Download - God Cares for His Children
God Cares God Cares for His for His
ChildrenChildren
Who has been to a Who has been to a restaurant?restaurant?
Did you know...Did you know...
God gave the Israelites good
food to eat?
Manna
Quails
What do you think?What do you think?
Were the people…
or
They were not content!
They started They started complaining to Mosescomplaining to Moses
Israelites were not contentIsraelites were not contentWhat did God provide for them?
God decided to teach the God decided to teach the Israelites a lesson!Israelites a lesson!
Sorry God for not being thankful. You were taking good care of us and we kept on complaining.
Sorry God for not being thankful. You were taking good care of us and we kept on complaining. Please Moses help us. Ask God
to forgive us! We will repent.
Please Moses help us. Ask God
to forgive us! We will repent.
What did the What did the people do?people do?
Moses prayed to God Moses prayed to God about the snakesabout the snakes
How do you think the Lord answered
Moses’ prayer?
A - The Lord took away the poisonous snakes
B - The Lord did not take away the poisonous snakes
Always look up to the Lord for Always look up to the Lord for help!help!• Make a snake out of a shiny metal called “bronze”• Put the bronze snake on a pole so all the people can see it• Anyone bitten by a poisonous snake that looks at the bronze serpent will be healed• This will help them remember that I will take care of them
People looked at the bronze People looked at the bronze serpent and were made well!serpent and were made well!
What did the people learn?What did the people learn?
God takes care of His people
Only God could make them well
To be happy and content with the things the Lord gave them
Not to complain about the Lord’s gifts
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The Cross In Our livesThe Cross In Our lives
Did you sin in the past?Did you just sin?
Is the devil about to fight you?
Hurry!!! Look at the cross and say: “My
crucified Lord, have mercy on me”.
The Cross In Our LivesThe Cross In Our Lives
What does the bonze serpent represent?
• Jesus saved us on the cross
• Whoever believes in Him is saved from eternal death
Cross = Sign of our salvation
• We wear it to remind us of God’s love for us
• Crossing ourselves
Memory VerseMemory Verse
“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord
and against you.” – Numbers
21:7
When you pray this weekWhen you pray this week……
“My crucified Lord, have mercy on me”