God's Promise to Abraham and Sarah

12/2/2024

God's Promise to Abraham by Jennifer Tolbert

This is the story of how God made a covenant (or promise) with Abraham. We recently learned that God cleansed the world from sin using a great flood. But, he promised he would never do that again. He had a new plan to cleanse the world from sin. God chose one man, Abram. His family would be the beginning of a new nation that would be called God’s people.

First, God asked Abram to leave his home and his relatives and begin travelling. Abram took his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot and left his home and began to travel and live in tents. The Lord also told Abram that his name would be great and that the whole world would be blessed through this new nation. Abram believed God and had living faith.

In this story, we see that Abram is faithful to God and his fellow man. In the end, God shows Abram the stars and promises that his that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the heaven.

Key Themes:
1. Faith is being sure of what we hope for, but do not see.
2. God's plan for a savior began with Abraham's family.
3. God wants us to have faith.

Memory Verse

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1

Songs

Books of the Old Testament
Rock-a my Soul
Abraham's Journey
FatherAbraham
I'm Calling You, Abraham
Three Wandering Jews

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time

Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1. Stars in a Jar: Use tin foil and a jar to create "stars in a jar" or purchase a planetarium projector. Turn off the lights and do some star gazing. Talk about how many stars are the sky. Can you count them? SAY: Today, we are going to learn about how God used stars to show Abram how big his family would one day be.

2. Star Pinata: Hold up the star. Ask the kids if they think the star has something good or bad in it? What do they think is inside? How do they know this? Ask the kids to think about how Abraham didn’t know exactly what God’s promise meant. But he knew God and that God gave good things tohis children. Sometimes we have to be patient to see what good things God has planned for us. Then do a big countdown and pour the good things out and let kids choose a treat. If your brave, bring a rope and a foam bat and let the kids hit the pinata.

3. What is a star? Show a video about stars. Here is one you could use. God used stars as an example of how He would fulfill a promise to Abram.

Story: We have been talking about how God tried to redeem the world from sin. However, it became apparent that as hard as people tried, they would always struggle with sin. God decides to create a new plan, through a new family. The beginning of this family would begin with a man of faith named Abram, and would later be called Abraham.

SHOW the power point God Promises Abram or read Genesis 11:27-15:6.
EMPHASIZE that: