4. How does God “shelter,” or protect us, from evil? (He saves us from Satan’s deliberate attacks, death, our fears, sickness, punishment, etc.)

5. What animal is used to compare God’s protection? (A bird, verse 4 – “He will cover you with His feathers.”)

6. How is this an accurate description of God’s desire to protect us? (Because a mother bird will use her wings to shield her young from danger.)

7. So, how is God a Mighty Fortress for us? (Because when we know God and draw near to Him, He will protect us like a fortress protects the people inside.)

8. Why does He protect us? (Because of His great love!)

Conclusion: The Bible teaches us that drawing near to God will result in His perfect protection. God acts as a Mighty Fortress, or shield, between us and evil. And when we trust in God’s protection, we don’t have to fear what could happen to us. As children of God who have accepted His free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, we can be assured of His ability to protect us from harm.

Read Psalm 91:9-16 (God provides spiritual shelter.)

Discussion Questions:

1. What is a refuge? (A shelter or safe place.)

2. What happens when we make the Lord our refuge? (No harm will overtake us.)

3. Who will God command to guard us? (His angels!)

4. What does “you will trample the great lion and serpent” mean? (That God will provide protection from all manner of evil, no matter how fierce or subtle our enemies may be.)

5. Why will the Lord rescue us? (Because we love Him and acknowledge His name.)

6. What does God promise when we “call” on Him? (That He will answer.)

7. How is God with us during trouble? (By delivering and honoring us.)

8. What else does God promise when we follow Him? (Long life and salvation.)

Conclusion: The Lord is our refuge, or shelter, from evil. He promises to help us and even send His angels to guard us from harm. God is very interested in being a part of our lives and is ready to answer us when we are in need. Isn’t it awesome to know that the King of the Universe provides for us? He truly is our trustworthy Refuge.

Directions

1.You can put a 10 minute youtube timer on the TV and give them 10 minutes to see who can build the strongest fortress!

Directions:

1. Have children cut out their hand prints on construction paper for a total of 6 hand prints.

2. Have children cut out one of their foot prints form construction paper for a total of 1 foot.

3. Use the footprint as the base and draw a bird eye and beak from the heel of the foot with the toes pointing towards the birds tail.

4. Glue the hand prints on to the bird as shown in the picture to make the birds wings.

Relate it to the scripture by reminding children that we are under God's wings.

Divide your children up into teams. Give each child a Feather. Mark a starting point and an ending point. On the word go the first player in each team places his feather on the floor and uses a piece of cardboard to blow the feather across the room to the end mark and then back again. When the first player returns, the second player goes, and so on until the whole team has had a turn. The first team to have all their players cross the finish line wins. Preschool children will just enjoy trying to get their feathers across the line without touching them.

Place balls on the floor and have a relay race to see which team can retrieve all the balls by picking them up with their chins and placing them in a bowl or bucket. First team done wins.