e0gaJTj7sBI...2 OT2.2 Abraham and Lot ©Beverly Wilson 2016 Abram took his wife Sarai as well as his elderly father Terah and his nephew Lot and left the city of Ur. Because he was

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OT2.2 Abraham and Lot ©Beverly Wilson 2016

Unit 2: Abraham OT2.2 Abraham and Lot Lesson

Scripture: Genesis 13

Lesson Goal: Abraham is called "father Abraham" because he was the forefather of both the

Jews and the Arabs. He was also the father of the family in whom Jesus the Savior of the world would be born. In this lesson we learn how God called him to be His friend..

Introduction: This is the second lesson in Unit 2: Abraham. In this lesson we’re going to learn how In this lesson we learn how Abram was generous and kind. The lesson is found in the first book of the Bible called Genesis. The word "Genesis" means beginning. It tells about the beginning of the earth, Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, Noah and the Great Flood, the Tower of Babel and the man God called Abraham! Genesis is the first book in the Bible and it tells about the beginning of the world. It is the first book of Law. The books of the Law are the first five books in the Old Testament. Let's say the books of Law together. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

Attention Getter: Plate of Cookies (Offer students a plate of cookies. Some should be broken and some not. Lead students in a discussion of which cookies they should choose to eat.) Here are some gingerbread cookies. Which ones would you choose to eat? Would you take the broken ones or the ones that are whole? The whole gingerbread men look very good, don't they? How about this toy Superman? If you and your friend were playing which one would you take? Would you give your friend the Superman that is not broken? Often we are faced with the choice of sharing. What will we do? Will we keep the best for ourselves or will we give what is best to others? Sometimes that is a very hard decision. In this lesson we are going to talk about a person who was very kind and generous. He was faced with a decision about sharing land with his nephew Lot. His name was Abraham.

Opening Prayer: Let's pray. "Dear Father in heaven, we don't want to miss out on Your great plan for our lives. Please help us to trust You and obey You always. And help us also not to be selfish, Lord. Help us to be peacemakers and to want to put other people first. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Memory Verse: The memory verse is Ephesians 4:32

32 And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one

another, just as God also forgave you in Christ"

Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/e0gaJTj7sBI After the flood in Noah's time and the tower of Babel the people of the world still ignored God and worshipped other gods made of wood and stone. There were only a few people that followed God and one of these was Abram. He loved God and offered sacrifices as God had commanded.

God chose Abram to become the father of a strong nation of people who would teach people everywhere about God. He wanted a man who worshipped God and obeyed Him.

One day God came to Abram and told him to leave his home in the city of Ur. God told Abram that if he would leave his homeland and his family that he would bless him by making his children into a great nation.

God promised to bless the whole world through his family. He also promised to give him a great land. Although Abram was not told exactly where he was going, he believed what God had said. He just trusted God to tell him as he went along.

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Abram took his wife Sarai as well as his elderly father Terah and his nephew Lot and left the city of Ur. Because he was very rich and had many flocks of sheep and cattle, he took many servants with him as well. This made a very large caravan as they traveled to the city of Haran. Because his father was quite elderly, they stopped at the city of Haran where Abram's father Terah died.

After his father Terah's death, Abram and his wife Sarai and their nephew Lot once again began to follow God's call and moved on toward the land God has promised. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

All along the way Abram built altars and offered sacrifices and worshiped God just as Abel and Noah had done long years before. Abram's offerings pleased God very much, and God heard his prayers. Abram continued traveling even though he did not know where he was going. He had real faith and dependence on God.

When they arrived in the land of promise, God told Abram, "This is the land that I will give to you and your children. Abram was so happy to hear God's voice! This land of promise was called Canaan because the Canaanite people lived in it.

Abram and Sarai lived for many years in the land of Canaan. One time God tested his faith by sending a famine. Abram failed to trust God and he and Sarai traveled to Egypt for food. Abram lied and said Sarai was his sister. God had to save Sarai from being one of the Pharaoh's wives by sending a plague or great sickness on the household of the Pharaoh. When the pharaoh found out about Abram's deception, he sent Abram and Sarai out of Egypt. Abram went back to Promised Land where he had lived before. Abraham asked God to forgive him for his sins because he knew he had done wrong by not having faith in God.

One night later God told Abram again that he would have many children. He would have as many children as there were stars in the sky. This was amazing because Abram was over 75 years old and he and Sarai did not yet even have one child. The Bible says that Abram believed God! He had faith in Him! To show his faith Abram worshipped God by offering a sacrifice.

God blessed Abram and he was a very rich man. He had many servants, many flocks and herds, and much silver and gold. His nephew, Lot, also owned many servants, sheep, and cattle.

They had to move all around the Promised Land to find grassland for their flocks and herds. Wherever these men stopped and pitched their tents, all the fields and meadows were filled with cattle and sheep and many, many servants.

This caused some real problems. There was just not enough green grass and pasture land to feed so many animals, and there were not enough springs and wells to furnish water for them. Fights and quarrels broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. They all wanted the best pasture land for their own master's flocks. Out of respect for his Uncle Abram, Lot should have told his servants to stop fighting but he didn't.

The trouble and arguments grew and grew, until news of the quarreling and fussing reached Abram. Something had to be done. He could not have this ill feeling between his servants and Lot's servants.

Abram called Lot to him and talked it over with him. "This fighting between our men has to stop. We can't let hard feelings develop between us, our families, and our servants. We are close relatives, and we must have love in our hearts for one another.

Besides, what will the other people who are around us think? When we say we know and love the true Jehovah God and yet we fight! We'll never be able to win them for the Lord if they see us fussing and fighting! They'll think our God is no stronger or more helpful than their idols!"

Abram continued talking with Lot. "I'll tell you what we'll do. Let's separate. There is not enough room for both of us to live together with our flocks and herds. Look, the whole land lies before us. I'll give you first choice of any section of the land you want.

If you want the fertile plain in the valley, then I'll stay here on the mountains. Or, if you want the mountains, then I'll go down to the plains." From the high hill on which they stood they could see the far-distant land to the east and to the south and the north.

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Can you believe it? Abram was giving Lot the first choice! God had promised Abram, not Lot, that he could have this land. Lot had no right or claim to it whatsoever. How loving, unselfish, and generous was Abram, this man of faith!

Do you think Lot said, "Oh, no, Uncle Abram, you choose first, and I will gladly take what is left?" That's what he should have said, isn't it? Instead, Lot had a greedy heart and was grasping and selfish.

Lot took a long look at the rich and fertile plains of the Jordan River. It was well watered everywhere and had beautiful pasture land. Lot thought to himself, "I can always find plenty of grass and water there, and my flocks and herds will grow and multiply until I'm the richest man in the whole country!"

He also saw in the distance the large cities of the plain, called Sodom and Gomorrah. He knew that in these big cities he could sell his sheep and cattle and do much trading. What a great time he could have in Sodom with its fine markets and many "fun places." He thought, "My family can have a lovely home and be done with roaming the country living in tents."

Now Lot knew very well that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were very wicked. He knew that God does not want us to live in the middle of sin. That was why He had told Abram to leave his homeland . Now Lot was choosing to live near the sinful cities. It was the worst thing he could have done—the biggest mistake of his life.

Why did Lot choose as he did? First, because he was selfish. He wanted the best for himself. He wanted the land best for his cattle, where he could make the most money, where his family could live in a fine house and have a good social life, and where he could be important. Second, he didn't pray and ask God to choose for him. If he had, God never would have led him to Sodom, a city which was going to be completely destroyed! Third, Lot chose for today. He didn't think about the future. Nor did he think about what was best for his family. I John 2: 15-17 "Do not love the world or anything in the world." The Lord always gives the best to His children when they let Him make the decisions and choices for them.

So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and he and his family moved out toward the east. The two men parted company:

12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the

cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.

Abram was very different from Lot. He was kind and generous. I Corinthians 13:4-6 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." Abram was not rude. He did not choose for himself. He did not get angry. Abram had real love for Lot and love always protects and trusts people

After Lot left him the LORD said to Abram, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west.

15 All the land that you se e I will give to you and your offspring forever.

16 I will

make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to

you." 18

So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD. Abram and Sarai worshipped God. They made good choices. They were generous and kind and God blessed them.

Our memory verse today is Ephesians 4:32 32

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you

in Christ" Being kind to one another means that

we will put others first, not ourselves. Let's say our verse again. Ephesians 4:32 32

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you

in Christ"

Every day we are faced with choices. We can be greedy and selfish like Lot. Or we can ask God to help us be kind and generous like father Abraham!

Let's pray. "Dear Father in heaven, we don't want to miss out on Your great plan for our lives. Please help us to trust You and obey You always. And help us also not to be selfish, Lord. Help us to be peacemakers and to want to put other people first. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Remember be kind and share with one another!

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Review Questions: Choosing Game Say: "In this lesson Abraham and Lot had to choose which piece of land in which they and their families would dwell. Abraham made a good choice and Lot did not. For the review activity today, you are going to form two teams. Each team will choose who will answer the question for their turn. Be sure to be kind and compassionate by chosing every member on your team for at least one turn." 1. Who was the first Jew or the father of the children of Israel? (Abraham) 2. What's an example of how God has swiftly judged sin? (Flood, Tower of Babel) 3. What did God promise Abraham? (That he would make his descendants into a great nation) 4. Where did God tell Abraham to go? (To a land that He didn’t know.) 5. Would you pack up and leave your home, your country, your family and friends to go someplace

that you didn’t know where it was? What if God told you to go? 6. Why did fights break out between the herdsmen of Abraham and Lot? (There were too many

animals and not enough pasture.) 7. How did Abraham settle the dispute between him and Lot? (He suggested that they split up and

he let Lot choose where he wanted to settle first.) 8. Where did Lot choose to settle? (He took the best land for himself; near Sodom and Gomorrah.) 9. How would you describe Lot’s attitude? (He was selfish and greedy.) 10. Who shared with Lot? (Abraham) 11. Who chose first? (Lot was selfish and did not respect his grandfather Abram and so he went first.) 12. Did Abraham get the best land? (No, Lot got the best land.) 13. Was Abraham upset that he didn’t get the best land? (No, He trusted God and knew that God

was going to take care of him and his family. He wasn’t greedy. He was content with what God gave him.)

14. How should we handle it if you and somebody else are fighting over something? (We need to be love-centered; not self-centered.)

15. Why was it a big mistake for Lot to move into Sodom and Gomorrah? (Lot did not ask God for direction. He went to live in a wicked idol worshipping city that God had said they should not live in. God sent fire from heaven to destroy the cities because of the people’s wickedness. He lost everything.)

16. What should we do to be sure we don’t miss out on God’s great plan for our lives? (Trust and obey)

Bible Memory Verse Activity: Scrambled Hearts The memory verse is Ephesians 4:32 "And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ" Have students look up the verse in scripture and read orally together. Say: "Being kind to one another means that we will put others first, not ourselves."

Cut out 7 large heart shapes (8-inch by 11-inch) from colorful sturdy paper. Print brief phrases of Ephesians 4:32 on each heart as follows: "And be kind / and compassionate / to one another,/ forgiving one another, / just as God /also forgave you /in Christ." Directions: 1. Shuffle the hearts. 2. Give one heart to each child or group of children. 3. On your signal, children race to get the hearts in the correct order to unscramble the verse. 4. Variations of this game include relays, setting time limits, or timing each individual. 5. To simplify the game, display the Bible Memory Verse poster.

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Group Learning Activity: Skit: Abraham and Lot (Grades K-5) This is a skit portraying the story of Abram and Lot as written in Genesis 13. It is written directly from the Bible, only putting in a few directorial cues, which are written in parenthesis. This skit can be performed as simply as having your students read the script in class, or as extravagant as having costumes and scenery. Characters: Narrator; Abram; Lot; Servants; Sarai (Abrams wife) – optional; sheep – optional Props (optional): tents; bags (belongings); money; sheep (or pictures of); altar; city signs: Egypt, Negev, Bethel, Ai, Sodom, Mamre

Narrator – So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. (Abram and his family walk around) Narrator – (Abram takes some money from his pocket) Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. Narrator – (Abram walks around again) He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. (Abram bows down) (Lot enters with sheep. Servants could enter carrying supplies and leading sheep.) Narrator – Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. (Servants crowd together) Narrator – And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. (Servants start to “fight”) Narrator – And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. Abram – (to Lot) Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left. Narrator – Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere-this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah-like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. Lot – I choose for myself all the valley of the Jordan. I will journey eastward. (Have Abram and Lot go to opposite spaces in the stage area) Narrator – Thus they separated from each other. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord. The Lord – (to Abram) Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if

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anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you.” Narrator – Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.

Group Learning Activity: Circle of Love (Grades K-5) Materials: Whiteboard or chalk board or poster paper, chalk or marking pen; long string or rope or a cord that is at least 15-20 feet long; masking tape; poster board signs for students to hold with the following words on each sign to describe a person who needs love: "New Child,” “Older Neighbor,” “Visitor,” “Someone Who Has Offended You,” “Lonely Relative,” “Shy Child,” “Troublemaker,” and so on. Procedure: Draw a large circle on the chalkboard or poster paper with chalk or a marking pen. Say: "This circle illustrates the love that Abraham had for others. Let's review the story and tell the names of those for whom Abraham had a love." (the herdsmen, Lot and his family, his herdsmen; God; Sarai, etc.) Make a circle on the floor with the long string, cord, or rope. Use the masking tape to hold the rope or cord or string in place. Choose one child to be in the center of the circle. Call the circle “The circle of love.” Distribute small signs to each child in the class representing people who may need to be drawn into our circle of love (“New Child,” “Older Neighbor,” “Visitor,” “Someone Who Has Offended You,” “Lonely Relative,” “Shy Child,” “Troublemaker,” and so on). Have the child in the center of the circle choose a child outside the circle and think of an action that could include that child in the circle of love. For example, the child may choose the “Lonely Relative” and invite him or her to family home evening. The child chosen enters the circle, selects another child, and tells what could be done to bring that person into the circle of love. Continue until every child is within the circle. Point out that each child’s circle of love will become larger as he or she shows love and kindness to others. This could be illustrated by drawing the circle or cord close to the first child, then enlarging it as more join. Give the children each a piece of paper and have them draw a circle on it and write My Circle of Love around the edge. Challenge them to make their circles larger by including someone who may have been shut out of their circle. Encourage the children to talk to their families about their circles of love and together think of a person to whom they have not shown love. Suggest that they write the person’s name outside the circle. Challenge the children to treat that person with love no matter how he or she acts, as Abraham did for Lot, and see if by next week they can put the person’s name inside their circle of love. (If you use this activity, be sure to follow up next week to see if the children accomplished their goal.)

Group Learning Activity: Making Choices (Grades 3-5) Materials: Bibles, notepads, pencils Procedure: Say: "In this lesson Abraham and Lot had to make a choice about the land they in which they and their families would live. Abraham chose to follow God and Lot did not make a good choice. What does the Bible say about how we can make choices? We are going to look at some scriptures and see what principles we can learn about making choices." Have students look up the following verses about making choices. Draw a chart or table on the white board similar to the one below. Lead students in a discussion about what the verses teach about making choices. Record the principle in the chart as the students respond to what the main principle that each of the verses teach

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Scripture Principle being taught

Proverbs 3:5-6 When we are faced with a choice we should trust God and ask Him for His direction. God will always lead us in the right way to go.

Proverbs 19:21 We may have many ideas and plans about what we think we should do. But only God's plan will be the best. Our plans will fail but God's way will last forever

Matthew 6:33 When we seek to do what God wants He will bless us with all the things that we really need and those things will make us truly happy.

James 1:5 When we do not know what to do, we should pray and ask God for wisdom. He will give us the answer and it will be the best way for us to go.

Group Learning Activity and Craft: "Being a Peacemaker" (Grades 3-5) Materials: Wide mouth container or jar, 1 per child (oatmeal container or peanut butter containers work well); Blue and red construction paper; Crayons; Stickers Say: "Abram was a peacemaker. He went to his nephew Lot and asked that there would be no strife or arguing between them. Notice that he said, “you and me.” It sounds like the problems that their herdsmen were having may have begun to affect the relationship between Abram and Lot. Abram reminded Lot that they are brethren, or family. Something like this should not be separating them and making them angry with one another. "Have you ever been upset with a family member? The Lord wants us to work out our problems. We should never allow our anger to bring us to the place where we no longer want to associate with each other. Abram was wise to go to his nephew and talk about it. Abram then proposes a solution. He decided it would be best if he and Lot split up. If they split up physically, perhaps they would not split apart in their hearts. Abram did not want the lack of space to cause anger and problems between himself and Lot. Abram even let Lot choose what land he wanted. God wants us to avoid arguments also. Abram valued his relationship with Lot more than his possessions. We should always put people before material wealth. We should be the first to show we value our relationships and seek to resolve problems before they turn into arguments. We can trust God for our every need." "Today we are going to make a "Peacemaker Plan." I will give each of you a piece of construction paper. You are to write "My Peacemaker Plan" on the paper and then decorate the paper with drawings or stickers. After you have the paper ready, we will wrap the container with paper and tape it securely." Alternative: Give students some colored scraps of construction paper and let them glue the pieces to the sides of the container. Give children sheets of red and blue construction paper. On the red sheets, instruct learners to draw pictures of three things they often have an argument over. Then list a food that they may have disagreed over, a piece of clothing they may have fought over, and a toy that they did not want to share with others. On the blue sheets kids should draw three people, including a family member, a friend, and someone else. Instruct learners to cut out the images into separate cards. Encourage children to fold the pictures and use their peacemaker plan jar during the next week by choosing a red and blue paper from the jar. Match the thing with the person and start being a peacemaker!

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Match the pieces of red and blue pictures and discuss some possible scenarios where students can be peacemakers in their own home or school. Say: "God wants us to be at peace with each other. Abram let Lot have first choice of the land so they could be at peace. God blessed Abram for being faithful and made his land great. What are some ways we can make peace when others want to fight? (Examples: Let them choose/go first, ask them to help you find a way to solve your problem together, find a way to show them you care.) Discuss specific conflict issues the children have encountered with siblings or classmates. Lead children in discovering ways to resolve each conflict peacefully."

Group Learning Activity: Look North, South, East and West Game (Grades K-5) Purpose: This version of Four Corners reminds children that God told Abram to look up at and walk through the land God was giving to him. Materials: Four signs titled North, South, East, and West Preparation: Post one of the four signs in each of the four corners of the play area. Say: "Genesis 13:14-15 says, “The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, ‘Lift up your eyes from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.’” Then God told Abram to go walk through it. In this game, we will scatter to the north, south, east, and west as we remember God’s promise to Abram." Directions: 1. Choose a Caller to stand in the middle of the room to count aloud to ten with eyes closed. 2. Children rush to stand in different corners before the Caller says, “10.” 3. Caller calls out one of the four corner titles (North, South, East, or West). 4. Children in that corner must be seated. Remaining children then scatter again to stand in one of

the corners. This continues until only a few remain standing

Group Learning Activity: Herding Cattle Game (Grades K-5) Purpose: To introduce the concept of herding, teams race to move their balloons across the room. Materials: Balloons (three or four balloons per child, one color for each of the two teams), floor tape Procedure: Inflate the balloons with air (not helium). Use the floor tape to mark start and finish lines at opposite sides of the play area. Use the tape to place a dividing line down the middle of the play area from the start to the finish line. Divide the balloons into two equal sets according to color and place a color set behind each side of the start line (so each team will have its own color balloon). Say:"Let’s herd some cattle! These balloons will be your cows. You will need to move all of your cattle from the pasture (start line) to the barn (finish line); however, you may not carry the cows or step onto the other team’s side!" Directions: 1. Divide the class into two equal teams, which line up behind their start lines. 2. On your signal, the teams will move their balloons across the room to the finish line. They cannot carry the

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balloons, but they can push, bat, or blow the balloons across the room. 3. If a balloon strays onto the other team’s side, that team picks up the balloon and returns it to the start line of the team to which it belongs. 4. The goal is to be the first team to get all their balloons across the finish line. 5. Play the game again. This time, teams must return any escaped balloons to the other team at the point where the balloon crossed the dividing line. The balloon does not have to be taken back to the start line. Great game! Say: "In the first game, if you lost your balloon, the other team returned it to the start line and you had to start over with that balloon. How did you feel? (Mad, annoyed.) In the second game, the other team returned your balloon to where you lost it and you could continue to the finish line. How did you feel about the other team, then? (Happy with them, got along better.) In this lesson we learned about two families who were herding their cattle on the same land. Like in our first game, they did not work well together. This caused an argument. How did they solve their problem? (They separated and lived in different areas of the land.)

Craft Learning Activity: Sharing Necklace (Grades K-3) Materials: 30 inch length of yarn for each child; scissors, plastic beads in various shapes and colors. Preparation: Make a model necklace by stringing the yarn with various colored beads in different shapes. Sort the beads by shape and color making sure there are enough groups of beads so that each child has one group. Procedure: Show the children the model necklace. Put it on each of the children and say, This is my necklace and I would like to share it with you. Would you like to make a Sharing Necklace too? Give one type of shape or color of bead to each child, for example, give all the hearts to one child. Say: "To make a Sharing Necklace we must share our shapes."

Have the children take turns giving one of their shapes to each of the other children. Help the children make their necklaces as follows: Give each child a piece of yarn. Help the children thread their yarn through their shapes. Tie the ends of their strings together forming the necklaces.

Craft Learning Activity: Sand Painting (Grades 2-5) Purpose: This sand art scene will remind children of God’s promise to give Abram many offspring. Materials: Several colors of sand (available at craft stores), white glue in squeeze bottles, craft sticks, pencils, card stock, newspapers Preparation: Protect the work area with newspapers. Say: "Abram wanted to have peace between his family and Lot’s family. Abram unselfishly chose to let Lot choose the better land. God promised Abram would have as many offspring as there is dust on the earth. Let’s create a peaceful picture using some of the dust of the earth. In this case, we will use sand. Notice how many grains of sand we use. Directions: 1. Give a sheet of card stock and a pencil to each child. 2. Ask the children to draw a peaceful scene (such as the beach, a park, the woods, or their bedroom) with the pencil on the card stock. 3. For each color of sand they would like to apply to their pictures, they will need to coat the area with glue (use the craft sticks to spread the glue), cover it with the selected color of sand, and then shake off the excess sand on the newspaper. 4. Repeat the process for each new color. 5. Keep the pictures flat until they are dry.

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Life Application Challenge: Take a Walk with God (Grades K-5) Purpose: To inspire a thankful heart for what God has given each child. Say: "After Lot and Abram parted ways, God blessed Abram and gave him the land to be his own. Do you think God was pleased with Abram for choosing to make peace in his family? (Yes.) God told Abram to go and walk through the land He had given him. It is good for us to take time to look at the gifts God has given us. What are some ways God has blessed you? (Children respond.) At home, you can begin a list of the many things God has given you. Each day, close your eyes and review your list as if you are walking past each thing God has given you. Then, give Him thanks for who He is and what He has done for you!

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e0gaJTj7sBI...2 OT2.2 Abraham and Lot ©Beverly Wilson 2016 Abram took his wife Sarai as well as his elderly father Terah and his nephew Lot and left the city of Ur. Because he was