Main point: God knows what’s best for everyone.
Bible story: Jonah ● Jonah 1:1-3:10

As a family, watch this week’s video and then discuss a few questions together. 

• Who was our Bible story about? (God, Jonah)
• What happened in the Bible story? (God told Jonah to go to Nineveh. Jonah didn’t want to go — he got onto a ship going away from Nineveh. When there was a big storm, he was thrown into the water and was swallowed by a big fish.)
• How many days did Jonah wait and pray in the fish’s belly? (three)
• After the fish coughed Jonah onto the sand, God told Jonah again to go to Nineveh. Did Jonah obey God this time? (yes)
• God knew what was best for Jonah and the people in Nineveh. Does God know what’s best for everyone? (yes)

Family Activity: Memory Verse Song

WHAT YOU DO: 

• Before the Activity: Review the memory verse and motions with your child. Then sing the memory verse to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
• During the Activity: Talk about how we can trust that God knows what’s best for us because God knows everything!

WHAT YOU SAY: 

• During the Activity: “ To help us remember God knows what’s best for everyone, let’s practice our memory verse and then sing it to the tune of ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat!’‘God . . . (hold open palm with thumb to forehead and pull down)
  knows (touch head with fingertips)
  everything (spread arms out),’
  1 John 3:20. (Open hands like a book.)Great job! Now let’s sing it together.God knows everything.
  God knows everything.
  God knows everything.
  God knows everything.Great singing!” (Repeat as desired.)

   

• After the Activity: “What an awesome verse! We can trust that God loves us and knows what’s best for us because ‘God knows everything,’ 1 John 3:20. God knows what’s best for you and He knows what’s best for EVERYONE! Who knows what’s best for you?” (God knows what’s best for me.)