Fear Not It! ABC: Deuteronomy for Me! Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World

Fear Not It! Fear Him!  ABC: Deuteronomy for Me!  Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World

This is lesson six in the Deuteronomy for Me series of lessons for kids, teachers, parents, grandparents, and YOU!  Thus far, for each lesson there's been specific issues covered:  Abhor It: Abomination/Abortion; Bless It: Replacement Theology (Israel); Command It:10 Commandments  Do It!  Do Not Be Involved with Occult; Enter It!: Entering the Land; Entering into, joining with, or unequally yoking with the world; and Fear Not It!/Fear the Lord; trusting in, and reverencing the Lord!  Scroll back to the Intro It! lesson which introduced Deuteronomy for Me!  All lessons have a Little Kids (Ages 4-7) and Big Kids (Ages 8-12) and Teacher-Parents-YOU! sections.

Little Kids: (Ages 4-7)

F Is Fear Not It!

F is for fear not it,

Do not be afraid,

For the Lord Your God--

He'll be your aid!

Fear Him!

F is for fear,

R is for revere

an awesome God

every day of
the year.

Like "Enter It!" and "Enter Into It!" fear has two meanings.  "Fear Not It!" means don't be afraid of something, while "Fear Him!" means to respect and be in awe of the Lord.

Hear It:  The Israelites Go to Battle  

The Israelites had enemies.  They had to fight them.  They had to battle them.  That was scary!  There would be lots of horses, lots of chariots, and lots of soldiers!  That was scary!   Then a priest would speak to them.  He would say, "Let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, don't be terrified because of them; for the LORD your God will go with you to fight with you against your enemies, to save you. ….  And if one of you is really fearful and fainthearted go home for you'll make the other fighters fearful too. After the soldiers went to battle.  From Deuteronomy 20:

Say It!  Fear Not!  

Fear Not!

If you're afraid of the battle,

fear not!

If you're afraid of the enemy,

fear not!

If you're faint-hearted n' jittery, 

fear not!

If you're afraid to assemble,

fear not!

If you begin to tremble, 

fear not!

For the Lord your God will

fight for you, so fear not!
                                         LEP
From Deuteronomy 20

Learn It: Deuteronomy 20:3-4

                               
Deuteronomy 20:3-4   "... let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble … For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you …."  Who helps us if we're afraid?   

Search for It: "The LORD Your/Thy/Our God"  

Write "The LORD Your God" on your white board.  Let the kids read what it says.  Say, open your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter one, and see if we can find every time you see the words:  "The LORD Your God/Thy God/Our God."  When you find one, highlight it!  How many times did you find it?   All through Deuteronomy you'll find these words over and over.  Notice them!   By the way did you note that LORD has all capital letters!

God also reminded his people that when they came into the promised land, and things were going well, they should never say in their hearts it's because I am a good person that I am here in this good land. Yes, I helped do this for myself.  Why not?  Because it is the LORD who gives us the victory. It is the LORD who does great things--not us!  

Remember It: Dr. Vance's Fav Verse

Many years ago at our church we met a dentist named Dr.Vance.  Every Sunday Dr. V. would stand up and quote his favorite verse.  Do you know what it was?  II Timothy 1:7:  "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."  After all these years I've never, ever forgotten that verse.  Isn't it wonderful how God's word goes deep into our hearts, and comes back into our minds over and over!  For Psalm 119:11 says: "Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee."

View It:  A Six-Year-Old-Girl Teaches a Bible Verse to Her Little Brother

I was watching the news and saw this story about a little girl who taught her little brother the very same verse that Dr. V. quoted.  Why was she doing this?  Because her little brother was scared of the virus that is making many people sick.  So the little girl said the verse to her little brother and hugged him too.  Who can you share a verse with?  Who can you help not to be afraid--to fear not?  Click on this little video here, and see the little girl and her brother.  Can you hear the verse?
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6142510161001#sp=show-clips

Color It:  The Fear of the LORD Colouring Book 13 

The Fear of the LORD Colouring BOOK 13 may be ordered from Light House Trails Publishing along with other great KJV colour books.

Older Kids: (Ages 8-12)

Learn Them:  Fear Not, Fear Me Verses

Deuteronomy 1:21:  "Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee; go up and possess it, … fear not, neither be discouraged."

Deuteronomy 5:29:  "O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, …."

Fear Not,  Fear Me: Tube Verse Make-It

Prepare It:  toilet tube, 6"x7" dark paper, white pencil, ruler, stapler, tape, stickers, length of yarn or rickrack....

Make It:  Cut a 6"x7"paper.  Use white colored pencil n' ruler to draw random white lines on paper.  Roll tube in paper; staple to hold.  Tape if needed.  Tuck in ends of the paper.  To one side of the tube stick FEAR NOT and to the other side FEAR ME. Place a length of yarn through the tube to hang up or for younger kids wear as a necklace.

Discuss it:  Ask kids to explain the two meanings of the word "fear,"   While "fear not" means we are not to be afraid for the Lord is with us, on the other hand "fear Me" means we are to honor and respect the Lord.

Decide It: Fear Not or Fear the Lord?

Read each verse and decide which definition of fear fits?  A: be afraid of or  B: respect the Lord?

1.  Deuteronomy 1:21
"Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, … fear not, neither be discouraged."  A or B?
2.  Deuteronomy 3:2
"And the LORD said unto me, Fear him (King Og) not for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land into thy hand."  A or B?
3.  Deuteronomy 4:10
"...  Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they might teach their children."  A or B?
4.  Deuteronomy 5:29
"O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always …."  A or B?
5.  Deuteronomy 7:21
"Thou shalt not be affrighted of them: for the LORD thy God is among you, …."  A or B?
6.  Deuteronomy 10:12
"And now, Israel, what doth the LORD require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul …."   A or B?
7.  Deuteronomy 11:25
" There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, …."  A or B?
8.  Deuteronomy 20:8
"And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted?  let him go and return unto his house lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart."
9. Deuteronomy 31:8
"And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed."  A or B?
10. Deuteronomy 31:13
"And that their children, which have not known any thing may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.  A or B?

Notice It!  There Is No Fear of God Before Their Eyes

There's a verse in Romans that says some today have no fear or reverence for the Lord.  Many schools are like this. In one early learning center every morning a principal puts on blaring rock music that echoes through its open walkways.  Here little kids never hear "My Country 'Tis of Thee" or our national anthem let alone a prayer or mention of God except as they mumble the pledge to our flag. Sadly, few know to respect and honor the Lord. How about you? Do you know our national anthem or America the Beautiful?  Can you repeat the Lord's Prayer and the pledge?  I hope so!

Parents, Teachers, YOU!

Peruse It:   A Plea to Reopen The New-England Primer

Open up this New-England Primer site to peruse its contents.  Be blown away by the depth of its contents and the Biblical learning contained therein.  Nearly two-hundred and fifty years later, some of its short rhymes and short pithy sentences are perfect for memorization and perfect for writing in the kids' journals.  Take a brief look at the 1777 primer highlighting the word "fear" or  "reverence for the Lord." and other places.  Share with your kids!

The primer begins with "A Divine Song of Praise to GOD, for a Child" (Rev. Dr. Watts), and continues with prayers, the Alphabet, Great Letters, and Syllable Words.  "A Lesson for Children" has some short little sentences starting with: "Pray to God.  Love God.  Fear God. …  Next comes clever little alphabet pictures and rhymes.  Look at B!  It reads: "Heaven to find, The Bible Mind."

It continues Who Was?  e.g.  "Who was the meekest man?  Moses.  Who led Israel into Canaan?  Joshua."   Find "An Alphabet of Lessons for Youth" which contains an ABC list of Bible verses.  B reads: "BEtter* is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure therein."  D has the word "abominable" in it--remember our "A" Lesson.   "Dr. Watt's Cradle Hymn" near its end says, "May'st thou live to know and fear him all thy days."
*  Written like this in the primer!

"VERSES for Children" includes these TIMOTHY lines:  "That blessed child young TIMOTHY, Did learn God's words most heedfully, It seemed to be his recreation which made him wise unto salvation."  Ask child what Timothy's "recreation" was?

I love this one simply titled "Another."  "Good children must, Fear God all day, Love Christ alway,  Parents obey,  In secret pray,  No false thing say,  Mind little play,  By no sin stray,  Make no delay,  In doing good."  What a clever rhyme to memorize, or write in a journal!
https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/nep/1777/

Read It: Fearing God in a Fearless New Age 

Fearing God in a Fearless New Age by Warren Smith begins with "We are living in fearful times, yet the Bible tells us to "Fear not."  Smith notes that the metaphysical/occult teachings in The Course in Miracles in its very first page proposes the New Age teaching "the opposite of fear is love."  He goes on to unpack its New Age teachings versus Biblical teaching of "Fear God-- Yes! and Fear Man-- No!" Smith quotes from Deuteronomy 6:24 that stresses "But the fear of God is 'for our good always.'"

The booklet features a lengthy list of "Fear of God" scriptures from "Fearing God is What God Desires to "Fear of God Forever."  Read this provocative booklet here:
https://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=27640