Do It!: ABC: Deuteronomy for Me!: Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World
This is the fourth lesson in the Deuteronomy ABC series; scroll back to see the intro lesson, A, B, and C lessons. This series is for homeschoolers, Christian schools, kids' clubs and anyone who wants to dig into Deuteronomy. It covers "Little Kids" (4-7), "Big Kids" (Ages 8-12), and teachers/parents/
YOU!
Little Kids (Ages 4-7)
D Is for Do It!
D is for do it,
should do, shall do,
do so, do no,
can do too,
do this, do that,
to name a few,
do them, do after,
do all, do ye---
so many dos in
so many dos in
Deuteronomy!
Besides "dos" mentioned, encourage kids to find
even more Deuteronomy Dos!
Discover It: Dot the Dos
Assist kids to search in Deuteronomy for some "do it" and "do" verses; place a dot beside them. Set a timer as kids look through the chapters. How many can they find? If you have a group two children can do this together.
Repeat It: Deuteronomy 30:14
"The word is very nigh unto thee _____( put in child's name) in thy mouth, and in thy heart that thou mayest do it!" If we learn God's word where does the word stay? (in our hearts n' minds) And if from a child one learns the word as Timothy tells us, it will make us wise unto salvation! Recite this inserting the names of each person in your family, or group. Write this verse too on a white board, or in a journal.
Move It: God's Word
God's word
God's word
isn't far off. No!
(Shake head.)
God's word isn't
high or low.
(Point up, down.)
God's word is
very near
in your mouth,
and heart right here.
(Point to mouth,
self.)
So do it!
(Say loudly.)
From Deuteronomy 30:12-14
Mark It: "This Day" Spots
Deuteronomy has lots of "this day" spots. Which is your fav Deuteronomy "this day" place? Share it with someone else. By the way "this day" meant the day it was being said, just like "today" is when this is being read.
Sing It: The Bible for Me! Tune: "Victory Is Mine!"
The Bible for Me!
The Bible for Me!
The Bible for me, the Bible for me, (Lift Bible high.)
The Bible for me this day, (Move Bible to song.)
In its pages God's words I'll find, (Thumb through pages.)
The Bible for me this day! ( Hold high.)
Yea! (Shout)
Say It: Do This, Do That Rhyme
Do This, Do That!
All through Deuteronomy,
All through Deuteronomy,
Moses did say,
"Do this, do that, listen,
obey!"
Play It: Do This, Do That!
Choose a leader. Like "Simon Says" if the leader says, "Do this!" the kids copy the action, if the leader says "Do that!" no action is taken. If a mistake is made that child sits down. The last one standing becomes the new leader.
Dough It: Playdough D Words
Print a list of "D" words on your white board: do it, do, day, detest. dread, …. Read the list with your kids. Discuss the meanings. Use them in a sentence. Choose one word to model with playdough/other modeling materials.
*Idea!* Instead of you choosing "D words" let first/second graders find a "D" word in their Bible, highlight it, write it on their white board and in their journal. After discussion, let them model it with play dough.
Demo It: Do show kids how to roll out long snake-like ropes first, before forming their word or words. If a longer word is chosen such as "discouraged" a group of two or more might work together to form the word.
YOU DO IT! The more you encourage kids to look into their Bibles, the more familiar they'll become with them. And isn't that one of our most important goals of these lessons? "From a child" is always a phrase we must keep firmly in our minds. "From a child" thou hast known the holy scriptures!" (II Timothy 3:15)
* Idea!* I'd strongly suggest the teacher/parent have one larger white board, while the kids have smaller ones as well. Over the years I've observed how much kids loved writing on white boards and playing games with them besides.
Choose a leader. Like "Simon Says" if the leader says, "Do this!" the kids copy the action, if the leader says "Do that!" no action is taken. If a mistake is made that child sits down. The last one standing becomes the new leader.
Dough It: Playdough D Words
Print a list of "D" words on your white board: do it, do, day, detest. dread, …. Read the list with your kids. Discuss the meanings. Use them in a sentence. Choose one word to model with playdough/other modeling materials.
*Idea!* Instead of you choosing "D words" let first/second graders find a "D" word in their Bible, highlight it, write it on their white board and in their journal. After discussion, let them model it with play dough.
Demo It: Do show kids how to roll out long snake-like ropes first, before forming their word or words. If a longer word is chosen such as "discouraged" a group of two or more might work together to form the word.
YOU DO IT! The more you encourage kids to look into their Bibles, the more familiar they'll become with them. And isn't that one of our most important goals of these lessons? "From a child" is always a phrase we must keep firmly in our minds. "From a child" thou hast known the holy scriptures!" (II Timothy 3:15)
* Idea!* I'd strongly suggest the teacher/parent have one larger white board, while the kids have smaller ones as well. Over the years I've observed how much kids loved writing on white boards and playing games with them besides.
Make It: Deuteronomy "D" Book
Prepare it: run off large outline Ds on colored paper and cut them out. Print page of "D" words to cut out, and glue onto cover in a collage fashion.
Make it: Fill in with materials, words, or sentences to make into a big D book. Work on one page at a time, and then make its "D" cover; and staple together. For cover title, glue on printed strip: "Deuteronomy D Words."
*"Idea"* Find all kinds of outline letters at YesColoring.com. Print the letters you want!
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrCwogLf2Fe2AMAcwIPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=yescoloring.com&fr=yhs-symantec-ext_onb&hspart=symantec&hsimp=yhs-ext_onb
Mark It: " U Do It!" Book Mark
Prepare it: sturdy rectangle book marks, tissue paper or facial tissue squares, glue, and word strips.
Make it: Give each child a book mark shape, and a pile of tissue papers. Put a tiny dot of glue on marker. Place tissue square over glue dot. While wet, scrunch up tissue. Put another teensy drop of glue on, and continue until entire marker is filled in. Do just one side. To it glue printed strip : "U Do It!" On reverse flat side glue: Deuteronomy 30:14 with kid's name inserted! Put in Bible.
Hear It: A Deuteronomy Do Not Part
Deuteronomy has lots of do verses as we've learned, but it also has do not parts too. In them God tells to watch out so we won't do certain things because they aren't good to do. These practices are called abominations. They are bad. God tells us to watch out not to listen to people too who tell us certain things that aren't true. These people are called diviners. They are not good. God says stick to me. Obey my commands, and do them. From Deuteronomy 18
Say It: Do Them!
Do Them!
God had demands,
God had statues,
God had commands
for his people
to do them!
From Deuteronomy 4:6
Older Kids: (Ages 8-12)
Memorize It: A Deuteronomy 30:14 Do It Verse
"The word is very nigh unto thee in thy mouth, and in thy heart that thou mayest do it!
Discover It: Deuteronomy Verses in Romans
Deuteronomy quotations may also be found in other OT/NT books. One such place is Romans 10:5-9 that quotes from Deuteronomy 30:11-14. Verse five mentions Moses. In Moses' time people had to keep the commandments, or the law. But in the time when Romans was written, Jesus had been born, lived, died, risen, and gone back to heaven. Now, people could ask the Lord Jesus to forgive their sins and believe in him to help them be righteous or do right things.
Learn It! Romans 10:8,9
Romans 10:8,9 says: "But what saith it? THE WORD IS NIGH THEE, EVEN IN THY MOUTH, AND IN THINE HEART: that is the word of faith which we preach: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Do you see the capitalized part from Deuteronomy? These verses tell us how we can know the Lord as our own Savior by confessing our sins with our mouths, and believing in our hearts about Jesus death and resurrection. What was "the word of faith" that was preached?
I Remember It: "Romans Ten and Nine"
I was just a young girl when I sang a chorus about Romans 10:9. That was many years ago, but I've never forgotten its words. It went like this:
Romans Ten and Nine
Romans ten and nine,
Is a favorite verse of mine,
Confessing Christ as Lord,
I am saved by grace divine,
For there the words of promise
In golden letters shine,
Romans ten and nine.
May I ask you a question? Have you trusted Jesus as your very own Savior from sin? If you haven't, you can do it today.
Think About It: A To-Do List
Have you ever made a to-do list for yourself, or has your dad or mom done this? Often parents will hang up a chore list on the fridge for kids to know what chores they have to do, or a list of activities you will have coming up soon. Now, Deuteronomy has some lists of things to do, and lists of things not to do too. Discuss some of these e.g. recalling the blessings and the curses given in Lesson B, or the Ten Commandment list in Lesson C.
Understand It: A Deuteronomy Do Not Do It List
Deuteronomy 18 has some very important "do not" verses that everyone should begin to learn while they are young. Unfortunately, many have never read, or even understood, some of these practices only to be trapped or lured into doing them believing they were harmless.
Hear It: God's Not Learn to Do List: Nine Abominations to Avoid!
In Deuteronomy 18:9--14 God told the Israelites when they got into the land there were nine things they shouldn't learn to do--nine abominations of the nations around them. Now one of these nine things is a Deuteronomy D word called "divination." Divination is done by diviners who say they can tell the future by looking at stars, palms, cards, crystals, or others things.
But God said "divination" is a detestable practice we shouldn't learn to do. Read God's list of "do nots" here: "When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: …."
The verses go on to say that the nations around the Israelites listened to diviners, but as for you Israel, the LORD thy God "hath not suffered thee so to do."
Do people still do these practices? Sad to say the answer is "yes"--for all around us are people who experiment with, try out, and use these practices even today. But, the II Corinthians 6:14,17,18 says: "Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?* … Wherefore COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE, saith the Lord, AND TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING; AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU, AND WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, saith the Lord Almighty."
* This first verse is from Deuteronomy 7:2.
Find It: Definition of Divination
What is divination? Merriam-Webster says that divination is the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. Richard and Linda Nathan in A Glittering Web
Glossary of New Age Terms define it this way: "Divination. There are many methods of divination, but all attempt to foretell the future. (Deuteronomy18:10-12)."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divination
https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=31454
Research It: Youth Sleuth
Check out divination's synonyms and antonyms yourself. Write a list in your journal.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divination
Discover It: More Divination Information
"Divination Facts for Kids--Kiddle" says the word divination comes from the Greek word for "seer" and is an attempt to get information through omens or supernatural things. Kiddle's divination list includes astrology (by celestial bodies), palmistry (by palm inspection), scrying ( by a crystal ball, mirror, or water), and taromancy (by using tarot cards) plus many more. Read here:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Divination
Parents, Teachers, YOU!
Notice It! Regarding Witches
"A witch" is also part of the abominable practitioners mentioned in Deuteronomy 18. I, as many youth, once thought witches imaginary. However, I later learned otherwise.
I Remember It: The 'Cute' Witch Rhyme
When I was little I thought that witches were make-believe and just in story books. I'd chant a little ditty: "Old lady witch fell in a ditch, picked up a penny and thought she was rich." I'd listen to Hansel and Gretel and think its ugly witch quite scary. My Christian parents even bought me a little witch costume. Back then at Halloween I'd go "begging" or "trick or treating." I liked being out in the dark, and of course I liked getting candy. It was just fun, but was it?
Later, near Halloween, while student teaching in a first grade class, I taught a 'cute' action rhyme about a witch that flew all around the town. It seemed innocent, but was it? My master teacher asked, "I thought you attended a Christian college so why are you using a witch rhyme?" That gave me pause.
Still wanting to believe Halloween was simply fun while getting ready for a youth party I read an encyclopedia article about witches that revealed to me yes, witches were real and practiced the wiccan religion. That was a wake-up call. Therefore, nothing with witches in it was used at the party. However, we would play a few spooky games. That surely couldn't be bad. But was it?
As I grew older I realized that Christians shouldn't celebrate Halloween, or have anything to do with its practices. So I began removing from my teaching materials everything related to its celebration. It wasn't just cute and fun. It was wrong. So, if you've never really thought about, or paid attention to what's spelled out in these Deuteronomy verses may this be the day you've awakened, Don't wait, for your lack of knowledge may influence others whom you love deeply.
Read It: Halloween! A Warning to Christian Parents
Johanna Michaelsen, a Christian speaker and author, has a riveting testimony of being freed from occult bondage including witchcraft. She wrote the classic The Beautiful Side of Evil. She also wrote a very informative and provocative booklet Halloween! A Warning to Christian Parents. Order it, or read it here:
https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=21511
Hear It: "Deuteronomy 18:9- Why God Hates the Occult"
Pastor Bill Randles is a gifted preacher, and writer. His not to be missed podcast is "Deuteronomy 18:9- Why God Hates the Occult" (February 28-2019) Below the podcast its description reads: "How the occult manifests in our present time. How people partake of it without knowing. What are the many latent forces of it. Why God hates it." Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gYp5xKozag
.
Prepare it: run off large outline Ds on colored paper and cut them out. Print page of "D" words to cut out, and glue onto cover in a collage fashion.
Make it: Fill in with materials, words, or sentences to make into a big D book. Work on one page at a time, and then make its "D" cover; and staple together. For cover title, glue on printed strip: "Deuteronomy D Words."
*"Idea"* Find all kinds of outline letters at YesColoring.com. Print the letters you want!
https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrCwogLf2Fe2AMAcwIPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=yescoloring.com&fr=yhs-symantec-ext_onb&hspart=symantec&hsimp=yhs-ext_onb
Mark It: " U Do It!" Book Mark
Prepare it: sturdy rectangle book marks, tissue paper or facial tissue squares, glue, and word strips.
Make it: Give each child a book mark shape, and a pile of tissue papers. Put a tiny dot of glue on marker. Place tissue square over glue dot. While wet, scrunch up tissue. Put another teensy drop of glue on, and continue until entire marker is filled in. Do just one side. To it glue printed strip : "U Do It!" On reverse flat side glue: Deuteronomy 30:14 with kid's name inserted! Put in Bible.
Hear It: A Deuteronomy Do Not Part
Deuteronomy has lots of do verses as we've learned, but it also has do not parts too. In them God tells to watch out so we won't do certain things because they aren't good to do. These practices are called abominations. They are bad. God tells us to watch out not to listen to people too who tell us certain things that aren't true. These people are called diviners. They are not good. God says stick to me. Obey my commands, and do them. From Deuteronomy 18
Say It: Do Them!
Do Them!
God had demands,
God had statues,
God had commands
for his people
to do them!
From Deuteronomy 4:6
Older Kids: (Ages 8-12)
Memorize It: A Deuteronomy 30:14 Do It Verse
"The word is very nigh unto thee in thy mouth, and in thy heart that thou mayest do it!
Discover It: Deuteronomy Verses in Romans
Deuteronomy quotations may also be found in other OT/NT books. One such place is Romans 10:5-9 that quotes from Deuteronomy 30:11-14. Verse five mentions Moses. In Moses' time people had to keep the commandments, or the law. But in the time when Romans was written, Jesus had been born, lived, died, risen, and gone back to heaven. Now, people could ask the Lord Jesus to forgive their sins and believe in him to help them be righteous or do right things.
Learn It! Romans 10:8,9
Romans 10:8,9 says: "But what saith it? THE WORD IS NIGH THEE, EVEN IN THY MOUTH, AND IN THINE HEART: that is the word of faith which we preach: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."
Do you see the capitalized part from Deuteronomy? These verses tell us how we can know the Lord as our own Savior by confessing our sins with our mouths, and believing in our hearts about Jesus death and resurrection. What was "the word of faith" that was preached?
I Remember It: "Romans Ten and Nine"
I was just a young girl when I sang a chorus about Romans 10:9. That was many years ago, but I've never forgotten its words. It went like this:
Romans Ten and Nine
Romans ten and nine,
Is a favorite verse of mine,
Confessing Christ as Lord,
I am saved by grace divine,
For there the words of promise
In golden letters shine,
Romans ten and nine.
May I ask you a question? Have you trusted Jesus as your very own Savior from sin? If you haven't, you can do it today.
Think About It: A To-Do List
Have you ever made a to-do list for yourself, or has your dad or mom done this? Often parents will hang up a chore list on the fridge for kids to know what chores they have to do, or a list of activities you will have coming up soon. Now, Deuteronomy has some lists of things to do, and lists of things not to do too. Discuss some of these e.g. recalling the blessings and the curses given in Lesson B, or the Ten Commandment list in Lesson C.
Understand It: A Deuteronomy Do Not Do It List
Deuteronomy 18 has some very important "do not" verses that everyone should begin to learn while they are young. Unfortunately, many have never read, or even understood, some of these practices only to be trapped or lured into doing them believing they were harmless.
Hear It: God's Not Learn to Do List: Nine Abominations to Avoid!
In Deuteronomy 18:9--14 God told the Israelites when they got into the land there were nine things they shouldn't learn to do--nine abominations of the nations around them. Now one of these nine things is a Deuteronomy D word called "divination." Divination is done by diviners who say they can tell the future by looking at stars, palms, cards, crystals, or others things.
But God said "divination" is a detestable practice we shouldn't learn to do. Read God's list of "do nots" here: "When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: …."
The verses go on to say that the nations around the Israelites listened to diviners, but as for you Israel, the LORD thy God "hath not suffered thee so to do."
Do people still do these practices? Sad to say the answer is "yes"--for all around us are people who experiment with, try out, and use these practices even today. But, the II Corinthians 6:14,17,18 says: "Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?* … Wherefore COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE, saith the Lord, AND TOUCH NOT THE UNCLEAN THING; AND I WILL RECEIVE YOU, AND WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, saith the Lord Almighty."
* This first verse is from Deuteronomy 7:2.
Find It: Definition of Divination
What is divination? Merriam-Webster says that divination is the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. Richard and Linda Nathan in A Glittering Web
Glossary of New Age Terms define it this way: "Divination. There are many methods of divination, but all attempt to foretell the future. (Deuteronomy18:10-12)."
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divination
https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=31454
Research It: Youth Sleuth
Check out divination's synonyms and antonyms yourself. Write a list in your journal.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divination
Discover It: More Divination Information
"Divination Facts for Kids--Kiddle" says the word divination comes from the Greek word for "seer" and is an attempt to get information through omens or supernatural things. Kiddle's divination list includes astrology (by celestial bodies), palmistry (by palm inspection), scrying ( by a crystal ball, mirror, or water), and taromancy (by using tarot cards) plus many more. Read here:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Divination
Parents, Teachers, YOU!
Notice It! Regarding Witches
"A witch" is also part of the abominable practitioners mentioned in Deuteronomy 18. I, as many youth, once thought witches imaginary. However, I later learned otherwise.
I Remember It: The 'Cute' Witch Rhyme
When I was little I thought that witches were make-believe and just in story books. I'd chant a little ditty: "Old lady witch fell in a ditch, picked up a penny and thought she was rich." I'd listen to Hansel and Gretel and think its ugly witch quite scary. My Christian parents even bought me a little witch costume. Back then at Halloween I'd go "begging" or "trick or treating." I liked being out in the dark, and of course I liked getting candy. It was just fun, but was it?
Later, near Halloween, while student teaching in a first grade class, I taught a 'cute' action rhyme about a witch that flew all around the town. It seemed innocent, but was it? My master teacher asked, "I thought you attended a Christian college so why are you using a witch rhyme?" That gave me pause.
Still wanting to believe Halloween was simply fun while getting ready for a youth party I read an encyclopedia article about witches that revealed to me yes, witches were real and practiced the wiccan religion. That was a wake-up call. Therefore, nothing with witches in it was used at the party. However, we would play a few spooky games. That surely couldn't be bad. But was it?
As I grew older I realized that Christians shouldn't celebrate Halloween, or have anything to do with its practices. So I began removing from my teaching materials everything related to its celebration. It wasn't just cute and fun. It was wrong. So, if you've never really thought about, or paid attention to what's spelled out in these Deuteronomy verses may this be the day you've awakened, Don't wait, for your lack of knowledge may influence others whom you love deeply.
Read It: Halloween! A Warning to Christian Parents
Johanna Michaelsen, a Christian speaker and author, has a riveting testimony of being freed from occult bondage including witchcraft. She wrote the classic The Beautiful Side of Evil. She also wrote a very informative and provocative booklet Halloween! A Warning to Christian Parents. Order it, or read it here:
https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=21511
Hear It: "Deuteronomy 18:9- Why God Hates the Occult"
Pastor Bill Randles is a gifted preacher, and writer. His not to be missed podcast is "Deuteronomy 18:9- Why God Hates the Occult" (February 28-2019) Below the podcast its description reads: "How the occult manifests in our present time. How people partake of it without knowing. What are the many latent forces of it. Why God hates it." Listen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gYp5xKozag
.
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