JOY
Keeping to the structure of Sunday School, this lesson includes praise and worship, a lesson video, a teacher's sharing, and activity instructions and resources. Please pray with your child/ren before you start and follow the progression of the lesson by watching and engaging with the resources sequentially.
KEY PASSAGE
Genesis 45:1-8
Joseph Makes Himself Known
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.
3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence.
4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
Genesis 47:12
Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.
Genesis 50:20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
SCRIPTURE READING
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
MEMORY VERSE
A joyful heart is good medicine.
Proverbs 17:22
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
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LESSON VIDEO
Age 3-7
TEACHER'S SHARING
ACTIVITY + RESOURCES (below)
Age 3 - 6:
Activity: Colour in 'Joy'
Colour in the sheet
Stick in your fridge/bathroom mirror/somewhere that you visit often to remind you and your family to always be filled with joy.
Age 7 - 13:
Activity: Joy accordian
Print this out, colour it and fold along the lines to create your own joy accordian
PRAYER POINTS
Praise God that we can be back at school!
For God to be our only source of joy, comfort, and peace during this time
Protection for our more vulnerable, elderly brothers and sisters at Church
For brothers and sisters who may have lost jobs recently
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