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
Younger Kids
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• By giving the Law, God formally invited the Israelites into His covenant with them.
Your child may be concerned with rules and fairness. Being consistent in your correction will teach her to value the structure in your home.
• Through this covenant, God showed His people how to live. • Eventually the Mosaic covenant and laws would be replaced with the new covenant through Jesus. • God gives us the opportunity to be a part of His family by choosing to follow Him.
Older Kids Your child may place a high value on the privileges he has within your home. Removing privileges may be an effective form of course correction.
God Claims His People Part of The Big God Story Exodus 19—21; 24
God gives the Israelites the Ten Commandments.
Just for Fun
lot of noise. Grab pots and Gather some items that will make a some instrumental music find or on bang pans for your kids to there was a lot of noise to play loudly. Explain to your kids thatthe people to meet with and commotion as Moses brought what it must have been God. Encourage your kids to imagine pots and pans. Then like, and invite them to bang on the 14–19. –7, 19:1 dus read Exo
Remember Verse for the environment of COURSE CORRECTION
Teachable Moments
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:11
After reading Scripture, discuss the following together: • What did God tell the Israelites to do? • What do you think God meant when He said His people would be His “treasured possession”? • Why does God want us to live different from other people?
Blessing For more information about blessing your child see the Blessing section in HomeFront: A Spiritual Parenting Resource.
A blessing to pray over your child: (Insert child’s name), may God assure you that you are His treasured possession. © 2013 David C Cook. TruResources are developed in partnership with ROCKHARBOR Church and a national network of family and children’s ministry leaders. All rights reserved.