The Story Keepers - Trapped

Hi Story Keepers and welcome to Christchurch Kids. In our episode today, it's Emperor Nero's birthday and Ben and his family find themselves right in the middle of the celebrations. There are cakes to be baked and delivered and their friend Tacticus is faced with a very difficult decision.

Let's watch together.

 It's great that we can be Story Keepers too. By watching the video and learning the stories from the Bible we can share them with others and pass them on. Today, maybe it's enough to watch this video. If you would like to find out a bit more, keep reading...

Our BIG question today (and it's a HUGE one) is... 

Who Is Jesus?

It's not long now to Christmas! It's a really special time of year and for lots of people Jesus is the baby in the manger in the Christmas Story but this was only the beginning.

In the stories we heard today, Jesus showed his disciples, and us, how truly amazing he was. In the first story Jesus and his disciples went up a mountain and they saw him transformed. This is called the Transfiguration. What do you think Jesus' disciples thought that day?

We also heard the very familiar story of Palm Sunday. When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on that day it was just as the prophets (messengers from God) had said would happen when God's chosen one arrived. 

The third story in the today's episode is called the Parable of the Tenants. Jesus told this story to the religious leaders when they asked him who he was. In the parable, God is the owner, the vineyard is God's people and the tenants were the religious leaders. Jesus was the owner's son in the story. He was warning the leaders about what was going to happen next. 

The stories that were told in today's episode tell us very clearly that Jesus wasn't just a good man or a wise teacher but that he was the Son of God. We now know what happened on Easter Sunday when Jesus rose from the dead so that we could be forgiven and be friends with God. 

Deuteronomy 7 :9 

So know that the Lord your God is God. He is the faithful God. He will keep his agreement of love for a thousand lifetimes. 

Prayer

For our prayer time today, we are going to look at the Deuteronomy verse above. God is faithful and it says he will keep his agreement of love for a thousand lifetimes. Wow!

Draw a big heart on a piece of paper and draw squiggly lines across the heart creating lots of sections.

In each section write or draw something that shows you God's agreement of love with you. Maybe that is your family who love you. Maybe it is a favourite Bible verse. Maybe it is a person who you can talk to about anything. 

Spend a quiet moment looking at all the things in the heart and thanking God for them. We can also say sorry to God for the times we forget about his love for us and others. We can ask for his help to share that love with others.

Today, we've got one of our favourite F@CT songs. Let's sing loudly that we know our God is a GREAT BIG GOD!

Thanks for joining us on Christchurch Kids today. We hope you have a great week and we'll be back here next week with more adventures with the Story Keepers.