6-12岁教程(顺服的功课*第2课) | 听神的话 (约拿)

羊之门-编译组
Jul 24
6 min read

编者按  这是一套在美国很受欢迎的教材，按年龄共分三部分：0-6岁学龄前儿童教程，6-12岁学龄儿童教程，和12岁以上青少年教程。我们将陆续翻译成中文，分享给大家。 这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。 *更多内容，请关注公众号“羊之门” & thedoorofsheep.com/6-12岁

目的

完成本节课后，孩子们将明白，为什么接受神的话并按祂所说的去做很重要，而不是找借口逃避。

主题

敬畏神，约拿，懒惰，顺服，责任

等孩子(10分钟)

字谜游戏 | 约拿在哪里？

开头的祷告(5分钟)

参见：开头的祷告

背经节(12分钟)

“耶稣说，那听神的话而遵行的人，更是有福的。” 路加福音11:28

让孩子们围成一圈坐下，然后喊一个孩子的名字。那个孩子要说出经文的第一个词。他/她左边的孩子（顺时针）要说出经文的第二个词，下一个左边的孩子说出第三个词，接下来说第四个词，依此类推，直到说完。用计时器检查速度。重复几次，直到每个人都熟悉整节经文。

圣经故事与讨论(15分钟)

介绍：

如果你的母亲或父亲要你做你真的不想做的事，你会怎么办呢？如果你有个理由充分的借口，会如何？你找过多少回借口，逃避了你本该做的事？今天的故事，讲述一个人被神要求做某事。但是，那人没有去做。他本该就着神的审判去警告他的敌人。但是，他认为，如果他警告他们，那些人将远离邪恶的道路，神就不会再惩罚他们了。他不希望这样。他宁愿看到他们因自己的邪恶而受到惩罚，所以他没有顺服，而是逃离了。

读约拿书1:1-17（约拿书逃离耶和华）

问题讨论：

1.约拿没有顺服神，而是去做什么？（登上一艘船，逃往他施去。）

2.水手们是如何发现风暴的起因是约拿？（他们掣签，然后约拿承认了。）

3.为了使船免遭暴风雨的袭击，约拿告诉水手们该怎么做？（把他抛进海里。）

4.约拿会淹死吗？为什么不呢？（不会，神仍要使用他：约拿书3:1-2。）

5.约拿被抛进海里后发生了什么？（海的怒涛就止息了。）

6.在鱼肚里呆了三天后，你觉得约拿闻起来如何？（很糟糕。）

7.从这些经文中看到，当你不顺服神时，谁会受损？（你和你周围的人。）

8.约拿不顺服的借口是什么？（见约拿书4:1-4，他自私地担心，神会同情以色列的敌人。）

课堂活动(15分钟)

活动 | 借口

备选课堂活动(20分钟)

手工 | 约拿和和大鱼

应用(4分钟)

如果每次你想出一个坏借口以逃避做某事时，都会有一条巨鱼吞噬你，事情会怎么样？保证你永远不敢靠近大片水域。对我们来说，幸运的是，如果我们不顺服神，那种事不会发生，但神仍然不希望我们不顺服祂。不顺服，会有负面的后果。我们可能会感到难过，有人可能会受到伤害，甚至会错过神一直以来为我们准备的真正美好的事物，而我们将永远无法得以享受。当我们认识到这是神让我们去做的事时，我们必须去做到。这周，让我们顺从神的话，接受祂的祝福，而不是像那个满身鱼臭味的约拿。

下节课

只遵循神的部分命令而不是全部，这样可以吗？一半？十分之九呢？100个中的99个？下周回来，我们要读一个王的故事，他以为自己服从了神的话，但其实他并没有百分之百地按神的话去做。

结尾的祷告(2分钟)

参见：结尾的祷告

反馈单

课结束之前，把一张带回家的反馈单分发给每个孩子。

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LESSONS ON OBEDIENCE

LESSON 2: TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD (JONAH)

After completing this lesson, the children will understand why it is important to take God at His Word and do what He says, instead of coming up with excuses.

TOPICS

Fearing God, Jonah, Laziness, Obedience, Responsibility

AS KIDS ARRIVE (10 minutes)

Where is Jonah? (Word Search) Click here

OPENING PRAYER AND PRAISE (5 minutes)

Further info? Click here

MEMORY WORK (12 minutes)

"Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it." Luke 11:28 NIV

Have the kids sit in a circle, and call out one child's name. That child will say the first word in the verse. The child to his or her left (clockwise) will say the second word in the verse, and the next child to the left the third word, the next the fourth word and so on until the verse and reference is complete. Use a timer to see how fast the verse can be recited. Repeat several times until everyone is familiar with the entire verse.

SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION (15 minutes)

Introduction:

If your mom or dad asked you to do something you really didn't want to do, how would you get out from doing it? What if you had a good excuse? How many times have you made an excuse for not doing something you knew you should do? Today's story is about a man who was asked by God to do something. However, the man didn't do it. He was supposed to warn his enemies of God's judgment. However, he believed that if he warned them, they would turn from their evil ways and God would withhold His punishment. The man didn't want that to happen. He would rather see them punished for their wickedness, so instead of obeying, the man ran away from God.

Read Jonah 1:1-17 (Jonah runs from the Lord)

Discussion Questions:

1. Instead of obeying God, what did Jonah do? (He ran and went aboard a ship sailing to Tarshish.)

2. How did the sailors find out the storm was because of Jonah? (They cast lots and then Jonah confessed.)

3. To save the ship from the storm, what did Jonah tell the sailors to do? (Throw him overboard.)

4. Do you think Jonah thought he would drown? Why didn't he? (God still wanted to use him: Jonah 3:1-2.)

5. What happened as soon as Jonah was thrown overboard? (The storm stopped.)

6. After being in the belly of a fish for three days, how do you think Jonah smelled? (Terrible.)

7. From these verses, when you are disobedient to God, who gets hurt? (You and others around you.)

8. What do you believe was Jonah's excuse for not obeying God? (See Jonah 4:1-4, selfish fear that God would have compassion on an enemy of Israel.)

CLASS EXERCISE (15 minutes)

Excuses (Activity) Click here

ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (20 minutes)

Jonah and The Big Fish (Craft) Click here

APPLICATION (4 minutes)

What if every time you came up with a bad excuse to get out of doing something, a giant fish swallowed you? Bet you would never go near a large body of water. Fortunately for us, that probably won't happen if we disobey God, but God still doesn't want us to be disobedient. There will be a negative consequence. We may feel badly later on, we may hurt someone else, we may even miss out on something really nice the Lord had for us all along, but we will never be able to enjoy it. When we realize it is God telling us to do something, we must do it. This week, let's take God at His Word and receive His blessings, instead of being like a stinky Jonah.

NEXT WEEK

Is it okay to follow some of God's commands but not all? How about half of them? How about 9 out of 10? How about 99 out of 100? Come back next week to find out what happened to a king who thought he was obeying God, but didn't do everything he was told.

CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)