Welcome:

Parents & kids welcome to the weekly BLOG of Kid Nation - LMCC. This site will be updated every week to sync with the previous Sundays information. Each week in Kid Nation we have a Bible story with a applicable theme; a memory verse and prayer for 1 particular nation / or country. The idea of this BLOG is for parents to keep in tune with what their kids are learning and to help them apply their learning in every day life throughout the week (i.e. = what the story was about; who did we pray for; memory verse). Also, it helps the kids stay tracking with us if for some reason they miss a week. Enjoy!

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Prayer Focus: 

The Country of India on the Continent of Asia.  Bordered by Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and a small portion of China.  The capital of India is Delhi.

There are over 1 Billion people that live in the country of India!  

Prayer Points:

* Only 2.5 % of the 1 billion people are Christians

* India has more people groups with NO Christians, churches or missionaries than ANY country in the world.

*  Street Kids - some parents can not afford food, clothing, shelter, etc for their children and so they kick them out into the streets to take care of themselves

*Leprosy - 1.5 million people have this disease (63 % of all the people in the world who have leprosy, live in India)

Bible Story: (1 Samuel 18 - 20) - Focus: "The Value of Relationships"

We shed light on the idea that King Saul hated David.  He knew that God had anointed David king and  that some day in God's timing that David would replace him as king.  At different times he even tried to kill David!  But David always escaped....after killing Goliath, David had received a job at times of playing music for Saul to calm his soul.  Finally Saul conspired to kill David and it was made known to Saul's son Johnathan.  Now "John" loved David as much as he loved himself (he gave David his robe, sword, shield, etc).  When Johnathan found out about his dad's plot to kill David, he actually warned David and helped him escape.  The amazing side of this is that Johnathan by birth would have been the next king of Israel if not for David.  So David's death would have meant wealth, fame, and security of John.  But he laid down his interests for the love of his friend!

Review Questions:

Normally we have "small groups " with review questions and prayer.  However, because of practicing for the small Christmas presentation - we did not have small groups this past week.  However, feel free to create your own review questions!

Memory Verse:

John 15:13 - "...No greater love has this, than a man lay down his life for a friend..."

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Prayer Focus:

Our country of focus this week was Ethiopia.  This country is located on the CONTINENT of Africa and is bordered by Sudan & Somali (along with a few other countries).  The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.  

Prayer Points: 

*  Leaders - wisdom to guide the country

*  Growth - that more people would follow Jesus

*  Missionaries - that there would be more people to go tell Ethiopians about Jesus.

Bible Story: (David & Goliath in - 1 Samuel 17:38-50)

• David was a shepherd for his father and took care of his father's sheep.
• At different times a lion & bear tried to kill sheep, but David killed the bear & lion instead
• When David wasn't shepherding he was writing song & singing songs to God
• One day, the Prophet Samuel anointed David as the new king 
• However, David didn't immediately become the king on the throne (until God was ready)
• The Israelite army was afraid of Goliath the Giant 
• David fought and killed Goliath the Giant

We focused on the idea that with God all things are possible.  We all face "giants" of different during the week and in every day life.  We stressed to the children that with God's help and entrusting  our lives to Him.  We can overcome all these things!

Review Questions:

• Why did King Saul lose his thrown? - he disobeyed God
• What was the name of the young boy who was a shepherd? - David
• What were the 2 animals that David killed to protect his sheep? - lion and bear
• What 2 things did David do when not protecting sheep?- sing songs & write songs to God
• Who poured oil on David and anointed him king? - Samuel the prophet
• Who was the Giant David  had to fight? - Goliath
• What did David use  to kill Goliath? - 5 stones and a sling

Memory Verse:

Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..."