After The Rain
 
 
 
Opening Prayer: Let us join together in prayer  to thank the Lord for His love,guidance
and goodness- for God is always good.
 
Focus Lesson Verse:   Psalm 147:8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
Have the children say this verse together three times .   If you have enough in your group for three groups - have each group say one part of the verse:
Group 1He covers the sky with clouds;
Group 2  he supplies the earth with rain
Group 3  and makes grass grow on the hills.
 
Discussion Questions:  Have the children take turns answering each question out loud.
 
1.  How do you know when a storm is coming ?
2. How do they make you feel ?
3.  Do storms happen on land only or on the water?
4. Do you think the earth is made up of more land or more water ?
5. Who made the earth this way ?
6.  Is there life found in lakes and oceans ?
7.  Can you name something living found in oceans and in the lakes ?
8.  Have you ever played in the rain ?
9. Do you think rain is important ?  Try to list all the reasons why.
9. In today's focus lesson verse who is the One that supplies the earth with rain ?
 
Today's Bible Reading
Psalm 104:1-6
1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
 
 
Craft Materials -- Paper plates or Plain white paper -  crayons , colored pencils
Craft activity :     Have the children draw a picture of their choice that has water in it
and something else living- whether it is water on the grass- or a lake picture with fish.
Explain to them how God's creation serves as a reminder of who made all living things and
how water is a great blessing to all living things.  
 
Poetry Corner
After The Rain
 
After the storm
Came to pass
raindrops glistened
upon green grass.
 
After the storm
the sky was clear
our hearts were filled
With joy and cheer .
 
After the clouds rolled away
We began to see
blue skies over the bay
Reminding us
That  God is in control
of every moment of the day.
 
Clsoing Hymn:
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/w/t/owtking.htm
O Worship The King
O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love;
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.
 
O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.
 
The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
 
Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
 
 
 
 
Closing Prayer:  Let us close this Sunday school lesson  in prayer thanking the Lord for the Earth , the rain , the people of the earth
and for all that He has made.  His miracles surround us everyday . Let us always  thank our gracious God and rejoice.
 
 
7/25/21