Week 4 God is in control God Is Sovereign

Week 4 ? God is in control

God Is Sovereign

Supplies

Obtain and Prepare Before Class

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Paper cup

Small bag of M&Ms?

Wide mouth bottle

Water

Matches or lighter

Strip of paper about 2 inches wide and

6-8 inches long.

Nickels or pennies (a couple of

handfuls)

Spatula

Sixteen ounce plastic bottle with cap

Water

Balloons

Drinking straw

Tape

Index card

Jar or drinking glass

Provided in the Kit

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Lab glasses

Lab coat

Three balloons

String

Bible Point

God is in control.

Bible Verse:

I know that You can do all

things, and that no thought

or purpose of Yours can be

restrained. Job 42:2 (Amp)

Bible Passage

Psalm 18

I Samuel 19

Overview

When we say that God is

sovereign, we mean that he

has control over the entire

universe. He has absolute

authority. When we realize

that God is in control, it

frees us to trust Him and

the fact that He has the

right to plan our lives. It

frees us from worries.

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Dr. Beaker

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Balloon in a Bottle

Supplies

? Lab Glasses

? Lab Coat

? Small bag of M&Ms?

Supplies

? Wide-mouth bottle

? Balloon

? Water

? Matches or lighter

? Several strips of 2x6 paper

(M&Ms are seen flying through the air.

Have someone in a hidden place throwing

the M&Ms. Dr. Beaker appears looking

harried and worn out.)

Fill the balloon with water until the

balloon is the size of a tennis ball. Tie the

balloon securely. Make sure that the

bottle is clean without any sticky residue

inside it. Also, make sure that the balloon

is bigger than the mouth of the bottle.

Stop it! Erlenmeyer and Dynamo. Stop

it, I say. (M&Ms stop flying about.)

Thank you. I have asked those two to

stop having M&Ms wars in the lab. But,

they just don¡¯t listen very well. If an

M&Ms were to get in the wrong place, it

could mean disaster. Just think what it

would do to a highly sensitive experiment.

Just think what it could mean to a piece of

equipment. Why, my scientist friend at

NASA told me that the astronauts had to

stop taking M&Ms into space because

they would let them float about. The

M&Ms were getting lodged in the

consoles, which could have caused some

major problems.

Smear some water around the mouth of

the bottle. Set the strip of paper on fire.

This works easier if you have another

adult help you do this. Quickly put the

burning strip into the bottle. Cover the

mouth of the bottle with the balloon. The

balloon will start shaking and will be

pulled into the bottle. If you are using a

plastic bottle, the side of the bottle may

collapse a bit, making a loud noise when

the balloon falls in.

Did you think it was possible to get the

balloon into the bottle? Often, things

seem impossible to us. However, we

need to remember that God is always in

control. And with God, all things are

possible.

All of these problems make me think of

my experiment. I am exploring the

characteristic of sovereign.

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Lab Demonstration

My best scientific definition of sovereign:

Sovereign means to have complete control

of something.

Upside Down Water

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? Water

? Index card

? Jar or drinking glass

Ha! I definitely do not have control of my

lab. (Another M&M flies through the air,

hitting Dr. Beaker if possible)

Erlenmeyer and Dynamo, that is enough.

It is time for me to take control of this lab!

Fill the jar with the water. Cover the

opening with the index card. Hold the

(Dr. Beaker goes marching off in a huff.)

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card in place and turn the card and jar

upside down.

Does it seem possible that the card is

not falling off?

You could be really brave and hold it over

someone's head. Be careful! Sometimes

water will start leaking out between the

jar and index card.

This experiment again demonstrates

that some things seem impossible. Who

would guess that you could turn a jar of

water upside down and the water

wouldn¡¯t fall out? But with God in

control, we know that anything is

possible.

We often want to be in control of

everything so we know what to expect.

However, life is not like that. But,

when things happen that we are not

expecting, God knows about them. He

is in control and He will be with you

through the unexpected things in your

life.

Newspaper Rips

Supplies

? Two pages of news paper

I need two volunteers for this

experiment. (Choose two kids.)

Crazy Balloons

You will give one of the kids a newspaper

facing sideways. Give the other child the

newspaper facing the right direction.

Supplies

? Two-4 feet long pieces of string

? Two balloons

When I say begin, I want you to rip

your newspaper in a straight line.

Ready? Begin.

Blow up both balloons and tie them

closed. Tie one end of the string around

the knot of the balloon. Repeat this with

the other string and balloon. Hang both

balloons from a door post or other area

where they can hang freely, side by side.

Make sure that the balloons are the same

height from the floor.

The child holding the newspaper sideways

should have a hard time keeping the

newspaper tearing in a straight path.

Who can help me with this experiment?

(Choose a volunteer.) I want you to

stand in front of the balloons. When I

say go, I want you to blow in between

them. Ready? Go.

The balloons should move together. You

might want to try this a couple of times

with different kids.

Did you expect the balloons to move

together when ________ blew in

between them? Or did you think that

they would blow apart? Do you ever

have unexpected things happen to you?

When we try to take control of our

lives, we are like the newspaper that

tore crooked. However, when we

acknowledge that God is in control and

trust Him with our lives, He makes our

paths straight just like the newspaper

that tore straight.

Lab

Experiments

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Experiment 1 - Tower Building

Supplies

? Nickels or pennies (a couple of

handfuls)

? Spatula

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string. We head the right direction, not

out of control.

Let the kids see how high they can make a

coin tower without the tower tumbling

down. They can also make a tower and

then see if they can move the bottom coin

out of the bottom of the tower without

making the coins tumble down. Using a

spatula will often work best.

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Psalm 18

I Samuel 19

Sometimes the world seems like the

tower, leaning precariously and

dangerously one way or the other.

Perhaps, it seems like all around us

things are going bad. However, we

need to remember that no matter what

happens, God is in control.

The Lord protected David.

Supplies

? None

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Experiment 2 - Balloon Launch

Supplies

? Balloons

? Drinking straw

? Tape

? String

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Cut about 10 feet of string. Tie one end to

a chair. String the straw onto the string.

Tie the other end of the string to another

chair, making the string taut between the

two chairs.

I love you, O Lord, my strength. The

Lord is my rock, my fortress and my

deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom

I take refuge. He is my shield and the

horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I

call to the Lord, who is worthy of

praise, and I am saved from my

enemies. (1-3)

Therefore I will praise you among the

nations, O Lord; I will sing praises to

your name. He gives his king great

victories; he shows unfailing kindness

to his anointed, to David and his

descendants forever. (49-50)

David wrote this psalm as he reflected

back on how the Lord had protected

him.

Have the kids blow up the balloons and let

them go.

Did you have control of your balloon?

What happened to your balloon?

Bible Story

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Now, have them blow up their balloons

again and one by one tape them to the

straw and let them go.

What happened? Which way were the

balloons under better control? Why

were they more controlled?

After David had killed Goliath, King

Saul had him come live with him. He

enjoyed having David available to play

the harp. King Saul also sent David out

with the army. However, something

happened that turned King Saul

against David.

One day, when King Saul and David

were returning from battle, the women

came out to welcome them home. They

were dancing, playing tambourines and

singing. It was the song that got to

King Saul. The women were singing

When we do not rely on God, we are like

the balloons out of control, flying

everywhere in the room. When we rely

on Him, we are like the balloon on the

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went sailing. It went right over David¡¯s

head and landed behind him. Jonathan

and David told each other good-bye.

They knew that David must leave and

go hide somewhere far away.

¡°King Saul has killed his thousands but

David has killed his ten thousands.¡±

Ten thousand is a whole lot more than a

thousand. King Saul got very jealous.

These women were singing praises to

David that were higher than the praises

they were singing to the king.

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From that moment on, King Saul had it

out for David. It did not matter that

David was King Saul¡¯s son, Jonathan¡¯s

best friend. It didn¡¯t matter that David

had married King Saul¡¯s daughter,

Michal. All King Saul knew was that

everything David did succeeded and he

wanted to get rid of him. He was

jealous of David.

King Saul did not just want to send

David out of the kingdom, he wanted to

kill him. One day, David was playing

the harp. King Saul was overcome by

his feelings about David. He picked up

a spear and threw it at David. But God

was protecting David and he was able

to escape. Not long after that King Saul

sent his men to David¡¯s home to

capture him. However, David¡¯s wife

heard about this and helped David

escape. Jonathan came to the place

where David was hiding. He told David

that he would find out if his father,

King Saul, was still set on killing David.

He told him that if he found that King

Saul was still angry that he would shoot

an arrow past where David was hiding.

If he found out that King Saul had

changed his mind about David, he

would shoot the arrow in front of

David. The day came when Jonathan

was supposed to bring the information

to David. What do you think David was

thinking? King Saul had already tried

to kill him several times. Would he give

up and welcome David back? Or

would David have to run for his life?

God had decided that David would be

king. Remember that Samuel had

anointed David as the future king. It

must have looked impossible to David.

Here the King was trying to kill him

and he was going to have to leave the

country and go into hiding. But, God

still had things in control. He had

placed people in the right places to help

David. David¡¯s wife had saved his life.

Jonathan had saved his life. God has

His own timing. Often when we look at

things and think they are impossible,

God is working it all out.

Prayer

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Ask the Lord to help the

children depend on Him, knowing that He

is always with them. Also, pray that the

children would keep the Lord in the center

of their lives, knowing that He is the ruler

of the whole universe.

Object Lesson/

Modern Day Story

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Supplies

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Jim Elliot was known as a man who

wanted to do God¡¯s will above all else.

He went to Ecuador to become a

missionary to the Auca Indians. Do you

remember what a missionary is? A

missionary is someone who goes to

another place to tell other people about

Jesus.

Jonathan pulled out his bow, put an

arrow in it and let it fly. The arrow

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