Answering BIG QUESTIOns

God speaks. Kids have busier schedules than ever. Without a break in their activities, it can be hard for kids to have room to listen for God. Use this lesson to encourage kids to pause for at least a few minutes each day, allowing space for God to speak....

God is special. This passage focuses on God’s holiness. We’re using a more kid friendly term for holiness: special. Help kids know that God is so special, Moses’ face glowed just because he spent time with God! And that same special God can meet with and change us....

God is loyal. Kids’ friendships can be anything but loyal. They can end over the simplest things: a misunderstanding, a difference of opinion, or affiliation with unpopular kids. Help kids see that even when the Israelites stopped trusting God, He continued to be faithful and loyal, providing food for them for 40 years. Kids can count on God to be loyal, even when their friends aren’t....

God shows grace. Grace is a lot easier to accept than to extend. Most kids have no problem believing that God loves and forgives them, even when they don’t deserve it. But when other people are acting hard to love and forgive, passing on God’s grace can be challenging! Help kids truly immerse themselves in how amazing God’s grace for them is, so that they can’t help but let it overflow to others....

God doesn’t change. So often, God in the Bible can seem like a different God from the one in kids’ lives today. He can seem bigger, more miraculous, and more powerful. Help kids understand that God doesn’t change. The same God who appeared to Moses in a burning bush is present in their lives, ready to do big things through them....