The following lesson was taught in our children’s Sunday School classes on Sunday, March 9. We would encourage you to use the ideas below to review Sunday’s lesson with your family.
God Shows Mercy to Jonah and Nineveh
Read: Jonah 1-4
Ask your child:
- Why didn’t Jonah want to preach to Nineveh? Jonah didn’t want God to show the Ninevites mercy.
- How was God merciful to Jonah and Nineveh? God gave both the opportunity to repent.
Emphasize this principle: God is merciful. Therefore, we should repent and share God’s mercy with others.
Practice:
- Thank God for being merciful to sinners.
- Ask God to use you to show mercy to others.
Praise: “Humble Thyself in the Sight of the Lord”
Prepare for next week: Daniel 3
Memorize for Mar 9-Apr 6: “…in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” Ephesians 4:22-24*
* Preschool verse in bold
