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Would you respond to an unusual request? Lessons from Moses

July 10, 2013 Ticia 12 Comments

I had a lot of fun as I researched Mosesand the Burning bush activities for Sunday School.  There’s a lot of fun crafts out there to do, mostly involving making your own version of the Burning Bush.What do we learn from a burning bush

What I learn from Moses and the Burning Bush

We start the story with Moses as a baby and see him become a murderer, and an outcast, and finally a runaway.  Now, he’s been living in the desert for 40 years, because God likes the number 40, and Moses is 80 years old.

Moses was 80 before he saw the burning bush

Just think about that for a moment, Moses didn’t being his ministry until he was older than most people retire.  So the next time you’re tempted to think it’s too late to get involved in ministry remember Moses and the Burning Bush.

Also notice, God is using someone who is broken and not particularly known for his speaking skills.  God doesn’t call the trained; He trains the called.  What are you being called to right now?

 

Our Moses and the Burning Bush activities

Moses and the Burning Bush discussion questions

 

I’m gonna start off saying, I’m tickled as can be that my kids are finally at the point where they can answer the middle kids questions.  It just warms my heart to see them reading the Bible to figure out the answers.

Moses and the burning bush activity studying snake skin

 

The timing of this story worked well because we are also studying snakes right now in our homeschool science, so we got to look at snake skins under a microscope, and are still planning a field trip to look at snakes at the pet store.

 

Moses and the burning bush activity studying fire
studying fire requires poking it with sticks and toasting marshmallows

Then we studied fire.  There’s two reasons for this activity going with Moses and the Burning Bush, first because just like in the title God appeared in a burning bush, and we wanted to compare the burning bush to how fires acted.  The big difference, the fire we built constantly needed more added to it to keep burning, but the fire God spoke through, never needed more added.  {Side note, just as God is complete in and of Himself}.

Second, we talked about our spiritual life.  What does a fire need to grow and keep burning?  If you leave a fire alone, what happens to it?  Well, that fire is just like our faith, if we leave our faith alone it dies, but we can feed our faith just like we feed the fire.  We can go to church, we can read our Bible, we can sing songs to God.  The kids loved this comparison.  That part may not be strictly from Moses and the Burning Bush, but I felt it was a good reminder.

Moses and the burning bush prayer journal

Finally we made a prayer journal, which the kids thought was super fun because they got to tear up paper.  Complete instructions are in the storybook, so I’m not going to explain it here, but the kids all enjoyed creating their own version to write in.

I just realized as I’m updating this post I should explain why a prayer journal.  I notice Moses is quite the man of prayer.  He is constantly going back to God with something else to talk with God about, just as we should be going back to God for prayer.  It makes for a great reminder for us.

Moses and the burning bush activities story and discussion questions

More Moses and the Burning Bush acitvities

  • Get the lesson we used, and all the discussion questions
  • Moses and the burning bush tissue paper craft
  • Moses and the burning bush pop-up craft
  • Moses and the burning bush suncatcher

 

Wondering what happens next?  Follow Moses as he confronts Pharaoh and says, “Let my people go!”.  Or if you want to cheat and read the whole story head over to the Moses Unit.

 

Bible Exodus, Old Testament, prayer

Comments

  1. Natalie says

    July 10, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    So awesome – I love how you share all your Bible activities freely with people who would enjoy the same lesson with their kiddos.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 10, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      Awwww, thanks 🙂

  2. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    July 10, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    What kid Bibles do you recommend (and can they really read that well now? That is wonderful.)

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 10, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      They can read it with a LOT of help. They have an NIRV Adventure Bible, well the boys do, Princess has the same thing, but Princess. I wanted to get them an International Children’s Bible (ICB), but they didn’t have a big print version, and the big print was more important right now.

      I have a few problems with NIRV because they are a bit more explicit in their descriptions, for example, “Adam had sexual relations with his wife,” rather than “Adam knew his wife.” I’d rather the second at their age……. Or in general.

  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    July 11, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    Love your illustration of Moses with the burning bush!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 12, 2013 at 7:56 am

      It’s one of my favorites too, it just turned out perfectly.

  4. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    July 12, 2013 at 6:25 am

    What fun! I love the comparisons you did!! But warmed (pun totally intended) my heart was seeing your kids reading the bible and finding answers!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 12, 2013 at 7:56 am

      Ha! It warms my heart too 🙂

  5. Celeste says

    January 10, 2015 at 9:47 am

    This is just wonderful! Thank you for giving me a good way to teach this portion (Shemot) to my 4 year old son this Sabbath morning! Be Blessed!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      January 10, 2015 at 11:43 am

      I’m glad to help you.

  6. Catherine WALKER says

    April 12, 2016 at 10:52 am

    Looks like you guys are having a great time with Moses! Have you ever heard of Bible StorySongs? They have a 2 cd’s on the life of Moses packed with awesome “StorySongs” that tell the story in song. Learn the songs….learn the story!

    Biblestorysongs.com

    Reply

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