Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: Remember & Celebrate
Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: Remember & Celebrate
Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: Remember & Celebrate
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At Home Weekly is designed for you to use during the week with your son or CONNECT AS A FAMILY
daughter. You’ll find out what they learned today at church and can help them
Create a “Masterpiece Theatre” setting in your home. Find a large, comfy chair
prepare for next week by exploring the theme (or Ponder Point) and spending
and set a lamp next to it. Gather your family and tell them that this part of The Big
time together in God’s Word.
God Story is filled with excitement. Share with them that it ends with God being
the Hero as He shows His power and proves that He is the one and only God.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Read 1 Kings 18:16–39 aloud—dramatically! Once you’ve gone through the
PONDER POINT: REMEMBER & CELEBRATE passage, ask your children to tell you why God was the Hero in this part of The
Festival of First Fruits: Remembering and Celebrating God as Trustworthy Big God Story.
DID YOU KNOW? These questions can easily extend into the rest of the week. Look for
opportunities to bring conversations about God is the One and Only into your
Share these facts to get the conversation started.
everyday life as a family.
• Hundreds of years after King David, King Ahab ruled over Israel. The Bible says
that King Ahab “did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before REMEMBER VERSE
him” (1 Kings 16:30). The Remember Verse focuses on a character trait of God that’s highlighted in
next week’s portion of The Big God Story.
• Because of King Ahab’s choices, God sent a drought over all of Israel that
would prepare His people’s hearts for the contest on Mount Carmel—a
competition to prove, once again, that God is the one and only. Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God
• God answered Elijah in the contest by sending fire from heaven and burning up
and serve him only.’”
the sacrifice that Baal could not consume. Luke 4:8
• After this contest, God sent rain at Elijah’s request, showing that He—not Baal
—controls the weather. BLESSING
Blessings are often used in the Bible. A blessing can be a prayer of commission,
a portion of Scripture, or words to encourage and guide.
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