Monday, June 29, 2020

Keep It! ABC: Deuteronomy for Me: Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World

Keep It!  ABC: Deuteronomy for Me: Raising a Caleb Kid in a Disrupted World


Little Kids: "K Is for Keep It" Rhyme, first four NT books introduced, NT rhymes, and song; Luke 11:28 verse, song, and "Keep It Pencil" verse; "King Things" from Deuteronomy 17,  "King Things Crown Book" Make-It;  "Josiah, The Kid King" (II Kings 22) Story, "Josiah Did Right" Action Rhyme; and "Josiah was a Keeper."  Older Kids:  Verse for Today: Deuteronomy 11:1; "Keep the
Passover,"  "Such a Passover Story,"  "God's Story: Josiah" Video;"  A Pop-out Passover Picture;  "Deuteronomy K Word;" and "Be a Keeper" Poem.  Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, YOU!  While He was Yet Young," and  Public School or Homeschool? (Lighthouse Trails New Booklet)

NEW!  Pictures at end of article showing pencil, pop-out color page, king things book, and scroll verse. 

Note:  There are three book reviews in between the "J Is for Judge It" Lesson and this K Lesson;  these will be used in later lessons.  Scroll back to the beginning of these lessons to read the Introductory Lesson and the A-J lessons!    

Little Kids: (Ages 4-7)

K Is for Keep It!

K is for keep it,
as Jesus did say,
"Hear the word 
of God, and keep it."
Yes, keep it today!

From: Luke 11:28

Say It:  Luke 11:28

First read it:  "Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."  Luke 11:28
Next say it this way:  "Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

Print verse on white board.  Read it to children.  Reread it emphasizing the three words.  Do this several times pointing to each words as you read.  Let K-2 kids "journal it" by copying the verse into their journal.  Illustrate.    

Locate It:  Find Verse in Luke

This verse is in the New Testament (NT).  Let's find that.  Assist kids.  Do you see the word New Testament?  Hold up your own Bible.  Have children highlight "The New Testament."  Say, let's find the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  Do this.  Now, let' s go back to Luke.  Find chapter; find verse.  If you have a red letter Bible, "What color are the words in this verse?"  Explain words that Jesus said are often shown in red.  

!Idea!  This would be the perfect time to give kids a Books of the Bible marker to insert in Luke.  

Learn It: First Four Gospels Rhymes

Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John is the ground
we stand upon!

Another rendition of this little rhyme is this:

Matthew, Mark, Luke,
and John, spread the gospel,
pass it on!*

*This comes from a Canadian mathematician and musician named David Mitchell.  He writes amazing math songs, and has written NT books of the Bible song.   Hear it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeLV31KnpQE

A lesson aim is to focus in on the first four gospels, to have the children get to know they are in the New Testament, to recognize NT as an abbreviation for the New Testament, and to be able to locate each one.  Journal it, and learn it.  "Train up a child" is a key component of these lessons.  Resolve to  do it!  It will pay great dividends.

Sing It: "Blessed Are They!"
Luke 11:28

Tune: "Brother John"

Blessed are they, blessed are they,   (Smile; trace it.)
that hear the, that hear the,               (Tap ears.)
the word of God n' keep it,               (Put two hands together.)
the word of God n' keep it,
keep, keep it, keep, keep it!              (Shake index fingers.)

"Blessed" means "happy." 
Sing ""Happy are they, ….."

Make-It:  Happy Face Keep It Pencil

Prep It: Needed: new unsharpened pencil, straw, or pipe cleaner; small scissors;  small shapes to fit onto pencil, straw, or pipe cleaner:  "happy face" circle, small folded 2"X 1 1/4" 'Bible rectangle', two 3/4"X2" rectangles.  Cut two tiny slits in the happy face, Bible, and two strips so as to to slip onto pencil starting with two rectangles at bottom, then the Bible, and circle.

Print It/Glue It:  Print verse in parts:  "Blessed are they --that hear the word of God--and keep it."--Luke 11:28"  Cut apart.  Tape "Blessed are they" onto "Happy Face;"  "that … God" onto Bible; "keep it." onto small rectangle; and "Luke 11:28" onto rectangle.  Slide reference rectangle to bottom of pencil.  Next add "and keep it." After add Bible, and Happy Face circle.

Move It:  Say verse while moving parts.  As you say "Blessed are they" move circle; then as you say next part move the Bible, and after move the rectangles.  Or push all of the shapes toward the bottom of the pencil or pipe cleaner and move up one at a time as you say it.    

Keep It In Mind:  Deuteronomy Keeps!

Just like our Luke verse, the book of Deuteronomy has many places that has the word "keep" in it.
So keep this in your mind.  And if you find a "keep" word put a K beside it. 

Hear It: Some King Things to Keep in Mind!

King is a word that begins with what letter?  Exactly, a Kk!  It begins just like "keep."  So keep that in mind too as you hear this little story from Deuteronomy 17.

Hear It: Some Things About Kings

Deuteronomy tells us some things about kings.  God told the people that later on when got into that good land they would get a king.  And when they did, they should remember some king things.  First, their king should be an Israelite, not from any other nation.  Second, their king should not get a lot of horses.  Third, their king should not get a lot of wives.  And fourth their king should not get a lot of gold and silver.  These things the king should not do!  But, there was something their king should do.  He should write a copy of the Book of the Law.  He should read it all the days of his life.  The king thing that was most important was that the king should fear God, and keep all the words of God's book-- to do them!  Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Make-It:  "Some King Things" Crown Booklet

Prep It:  Print crown cover.* Trace it to make crown pages; word strips; glue; crayons, …..
Cut out eight crown page shapes.  Print out text below; cut into strips.  Let kids write title cover:
"Some King Things"  From Deut. 17.  Cut apart strips; glue onto pages.  Draw king.  Draw horses, women, and money.  Draw a scroll.  Draw a heart.  Write keep it!

*Find kids' crown image here:
https://images.template.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kids-crown-template1.jpg

God said:  when you get to the good land, here are some king
things to remember.

1.  The king should not be from another nation.
2.  The king should not multiply horses to himself.
3.  The king should not multiply wives to himself.
4.  The king should not multiply gold and silver to himself.

1.  The king should write out the Book of the Law.
2.  The king should read the Book of the Law.
3.  The king should fear God, and keep the law
with all his heart, and with all his soul.

End page:  Keep this booklet.  Keep God's word
in mind.

Hear It:  A Kid King Who Did Right In God's Sight!

Remember what we just learned about some king things God said kings should do, and not do.  This little story is a about kid king who did right in God's sight.

Josiah--the Kid King  (II Kings 22, 23) 

Josiah was just eight when he got to be king.  His father and grandfather hadn't been good kings for they had done bad things following others gods and worshipping them.  But, when Josiah was yet young the Bible says he began to seek after the Lord.

As he grew he found evil things that crept into his land.  So, Josiah decided to get rid of all the bad things he found.  He swept away idols--he smashed them.  He swept away idol altars--he broke them.  He took away evil places and priests.

Then, Josiah decided to fix up God's house.  He asked worker men to come in to fix it. As the men were working, Hilkiah the priest found an old scroll that was God's book.  "Look," Hilkiah told Shaphan the scribe writer, "I found God's Book of the Law. Take it to the king!"

Did Shaphan do that?  Yes, Shaphan did.  He even did something else; he read the Book of the Law to the king.  As the king listened, he felt so sad to hear that they'd forgotten God's book.  He wept and cried.  He even ripped some of his clothes.  He felt sorry in his heart for his sin and for his people's sin.  The Bible says he had a tender heart.  What would Josiah do?

He sent some men to a prophetess named Huldah.  Huldah asked God what would happen.  Huldah told them God said he was going to punish the kings of Judah for their sin of worshipping and bowing to idol gods.  But, God said he'd noticed that Josiah had a tender heart and had wept because of his sin.  Therefore, Josiah wouldn't be punished; he would live in peace.

Later Josiah  called everyone-- the old and the young-- to come to a gathering.  What was Josiah's plan?  He would stand to read: "The Book of  the Law!"  All the people stood up too. They listened. They agreed to keep God's laws.  They did.  (II Kings 22,23  II Chronicles 34, 35)

II Kings 23:3  "And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statues with all their heart and soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book.  And all the people stood to the covenant."

Say It:  "Josiah Did Right" Action Rhyme

Josiah Did Right
in God's Sight!

Evil crept in.
Kings did sin.
Josiah did right
in God's sight!

Every day
he swept
evil away.
Josiah did right
in God's sight!

God's house
needed repair.
Josiah sent men
to work in there.
Josiah did right
in God's sight!

Josiah wept
as God's word
was read.
Then he obeyed
just what it said.
Josiah did right
in God's sight!

Josiah kept
all of the law.
He read it
aloud to the
big and the
small. Josiah
did right
in God's sight!

Josiah did his
part turning to
God with all
his heart.
Josiah did right
in God's sight.
                  LEP
                   
Motions:  1.  Cup hand toward self.  Nod head.  2.  Make sweeping motions with two fists.  Nod head.  3.  Open hand; pound it with right fist.  Nod head.  4.  Wipe eyes; make crying sound.  Nod head.  5.  Make hand scroll.  Hold hands sidewise fingers open, and thumbs up.  Place left hand fingers over right fingers to make "scroll."  Nod head.  6.  Cross hands over heart.  Nod head.  At end repeat II Kings 22:1 below.

II Kings 22:1  "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, …."  You may teach this verse too.  Smile broadly when you come to "right," and point up.

II Kings 23:25  "And like him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him."

Josiah Was a Keeper--a Keeper of God's Word!

Note some rhyming words in this rhyme:  crept, swept, wept, and kept!  There's a sequence here:  evil creeps or seeps in, Josiah sweeps or puts it away, Josiah weeps and repents, and Josiah reads and keeps God's Word! Others they sleep-- just ignore evil, and pretend it's not there.  Sounds like today doesn't it?  Oh, that we might keep his word with all our hearts and souls!

Big Kids (Ages 8-12)

Say It:  Deuteronomy 11:1  A Verse for Today!

"Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, (obey his instructions) and his statutes, (laws) and his judgments,(acts of judgment) and his commandments (orders given by God) alway." 

Find this verse in your Bible; highlight it.  It's an easy reference to remember--why?  Notice this verse begins with "therefore." There are many other "therefore" verses; be watching for them.  Do you know the little three dot triangle symbol for therefore?  If not research it, and you will see it --it is like the domino symbol for three with one dot on top and two below.  Make this symbol by this verse.  This verse says to love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, statues, judgments, and commandments alway.   Notice these four: charge, statues, judgments, and commandments or these three: commandments, statues, judgments, and often grouped together.

Make-It:  A Scroll Scripture Marker

Go to Bible Scroll Images or Ancient Scroll Images.  Print one.  Cut out.  Onto it glue/tape printed copy of Deuteronomy 11:1.   Place in your Bible as a Marker.

Search It:  Two Kk Therefore Verses 4:39,40.

Find these therefore verses "Know therefore …." and "Keep therefore ….."  in Deuteronomy 4:39,40.  Write them in your journal using the "therefore" sign instead of the printed word.

Understand It!  Keep the Passover!  Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Read together.  The Israelites were to keep the Passover unto the Lord in their new land.  There they were to remember how the Lord had brought them out of slavery in Egypt.  They were to remember how the Lord had told them to put the blood of a spotless lamb  on their doorposts and lintels so God's angel would pass over their homes, and keep them safe.  They were to remember how they came through the Red Sea with Moses as their leader.  Passover was to be celebrated at sundown in March or April.  No leavened bread or bread that rises was to be eaten during this seven day time. 

Hear It!  Such a Passover!  II Kings 23:21-25

Josiah the King kept God's laws.  Not only did he keep God's laws but he commanded all the people to once again keep God's special celebration called the Passover or Pesach as God commanded in Exodus 12:3.

Scripture records in II Kings 23 and II Chronicles 34 that there never a Passover celebration like it from the days of the judges of Israel right through all the kings of Israel and Judah right up to Josiah.  How old was Josiah then?  He began to reign as king at eight years old, and this was his eighteenth year as king.  Add them together, and what did you get?  Twenty-six!  He was not an old king at all.

This extra-ordinary Passover was proceeded by Josiah getting rid of mediums and wizards, images and idols, and all the abominations he spied in both Judah and Jerusalem. He fully followed God's laws. And as the Bible says he turned to God with all his heart, soul, and might.

Search It!  Keep It! and  Other _____ It! Passover Rules

Find Exodus 12-14.  Search for these "it" verses you'll discover.

1.   _____ it from the sheep and from the goats.  Take what?  A _ _ _ _.  Exodus 12:5.
2.   _____ it in the evening.  What?  A _ _ _ _.   Exodus 12:6
3.   _____ it on the door posts and the door top.  What?  The _ _ _ _ _.  Exodus 12:7
4.   _____ it after it is roasted with your coat and your shoes on.  What?  The _ _ _ _.  Exodus 12:9-11.
5.   _____ it as a memorial, _____ it as a feast.  What?  The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.  Exodus 12:14.
6.   _____ it in the blood that is in the basin.  What? Some _ _ _ _ _ _. Exodus 12:21.
7.   _____ it when you lift your rod and stretch it out over the sea.  What? The _ _ _  Sea.  Exodus 14:16.

Answers:  1.  take it--a lamb  2.  kill it--a lamb  3. strike it--the blood  4.  eat it--the lamb  5 keep it-- keep it-- the Passover  6.  Dip it--hyssop  7.  divide it--the Red Sea

View It:  "God's Story: Josiah (Crossroads' Kids' Club)

View the video here:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=God%27s+Story+Josiah%3A+You+Tube+Video#id=1&vid=69f6c9f5e49006a69c0f27a3c79ff76f&action=click
 
Discuss:  After viewing this video discuss:  Did you notice something pictured in the video that is incorrect?  ( The Book of the Law pictured as a book with a spine rather than a scroll!)  What is the difference between an idol and a memorial?  Why was it alright for Josiah to get rid of the idols?  Why is it not alright for people to topple memorials on private property?  Or knock down a statue in a church today?  If one views an idol image in a church or a memorial that lifts up someone or something that is evil what is the proper thing to do?

Color It! Passover/Holiday Coloring Pictures 

Chaya Burstein's informative color book Jewish Holidays and Traditions Coloring Book (Dover Publications, 1990) that has pictures to use with all of the Jewish Holidays.  Several sample Passover color pages can be found under Chaya Burstein's color book Images. Find these Passover pictures here:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3a/3a/8a/3a3a8acd5696147b58ffbc77ba4f1225.jpg  Passover Page: Moses Crossing the Red Sea*
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5d/4a/e7/5d4ae7abc6c1dd57f385795a6fdeb87c.jpg   Passover Seder

*  Color the picture.  Make a pop-out Moses by having a parent or older child use small scissors to cut round Moses from bottom of picture line round his robe edge and sleeve to this hand down to his head and up around his rod and back down robe sleeve to bottom.  Pop him out.  Glue to blue piece of paper.   Little kids will enjoy moving Moses with his rod as he leads the people through the Sea of Reeds or the Red Sea.

I especially like pp.44/45 with its various pictures of the shofar, the yad (pointer), the tallit, (prayer shawl), the Mezuzzah (prayer box), and others.  This color book is an excellent source of pictures for each holiday celebration.   Find the book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Holidays-Traditions-Coloring-Holiday/dp/0486263223

Explore It!  Some Deuteronomy Kk Words

Deuteronomy 
K Words

In Deuteronomy,
some Kk Words that
you will see are:
keep, kept, kite,
kill, know, knew,
king, kingdom, kind,
Kadesh too,
Ten Kk words
that you will find,
Yes, ten Kk words to
keep in mind!

Read the sentence; check the reference; and write a Kk word from the rhyme in your journal.

1.     An unclean bird that God said not to eat. (Deut. 14:13)
2.    This person was told to write a copy of the Book of the Law. (Deut.17:18)
3.    A place where Israel stayed many days because of their unbelief.  (Deut.1:46)  
4.    This Kk word is used the most in Deuteronomy.
5.    This word is used in the Song of Moses regarding "the apple of his eye."  (Deut. 32:10)
6.    King Og lived in this place.  (Deut. 3:10)
7.    This word refers to different types of animals.  (Deut. 12:15)
8.    This word is part of the sixth commandment. (Deut. 5:17)
9.    This is a word after "therefore" in Deuteronomy seven. (Deut. 7:9)
10.  This word refers to other gods. (Deuteronomy 29:26.)

Answers:  1. kite  2. king  3. Kadesh  4. keep  5. kept  6. kingdom  7. kind  8. kill  9. know  10. knew

Think About It!  "Be a Keeper!"  

Be a Keeper!

Be a keeper:
a commandment keeper,
a do what you say keeper,
a promise keeper,
an I'll obey keeper,
a God's word keeper,
a do what's right keeper,
with all your might keeper!
Be a keeper!
                                     LEP

So many today are not keepers of all that is right and good. Instead they insist on their own way ignoring God's word and commandments altogether.  Over and over God tells us that obeying his rules surely will pay great dividends.  Be a keeper of God's word!

Teachers, Parents, Grandparents, YOU!

Consider It:  While He Was Yet Young!

While Josiah was yet young he began to seek the Lord; while Caleb was but a young man he wholly followed the Lord.  While Timothy was young he knew the Scripture.  And this is the time that you too can influence your children and grandchildren the most.  So keep this in mind, redeeming the time, for truly the days are evil.

Think About  It: Public School Vs. Homeschool?   

Light House Trails has done a number of articles on all the chaos and confusion we are experiencing right now.  One of the booklets they have recently printed gives one a look inside what public education is offering versus what home school can provide.  I would recommend you read this booklet here, or send for one for this message is one every parent should especially consider at this time. Click here to view the booklet:  Public School or Homeschool? How Public Schools Are Corrupting Children's Values  by Maria Kneas and Berit Kjos.
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