Jesus was crucified :
The focus of this family time is to use five easy steps to teach your family that We deserve to die because of our sin, but God loves us and kept His promise to send a Savior. Jesus never sinned, but He died in our place. Now those who trust in Him have forgiveness through his blood and are no longer separated from God.
MEMORY VERSE:
“Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” Revelation 5:13
Learn the Memory Verse together and say it throughout the week to help your family remember and apply what they have learned.
STEP 1. GATHER!
Use this time to begin Family Worship Night and have fun!
For Fun
Use painter’s tape to create a cross on an art canvas. Take turns splatter painting across the canvas. The messier the better! After the paint dries, remove the tape to reveal the cross. As He was dying on the cross, Jesus’ final words brought hope to the world. Remind kids that Jesus’ last words declared that He had conquered sin and made forgiveness available for all who believe.
To Serve
Look up a local health organization that organizes blood donors. Explain the process of blood donation and how it helps save lives. Pray for the health organization, the donors, and the recipients. Talk about how the blood sacrifice of Jesus was the ultimate gift that saves all who trust in Him.
STEP 2. WORSHIP!
- Sing and have fun while worshiping then pray. Take a moment here to thank God for your family and your time together!!
STEP 3. BIBLE!
Watch the Bible story video or read Matthew 27:27-56; Mark 15:16-41; Luke 23:50–24:12; and John 19:38–20:10
Bible Story Video
Use these questions and points to have a conversation with your children about the Bible story.
STEP 4. DISCUSSION!
Use these questions and points to have a conversation with your children about the Bible story.
REVIEW THE BIBLE STORY
Did you know that a sneeze is your body’s way of blowing out bacteria and other harmful junk? The nose becomes irritated when dust, pollen, or smoke invades the nostrils and it tells your brain that it’s time to clear it out by
sneezing. The sneeze might be uncomfortable, but it's an important part of staying healthy and breathing easily.
The Bible says that all people have sinned. From the moment we’re born, sin has invaded our hearts and separated us from God. As Jesus agonized on the cross, the Bible says He cried out with His final breath, “It is finished.” After
saying this, He died.
Like a sneeze that gets rid of impurities from your body, those last words of Jesus were the final blow to get rid of sin. God required that sin be punished, so Jesus’ death was the final payment for our sin. He died in our place so that
we can be forgiven and made right with God.
We deserve to die because of our sin, but God loves us and kept His promise to send a Savior. Jesus never sinned, but He died in our place. Now those who trust in Him have forgiveness through his blood and are
no longer separated from God.
Mission Moment
Look up a picture of Luther Rice and show your family
Say “Luther Rice helped start an organization to support missionaries. He traveled constantly from 1814
to 1817 to promote missions. He usually traveled by horseback, and sometimes in a stagecoach. Later in
his career, he sometimes traveled by steamboat.”
In 1814, Luther helped start a group that built a way for churches to work together to help support foreign
and home missions, colleges, seminaries, and other ministries. Through Luther’s efforts,
Churches in America worked together to help support missions and ministries.
Tell kids that Luther’s work influenced others who would go on to become missionaries. Explain that
former slave Lott Cary, one of the first African American missionaries to Africa, was greatly influenced by
Luther. Close in prayer, thanking God for people working together to support missionaries in other
countries. Pray that more missionaries will go to other countries to tell the good news about Jesus.
STEP 4. Pray!
Pray: Father, thank You for loving us so much that You would send Jesus to die in our place. Thank You for counting His death as the payment for our sin and for offering His righteousness to anyone who trusts in Him. Amen.