Also have a look at Video set ONE: What can I learn from the lives of Adam and Eve to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Also have a look at Video set THREE: What can I learn from the life of Abraham to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Also have a look at Video set FOUR: What can I learn from the life of Jacob to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Also have a look at Video set THREE: What can I learn from the life of Abraham to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Also have a look at Video set FOUR: What can I learn from the life of Jacob to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Also have a look at Video set FIVE: What can I learn from the life of Joseph to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
What can I learn from the life of Noah to Grow my Faith and Teach me Life Values
Welcome to this innovative way of teaching the Bible. Although this is aimed at children, deaf, blind, and illiterate people, we have found that many adults also benefit from this style of teaching. In this blog we present you with training how to present this program. Then you get the first set of videos loaded with Bible-based training together with questionnaires, which you can use to emphasize the information the videos have provided.
The questions below each video are designed to discuss what the viewer has seen in the video and to guide the presenter of this video in ministering to the audience after the video was presented to them. The idea is to
· test how they have listened,
· re-emphasize important truths to solidify it in their minds and spirits, and
· create a foundation for the Holy Spirit to minister to them through the presenter as the facilitator.
Children of older than ten years of age would be able to do these videos with the questions on their own, but it's generally more fruitful if the parent/worker sits with the children to discuss the video and teach children the Word of God. As you would see in the training as well as on our completed videos, discussing the questions creates an opportunity for the facilitator to present additional relevant teaching as guided by the Holy Spirit. See this presentation by Aunty Jewels as an example of how we do it.
Feel therefore free to make use of this opportunity to speak into the children’s lives on the topic the video has highlighted.
The questions are designed to bring over a pertinent point and it is preferable that you stick closely to them.
Training is available here
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7. What God thinks of Sin
What God Thinks Of Sin Questions
Genesis 6, Romans 6:23, 1 John 1:8-10
Intended Outcome:
· You need to keep the Lord’s feelings in mind in everything you do.
· He expects you to behave in a certain manner and it is all written in the Bible, His Word.
· Obedience and faith pleases the Lord and then He wants to bless you.
· This is an opportunity to lead the audience to salvation by accepting the sacrifice, which Jesus has made, as their own.
· The following answers are a brief guideline to the facilitator. Please expound prayerfully on them.
Questions
1. Q: Why was God sorry he made people?
A: (People became bad.)
2. Q: What did He decide to do then?
A: (Destroy everything He had made.)
3. Q: What is the result of sin?
A: (Death.)
4. Q: Were the people at that time obedient to God?
A: (No.)
5. Q: What did the people do wrong?
A: (They were very violent.)
6. Q: How did Noah live?
A: (He loved the Lord and made Him happy. He lived the perfect life
and did everything the way God liked it.)
7. Q: What did the Lord ask Noah to do in order to have life again
after the flood?
A: (To save enough animals.)
8. Q: Does God enjoy it when you sin?
A: (No.)
9. Q: Does God enjoy it when you’re violent – even with movies and
games?
A: (No.)
10. Q: Why would God not destroy the whole world anymore?
A: (Jesus died for our sin.)
11. Q: Why did God send Jesus
A: (To save us from our sin.)
Memory Verse:
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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8. God’s plan to save Noah
Genesis 6-7, Psalm 32
Intended Outcome:
God is pleased by
faith and obedience.
·
God has a detailed strategy and plan
with your life and wants to work along with you.
·
He will guide you to where you should
go and how to do those things that will bring you to your destiny. But you need
to listen and obey.
Questions
1.
Q:
According to the video, why was the Lord God unhappy?
A: (The people
did not obey Him and there was lots of violence on
the earth.)
2.
Q:
What did He tell Noah He was going to do?
A: (He was going
to bring a flood on the earth to kill every living
thing.)
3.
Q: The
Lord told Noah in the finest detail how to build the Ark. Why
did He use
so much detail?
A: (The Lord
knew exactly what He wanted and what would work
well. He expected Noah to do it precisely
like that because He
knew what was coming and what was good for
Noah. God
desires for us to obey Him in detail.)
4.
Q: Do
you think the Lord knows exactly what He’d like you to
become?
A: (Yes He
does.)
5.
Q: God
has a special plan for you. How does He help you to fulfil
that plan?
Facilitator to encourage the children to give various
answers
before you guide them to the answer below.
A: (He leads you
through the Holy Spirit and gives you instructions
to
follow and obey.)
6.
Q:
What will happen if you follow and obey His instructions?
A: (You will
become what the Lord has planned for you to be!)
Memory Verse:
Psalm 32:8: I will
instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you
with my loving eye on you.
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9. Faith
Faith Questions
Genesis 6, Hebrews 11,
Romans 10:17
Intended Outcome:
·
It is
important that your audience understand that faith is like the ticket/voucher you hold onto until you get what the Lord
wants for you.
·
Life is
not about what you want, but about what the Lord wants or you; for the sake of
His Kingdom. This we receive through faith.
·
1
Corinthians 13:13: “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But
the greatest of these is love.” God’s love;
the ultimate solution to any challenge you face, is the object you aim to have.
It’s always there, but you need to make it your own. You hope (have a glad expectation) to possess and live out (exercise)
this object (God’s love). Faith is
the substance (something concrete) and evidence (the voucher or proof) that you
have it, until you feel part of it through a relationship with Him.
Questions
1.
Q: What does the video say
faith is like?
A:
(A movie ticket.)
2.
Q: What do you do every
time you lose hope that you will see the
movie?
A:
(You look at the ticket.)
3.
Q: The Bible says faith
makes God _________.
A:
(Happy. It gives Him pleasure.
Facilitator should expound on
this.)
4.
Q: Why did Noah hear the
Lord’s warnings?
A: (He
was friends with the Lord and therefore trusted Him.
Facilitator
should expound on this.)
5.
Q: Do you like it when
people don’t trust you? Do you think God
likes it when people don’t trust Him?
A:
(No. Facilitator should expound on this.)
6.
Q: There was no way Noah
could have known it would rain enough
to make the Ark float. Why?
A:
(It has never rained before because until
then the earth was
made wet by mist.)
7.
Q: Noah only had one thing
by which he knew the flood was going
to happen. What was it?
A:
(God’s word about what was going to
happen.)
8.
Q: What was it that kept
Noah building? What was his ticket?
A:
(God’s promise to him and his experience
with the Lord’s love
relationship with him.)
9.
Q: There are things God
wants me to have. To get it I must do two
things. What are they?
A:
(Keep on asking and believing. You can
use this as a ‘chant’ for
the audience: ASK and BELIEVE! Let them repeat
it several
times.)
Memory Verse:
Hebrews 11:1:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
and/or
Romans 10:17: So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through
the word of Christ.
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10. The Flood
The Flood Questions
Genesis 7, John 14:21, 23
Intended Outcome:
·
Viewers need to understand the importance and benefits of a good relationship with the Lord.
·
Seeds on how to hear the Lord’s voice need to be sown.
·
The value of obedience to the Lord need to be stressed.
Questions
1.
Q: Why did the Lord chose
Noah to go into the Ark and be saved?
A:
(Because he was the only one in the world
that did what was
right.)
2.
Q: How many people were
saved (count them out together with the
audience)?
A:
(Eight.)
3.
Q: How did the animals get
to the Ark? Did Noah and his sons herd
them in like sheep (dramatise a little)?
A:
(They came by themselves because the Lord
sent them.)
4.
Q: Where did the water
come from (explain the detail)?
A:
(From under the earth and as rain.
Information for the facilitator,
which you can share with children: Before the
flood there was a
canopy of water surrounding the earth, which
was where the
mist, that watered the earth, came from.
This canopy, which
consisted of a lot of water, came down.
After the flood it was
obviously gone, and thereafter it began to
rain as we know it
today, hence the rainbow. Water from under
the earth also
pushed up.)
5.
Q: How long did it rain?
A:
(Forty days and forty nights.)
6.
Q: What would have
happened if Noah did not believe the Lord?
A:
(He would not have built the Ark and
everything would have
been destroyed and the earth would have been
empty again.)
7.
Q: How did the Lord know
Noah would obey?
A:
(He had a loving relationship with the
Lord. He was used to
hearing the Lord’s voice and was used to being
obedient –
explain the relationship.)
8.
Q: How can you hear God’s
voice?
A:
(People, who are without Jesus, normally
think only of
themselves
and don’t usually do unselfish and good things
without seeing what they can get out of
it. So any thoughts of
doing good things unselfishly are usually
from the Lord.
Therefore, if you think of doing something
good, it is probably
the Lord
that asked you to do it. Then do it!)
Memory Verse:
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11. Remind God of His Promises
Remind God of His Promises Questions
Genesis 8-9:17, 2 Peter
1:4, Other passages on promises.
Intended Outcome:
·
The Lord cares about every
little detail of our lives. He even cared enough to tell Noah when to leave the
Ark.
·
Noah relied on the Lord
for every little detail of his life. He did not do things his own way. In the
same way we ought to rely on the Lord for every little detail of our lives, and
not do what we like.
·
The Lord committed Himself
to promises for our benefit in order to build His Kingdom. We ought to dig out
these promises from God’s Word and remind the Lord of them.
Questions
1.
Q: What did the Lord do to
get the water to go down?
A:
(He made a strong wind to blow.)
2.
Q: How long did the water
take to go away?
A:
(Five months.)
3.
Q: What was the name of
the mountain on which the Ark landed?
A:
(Mount Ararat.)
4.
Q: What did Noah do three
times to see whether the earth has
become dry?
A:
(He sent out a dove.)
5.
Q: How did Noah know it
was time to leave the Ark?
A:
(He waited until the Lord told him to
leave.)
6.
Q: What was the first
thing Noah did after he had left the Ark?
A:
(He made a sacrifice to the Lord of the
animals that God
wanted.)
7.
Q: What did the Lord
promise three times?
A:
(That He will not destroy all life again
with a flood.)
8.
Q: What was God’s sign of this promise?
A: (A
rainbow in the clouds.)
9.
Q: To whom else does the
Lord make promises?
A:
(To us and to Himself for our benefit.)
10.
Q: What should we do with
these promises?
A: (We
should remind the Lord of them so He could make them
happen.)
11.
Q: How do we remind God of
His promises?
A: (Through
prayer – Facilitator to give an example.)
Memory Verse:
2
Peter 1:4: And
because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious
promises.
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12. The New Beginning
The New Beginning Questions
Genesis 9:18-28, Matthew
23:1-12, James 4:10.
Intended
Outcome:
·
You should respect
everybody, including yourself.
·
You should hide someone’s
shame and help and protect them.
·
You should respect
authority.
·
If you are humble, the
Lord will exalt you.
Questions
1.
Q: What did Noah make from
grapes?
A:
(Wine.)
2.
Q: What did the wine do to
him?
A:
(Made him drunk.)
3.
Q: What did Ham do when he
saw Noah naked?
A:
(He went to tell his brothers.
Facilitator to dramatise a little on
how
Ham probably did this in a mocking way.)
4.
Q: What do you think Ham
should have done?
A:
(Cover Noah and be quiet about it.)
5.
Q: What would you say
respect is?
A:
(A few possibilities:
a. Honour others higher than
yourself.
b. Not to hurt or harm those
you respect, including yourself.
c. To make somebody feel
good, including yourself.
d.
To
make someone feel valuable, including yourself.)
6.
Q: When you see someone
has done something that they are
ashamed of, what should you do for them?
A:
(See if you can help them and don’t laugh
at them or tell
others.)
7.
Q: What does God do with
people who don’t respect authority?
A:
(He works against them. Being
disrespectful doesn’t bring God’s
blessing
in your life.)
8.
Q: What will God do for
you if you are humble and have respect?
A:
(He will honour you and lift you up.)
Memory Verse:
James
4:10: Humble yourselves
before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honour.
and/or.
Matthew 23:12: For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
humble themselves will be exalted.
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Work
as One Questions
Genesis 11:1-8, Psalm 133,
Hebrews 12:4-12
Intended Outcome:
·
Make every effort to work
together with other believers (for a good cause), as well as with the team
you’re part of at your work or school. This will make the team effective.
·
The Lord can only
effectively use Christians if they work together.
·
Discipline is very
important and necessary to make you strong and obedient.
Questions
1.
Q: Why could the whole
world understand one another?
A:
(They had one language.)
2.
Q: Why did the people
build the tower?
A:
(Because they wanted to feel powerful.
The actual words in the
Bible are: “Come,
let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that
reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for
ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the
whole earth.”)
3.
Q: What will happen if you
suddenly do not understand the person
next to you?
A:
(You will look for people you do
understand and join them –
Facilitator
to do a little dramatised role-play to explain.)
4.
Q: Why did God mix up
their languages and scatter them over the
earth?
A:
(Because they became powerful by making
their own plans and
not
enquiring of the Lord.)
5.
Q: What did the Lord say
would happen if they acted as one
person?
A:
(Nothing would be impossible for them.)
6.
Q: When can God use us?
When are we ready?
A:
(When we act as one man, doing what the
Holy Spirit wants us
to do.)
7.
Q: What do you
think the Lord can do in your life to get you to
change?
A:
(People teaching and warning me, the
Bible teaching me, and
trouble,
discipline and problems coming my way as a result of
my behaviour. Facilitator to guide the
audience from own
experience and encourage them to look out
for ways the Lord
teaches them.)
8.
Q: Why does the Lord do
things in your life to help you to change?
A:
(He wants to get you ready to do His
will. One example is that of
an athlete who needs to train diligently,
experiencing pain as he
pushes himself harder to get better. In
the same way God acts
as your life coach to train you to His
level of holiness and
efficiency.)
Memory Verse:
Psalm
133:1: How good and pleasant
it is when God’s people live together in unity!
and/or
Hebrews 12:7: Endure
hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what
children are not disciplined by their father?
