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Lessons for Sabbath School and Home

Youth Unit 1 “Life of Christ”


Book Two
Primaries
Educational
Adventures

Home Sweet Home


Name:
Youth Educational Adventures
Primaries
Index of Lessons
The Life of Christ
Book Two Lesson 1
The purpose of this series of lessons is to introduce each The Stray Sheep Comes Home . .4
child to Jesus. We hope to instill a love for Jesus, an aware-
ness of Him as a friend, a guide, a help in time of need, and to
lay the groundwork for coming to know Him as Savior. We
also want to develop in the children a love for learning about
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God which will bring them again and again to church and to There’s No Place Like Home . .7
Sabbath School.
We hope to encourage daily contact with God through
prayer and devotional Bible readings. In the process, we hope
to create in each child an expectation of fully participating as
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a baptized member in God’s church. We also pray that the
lessons in this book will translate into knowledge and behav-
Happiness Is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ior becoming of a child of the King.

Ronald Dart - Publications Editor Lesson 4


Allie Dart - Managing Editor
Sandi McCaskill - Contributing Editor
Keep the Lights On . . . . . . . . 13
Jackie Sena - Contributing Writer
Camery Pollard - Layout and Design
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CEM and YEA are very grateful to Jackie Sena for con-
tributing lessons for this book. Jackie was baptized in 1991, A Wise Builder . . . . . . . . . . . 16
is a Sabbath School teacher and a mother of three children.
She has lived in Salt Lake City, Utah all of her life. She pres-
ently does quality control for ACS out of her home. Jackie’s
dedication and passion for children to know God, and for
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them to live by His every word, are greatly appreciated. Jesus Calms the Storm . . . . . . 19
CEM and YEA would like to thank Hunter Pirtle,
Grayson Pirtle, and Hannah Price for being in our cover
picture. We would also like to thank Angela Smallwood
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for letting us photograph her beautiful home. Come to God’s House . . . . . . 22
Our vision is to create Christian educational
opportunities for all our children so that they will
build a lasting relationship with God and Lesson 8
experience the joys of salvation and the rewards A Hole in the Roof . . . . . . . . .25
of God’s Kingdom.
Christian Educational Ministries
P. O. Box 560 Lesson 9
Whitehouse, Texas 75791
phone: 903-509-2999 Dinner With Sinners . . . . . . . .28
fax: 903-509-1139
website: www.cemnetwork.com

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LESSON 5

A Wise Builder
Memory Verse Words to Know
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, FOUNDATION - a hard base upon
Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” which houses are built
- Luke 6:46 INSTRUCTIONS - words that
Scriptures teach us how to do something
Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49

Do you remember the story of the “Three huffed and puffed. Nothing happened. He
Little Pigs?” One of the pigs built his house out huffed and puffed some more. Still nothing!
of straw. One built his house out of sticks. The The wolf could not blow that house down.
third little pig built his house out of bricks. What important lesson do we learn
The pigs were happy in their houses. from the pigs? It is important how a house
Then one day the big bad wolf is built!
came along. He knocked on the Jesus had been up on the mountain teach-
door of the straw house. The ing His disciples. Many other people came
little pig wouldn’t let him in. Then to hear Him teach. Soon there
he blew a big puff on the house. All at was a great crowd of people
once the straw house fell down flat! Next gathered. Jesus sometimes used
he went to the house made out of sticks. stories to help the people under
He knocked on that door. He shouted for stand what He was teaching. Some
the pig to let him in. The second little pig people came just to hear His
refused to open his door. So, the wolf stories. Others came because they
huffed and puffed on that house. Down it fell. wanted Jesus to heal them. Jesus
Finally he went to the house built out of bricks. wanted the people to understand how impor-
Once more he called for the pig to open the tant it was for them to obey His words, not
door. Once more the pig refused. So the wolf just hear them. He used the story of the wise

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builder to show them the difference. we should ask God. Everyone has problems.
Jesus said that the person who hears and But they will not hurt us. We will be wise
obeys His words is like a wise builder. The because we have built our lives on the strong
wise builder does not just put a house up foundation of God’s Word. We can trust God
anywhere. He checks the ground to make to love us and take care of us.
sure it is solid. Then to make it even more The person who doesn’t read and obey
solid, he digs a place for the foun- God’s Word is like the foolish builder. His life
dation and pours concrete in it. will not have a strong foundation. He will not
That will make his house strong. know what to do when trouble or
It is ready to face the storms and sickness comes to him. He will be
hard winds. It will not be harmed. frightened and angry. His life will
Jesus also told about a man who built end up in a mess, just like the house
his house on the sand. He didn’t bother built on the sand.
digging a place for the foundation to be
poured. He just put the house right on the
beach. Storms came to that house, too. The
house on the sand began to move when it
started raining. The wind
soon had the house com-
pletely destroyed. Have you
ever built a sand castle on the beach?
Didn’t the castle fall flat when the
tide came in and got it wet? That is
what happened to the foolish builder’s
house. Which one of these two houses would
you rather live in?
We are like the builders of these two
houses. We are all building our lives. Every
year we learn new things that help our lives
Prayer
to grow. Our Bible is like the strong founda- Dear Father, thank you for giving
tion of the house. God has given us instruc- me your Word to build my life on.
tions for how we should live. We want our Help me to not only hear your
lives to be strong like the house on the rock. words, but to obey them.
That is why we should follow His instructions In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
and obey His words. Troubles may come and
beat on our lives. We may get sick, but Jesus
is the great healer. He tells us to bring our
problems to Him in prayer. You might need
help studying for a test in school. The Bible
says that if we can’t understand something,

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ACTIVITY
Find the puzzle pieces that fit into the puzzle.
Write the letters or words in each matching piece.

BU SUS LORD YO

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LIFE THE ILD CHRIST

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LESSON 5

PARENT & TEACHER’S GUIDE

A Wise Builder
Objective Before you come to class, place about three
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to: inches of play sand into a plastic tub and moisten it
1. Tell that sometimes Jesus used stories to help with water. Provide the children with different
us understand His Word better. sized plastic cups for building a sand castle. Spread
2. Understand that it is important that we obey newspapers on the floor to prevent the sand from
God’s words, not just listen to them. being scattered. Build a small sand castle in the tub
3. Explain why the man who built his house on so the children will have an example for building
the sand was not wise. their own later in the lesson.
4. Discuss how the Bible, God’s Word is like the
foundation of the house on the rock. Materials Needed
5. Recite their memory verse.
Bible, YEA student and teacher’s books, maga-
zine pictures of different types of houses, pencils,
Scriptures play sand, plastic tub, water, various sized cups,
Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49 attendance and memory verse charts, stickers,
songbook, cassette tape and tape player
Words to Know How to Teach This Lesson
FOUNDATION, INSTRUCTIONS Have the children look at the pictures of the
different types of houses. Ask them to find the
Preparation one that looks most like their own. Point out to
Children love to build things. They build them that there are many different kinds of
castles and towers out of blocks. They build forts houses. Some are large and some are small. But
out of snow. They build playhouses out of card- what matters most is how well the house is built.
board boxes. They build sandcastles on the beach. Your children may already be familiar with the
In this lesson we want to take their limited knowl- song about the wise and foolish builders. They
edge of building, and expand on it. Our aim is to will be able to visualize the house built on the
teach them how to build a godly life. sand when the rains came down. Teaching them
In keeping with the theme of this book, the concept that our life is like a house will be
“Home Sweet Home,” you may want to bring more difficult. Jesus often used parables in
magazine pictures of different types of homes to teaching the people. He began with something
show the children. they understood, and went on to teach them

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principles that were more difficult to under- as the prayers go up.
stand. We have used the story of the “Three The blessings will come down
Little Pigs” to introduce this lesson because most as the prayers go up,
children are familiar with it. So build your life on the Lord.
Ask: Why do you think the wolf was able to
blow the straw house down? Why did the brick
house not fall down? Explain that it is not only
Prayer
important what you use to build the house with, Have one of the older children lead in prayer,
but also where you build the house. In today’s thanking God for giving us His Word, and asking
lesson one man had his house built on the sand, Him to help them to obey it.
and one built his on a solid rock foundation. Ask:
Why do you think the house on the sand fell
down when the rain came? You can demonstrate
with your sand castle how the sand moves when
it gets wet. Pour a small amount of water over
the sand castle to simulate the rain. Explain that
it is not a good idea to build on sand.
The wise man who built his house on the
rock was very careful about its foundation. Ask:
Why do you think his house didn’t fall when the
rains and wind came? Explain that the rock
doesn’t move when it gets wet like sand does.
Anything that is built on a rock foundation will
be strong.
Ask: Why do you think Jesus used this story
to teach us that we should obey God’s Word,
not just listen to it? Explain that God gives us
instructions in His Word that tell us how we
should live. When we obey His instructions it Activity Time!
makes us strong. Ask: What part of the house is
the Bible like? God’s Word never changes. It is Allow the children to build sand castles.
something we can count on. When He says that Depending on the size of your class, you
we should obey our parents, He doesn’t mean may need more than one tub of sand.
sometimes. He says it is better to obey than to Provide different sized cups for the chil-
give gifts dren to build with. The sand should be
(1 Samuel 15:22). moist in order to hold together. These
may be shown to the parents when they
Song pick up the children.
“Wise Man and the Foolish Man” is on page 96
of The Kids Classics Collection. Add this verse
to the ones in the songbook:
Verse 3
So build your life on the Lord Jesus Christ.
So build your life on the Lord Jesus Christ.
So build your life on the Lord Jesus Christ,
And the Blessings will come down.
The blessings will come down
as the prayers go up.
The blessings will come down
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