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Dear Friends,
One theme that seems to run through this lesson is how Love rules out fear. Fear is mentioned many times in the lesson, in almost every section.
"Fear is the belief in the existence of something apart from good. Love casts it out because Love understands the infinite oneness of Being without an unlikeness." Laura Sargent
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Possible main ideas of each section: (Please know these are just what is coming to me. You might see completely different ideas.)
God is Love:
Section I: Infinite, omnipresent Love
Section II: Divine Love meets every need!
Section III: Universal brotherhood: "Love thy neighbor as thyself"
Section IV: Raising of Jairus' daughter (Fear not!) Handle fear first in every treatment!
Section V: Jesus walking on the water. Peter follows him but sinks when he becomes afraid and looks away from the Christ.
Section VI: "be not afraid," Divine Love is the shepherd!
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Attributes of LOVE:
WHAT IS LOVE attributes chart (These qualities and attributes are not all of them. But they are a start in applying our understanding of what Love is and does.)
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GOD IS LOVE! I John 4:16 (agape in Greek)
LOVE defined from Eerdman's Bible Dictionary
"Love" by Frederick Dixon, CSJ, March 1909
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Research: Luke 12, Take no thought
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Research: Luke 10. Good Samaritan
Research: Luke 8. Raising Jairus' daughter
Research: Matt 14. Walking on the Sea
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Every Monday morning in the Upper School a Chapel is shared by members of the community. Last week's was given my Marshall McCurties, and it was about "True Freedom." I thought you all might like to hear it. It was just excellent.
Skim through the first part and go to 17:58 minutes to hear his Chapel. The first half is something else where the students are talking about Martin Luther King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHO3kxjEfOs
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CHILDREN'S IDEAS:
Priority Equation explanation Priority Equation: blank for student
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"Are we benefited by praying?" SH 6:4
Here is a chart that might help have a conversation or discussion about prayer and what it means to pray:
Qualities of thought needed.blank Qualities of thought needed (teacher)
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This website from Bible Fun For Kids is a great way to teach the books of the Bible. It is a FREE download but you have to go to their website to receive it. Then you can print it off yourself.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/FreeDownload/Books-of-the-Bible-File-Folder-Game-Freebie-1535704
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This website has a pop-up book to be made on all the parables of Jesus.
http://www.biblesongsandmore.com/2013/07/06/parables-of-jesus-pop-up-book/
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The following two links are ways to teach Jesus' life and the disciples to preschool age up to about second graders.
http://www.biblefunforkids.com/2012/11/life-of-jesus-lapbook.html
http://www.biblefunforkids.com/2014/07/jesus-picks-his-disciples.html
Hope these are helpful!
with love,
Kathy