Rock Solid   Opening prayer :  Join together in prayer asking God to reveal the truth about the one and only true  foundation we stand upon that will never move from beneath us.       Memory Verse : "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine,  and doeth them,I will liken him unto a wise man,  which built his house upon a rock."Matthew 7:24   Hymn: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/m/y/h/myhousws.htm   MY HOUSE WILL STAND   Are you building your house on the rock or the sand, Are you living for time or the ages to be? Do you know that your structure, though shaken, will stand, Unharmed by the tempests which sweep o’er the sea? Refrain Let rains descend and tempests sweep; Let floods arise and billows leap; My house will stand ’neath every shock, For I have built upon the Rock. O the Lord is the Rock; our Foundation is tried, And is changeless today as in centuries flown, Though by men once rejected, He still doth abide, He’s the blest Rock of Ages, the great Living Stone. Refrain Though the billows may beat and the hurricane blow, I am fearless and calm in the face of the gale; For the Word of Jehovah is sure, and I know, Having built on my Savior, they cannot prevail.   Refrain   ______________________________________________________   Suggested Materials for Today's Lesson in The Word:    A small pile of sand / 1 large Rock  / 1  pitcher of water / 2 paper cups/ 1 pencil or crayon to decorate the cups as houses.     Today's Bible Reading:    Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings,  and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:   He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep,  and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it : for it was founded upon a rock.  But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream  did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. Luke 6:46-49 Activity Follow up questions and activity:   Let the children decorate the cups with windows and a door using a pencil or crayon. The cups will be used as houses in  the experiment.   Set up two scenes. 1 with an upside down paper cup on top of the rock .  Tell the children that the cup represents a house.  Set up the other scene with the other upside down  paper   cup placed on top of the sand.   1.  When water is poured on the cup that is placed on the rock , what happens ?   2. When  water is poured upon the cup which is on sand , what happens to the house on the sand ?   3. Did any of the sand move ?   4. Which foundation appears to be firm ?   5. What lesson is taught by Jesus for us to learn and trust in our own lives ?   6. Do we have storms that come and go in  our lives ? Take the time to talk about this .   7. What makes us stronger according to Luke 6:46 ? After the children answer , please repeat the Luke 6:46 verse out loud to them.   ________________________________________________________________   Close with Prayer .