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Jack Dawson - Day 6 - The Flood

12/6/2016

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Noah was a good man, but God knew he and his family would sin, too.  Can you find the shadow of the cross of forgiveness in the painting?
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Now the Lord observed the extent of the people’s wickedness, and He saw that all their thoughts were consistently and totally evil.  So the Lord was sorry He had ever made them.  It broke His heart.  And the Lord said, “I will completely wipe out this human race that I have created.  Yes, and I will destroy all the animals and birds, too.  I am sorry I ever made them.”  But Noah found favor with the Lord. — Genesis 6:5-8 (NLT)  

      Adam and Eve’s family grew and spread over the earth, but so did sin and wrong choices.  It got so bad that the Lord was sorry He had ever made man.  He looked for someone to love and obey Him, but in all the earth He could find only Noah, so He decided to destroy His once-beautiful creation and start again.  God told Noah to build a huge boat that would save his family and two of every animal on earth.  It took him many, many years, but he chose to keep on building the ark exactly as God told him.  It had never rained on earth, but Noah believed God when He said He would send a flood to cover the world.  Noah tried to warn his neighbors, but they only laughed at him and kept on doing wrong.  How hard do you think that must have been?  Then it began to rain, and though they begged to be let in, God had closed the door and it wouldn’t open again until everything on earth was destroyed.  When the water finally went down and Noah and his family stepped out on dry land, God sent a wondrous rainbow as a promise He would never again destroy the earth with water.  How do you think they must have felt to know they were the only people on earth?

Today's Prayer     Thank You God, for keeping Your promises; and for loving us so much. You always make a way for us to be saved.   Please help us to always praise You for Your goodness, and whenever we see a rainbow, help us remember all You’ve done for us.

Today's Activity:      Have the children work together on a poster showing Noah building the ark, the ark during the flood, and Noah and his family and the animals coming out of the ark on dry land.  Ask them to list as many animals as they can think of and discuss how noisy and smelly it must have been, and how hard they must have worked on the ark.


Seek & Find Answer to the question in the painting above:
The cross is reflected on the side of the mountain where the ark sits.
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Day 5 - Cain and Abel

12/5/2016

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God's plan to save us from sin has always been the cross of Jesus Christ, where we can be forgiven for anything we have done.  Can you find the shadow of the cross?
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Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”  And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.  — Genesis 4:8 (NIV) 


       After  Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden because of what had seemed a small sin, all generations to come would be under the curse of sin.  Cain and Abel, the first sons of Adam and Eve, were born with the same choice to obey or disobey God as their parents.  Sadly, they made wrong choices, too.  God knew their hearts, just like He knows ours, and after Cain murdered his brother, God drove him from His presence. We are all children of Adam.  We all have the same sinful nature, and we are all driven from the presence of God.  But He has a plan, and if we turn to Jesus Christ we will be forgiven.

Today's Prayer     
God, I know sometimes I do things for the wrong reasons.  You know my heart better than I do.  Please help me to see myself the way You do, and help me fix the things I need to change.  Help me to be loving and kind to everyone I know.  I love You and want to do things Your way.


Today's Activity:     
For discussion:  Why did Cain murder Abel?  Since we’re all under the curse of sin, can we help it if we do wrong?  Do you ever think or say bad things about your brother or sister or friends?  Are you glad God knows your heart?  Why?  Have the children secretly write out something nice they can do for their brother or sister (or other relative or friend if they have no siblings) during this Christmas season.  Set a time to discuss what they did and how they believe God used it.



Seek & Find Answer to the question in the painting above:
The shadow of the Cross of Salvation is on the rock beside Cain.


     
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The Passion Tree by Jack Dawson - Day 4 - Banished from Eden

12/4/2016

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Adam and Eve had to leave the Garden of Eden because of their sin.  Can you find the word "sin" in the painting?
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Passion Tree: Day 3 - The Temptation

12/3/2016

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When the woman saw that the fruit of the vine was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.  She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.  — Genesis 3:6 (NIV) 
Do you know who the serpent represents?  There are three crosses in the picture that let us know God had a plan all along to deal with sin.  Can you find them?  The artist was surprised that some people have found the word "sin" in the painting, since he did not plan for it to be there.  Can you see it?
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.  He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” — Genesis 3:1 (NIV)

      God wants us to love Him because we want to, not because we have to, so He made Man with the freedom to choose.  We make many choices every day, don’t we?  But there was a problem.  The tree in the middle of the Garden was so beautiful and the fruit looked so good that Eve wanted to believe the Serpent when he told her God didn’t really mean they would die if they ate it.  Because Adam and Eve chose the wrong thing and did the only thing God told them not to do, mankind was no longer perfect.  Now, because we’re “only human” too, we often make the wrong choices.  Can you think of choices you made just today that you wish you had decided differently?   God warns us in I Peter 5:8 “that old serpent Satan” is still looking for anyone he can trick and destroy.  If we don’t choose to obey God, we’ll fall for Satan’s lies.


Today's Prayer
     God our Creator, thank You for loving us so much You want us to love You back with all our hearts.  Thank You for giving us free choice.  You knew when You gave it to Adam and Eve they would choose wrong and it would cost Your only Son’s life.   Please forgive us when we choose the wrong thing and hurt Your heart.  Help us remember to ask You for help to make the right choices, and to listen to You instead of Satan’s lies.

Today's Activity:      Ask your children if they think the serpent was creepy and scary like snakes are now, or beautiful, like everything else in the Garden. Discuss with them whether Eve disobeyed God because she was hungry, or because she believed the serpent when he said that she would "be like God." Discuss how she wanted to be like God and why that was wrong. Discuss why Adam also made the wrong choice. Discuss ways that your children could be tempted to disobey and help them discover ways they can resist that temptation. Fun fact: The fruit is never called an "apple" in the Bible.


Seek & Find Answer to the question in the painting above:
The serpent represents Satan.  Three crosses are reflected on the fruit.  The upper body of the serpent forms the letter “s,” the branch in the middles is an “i,” and the lower body of the serpent forms an “n.”
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Passion Tree - Day 1 - In the Beginning

12/1/2016

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Can you find Jesus the Creator in this painting?
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 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — Genesis 1:1 (NKJV)

God created the world and everything in it. He made it perfect in every way - a beautiful, quiet place for Him to walk in the Garden and enjoy His creation. Everything was made for His glory, from the endless universe so enormous you could never explore it to the single cell so tiny you could never see it. Does that word "glory" sound strange to you? Do you know what it means? God made His creation for His own pleasure, and to remind us that He is God, and we're not. Have you ever looked at the millions of stars in the sky on a dark, dark night and wondered where they came from? Have you ever looked at all the beautiful trees in the forest and thought that God surely is the greatest Artist there is?  Psalm 19:1 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands."



Today's Prayer
Father God, today we'll stop and remember that You are the Creator of everything. Thank You for giving us such a wonderful world. Thank You for using everything You've made to teach us about You. Please help us remember that everything is created for Your pleasure, to show us You are God. And please help us remember to always praise You for it.

Today's Activity
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Set aside quiet time as a family to consider God's creation. On a clear, dark night, wrap up in a blanket with the children in the yard and study the stars. Ask them if they think everything they see could have "just happened." Take a walk in the woods. Have the children see how many different trees, flowers, mosses, grasses, animals, and other created things they can find. Talk about how beautiful and intricate even the simplest things they're seeing are. Ask if they think all this could be "just an accident."


Seek & Find Answer to the question in the painting above:
The face of Jesus the Creator covers all the earth.
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