Goodman’s Global Games

Lesson Seven: Sunday, January 11th Main Point: I Will Honor God With My Actions!

The children will learn that we should act in a way that brings honor to God and not to ourselves.

Arrive and Welcome Kids 9:00 10:45Welcome/Prayer/Announcements/Offering 9:15 11:00Worship/Communion/Large Group Teaching 9:20 11:05Huddle Time 10:00 11:45Classroom Checkout 10:30 12:15

9:15 + 11:00 - Chris Langley

Bible Story Eli (1 Samuel 2:12-36)

Bible Verse Romans 2:7Huddle Activities Review: Goodman’s Challenging

Cool-Down Challenge.

Don’t Dis Honor

Stop Honor Time

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Goodman’s Challenging Goodman’s Challenging Cool-Down ChallengeCool-Down Challenge

Weekly Review Activity Weekly Review Activity Lesson 7 - I Will Honor God With My Actions!Lesson 7 - I Will Honor God With My Actions!

PURPOSE: This is a strategic time to review and reinforce the content of the lesson.

DESCRIPTION: The children will compete to answer review questions and then perform exercise challenges to earn points for their teams.

MATERIALS NEEDED: For this activity you will need this Help Sheet (review questions on page 2), and any materials listed below for the type(s) of exercise challenges you want the children to attempt.

Note: These are suggestions for exercise challenges. Feel free to adapt or replace these to fi t the needs of your space.

Sit Ups - (Materials Needed: none.) Children have 30 seconds to do as many sit ups as possible.Jumping Jacks - (Materials Needed: none.) Children have 30 seconds to do as many jumping jacks as possible.Push Ups - (Materials Needed: none.) Children have 30 seconds to do as many push ups as possible.Step Ups - (Materials Needed: A step or concrete block.) Children have 30 seconds to do as many step ups as possible.

TO INTRODUCE THE ACTIVITY SAY:1. Competing in these games was a great workout today, but now it’s time to cool down with Goodman’s

Challenging Cool Down Challenge!2. You will answer some questions and do some individual challenges to fi nd out if you remember what

we learned today!

For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Small Group Leader DVD.

Note: Choose a competitor from each team. Ask the review questions by reading from the screen or from page 2 of this Help Sheet.

TO LEAD THE ACTIVITY SAY:1. First, I will ask a question about today’s lesson.2. If you answer the question correctly, I will give you thirty seconds to earn points for your team by

completing as many reps of one of our scoring activities as you can.3. Get ready for the fi rst question!

After all the questions, return to the script to close the service.

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Ask the following questions and ask for volunteers to answer. If they answer correctly, press “play” on your DVD.

1. True or false? Things will turn out better for us if we choose to honor God.A. True. Honoring God will be better for everyone in the long run.

B. False. It is better to spend time bringing honor to yourself.

2. What are the ways we honor God?A. We honor God by going to church only twice a year.B. We honor God by only worrying about ourselves and by being selfi sh.C. We honor God through surprise parties.D. We honor God through worship, obedience, and showing the world that we respect Him.

3. Name three ways that you can honor God while at school. (Possible answers: Pray before you eat your lunch, invite others to come with you to church, tell

others about Jesus, talk and act in ways that please God.)

4. In the Bible Lesson, how were Hophni and Phineas dishonoring God?A. They never cleaned up the Tabernacle and it became really messy.B. They went around saying bad things about God.C. They stole from God by taking sacrifi ces meant for Him and kept them for themselves. D. They threw things at the people who came to worship God.

5. In the Skit, what was wrong with the routine Coach Locke wanted the long jumper to perform?A. The routine would have brought honor to the long jumper instead of bringing honor to God.B. The routine would have brought honor to Coach Locke instead of bringing honor to God.

C. The routine was boring and needed something cool like fi reworks.D. Nothing was wrong, the routine was great.

6. Fill in the blanks. “He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the ___________ and ___________ and immortality that God off ers.” Romans 2:7 (NLT)A. glory, honor.

B. peace, wisdom.C. joy, love. D. presents, candy.

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Don’t Dis HonorApplication Activity

Lesson 7 - I Will Honor God With My Actions!

PURPOSE: This activity will show the children that acting with dishonor, destroys our honor, not the other person’s.

DESCRIPTION: The children will play a game in which they will tear paper and throw it as an example of showing dishonor to others.

MATERIALS NEEDED: You will need this Help Sheet, a coin, and tape. For each child you will need the “My Honor Page Lesson 7” from the Lesson Materials CD-ROM.

Note: Fold and tape closed the My Honor Pages ahead of time so that the children cannot see what is written inside.

TO INTRODUCE THE ACTIVITY:1. Let’s say our Main Point together. I Will Honor God With My Actions! 2. We have been learning today that anytime we don’t show honor, we bring dishonor to God.3. Some people use the word, “dis” to mean dishonor or disrespect.4. “Dis” can also be a prefix for words like “disassemble” which means to take apart.5. We are going to see today what happens when we dis others.

For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Small Group Leader DVD.

Note: Have all the children sit in a circle and hand them the rolled up My Honor Pages.

DURING THE ACTIVITY:1. All of you will first flip this coin. If the coin lands on heads, you will show honor in the game.2. If the coin lands on tails, you will show dishonor in the game.3. One at a time you will come to the center and be the Target.4. You must flip the coin again to see if you will be the Target of honor or the Target of dishonor.5. If you flip and it lands “heads” then all those who got heads when they flipped the coin will get up and

honor you by giving you a high-five, a thumbs up, a handshake, or a hug.6. If you flip and it lands “tails” then all those who got tails will laugh at you and tear off a piece of their

paper and throw it at you.

Note: Keep playing until all of the children have had at least one chance to have paper thrown at them.

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AFTER THE ACTIVITY:1. Throwing the paper at the Target was a pretty good visual of what it is like when we throw dishonor at

someone in our lives.2. Now I want to reveal what is on your papers. I want you to unfold them now.3. The papers say Honor on them. Those of you who dissed our Targets by throwing paper at them

answer this question. Whose honor were you destroying? Yours or the Targets’? (Mine. Ours.)4. When we dis others and don’t show honor, we are actually disassembling and destroying our own

honor, not theirs.5. The only people in this circle whose honor is intact are the ones who never dissed others.6. In this game it was determined ahead of time whether you would show honor or not. You didn’t have

a choice.7. In life you do have a choice to show honor and you can decide ahead of time to do it.

CLOSING STATEMENT:When we dis honor others or dishonor God, THEY don’t lose honor. We do. When we dis others, we are really dis-honoring ourselves.

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Stop. Honor TimeApplication Activity

Lesson 7 - I Will Honor God With My Actions!

PURPOSE: This activity will help the children make a specific plan to honor others with their actions.

DESCRIPTION: The children will make a schedule to honor people with their actions this week.

MATERIALS NEEDED: You will need this Help Sheet. Each child will need writing materials, scissors, a glue stick, and the “Honor Time Schedule Lesson 7” and “Honor Time Activities Lesson 7” from the Lesson Materials CD-ROM.

TO INTRODUCE THE ACTIVITY:1. Let’s say our Main Point together. I Will Honor God With My Actions! 2. It’s easy to say that we will honor people with our actions, but we are going to do more than

that today.3. We are going to make a specific schedule and plan to honor some people with our actions this week.4. Then I expect you to honor the schedule you make and actually do the actions that we put down.5. Let’s get started.

For detailed instructions on how to lead the activity, see the Small Group Leader DVD.

DURING THE ACTIVITY:1. There are five categories of honor that you can choose from: pray, talk about church and invite friends,

sing a song to God, do something to help someone else, and share what you have with others.2. In each category that you choose you will need to come up with a specific action that you choose.3. For example, if you choose the category of doing something to help someone else, you will need to

come up with a specific action. For example: raking my neighbor’s yard, or cleaning up after dinner without being asked.

4. Choose one category for each day and glue it down. Then write in your specific action.

Note: Be ready to make suggestions of specific actions if the children cannot think of any. Some suggestions are listed with the Honor Actions Categories below.• Pray - Pray in front of your friends, for example: at lunch at school. Pray for your friends. Pray with your

friends about their problems.• Talk about church and invite friends - Tell your friends what you learned about at church this week. Invite

your friends to come to church with you. Tell your friends how much fun you have at church.• Sing a song to God - Sing worship songs in the car with your family. Teach one of your friends the motions

to one of our songs from church. Sing one of our church songs to God in the morning when you get up.

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• Do something to help someone else - Clean your brother or sister’s room for them. Offer to get your parents something to drink. Clean something around the house without being asked.

• Share what you have with others - Save some money and buy a small present for someone. Bring an extra dessert to share. Give away some of your nice clothes. Choose some toys or games to sell and give the money to the church or to the needy.

AFTER THE ACTIVITY:1. Opportunities to act with honor will pop up in life from time to time and we should act with honor at

those times, but we should also make plans to honor others.2. Be sure to honor your plans and carry out these honorable actions this week.

CLOSING STATEMENT:Honoring others doesn’t happen by accident. We have to make an effort and plan to honor others whenever we can.

Honor Time Schedule

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Honor Time Activities Lesson 7

Pray Pray

Talk About Church and Invite Friends

Talk About Church and Invite Friends

Sing A Song To God

Sing A Song To God

Do Something to Help Someone Else

Do Something to Help Someone Else

Share What You Have With Others

Share What You Have With Others

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