Gideon as Judge

Luke 2:13-14 from the Time Warp Wife.

Central Truth: Gideon was choosen as a leader because God called him and Gideon obeyed.

Scriptures: Judges 11

Again, the Israelites turned against God and worshipped foreign idols of Canaan, including Baal and Ashtoreth. This time when the Israelites cried out to God, he told them to cry to their false gods, but the Lord had compassion on them and sent Jephthah to save them. Jephthah was the son of Gilead and lived in a territory called Gilead, which is east of the Jordan River. The Ammonites claimed that Gilead belonged to them and attacked the Israelites. Jephthah was cast out of his family by his half-brothers and fled to the land of Tob. While there, Jephthah led a band of men who raided and pillaged.

When the Ammonites attacked Gilead, the elders asked Jephthah to lead the Israelites against the Ammonites. Jephthah made the elders agree to make him their chief if the Lord delivered the Ammonites not his hand. The Lord delivered the Ammonites into Jephthah’s hand, and he destroyed twenty of their cities.

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School.  Since it was Christmas, I found a coloring page for the children to color. We also added a torch:

Gideon's torch

I found the template for the torch for free on Crafting the Word of God.

An Angel Visits Gideon

Central Truth: God chooses those who are the least.

Scriptures: Judges 6

The Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord who delivered them into the hands of the Midianites. They invaded Israel like a swarm of locusts, destroying crops and livestock. The Israelites were forced to hide in caves and dens in surrounding mountains. The Midianites oppressed the Israelites for seven years and the Israelites called out to God.

First, the Lord sent a prophet to teach and reprove the people. Then he sent an angel to appoint Gideon from the tribe of Manasseh to judge the people. The angel told Gideon that he was to save Israel from the Midianites and assured him that God will be with him. The first thing Gideon had to do was to tear down the altar of Baal built by his father. After Gideon destroyed Baal’s altar, the people were angry and demanded his death, but Gideon’s father told them that Baal should be the one to cast him down if he is god.

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, 

"The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."

Judges 6:12

Bible Scrapbook

Each week the children will be adding to their scrapbooks what they have learned during Sunday School. This time, we drew angels and wrote Judges 6:12 using different color pens.

We also included a short summary of the story of Gideon, including facts like his father's name, that Gideon pulled down the altar of Baal, and he defeated the Midianites:

The cute little picture of Gideon came from the Bible Fun For Kids website.