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Five lessons for children on
the Person and work of the Holy Spirit

Text: Paul Reid

Illustrated by: Tim Shirey

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Table of contents

Lesson Page

Introduction 3

Overview 6

Lesson 1 Who is the Holy Spirit and what is He like? 7

Lesson 2 The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible 13
Lesson 3 The Holy Spirit gives life 19
Lesson 4 The Holy Spirit, the believer’s Companion 25
Lesson 5 The Holy Spirit gives strength to God’s children 33

The Bible never grows old (carry-over activity - lesson 2) 39

A maze (carry-over activity - lesson 3) 40
The Holy Spirit helps when the devil attacks (carry-over activity - lesson 4) 41

Summary of steps for counselling the child who wants to come to Christ 42

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Introduction

Many, many children have little or no knowledge about this Person of the Godhead.
There are many mistaken concepts about the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. Extra-biblical ideas are
common, for example that through the influence of the Spirit of God people are knocked down, struck
dumb or caused to shout uncontrollably.
The lessons are aimed mainly at older children and some vocabulary and methods might need to be adapted
for younger children.
Obviously only some aspects of teaching on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit can be included in five
lessons. For example, there is no teaching on the gifts of the Spirit. If you wanted to include some more
teaching on that subject, you could find it in the series Great truths in the book of Romans (also published
by CEF® of Europe).
We would recommend that you teach the whole series systematically week by week in the order given.
Alternatively you may choose lessons for special occasions. Lessons 1-3 are more evangelistic. They could
be used to present the Gospel in the open air, camp or Good News Club®. Lessons 4 and 5 were written
with the objective of helping Christian children to grow in their spiritual life.
Each lesson is not based on a single Bible story, so in your teaching you will need to use various methods
as well as narrative. The lesson texts include questions and answers, case studies, working in groups, role
play and carry-over activities. Of course, you may not find each method suitable to your class or age group.
Feel free to adapt to your own needs!
We trust that you will enjoy using a variety of methods to help the children understand and apply these
great truths to their lives.
May the Holy Spirit Himself bless you as you teach this wonderful doctrine to the children. He is the
Great Teacher (1 Corinthians 2:13).
Teaching Bible truths
We fall short of our responsibility as teachers if we only tell children Bible stories. It is essential that children
learn the truths these stories were written down to teach us, and that we then take them a step further
to show what that truth means to them in their daily lives. Of course, we cannot in one lesson cover all
the teaching any particular story would provide, so in each of these lessons one central truth has been
chosen. The teaching of the central truth has been woven throughout the narrative, but to help you in your
preparation the teaching sections have been marked “CT”. These are also marked out in the lesson plan.
You will notice that the central truths are marked with a “U” or an “S” to show the kind of children the
truth is applied to - unsaved or saved. This is also made clear in the text by using phrases such as, “If you
have not trusted the Lord Jesus to forgive your sin ...” or, “Christian, you ...”.
The application of the truth has been highlighted with a line beside the text. You may feel it necessary to
adapt the applications to better suit the children you teach. For example, the application may use a boy’s
name, yet you have only girls present. It could be that the application given is more applicable to older
children, while yours are very young. Make the changes you feel are necessary. The important thing is that
the Word of God is applied to their lives.

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Make yourself available for counselling

When you present the Gospel message, there will be children who will respond to it independently. They
may or may not at a later date tell you that they have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. There will,
however, be others who would like some help. They may have questions to ask; they may need help or
encouragement in knowing what to say.
As you teach the saved children, there may be times when they would like advice in a difficult situation; they
may need clarification on how a particular lesson applies to their daily lives; they may find themselves in a
situation where they do not know what the Bible says they should do; they may want to share a difficulty
so that you can pray for them, especially if you are the only Christian support they have.
For these reasons it is important that the children know you are available to talk. It is also important that
they know when and where to go when they want to talk to you. Finally, it is essential that unsaved children
do not confuse coming to the Lord Jesus with coming to you.
In all cases you should not make yourself available at the same time as giving the Gospel invitation, so
that the children never get the impression that they cannot come to Christ without coming through you,
or that they are saved simply by waiting to speak to you.

An example for use with the unsaved child

“Do you really want to live for the Lord Jesus, but don’t know how to come to Him? I will be glad to explain
it from the Bible; come and see me. I’ll be standing by that tree when the meeting is over. Remember, I
can’t take away your sin - only the Lord Jesus can do that - but I will be glad to help you understand better
how you can come to Him. Just come and sit with me under that tree.”

An example for use with the saved child

“If you have trusted the Lord Jesus as your Saviour and you have never told me about it, please let me
know. I’ll be standing beside the piano after the meeting is finished. I would like to know if you too have
trusted the Lord Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, so that I can pray for you and perhaps help you.”
Memory verses
A Scripture verse to teach the children has not been given for each lesson. Instead we have included a total
of three verses. It is advisable to teach only two or three verses well, which the children will then remember.
If you try to teach five verses (one per lesson) the children may not really learn any of them well.
Practise using the visuals
It is wise to practise using the visuals before teaching the lesson to children. Become thoroughly familiar
with the flashcards or PowerPoint slides and know when you need to use them in the lesson.
PowerPoint® visuals
If you are using the PowerPoint version of this lesson, you can choose from two options on the CD.
1 The first version contains the flashcard images and lesson cover slides only.
2 The second contains the extra features of the central truth, applications and memory verse.
At the bottom right side of each slide you will see a small image (such as a Bible, a cross or a crown)
which contains a hyperlink. If you click on this image, it will take you to the central truth for that
lesson, thus allowing you to use the central truth at any stage in your teaching. Clicking on the arrow
on the central truth slide will take you back to the slide you were previously showing.
Some slides also have the letters “CTS” at the bottom left corner. Clicking on the “CTS” will allow
you to show the application of the central truth for the saved child. Clicking on the arrow will return
you to the previous slide.
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Extra visual aids

On a piece of card print out the words of the central truth for each lesson. If you are using a flannelboard,
back the card with flannel or pieces of flocked paper. (Use lower case letters, so that even the younger ones
can read the words easily.) Put this card on the board at the beginning of the class or when you first teach
the central truth in the lesson.
Additional helps
Along the left and right margins additional helps are provided, giving background information and optional
ideas on how to add interest to your lesson.
These ideas are designed to incorporate different learning styles. For effective learning some children need
to see or write, others need to hear or speak, others need to touch or handle, and still others need active
participation.
You can use these ideas in your club as time allows.
Review questions
For each lesson some review questions are given. These can be used after the lesson or the following week,
before teaching the new lesson.
Review time, if conducted in an orderly way, can be an ideal opportunity to reinforce what you have taught,
while still being fun for the children. You can use this time ...
1 to find out how much the children have understood and remembered.
2 to help you as a teacher know what you need to emphasise more so that the children will remember
better.
3 to provide a time of fun in the class. The children like competition and look forward to this part of
the programme. But it is more than just a game: it is a time of learning.
In this textbook only questions on the lesson are included. It would be profitable to include questions
also on the songs, verse and whatever else you teach. In this way the children will realise that every part
of the programme is important.

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Overview

Central
Lesson Application Memory verse
truth
Who is the Holy The Holy Spirit Unsaved: Let Him show you the way to “... When He, the Spirit of truth,
Spirit and what is is God, one of be saved has come, He will guide you into
He like? the Persons of the all truth ...”
Saved: Let Him give you His
Trinity
Genesis 1:2 strength to do what is right John 16:13
John 16:7
Acts 5:1-11
Revelation 22:17

The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is Unsaved: Obey the message of the “... Men of God spoke as they were
gave us the Bible the Author of the Bible - turn to Christ for moved by the Holy Spirit”
Bible salvation
Isaiah 9:6 2 Peter 1:21
2 Peter 1:21 Saved: Read at least one verse of the
Bible every day

The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit Unsaved: Ask God to give you eternal Review John 16:13 and 2 Peter 1:21
gives life shows us our sin life through His Spirit
and gives life
Acts 2:36-41 Saved: Thank the Lord that you have
John 16:8 eternal life

The Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit Unsaved: Come to the Lord Jesus, as “... He who is in you is greater than he
the believer’s lives in the believer the Holy Spirit speaks to you who is in the world”
Companion
Saved: Thank Him each day for His 1 John 4:4
John 14:17 wonderful work in your life
2 Corinthians 3:18
Ephesians 4:30
Romans 8:4,15-16
1 John 2:3

The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit Saved: Ask Him to help you and Review 1 John 4:4
gives strength to helps Christian trust Him to do it
God’s children children to please
Romans 8:26 God
Acts 1:8
John 14:26-27
John 16:13
Ephesians 4:30,32
Isaiah 63:10

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Who is the Holy Spirit and what is He like?

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

Genesis 1:2 Introduction
John 16:7
Acts 5:1-11 The author of a book you like
Revelation 22:17
Progression of events
Central truth
The Holy Spirit is God, one of the Persons of the 1 The Holy Spirit is God CT
Trinity 2 He is a member of the Trinity CT
Application 3 He is a Person, not an influence
Unsaved: Let Him show you the way to be saved 4 He is a wonderful Person because He is
Saved: Let Him give you His strength to do what eternal
is right 5 He is a wonderful Person because He is
Memory verse everywhere CTS
“... When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will
6 He is most wonderful because He is holy
guide you into all truth ...” John 16:13
CT
It would probably be better to have the children
7 There is nothing greater than knowing Him
memorise the verse after the Bible lesson, as an
and loving Him, and nothing worse than
explanation of the verse is given during the lesson.
grieving Him
Visual aids
w Flashcards: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6 and 1-7 Conclusion
w Wordstrips: “The Holy Spirit is God, one of the The Holy Spirit is indeed holy and reveals our
Persons of the Trinity” (central truth) and “Let sin CTU
Him give you His strength to do what is right” He wants to lead you to Christ CTU
(application for the saved child)
w Lego pieces
w Picture of shamrock
w Globe (if possible)
w Bible verses written on cards (see flashcards 1-3
and 1-6)

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Lesson
« Introduction: The author of a book you like.
When you read a book that you really like, do you sometimes wonder
about the author, the person who wrote the book? If you had a chance
to meet him, what questions would you ask him?
Allow the children to answer.

We are going to learn about a very special Author today, Someone who
has written the most important Book ever written. It is also a Book
that has been read by millions of people. This Book is the Bible and
the Author is the Holy Spirit. I am sure that you will enjoy learning
about Him and getting to know Him.

Flashcard 1-1
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit is God.

CT The Holy Spirit is God.

PowerPoint 1-1 The Bible, God’s Word, tells us that there is only one true and living
Show card with central God. (“Besides Me there is no God” - Isaiah 44:6b.) He is the One who
truth: “The Holy Spirit is made the universe. He made the millions of worlds that look like tiny
God, one of the Persons
of the Trinity”. lights up in the night sky - we call them stars. He made the flowers in
PowerPoint hyperlink the fields, He made you and me.
(bottom right of screen)
The Bible tells us that God created this world. “Create” just means
“make out of nothing”. Isn’t that awesome! You and I can make
Method: Have a child something out of some other materials. For example, you can make
come up and build a
a house with Lego bricks, you could make a road on the beach with
house (or a wall) with
“Lego”. Then take away sand and stones, or your mother could make a meal from groceries
the bricks and tell him to that she buys in the supermarket.
make a house!
Flashcard 1-2
« Progression of events: He is a member of the Trinity.
Show card with central There are three Persons in this one God. We call them the Trinity. This
truth.
is quite hard to understand and explain, but we know that it is true
PowerPoint hyperlink
because we find it in the Bible, the Book that God has given to us.
(bottom right of screen)
The three Persons in the one God are God the Father, God the Son
(the Lord Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit. God is so great and
so wonderful that we really cannot completely understand Him with
our little minds.
PowerPoint 1-2 This triangle will help to explain a little how there can be only one
God and yet there are three Persons. The triangle has three sides but
there is just one triangle. This figure shows what we call an equilateral
triangle. Maybe you have heard about that in your maths classes. It
means that the three sides of the triangle are equal and the three angles
are equal.
CT The three Persons in the one God are all equal in their goodness and
Show card with central love and power. God the Holy Spirit is just as perfect as God the Father.
truth.
PowerPoint hyperlink
God the Son, the Lord Jesus, is just as good as God the Holy Spirit.
(bottom right of screen)
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Many hundreds of years ago, a man called Patrick went to the island
of Ireland to teach the people about God. He tried to explain the idea
of the Trinity with a leaf of shamrock.
Show a picture of a shamrock.

Flashcard 1-3
« Progression of events: He is a Person, not an influence.
Some people think that the Holy Spirit is something like the force of
gravity or electricity. This is not so. He is a Person. A person is someone PowerPoint 1-3
who can think, who can understand and know, who can love. The Holy
Spirit too can think, He can understand and know. In fact, He knows
everything there is to know! He can love - He loves everything that is
good and right. He hates all that is wrong.
I am going to read you some verses from the Bible, God’s Book, and I
want you to think about this question: what does the verse tell us the
Holy Spirit does for us?
w John 14:26 - “... The Holy Spirit ... will teach you all things ...” Method: Questions,
especially for older
Answer: The Holy Spirit will teach us. Can a wind or something children. Read the words
like an electric current teach you? No! from your Bible rather
than from this text.
w John 16:13 - “... The Spirit of truth ... will guide you ...”
It might be even more
Answer: He will guide. If you were lost somewhere you could not helpful if you could print
the words from the verses
ask the wind to guide you home, could you? The Holy Spirit is a
on a card so that the
Person and He can guide us. children could read them.
Here are two more texts which tell us what we can do to the Holy
Spirit:
w Acts 5:3 - “... [You have lied] to the Holy Spirit ...”
Answer: You can lie to Him. You can only lie to a person - not to
a force like the wind or the waves.
w Ephesians 4:30 - “... Do not grieve [sadden] the Holy Spirit of
God ...”
Answer: He can be made sad by our bad behaviour. You cannot
make the wind or the force of gravity sad, can you?
No, the Holy Spirit is a Person who can think, guide and teach. We
can speak the truth to Him or lie to Him. We can make Him sad or
we can please Him. He is a real Person.
It is true that we cannot see Him, for He has no body. That is why He
is called a Spirit - but He is a Person. He is not a thing like an electric
current, or a strong wave that carries you along.

Flashcard 1-4
« Progression of events: He is a wonderful Person because He is eternal.
The Holy Spirit is a wonderful Person because He is eternal. This PowerPoint 1-4
means that He has always lived and He will always be alive. Just as this
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circle has no beginning and no end, the life of the Holy Spirit had no
beginning and has no end.
Twenty years ago you were not yet born - you were not alive. The
Holy Spirit was never born, but He is alive! He was living long before
the Earth and the sun and stars were created. In Genesis, the very
first book of the Bible, we read about the Holy Spirit at work in the
creation of the world. (“The Spirit of God was hovering over the face
Read (or have an older of the waters” Genesis 1:2b.)
child read) the verse from
your Bible. Every person on Earth lives maybe seventy or eighty or ninety years
and then their body dies, but God the Holy Spirit will never die. Long
after the building we are in now has fallen down, long after my car has
rusted away in the junk yard, the Holy Spirit still be living. We read
about Him in Revelation, the last Book of the Bible which tells us
many things that will happen in the future (Revelation 22:17). Even
this world we live in will no longer exist, but God the Holy Spirit will
still be alive and working.
What do each of these two pictures (the triangle in the circle and the
shamrock) help you to understand about the Holy Spirit?
Let the children answer.

Flashcard 1-5
« Progression of events: He is a wonderful Person because He is everywhere.
You may wish to use a globe if you have one.

You and I can only be in one place at one time. You cannot be at school
and at home in bed at the same time, can you? The Holy Spirit is a
wonderful Person because He is everywhere. Because He is a Spirit and
PowerPoint 1-5 does not have a body, the Holy Spirit can be everywhere in the world
at the same time. He can be in Australia at the same time that He is in
Russia! That is one reason He can help people all over the world - any
time, in any place. We will talk more about that next week.
Just before the Lord Jesus went back to Heaven, He said to His disciples,
Read (or have an older “If I go away, I will send Him to you” (from John 16:7). Who was
child read) the verse from
Jesus going to send to be with His disciples? Yes, the Holy Spirit who
your Bible.
would come down from Heaven and be present all over the world at
the same time.
When the Lord Jesus was living in this world, He took a human body
to live in, and so even He could only be in one place at a time, but
the Holy Spirit who came to take the place of the Lord Jesus on Earth
does not have a human body and He can be present in many different
parts of the world at the same time.
CTS If you have trusted in Jesus as your Saviour from sin, do you know
Show card with that the wonderful Holy Spirit lives in you? (1 Corinthians 6:19,
application for the saved
Romans 8:9.) Isn’t that marvellous? He is strong and powerful and
child: “Let Him give you
PowerPoint hyperlink
He is with you every day to help you to do what is right and to say
(bottom left of screen)

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“no” to what is wrong. He will never leave you. Remember you make His strength to do what is
right”.
Him sad when you do wrong. But you can make Him glad when you
do right. Will you make Him glad today by letting Him help you to
do what is right?

Flashcard 1-6
A boy whose name is Robert Williams, is often called by different PowerPoint 1-6
names. Maybe his parents call him Robert, but his friends call him
Bob or Bobby, or possibly Williams. In the same way the Holy Spirit
has different names.
I will read some verses from the Bible and you can tell me by what
other names the Holy Spirit is called. Also see if you can work out why
He is given these names.
w Romans 8:9a - “... The Spirit of God dwells [lives] in you ...”
Answer: “Spirit of God” - He is God. Method: Scripture search,
especially for older
w Romans 8:9b - “... If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, children. Again it would be
he is not His [does not belong to Christ].” useful to have the words
of these verses printed on
Answer: “The Spirit of Christ” - the Lord Jesus Christ, together a card so that the children
with the Holy Spirit are members of the Trinity. can read them.

w John 14:16 - “... The Father ... will give you another Helper, that
He may abide [be] with you forever.”
Answer: “The Helper” - He is the One who helps us by coming
alongside and giving good counsel or good advice.
w John 14:17 - “The Spirit of truth ...”
Answer: “The Spirit of truth” - He always speaks and teaches the
truth.
« Progression of events: He is most wonderful because He is holy.
The name that is used most in the Bible is the Holy Spirit.
This name shows us that He is absolutely pure and good. This is the
most wonderful thing about Him. He always does what is right. He
is very different from us. You and I do so many wrong things that are CT
not pleasing to God. Maybe you have often disobeyed your parents, or
maybe you have told lies, or cheated at school. These things displease
God the Holy Spirit and make Him sad. As you listen to the teaching
from the Bible He can show you the way to be forgiven and to be
changed. Will you let Him do that in your life?

Flashcard 1-7
« Progression of events: There is nothing greater than knowing Him and loving Him,
and nothing worse than grieving Him.
Though you have done many wrong things that grieve or sadden the PowerPoint 1-7a
Holy Spirit, God still loves you. If you are not yet a Christian, He CTU
wants to forgive you and change you.

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« Conclusion: The Holy Spirit is indeed holy and reveals our sin.
This change begins when the Holy Spirit makes you realise that the bad
things you do are serious and displease God. They make a big “wall”
between you and God. The only way for that great wall to be taken
PowerPoint 1-7b away was for the Lord Jesus, God’s Son, to come down from Heaven
to help you. He suffered and died on the cross for the wrong things
that you have done.
« Conclusion: He wants to lead you to Christ.
Are you listening to the quiet voice of the Holy Spirit telling you to
come to the Lord Jesus and ask Him to forgive you and take away your
sin? You can do that today just where you are! Jesus promises, “The
one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out” (John 6:37b). He
will receive you and forgive you.
Of course you don’t come walking to Jesus. You come to Jesus in prayer,
telling Him in your heart that you know you need Him to forgive you
and to save you. Only He can do that for you.
Make yourself available If you would like me to explain a little more how you can “come to
for personal counselling.
Jesus”, stay behind in your place after club. I will be very happy to sit
(Be sure to comply with
the Child Protection Policy down with you and talk to you more about that.
of your country.)
Review questions
1 Who are the three Persons in God, the Holy Trinity? (God the
Father, God the Son/the Lord Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit.)
2 What did we read in the Bible that proves the Holy Spirit is a
Person? (He can teach, He can guide, He can be lied to, He can
be saddened.)
3 What is the difference between saying “God made the world” and
“God created the world”? (“Created” really means “made from
nothing”.)
4 What do we mean when we say that God the Holy Spirit is eternal?
(He has always lived and will go on living for ever.)
5 Explain the picture of the triangle in the circle. (The triangle has
three sides but it is one triangle; the Trinity is three Persons in one
God. Like a circle, God has no beginning and no end.)
6 What did Patrick use to explain the Trinity? (The shamrock.)
7 He is called the Holy Spirit. What does that name tell us about
Him? (He is pure, perfect.)
8 In the Bible, the Holy Spirit has other names. Give me two of
them. (The Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, the Helper, the
Spirit of truth.)

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The Holy Spirit gave us the Bible

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

Isaiah 9:6 Introduction
2 Peter 1:21
Keith did not know what to write
As well as studying the Scriptures and the lesson,
it would be good to find some portions of Progression of events
the Bible in other languages, and to record
1 Isaiah, guided by the Holy Spirit, prophesied
a man reading Isaiah 9:6. (You could use
about the coming of the Lord Jesus
www.BibleGateway.com.)
Central truth 2 The Holy Spirit breathed the truth into the
The Holy Spirit is the Author of the Bible minds of the human authors CT

Application 3 Demonstration by the teacher

Unsaved: Obey the message of the Bible - turn to 4 The Holy Spirit carried along the human
Christ for salvation authors CT
Saved: Read at least one verse of the Bible every 5 The Holy Spirit used many men to write the
day books of the Bible with no mistakes CT
Memory verse 6 He helps us to understand the Bible CTS
“... Men of God spoke as they were moved by the
7 The Bible, given by the Holy Spirit, is like a
Holy Spirit” 2 Peter 1:21
letter telling us about the Writer
Have the children memorise the verse after the
lesson. An explanation of the verse is given during Cimax
the lesson. The Bible also tells us about ourselves
Visual aids CTS, CTU
w Flashcards: 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6 and 2-7
Conclusion
w Wordstrips: “The Holy Spirit is the Author of
the Bible” (central truth) and “Read at least one You need to obey the message of the Bible and
verse of the Bible every day” (application for the call on the Lord for salvation CTU
saved child)
w MP3 player (or CD player and CD) with
recording of Isaiah 9:6
w Boat made from folded paper (or a little plastic
toy boat) and a basin of water
w Letter in an envelope

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Lesson
« Introduction: Keith did not know what to write.
Keith sat biting the end of his pen. It was Friday night and he had to
hand in an essay at school on Monday morning. He just could not
get started. He simply did not know what to write! Have you ever had
that problem? I’m sure that you have! But the men we will be hearing
about today did not. They knew exactly what to write! If you listen
carefully, you will find out why.

Flashcard 2-1
« Progression of events: Isaiah, guided by the Holy Spirit, prophesied about the
coming of the Lord Jesus.
PowerPoint 2-1 A man called Isaiah lived about seven hundred years before the Lord
Jesus was born. He was often in the palaces of the kings and was
probably a nobleman as well as a prophet (a man who preached God’s
Word to the people). Let’s listen to him preaching on one occasion.
Read Isaiah 9:6 (all or part of the verse).
It would be much more “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government
dramatic if these words
will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful,
were pre-recorded on
an MP3 player or CD by Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah
a man reading clearly 9:6).
and with expression.
At this point turn on the Who is Isaiah talking about? The Lord Jesus Christ who was going to
recording. be born on Earth seven hundred years later. He would be a little baby,
but He also was the “Mighty God”, “the Prince of Peace”. If Isaiah
lived seven hundred years before Jesus was born on Earth, how did he
know all these things? He knew because God the Holy Spirit showed
them to him.

Flashcard 2-2
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit breathed the truth into the minds of the
human authors.
PowerPoint 2-2 God wanted to let us know that He is a great God who is so powerful
and loving. So He decided to write it all down in a Book, which is the
Show card with central Bible that we have today. God the Holy Spirit did not actually take a
truth: “The Holy Spirit is
pen or a computer and write the words Himself, but He chose some
the author of the Bible”.
men long ago to do the writing. Isaiah was one of those writers and
PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen) God had him write what we just heard on the recording.
Can you remember a relative or a visitor in your home asking you
a question when you were supposed to know the answer? You did
not know what to say and you were embarrassed until your mother
whispered in your ear, and then you were able to give the right
answer.
In a much more wonderful way the Holy Spirit whispered the Words
of God into the mind of Isaiah and many other men who wrote the
CT books of the Bible. They wrote on a scroll, with a pen made from a
feather, as you can see in the picture.

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« Progression of events: Demonstration by the teacher.

You could act out this little scene with a pupil.

Let’s pretend that Arthur here is the prophet Isaiah.

Give the child a reed to write with and a sheet of paper. Make a whispering sound into
his ear. He pauses and thinks and then pretends to write down what you have said. You
whisper again into his ear. The child pauses, thinks and writes.
Be sure to explain that the Holy Spirit did not dictate to Isaiah the exact words that he
should write. Isaiah chose the words and the way to express God’s thoughts, but God the
Holy Spirit prevented him from making any mistakes. For that reason in the little sketch
we see “Isaiah” thinking before he writes any phrase.

This was the way that Isaiah and others wrote what God said to them.
They were not just like computers into which God typed a message.
No. Isaiah and the other writers used their own words and said the
things in their own way. But God kept them from making mistakes
or leaving anything out. When we read from the book of Isaiah today
(show the book to the children), we know that it is God’s Word and not just
the words of Isaiah. This is true of all the books of the Bible.

Flashcard 2-3
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit carried along the human authors.
If possible make a little boat of folded paper or find a little plastic toy boat. Place it in
a basin of water. Blow the little boat gently across the surface of the water from one side
to the other.

You saw me blowing this little boat across the water. Have you seen PowerPoint 2-3
something like that happen on the sea when there is a yacht race? The
wind fills the sails and carries the boats across the waves.
That is another picture of how the Holy Spirit helped the writers of
the books of the Bible. Listen to these words from the Bible.
“... Men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit”
(2 Peter 1:21).
Sometimes after writing for a while their bodies would be tired, but
the Holy Spirit gave them strength and helped them to continue with
this great work. Sometimes their minds must have got tired too, and
the Holy Spirit gave them the ideas, the words and the power to go
forward with the writing of this wonderful Book. It was God, the Holy
Spirit, who gave us this Book. There are many good books but there CT
is not another book in the whole world that is like the Bible. It is the Show card with central
truth.
only Book that God Himself has given to us. The information in other PowerPoint hyperlink
books may grow out of date. But God’s Word is for ever. It is always (bottom right of screen)
true, always right, always up-to-date. It will never pass away.

Flashcard 2-4
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit used many men to write the books of the
Bible with no mistakes.
As well as Isaiah, God the Holy Spirit used many other men to write
the Bible. There were about forty men in total. They wrote in different

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PowerPoint 2-4 countries and even in different languages, and at different times. They
had different jobs - David was a king, Luke was a doctor, Matthew was
a tax collector, Isaiah was a nobleman, Peter was a fisherman, Amos
was a farmer.
CT When Isaiah and the other writers wrote down God’s message, the Holy
Show card with central Spirit guided them so that there were no mistakes or errors. Nothing
truth.
was added by mistake, nothing necessary was left out. We can believe
PowerPoint hyperlink every page of the Bible because it is the pure Word of God.
(bottom right of screen)
Show the children the title of this series - “Meet the Author!”
« Progression of events: He helps us to understand the Bible.
The Holy Spirit not only is the Author of the Bible, He also has another
CTS special job. That is to teach us God’s Word and to help God’s children
Show card with to understand it. If you are God’s child, the Holy Spirit helps you to
application for the saved
understand the Bible as you read it day by day. “The Holy Spirit will
child: “Read at least one
verse of the Bible every teach you” (Luke 12:12). This is a promise from God to you. When
day”. you start to read the Bible, or when you listen to the Bible lesson in
PowerPoint hyperlink club, ask God the Holy Spirit to help you to really understand and
(bottom left of screen)
obey. He is the best Teacher ever.
“The Wonder Devotional If you have not done so already, this is a good opportunity to give the children a copy of
Book” is produced “The Wonder Devotional Book”. Show them how to read a page each day and encourage
by Child Evangelism them to do so.
Fellowship® Inc and
is available from your Flashcard 2-5
CEF National Office. If
you need an address, « Progression of events: The Bible, given by the Holy Spirit, is like a letter telling us
contact the European about the Writer.
Headquarters (address Show a letter in an envelope. Take it out and read a few words.
at the front of this book).
If you get a letter or e-mail from your grandmother or some other
PowerPoint 2-5 person, what kind of things would you find in it? Isn’t there usually
some news about the person who wrote to you and then probably
something about you? Your Grandma says that she is glad you are doing
well at school. Maybe she is pleased that you have good friends.
That is exactly what the Bible is like. There is news in it about God the
Writer. The Bible tells us that God is good and loving. He is totally
perfect. He never does anything wrong.

Flashcard 2-6
« Cimax: The Bible also tells us about ourselves.
PowerPoint 2-6 The Bible also tells us about you. You are very precious to God and
CTS, CTU He loves you very, very much. The reason He loves you and me is not
because we are good. There is not one of us who is good enough to
come near God who is so perfect and pure. He sees into your heart
and He knows the wrong things that you do and say and think. There
is nothing that is hidden from God. He sees the unkind and ugly
thoughts that other people do not know about. God the Holy Spirit
shows us from the Bible that these wrong things are serious and that
they separate you from God.

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As you listen to the Bible, the Holy Spirit is the One who makes you
concerned about your sin. He is the Person who shows you that what
you have done makes God very sad. Dying on the cross, the Lord Jesus
took the awful punishment that you deserve for the wrong things you
have done against God. That is why God can forgive you and you can
be saved from your sin.

Flashcard 2-7
« Conclusion: You need to obey the message of the Bible and call on the Lord for
salvation.
Today you have heard how the Holy Spirit gave us the Bible, the PowerPoint 2-7
wonderful message of God. Have you listened to it as I have explained CTU
it to you? Has He been showing you that you need to have your sins
forgiven? If you have not asked Jesus to be your Saviour, are you
willing to do what God says in the Bible? Are you willing to turn
away from those wrong things that you do and ask Him to forgive
you and to change you? You can do that today, right now! If you do,
God promises that whoever calls out to the Lord Jesus for salvation
will be saved. “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved”
(Romans 10:13).
Let’s pray. Read (or have an older
child read) the verse from
Pray, asking God to help the children who have not done so already, to call on (pray your Bible.
earnestly to) the Lord Jesus to save them from their sins.

Have you heard the Holy Spirit speaking to you today? He is showing
you through the Bible that you need to call on the Lord Jesus to be
your Saviour. Do that today! That will be the most important decision
you will ever make in your whole life. He promises that if you “call”
He will save you!
If you would like to have a little conversation with me by yourself Make yourself available
for personal counselling.
about this very important decision, come after club and tell me. I will
(Be sure to comply with
be over here by this window and I will be very glad to talk to you and the Child Protection Policy
help you in any way that I can. Of course, I cannot save you - only of your country.)
the Lord Jesus can do that. But I could explain a little more from the
Word of God to you by yourself how you can call on the Lord so that
He will save you today.
Review questions Review game
1 Who was the prophet from the Old Testament we learned about The letter game
who wrote about things that would happen hundreds of years
Prepare a set of
later? (Isaiah.) envelopes. On the back
2 Who was Isaiah referring to when he wrote about the Son who of each envelope print
a number (50, 75, 100,
would be born, the Prince of Peace? (The Lord Jesus.) etc). These would be the
3 How did Isaiah and the other prophets know what to write? (The points the team gets for
answering a question
Holy Spirit guided them.) correctly. Also on the back
of each envelope stick a
piece of flannel.

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Place them on the table 4 In what way is the Bible different from any other book that we
with the numbers hidden.
have? (It is the only book that God has given to us; it is always
Every time a question true.)
is answered correctly,
a child can choose an 5 Give me the names of two other men who wrote some part of
envelope to stick on the the Bible. (Examples given in the text are David, Luke, Matthew,
flannelboard.
Peter, Amos.)
Use one half of the board
for each team. 6 In the Bible, what does the Holy Spirit tell us about ourselves?
(That we have done wrong; that we need the Lord Jesus to save
At the end of the quiz look
at the points. The team us; that God still loves us, even though we are not good.)
with most points wins.
7 How can we show respect for God’s Word here in club? (Listen
(Hopefully the visual attentively, handle with care, etc.)
will help to remind the
children that the Bible is a 8 At home how can you show that you really believe that the Bible
letter from God.) is God’s Book. (Take time to read a little every day and ask God
You could also include to help you obey it.)
questions based on the
memory verse, and other Carry-over activity
teaching that you have
The Bible never grows old
given on prayer, missions,
through the songs, etc. Photocopy of the worksheet (page 39) for each child in your club.

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The Holy Spirit gives life

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

Acts 2:36-41 Introduction
John 16:8
The people listened very carefully to Peter
Central truth
The Holy Spirit shows us our sin and gives life Progression of events
Application 1 The Holy Spirit convicts of sin CTU
Unsaved: Ask God to give you eternal life through
His Spirit 2 The Jews in Jerusalem turn to God through
Jesus CTS, CTU
Saved: Thank the Lord that you have eternal
life 3 The “parable” about George

Note to teacher 4 The Holy Spirit is the One who helps the
This lesson contains much teaching. For younger sinner to turn to God (explanation of the
children or for those with a shorther attention span, “parable” about George) CTU
you might want to teach the lesson in two parts. The 5 The Holy Spirit gives life CTU, CTS
first part would be up to the end of flashcard 3-5.
Conclusion
Flashcards 3-6 and 3-7 give some teaching on the
works of regenerration and sanctification by the The Holy Spirit wants to make you more like
Holy Spirit. (Further teaching on sanctification is your Heavenly Father CTS
also given in different ways in lessons 4 and 5.)
Memory verse
Review John 16:13 and 2 Peter 1:21
Visual aids
w Flashcards: 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6 and 3-7
w Wordstrips: “The Holy Spirit shows us our sin
and gives life” (central truth) and “Thank the
Lord that you have eternal life” (application for
the saved child)

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Lesson
Flashcard 3-1
« Introduction: The people listened very carefully to Peter.
PowerPoint 3-1 The people listened very carefully to Peter as he preached to them in
the city of Jerusalem. It was still quite early in the morning and they
wanted to know what this big meeting was all about.
But after the preaching had gone on for some time, many people in the
great crowd became very upset. Peter told them that they had refused
to accept the Lord Jesus as God’s Son. In fact, they had wanted Him
to be put to death on the cross. Now they realised that they had done
wrong, that they had sinned against God and they felt so bad about
it. They were really sorry for all the wrong things they had done,
disobeying God.
They shouted out, “What shall we do?” (Acts 2:37.)

Flashcard 3-2
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit convicts of sin.
PowerPoint 3-2 Who made these men and women and children realise that they had
sinned against God? Who made them feel so sorry about all the wrong
things that they had done? Was it Peter? Or the other apostles? Not
really!
Peter had certainly preached God’s Word to the people, but the Person
who made them realise that they had done wrong was the Holy Spirit.
While Peter and the others were preaching, the Holy Spirit was working
silently in the hearts of the people to show them their sin and to give
them eternal life. The Holy Spirit still does this work today. In John
CTU 16:8 we read, “He [the Holy Spirit] will convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgement.” “Convict” means “show” and “make
aware”. It is the Holy Spirit who helps us to understand and become
aware that we are sinners in God’s sight. He is the one who make us
want to turn from our sin so that He can give us eternal life.
Have you felt the Holy Spirit working in your heart sometimes when
you have come to club? You have been listening to me tell you about
God who is so perfect and pure, and how He hates the wrong things
that you have done. Has it seemed to you then that there is a little
voice making you realise that all this is true, you are a sinner, you are
Show card with central not God’s child yet? Who is that speaking to you silently? It is the
truth: “The Holy Spirit
voice of the Holy Spirit, using the words of the Bible that He Himself
shows us our sin and
gives life”. had written down for us. That is why it is so important you turn from
PowerPoint hyperlink your sin and trust in Jesus. It is not just your teacher who tells you
(bottom right of screen) that you need to do this. It is God the Holy Spirit. Listen to Him as
He speaks through His Word.

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Flashcard 3-3
« Progression of events: The Jews in Jerusalem turn to God through Jesus.
The people in Jerusalem were certainly listening to God’s voice. That PowerPoint 3-3
is why they called out, “What must we do?”
Peter told them to turn from their sins and trust in the Lord Jesus so
that their sins could be wiped out (Acts 2:38).
That day many, many people turned to God from their sins and
trusted in Jesus as their Saviour - over 3,000 of them! What joy there
must have been that day in Jerusalem! There was certainly great joy in
Heaven! (Luke 15:10.)
If you have trusted in Jesus as your Saviour, you too can have this joy CTS
in your heart. Sometimes there are also problems to be faced - you get
sick, or a friend of yours moves away to another part of the country,
or you have a bad day at school. But you can be happy about the most Show card with
application for the saved
important thing of all - that your sins are forgiven and that you are on
child: “Thank the Lord that
your way to Heaven. Keep thanking God for that! you have eternal life”.
Who helped the people to turn from their sin and trust in Jesus? It PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom left of screen)
really was not Peter nor any of the apostles. It was the Holy Spirit
who did this!
I, your teacher, cannot turn you from your sin and lead you to trust CTU
in Jesus, but if you want help today I will be glad to explain more to Make yourself available
for personal counselling.
you personally from the Bible after club. Come up to the front here
(Be sure to comply with
and talk to me when club is over. I cannot give you eternal life - that the Child Protection Policy
is the work of the Holy Spirit. He shows you your need to be saved of your country.)
from your sin, and enables you to turn away from your sin and to
trust in Jesus. Show card with central
truth.
Let me explain this to you in another way. I’ll tell you a little made-up PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen)
story. In the story there is a picture of you and of the Holy Spirit. See
if you can find both in the story.

Flashcard 3-4
« Progression of events: The “parable” about George.
George was spending his summer holidays in a little town in the
country. One afternoon he was out playing. He had often been warned
not to go too far away from the house where he was staying, but he
disobeyed and set off alone for a walk out of the town, up the hill and In the text that explains
flashcard 3-4, a little
into the forest. He had a great time running along the paths among
“parable” is told, followed
the trees and exploring. by a series of questions
After he had been playing for several hours, he suddenly discovered PowerPoint 3-4
that the sun was going down and the woods were getting darker. in flashcard 3-5. This
will give the children an
“I’d better be getting back to town,” thought George, and he set off at opportunity to think and
a run in the direction he supposed would take him back home. participate actively in
finding the truth.
As he ran, he tripped over a branch of a tree and fell heavily to the
If your class is too
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reasons you feel you his leg and he fell again. He had sprained his ankle and already it was
cannot use the questions,
starting to swell. He got to his feet again and began to hobble along
give the application
in flashcard 3-5 in a as fast as he could in the darkness.
straightforward way.
Just then he saw a man coming towards him. By his uniform, George
knew that this was the forest ranger. He had a kind face and smiled
at George. The man was carrying a flashlight and had a book under
his arm.
“I’ve been looking for you, son,” said the ranger. “You have been here
in the forest all afternoon. Do you realise that you were heading in
the wrong direction? This path does not take you back to the town. It
actually ends in a big cliff and you would have been very badly hurt
if you had fallen again there. So I hurried to find you, to warn you of
the danger you were in.”
He opened his book which had maps in it and showed George the
right way to go. The ranger took George gently by the shoulders and
turned him round, took him by the arm and guided him along the
right path.
How thankful George felt as he got into his warm bed that night, that
the forest ranger had found him, shown him that he was lost, warned
him of his danger and helped him to get safely home.

Flashcard 3-5
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit is the One who helps the sinner to turn to
God. (Explanation of the “parable” about George.)
PowerPoint 3-5 1 In the story, who does George represent? (You.)
CTU 2 Why did George get lost? (He disobeyed.)
Explain that is how we get lost from God.

3 Who does the ranger represent? (The Holy Spirit.)

4 Name some things that the ranger did for George. (He found
him; he warned him of his danger; he showed him the right road,
with his book; he turned him around; he helped him to get back
to town.)
Show card with central Briefly explain that this is what the Holy Spirit wants to do for each one of the children
truth. who are still not saved.
PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen) 5 What is the Book that the Holy Spirit uses to show us the right
way? (The Bible.)
If you are dividing this Use the following game to illustrate how the Holy Spirit guies us.
lesson into two parts,
the following game and One child is blindfolded and various obstacles (chairs, stools, etc) are quietly placed
review questions could be around him. Another child has to give him instructions to get him safely across the room.
used as an introduction Each time the “guide” may only say one of five words - “stop”, “right”, “left”, “back” or
for the second part. “forward”. The other children are not allowed to help. The game can be repeated with
two other children taking part.

1 Children, does this remind you of the wonderful Person who wants
to guide us? Who is He? (The Holy Spirit.)

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2 From what dangerous path does He want to guide us? (From

going further and further from God, and being shut out of God’s
presence forever.)
3 Into what safe path does He want to guide us? (He wants to guide
you to trust in the Lord Jesus as your Saviour and to start on your
way to Heaven.)

Flashcard 3-6
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit gives life.
The Holy Sprit not only shows us our sin and helps us to trust in the
Lord Jesus. He also is the One who gives eternal life to those who trust
in Jesus. “Eternal life” means a wonderful new life that begins now
and goes on forever.
Each of you belongs to a human family. When you turn from your
sin and trust in the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, the Holy Spirit brings PowerPoint 3-6
you into a new family - God’s family. You become a child of God. The CTU
Holy Spirit gives you eternal life - the kind of life that God has and Show card with central
all His children also have. It is wonderful to have God as your Father. truth.

He is a perfect Father - He is loving and patient, He has time for you, PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen)
He is all powerful, He is very, very wise and He is holy.
By the way, we do not have a “heavenly mother”. God our Father is
like both a perfect father (strong and wise) and He is a like a perfect
mother (very tender , loving and patient).
As well, it is wonderful to have many, many brothers and sisters who
also belong to God’s family. If you have trusted in Jesus, everyone else CTS
who has Jesus as their Saviour is a brother or sister of yours - part of
God’s great, big family. Thank God every day that you are His child,
that He is your loving Father.

Flashcard 3-7
« Conclusion: The Holy Spirit wants to make you more like your Heavenly Father.
Maybe somebody has said to you that you look like your daddy. The PowerPoint 3-7
Holy Spirit not only brings you into God’s family when you trust CTS
in Jesus, but He also begins to make you more and more like your
Heavenly Father (1 Peter 1:14-15). You do not become like Him in
your looks, but in the way you behave.
Before you were saved, when the devil tempted you to tell a lie maybe
you just went ahead and did that. When you become a Christian, the
devil will still tempt you to tell lies, but you will have the Holy Spirit
to help you say “no” to the devil. You tell the truth and so you are more
like your Heavenly Father who always tells the truth.
Before you were saved when the devil tempted you to disobey your
parents maybe you just did that. When you become a Christian, the
devil will still tempt you to disobey. He will probably tempt you every
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He can help you to obey. You become more like your Heavenly Father
who always does the right thing.
You do not become completely like your Heavenly Father at once.
Sometimes Christian children, and adults too, do wrong things. We
say something that hurts another person, or we are selfish or proud.
This makes God very unhappy.
If a Christian obeys God then he is an obedient son and pleases God,
his Father. If a Christian disobeys God, then he is a disobedient son
and makes God his Father unhappy, but the Holy Spirit does not leave
Read the verse from your God’s children. In the Bible we have this promise “I will never leave
Bible.
you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).
What should you do if you sin, even after you have trusted in Jesus as
your Saviour? You must tell the Lord that you are really sorry for what
you have done and ask Him to forgive you for being a disobedient son
or daughter. God makes a wonderful promise for His children. Listen
Read the verse from your to it. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
Bible.
sins and to cleanse [clean] us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
Show card with central Has the Holy Spirit shown you that you have been sinning against God
truth.
and that you are on a dangerous pathway going further and further
PowerPoint hyperlink from God? Will you turn from your sin today and ask the Lord Jesus
(bottom right of screen)
to save you?
Read the verse from your The Bible says, “Now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Bible.
Review questions
There is no review quiz given, as there are many questions incorporated
in the lesson.
Carry-over activity
A maze
Photocopy the picture of the maze (page 40) for each child in your
club.

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The Holy Spirit, the believer’s Companion

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

John 14:17 Introduction
2 Corinthians 3:18
Ephesians 4:30 Have you ever wished ...?
Romans 8:4,15-16
Progression of events
1 John 2:3
Central truth 1 The Holy Spirit lives in every believer
The Holy Spirit lives in the believer CTS

Application 2 He is a Friend and Companion to the

Unsaved: Come to the Lord Jesus, as the Holy Spirit Christian CTS
speaks to you 3 He wants to make you more like Jesus
Saved: Thank Him each day for His wonderful CTS
work in your life 4 He is like a potter - moulding each
Memory verse Christian CTS
“... He who is in you is greater than he who is in 5 He helps us to be sure that we are God’s
the world” 1 John 4:4 children CTS
Visual aids 6 The Holy Spirit keeps the “fire” of love and
w Flashcards: 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6 and 4-7 obedience burning in the heart of God’s
w Wordstrips: “The Holy Spirit lives in the believer” children CTS
(central truth) and “Thank Him each day for His
Conclusion
wonderful work in your life” (application for the
saved child) Thank your Heavenly Father for the work of the
Holy Spirit in your life CTS, CTU

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Lesson
« Introduction: Have you ever wished ...?
Have you ever wished that your best friend could always be with you?
At school, on holiday, in your home - everywhere! If you have trusted
the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, you do have a Friend who is always
with you. He is the Holy Spirit.
In our club today and next week, let’s think about what the Holy Spirit
does in the life of a boy or girl who is God’s child.

Flashcard 4-1
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit lives in every believer.
After the Lord Jesus had died on the cross, He came back to life and
went back to Heaven. But before He left the Earth, He said something
wonderful to His friends, the disciples. Let’s read what it was.
Read John 14:17.
Read (or have an older “... He dwells [lives] with you and will be in you.”
child read) the verse from
your Bible. The Lord Jesus is speaking about the Holy Spirit and He says two
things about Him. What are they?
Allow the children to answer.
PowerPoint 4-1 w He lives with you.
w He will be in you.
CTS If you are God’s child these two promises are for you too! The Holy
Show card with central Spirit lives with you and lives in you!
truth: “The Holy Spirit
lives in the believer”. When did He start to live in you ? The very moment that you trusted in
PowerPoint hyperlink Jesus as your Saviour, though you may not have felt anything unusual.
(bottom right of screen)
The Holy Spirit does not have a body. He can live in you, because He
is a Spirit.
Why does the Holy Spirit live in everyone who is a Christian? What
does He do in your life?

Flashcard 4-2
« Progression of events: He is a Friend and Companion to the Christian.
The first reason He lives in everyone who has trusted in Jesus is to be
a Friend and Companion to them.
PowerPoint 4-2 If you are God’s child, the Holy Spirit is always with you - when you
CTS are playing at school, when you are alone at home, when you feel
afraid, or when you are sick.
He will never leave you. You can always count on this good Friend
Show card with central (who is the all-powerful God) being with you. In fact, He is living
truth.
PowerPoint hyperlink
in you. He is not like other friends who sometimes are not in a good
(bottom right of screen) mood, or who don’t want to help if it does not suit them. He is always
there at your side.

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So when you feel afraid or lonely, remember that the Holy Spirit is
right there with you to keep you company and to be your wonderful,
perfect, unchanging Friend. Thank Him for that.
Boys and girls, think of some hard situations when you would really
love to know that the Holy Spirit is with you.
Let the children participate. You could add to their answers by suggesting situations - Method: Class
for example, when you are in hospital for an operation, or you have a difficult exam at participation.
school, or your father has lost his job, or you are lost in a big shop, or there is a storm with
lightning and thunder, or a couple of the older children at school are always picking on
you (bullying you).

Flashcard 4-3
« Progression of events: He wants to make you more like Jesus.
Another reason why the Holy Spirit has come to live in each believer PowerPoint 4-3
is to change him or her.
His name tells you what kind of a Person He is. He is holy. That means
that He is perfect and pure and clean. He cannot do anything wrong.
He loves everything that is good and lovely. He also hates everything
that is dirty and wrong and sinful.
Read Ephesians 4:30 from your Bible. Method: Read Ephesians
4:30-31 and have the
Here God says, “Do not grieve [sadden] the Holy Spirit”. children answer the
questions. Explain briefly
The next verse tells us some of the things that make Him sad. As I what the words mean.
read the verse, pick out some things that make Him sad. Put up your
hand if you want to answer.
Read Ephesians 4:31 from your Bible.

w Bitterness (nasty thoughts, wanting to “pay someone back”).

w Wrath (rage) and anger.
w Clamour (hurting other people, fighting to get your own way).
w Evil speaking (telling lies about other people to hurt them).
When the Holy Spirit came to live in you the moment you trusted in CTS
Christ as your Saviour, He started the work of making you more like Show card with central
truth.
the Lord Jesus. He will go on with that wonderful work, little by little,
during your whole life (2 Corinthians 3:18). PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen)
Sometimes our lives must seem like a dirty prison to the Holy Spirit.
When you let lies, sinful thoughts and disobedience into your life, how
do you think the Holy Spirit must feel? He must be so uncomfortable
and sad surrounded by all those sinful things.
The Bible tells us not to make Him sad by doing these wrong things
(Ephesians 4:30). The Holy Spirit can give you the strength to say “no”
to temptations. He can help you not to do those things that are wrong.
He can change you little by little into a lovely person (Romans 8:4).
Maybe you do not see too many changes yet. Do not be discouraged!

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God the Holy Spirit is at work in your life. Thank Him for His patience
with you!

Flashcard 4-4
« Progression of events: He is like a potter - moulding each Christian.
PowerPoint 4-4 Have you ever seen a potter working? He is a person who uses clay to
make cups or vases or pots.
Maybe you have seen a potter in a television programme. He takes a
lump of clay and puts it on a spinning, flat wheel. He keeps his hands
on the clay and gradually forms it into the beautiful pattern that he
has in his mind.
That is a picture of what the Holy Spirit is doing in your life. He is
the great Potter who is shaping you little by little. The pattern that
CTS He has in His mind is the Lord Jesus Himself. You and I are not very
much like the Lord Jesus yet. Sometimes you and I feel a bit sad and
discouraged when we think of some of the wrong things that we still
do, but the Holy Spirit can remind us that He is making us better and
kinder than we were before.
Is that true in your life? Do you love the Lord Jesus more now than
Read (or have an older you did last year? Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will keep My
child read) the verse from
commandments” (from John 14:15). Do you find that you want to
your Bible.
obey your parents more? Do you try more to always tell the truth?
If that is so, you can think, “It really is true! The Holy Spirit who lives
Show card with in me, is changing me little by little. I am far from perfect but I know
application for the saved
that the Holy Spirit will keep on helping me to become more and
child: “Thank Him each
day for His wonderful more like the Lord Jesus.”
work in your life”.
One day, when we get to Heaven, we will indeed be perfectly like the
PowerPoint hyperlink Lord Jesus Himself. Isn’t that wonderful?
(bottom left of screen)
Flashcard 4-5
PowerPoint 4-5 Why did the Holy Spirit come to live in you the moment that you were
saved? Can you remember the two reasons we have already thought
about?
Allow the children to answer.

w To keep you company.

w To change you little by little so that you will become more and
more like the Lord Jesus.
« Progression of events: He helps us to be sure that we are God’s children.
Another reason is to help you to be sure that you really are God’s
child (Romans 8:15-16).
The devil will often attack you and try to make you doubt that you
are saved. He wants you to keep wondering, “Am I really a child of
God?”, “Am I really on my way to Heaven?” or “Are my sins really all
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Part of the work of the Holy Spirit is to help you answer the devil when
he attacks. The Holy Spirit helps you to know you are truly God’s
child. He can do this in two ways.
Firstly, He brings back to mind verses like Romans 10:13, “Whoever
calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” You can think, “Did I CTS
call on the Lord to save me from my sins and to make me His child?”
If you did, then you can know that He kept His promise to save you.
It is the Holy Spirit who put that verse, and many others like it, in
the Bible. He helps you to be sure from these promises that you are
truly God’s child.
The second way that the Holy Spirit helps you to be sure that you are
saved and are God’s child is by helping you to see the little changes
that He is making in your life, even when you are alone and no-one
is watching to see if you do what is right or not.
Read (or have an older
Let’s read part of another wonderful verse from God’s Word. “The Spirit child read) the verse from
your Bible.
... [cries out], ‘Abba, Father!’” (Galatians 4:6). That word “Abba” is just
like “Dad” or “Daddy”. When you have a fear that maybe you are not CTS
God’s child, it is the Holy Spirit who assures you that you really are in Show card with
application for the saved
God’s family and quietly in your heart you say, “Yes, I know that You
child.
are my Father in Heaven. You are a Father I can trust and I am Your PowerPoint hyperlink
son (or daughter).” (bottom left of screen)

Many young Christians have doubts as to whether they really are Make yourself available
for personal counselling.
children of God. If you have doubts like that, I hope that this class
(Be sure to comply with
has really helped you. But if you would like me to talk personally with the Child Protection Policy
you, please come and talk to me here after club. I will be very happy of your country.)
to explain more to you and help you in any way I can.

Flashcard 4-6
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit keeps the “fire” of love and obedience
burning in the heart of God’s children.
There is a famous book called “Pilgrim’s Progress” in which there is a
story about a man called Christian. Christian makes a long journey and
one day he comes to a big house and goes inside. In one of the rooms
there is a fire burning in the fireplace but a very angry-looking man PowerPoint 4-6a
is throwing buckets of water on the fire to put it out. To Christian’s
surprise, the fire does not go out. Christian wonders how it keeps
burning, until a friend takes him into a room behind the fireplace and PowerPoint 4-6b
there is a man pouring oil on the fire through a little opening in the
wall. Oil burns very easily and makes a big flame.
The angry-looking man who pours water on the fire, makes us think
of our enemy, the devil, who is always trying to discourage us, to make
us love the Lord Jesus less and to trust Him less.
But there is Someone who is more powerful than the devil. He works CTS
very quietly in the hearts of God’s children. He reminds us of God’s
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to be a good example to others. You know now who He is, don’t you?
He is the Holy Spirit. He helps our love for Jesus to burn brighter. He
helps us to be stronger and to do what is right, to be obedient to our
parents and teachers and to be friendly to others. Isn’t the work of the
Holy Spirit wonderful?

Flashcard 4-7
« Conclusion: Thank your Heavenly Father for the work of the Holy Spirit in your
PowerPoint 4-7 life.

CTS Is the Holy Spirit your Companion and Friend? He certainly is, if you
Show card with have trusted in Christ and asked Him to save you from the punishment
application for the saved
that you deserve because of your sin. Thank your Heavenly Father for
child.
the Holy Spirit and for His love and patience in being with you always,
PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom left of screen) in making you more like the Lord Jesus, and in making your love and
trust in the Lord burn brightly.
CTU If you have never trusted in Jesus as your Saviour, the Holy Spirit
wants to show you that you are a sinner. He wants you to receive the
Lord Jesus into your life. The Lord Jesus died on the cross so that
your sins could be forgiven and you could become a child of God.
Read the verse from your God promises, “As many as received Him [the Lord Jesus], to them
Bible.
He gave the right to become children of God (John 1:12). Will you
receive (accept) Him today?
Review questions
1 When does the Holy Spirit come to live in the heart of a child of
God? (The moment he trusts in Jesus as his Saviour.)
2 Give me two examples of bad situations that you might be in as a
Christian, but you know that God, the Holy Spirit, is with you.
(Answers will vary - for example, when you are in hospital for an
operation, or you have a difficult exam at school, or your father
has lost his job, or you are lost in a big shop, or there is a storm
with lightning and thunder, or a couple of the older children at
school are always picking on you.)
3 What makes the Holy Spirit sad? (Our sin.)
4 In what way can we compare the Holy Spirit to a potter? (The
potter moulds the clay to make a pot, and the Holy Spirit moulds
the believer to make him more like Jesus.)
5 The Holy Spirit uses two ways to make the Christian sure that he
is truly a child of God. What are they? (Through promises in the
Bible; through the life of the Christian which should be more and
more pleasing to God.)
6 What did “Christian” (the pilgrim) see in the big house? (A fire
burning in the fireplace and a very angry-looking man throwing
buckets of water on the fire to put it out, but the fire does not go
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7 Who is the person who tries to discourage us and “put out” our love
for the Lord and our desire to please Him? (The devil/Satan.)
8 The Holy Spirit is the One who “keeps the fire burning” in the life
of the Christian. Can you explain what we mean by “keeping the
fire burning”? (He keeps encouraging us and helping us to love
and serve God.)
Carry-over activity
The Holy Spirit helps when the devil attacks
Photocopy the picture of the maze (page 41) for each child in your
club.

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The Holy Spirit gives strength to God’s children

Scripture for teachers Lesson outline

Romans 8:26 Introduction
Acts 1:8
John 14:26-27 Have you ever felt really tired? CTS
John 16:13
Progression of events
Ephesians 4:30,32
Isaiah 63:10 1 The Holy Spirit prays for the believer
Central truth CTS
The Holy Spirit helps Christian children to please 2 The Holy Spirit tells us to tell others about
God Jesus CTS
Application 3 Case study - Mary learning to witness to
Saved: Ask Him to help you and trust Him to others CTS
do it 4 The Holy Spirit helps you understand the
Memory verse Bible CTS
Review 1 John 4:4
5 Case study - Sam learning to forgive
With older children review the three verses
memorised previously. Conclusion
Visual aids Review of the main points in the lesson CTS
w Flashcards: 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5 and 5-6
w Wordstrips: “The Holy Spirit helps Christian
children to please God” (central truth) and
“Ask Him to help you and trust Him to do it”
(application for the saved child)

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Lesson
« Introduction: Have you ever felt really tired?
Have you ever felt really tired after a long ride on your bicycle, or a
hard game of football, or a swim in the pool? You feel as if you have
no strength left to do anything.
Sometimes Christians feel like that, not just in their bodies but in their
minds and feelings. They feel exhausted, trying to do what is right. They
feel tired trying to tell friends who do not know the Lord Jesus about
the good news of salvation. Sometimes it seems that it is too hard to
CTS pray or to read the Bible. Do you sometimes feel like that? The Holy
Spirit lives in each believer, and stays with him day by day to give him
strength to do what is right.

Flashcard 5-1
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit prays for the believer.
Method: Questions and Let’s read Romans 8:26. Listen for the two things this verse tells us
answers.
that the Holy Spirit does.
“... The Spirit also helps us in our weaknesses. For we do not know
what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
Did you notice them as I read?
w He helps.
w He intercedes with groans.
(To “make intercession” means that He prays for God’s children.)
PowerPoint 5-1 When does a person groan? Yes, when he is in pain. The Holy Spirit
groans because He feels our pains. He knows when we are sick, hurt,
tired or lonely, and so He groans. We cannot hear His groans, but He
does more than that - He helps us and He prays for us. We do not
really know how to pray. Our prayers are often very imperfect, but
the Holy Spirit prays to God for us so that we will be strong to do
CTS what is right and to keep on doing it. When you pray quietly to God
at home, isn’t it wonderful to know that the Holy Spirit is praying for
you and with you!

Flashcard 5-2
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit tells us to tell others about Jesus.
After the Lord Jesus had died and come back to life, He spent forty
more days on Earth before He went back to Heaven. Just before He
left the Earth, He gathered His disciples together and told them that
He would not leave them but that He would send the Holy Spirit to
be with them. Even before He died, Jesus had promised that He would
not leave them like orphans.
PowerPoint 5-2 This took place ten days later, when the disciples were together in
Jerusalem and the Holy Spirit came down on them with the sound of
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exciting time - even a bit frightening. Why had the Holy Spirit come
down from Heaven? If you listen to the promise the Lord Jesus had
given previously, you will know the answer. Jesus had said, “You shall Read (or have an older
child read) the verse from
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall
your Bible.
be witnesses to Me” (Acts 1:8).
Yes, the Holy Spirit came to give the disciples power to tell others
about the Lord Jesus. Immediately Peter and the other disciples stopped
being afraid and went out to preach about the Lord Jesus. That day a
huge crowd listened to the Gospel and about 3,000 people trusted in
Jesus as their Saviour.
The Holy Spirit can give you and me this power too - to tell our friends CTS
about Jesus who came to save them from their sin. Sometimes that Show card with central
truth: “The Holy Spirit
is not easy, but if you have trusted in Jesus as your Saviour, the Holy
helps Christian children to
Spirit is with you to give you the strength and courage to tell others please God”.
about Him. PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom right of screen)
Flashcard 5-3
« Progression of events: Case study - Mary learning to witness to others.
Let’s imagine a situation of a girl at school. Let’s call her Mary. Mary
is nine years old and attends a big school in the city. In Good News
Club® the previous year, she asked the Lord Jesus to be her Saviour.
Since then the Holy Spirit has begun to change her life. She is not as
selfish as she had been before she was saved. Now she is much kinder.
Some of the bad words that she used to say are not coming out of her
mouth now. She behaves better in class.
Heather (one of the girls with whom Mary had not got on well before) PowerPoint 5-3
came to her one day at break and said, “Mary, you have changed a lot
since last year. You seem like a different person. What has happened
to you?”
Mary had a wonderful opportunity to tell Heather how the Lord Jesus
had come into her life by His Spirit and how He helped her day by
day. She also gave a Gospel tract to Heather. Mary had been hoping
and praying that soon Heather too would ask the Lord to forgive her
sins and trust in Him as her Saviour.
1 Who was helping Mary to witness to Heather? (The Holy Method: Case study.
Spirit.) Make copies of the five
questions in the lesson.
A few minutes ago we read the verse in Acts 1:8 which tells us that You will need a copy for
the Holy Spirit gives power to God’s children to tell others about every five or six children
Jesus. in your class.
Tell the story of Mary to
2 Mary witnessed to Heather and the other pupils in the school in
the whole class.
two ways. What were they? (Her actions and her words.)
Divide the children into
3 What changes had the Holy Spirit already made in Mary’s life? groups of five or six to
(She was not selfish, was kinder, had stopped using bad words, answer the questions.
Explain that they do not
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need to answer question 4 Can you think of some other people, apart from her school friends,
five aloud.
that Mary might have the chance to witness to at another time?
Allow the children two or (For example, to her family.)
three minutes to discuss
the questions. 5 If we changed the names of the story, where would we put your
Bring the children back name? In the place of Mary, or in the place of Heather? Are you
together again and ask for like Mary, a Christian learning to witness to others? Or are you like
their answers. Heather, still not saved and needing to have your sins forgiven?
Add to their answers with
At the back of our class there are some tracts. If you are a believer, would
your own comments.
you like to pick up a tract after club and give it to a friend sometime
CTS this week and invite them to come to our Good News Club to hear
the Gospel? The Holy Spirit will help you to be a good witness. He
A selection of tracts for can also work in the hearts of your friends, showing them that they
children is produced
by European Child
too need Jesus to be their Saviour. Maybe next week in Good News
Evangelism Fellowship® Club you could tell me if you talked to someone about Jesus, or maybe
and are available from you will introduce me to a friend that you have brought with you to
your CEF® National hear about Jesus!
Office. If you need an
address, contact the
Flashcard 5-4
European Headquarters
(address at the front of The Holy Spirit prays for God’s children so that they will have the
this book).
courage and strength to do what is right and to be good witnesses for
PowerPoint 5-4 the Lord Jesus.
« Progression of events: The Holy Spirit helps you understand the Bible.
The Holy Spirit also strengthens God’s children in another way - He
helps them to understand the Bible.
Do you remember, some weeks ago, how we learned a little about how
the Holy Spirit gave us the Bible and how He helps us understand it?
(John 14:26.)
Suppose you were reading a book that was very, very interesting, but
there were some things where you were not quite sure if you understood
their exact meaning. One day a visitor came to your home, and you
discovered he was the writer of the book. Wouldn’t it be wonderful just
to turn to him and say, “I’m enjoying your book so much, but would
you explain to me what you meant on page 124?”
CTS That is exactly what you can do as you read the Bible. If you are God’s
Show card with child, the Writer of the Bible lives with you. He is not just a visitor. As
application for the saved
you read a little of God’s Word each day, you can pray to God and ask
child: “Ask Him to help
you and trust Him to do that the Holy Spirit, the Author of the Bible, will help you understand
it”. and obey what He has written for you.
PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom left of screen) Flashcard 5-5
« Progression of events: Case study - Sam learning to forgive.
PowerPoint 5-5 Let me tell you another little made-up story. This time we will call
If the children enjoyed the boy Sam.
and benefited from the
case study about Mary, Sam was reading his Bible one morning. Before he began, he asked
try this one about Sam. God to help him understand what he was about to read. He read from

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Ephesians 4:32 - “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving Follow the same steps as
before.
one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
If you prefer, just tell
“That’s right,” thought Sam. “God forgave my sins. I must learn to the story and ask the
forgive others too.” questions yourself to the
whole class.
Then he prayed that God would help him and he quickly ran off to
school. At lunchtime when he was playing football Tom, one of his
friends, kicked him quite hard.
Sam was just about to punch him back, when the words “forgiving
one another, ... as God ... forgave you” came into his mind. He just
played on and did not pay Tom back.

Flashcard 5-6
At home that evening, he was finishing a jigsaw puzzle, when Anne (his
younger sister) suddenly knocked lots of the pieces onto the floor. Sam PowerPoint 5-6
was about to shout angrily at her when he remembered the words from
the Bible - “Forgiving one another, ... as God ... forgave you.” Sam was
able to pick up the pieces quietly, without making a big fuss.
Let the children answer these questions.

1 Sam began his day very well as a young Christian. How? (He read
his Bible and prayed.)
2 Why did he pray before he read the Bible? (He asked God to help
him understand what he was about to read.)
3 Who helped him to understand the Bible verse? (The Holy
Spirit.)
4 How did he show at school that he really had understood what he
had read that morning? (When Tom kicked him as they played
football, Sam did not kick back.)
5 How did he show at home that he had understood? (When Anne
knocked the jigsaw pieces onto the floor, Sam did not shout at
her but just picked up the pieces without making a fuss.)
« Conclusion: Review of the main points in the lesson.
We have learned many things about the Holy Spirit. If you have trusted CTS
the Lord Jesus as your Saviour, God the Holy Spirit is with you when Show card with
application for the saved
you are frightened or lonely. He is with you when people bully and
child.
tease you. PowerPoint hyperlink
(bottom left of screen)
w He is with you when you read the Bible, to help you understand
and obey.
w He is with you when you want to share with others that you belong
to the Lord Jesus.
w He is with you helping you to pray.
He is your Friend forever. Don’t do anything that would hurt Him!
Listen to Him! Obey Him at once! Let Him change you! Then you
will have the joy of the Lord in your heart.
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Review questions
For this lesson we have not included review questions.
Carry-over activity
Role play
Children would really enjoy a little role play and it should certainly
reinforce the teaching given in flashcard 5-5.
For the main character, choose an extrovert who would enjoy this role.
Shyer children could take smaller parts.
You need six “actors” for this role play:
w Sam
w Two friends with whom he plays football
w Someone “off-stage” to read Ephesians 4:32 in scenes 2 and 3
w Anne (Sam’s sister)
w Someone to hold up three cards saying “Scene 1 - Sam’s bedroom”,
“Scene 2 - Lunchtime at school” and “Scene 3 - Living room”

Scene 1
Sam (by himself ) reads his Bible aloud by his bedside in the morning.
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).

Scene 2
Sam and two friends are playing football at school during lunchtime.
One of them trips him up. He gets up furiously to punch his friend,
but ... (the action stops). The voice off-stage is heard, “Forgiving one
another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Sam does not retaliate
and goes on playing good-naturedly.

Scene 3
That evening Sam and Anne are in the living room at home. Sam is
working on his jigsaw. Anne knocks pieces onto the floor. Sam is about
to shout at her, but ... (the action stops). Ephesians 4:32 is heard off-
stage. Sam picks up the pieces quietly.
You might like to follow up the role play with another question or two to reinforce the
teaching further:
1 God will not speak to you in a loud voice as we saw in our little role play at the
moment of temptation. How will He speak? (He may remind you of something you
read in the Bible that morning, or of something you heard in Good News Club.)
2 Will you too plan to take time to read God’s Word each morning? Where will you do
it? When? How will you remember what you have read?

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The Bible never grows old

Carry-over activity - lesson 2

You could add another picture of

something old or broken. If you wish,
colour the pictures of the old things
in a dark colour and colour the Bible
in a bright colour.

Every time you see something

old, broken or rusted, thank God
that the Bible never grows old.

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A maze
Carry-over activity - lesson 3

Help this child to find his way home.

You, too, need the Holy Spirit to guide
you to Jesus and the home in Heaven.

Home!

Start

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Carry-over activity - lesson 4

When the devil attacks, thank the Lord that

the Holy Spirit is there to keep you bright and strong!
The Holy Spirit helps when the devil attacks
 Copy, cut out and keep in your Bible
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Summary of steps for counselling
the child who wants to come to Christ
Make sure the child understands about
God
Who is God?
God made us. He speaks to us through the Bible.
God is holy and pure. He loves us.
Sin
What is sin?
Sin is disobeying God‘s commands. It is against God.
Speak about specific sins.
The child is a sinner by nature and act. (We sin because we are
sinners.)
Sin deserves punishment.
The Saviour
Who alone can take away your sin?
God the Son died on the cross for sinners.
The Lord Jesus rose again from the dead.
He is Lord of all.

Explain how to be saved

Explain what the Lord wants us to do, and what He will do.
Use a Bible verse (John 1:12; 3:16; 6:37; Acts 16:31;
Romans 6:23 or 10:13).
What does the Lord want you to do?
What will the Lord do?
Warn about difficulties.
Ask: “Do you want to trust Christ, or would you rather wait?”
Encourage the child to pray audibly (if ready).

Speak about assurance of salvation

Go back to the Bible verse you used.
Speak about a changed life.
Tell him what the person who is truly trusting in Christ can know.

Give (later) some advice about the Christian life

Read and obey your Bible.
Talk to God, our Heavenly Father.
Tell others what the Lord has done for you.
Ask God to forgive you when you sin.
Meet with other Christians.
Remember the Lord promises: “I will never leave you” (Heb 13:5).