![]() She was willing to do whatever God told her to do.ĭo you think we should do what God tells us to do? (Yes. It’s because Mary was willing to listen to God. You remember that when the angel started talking to Mary, he said that God was pleased and happy with her. Mary was someone that pleased God, someone that God was happy with. Whatever God wants me to do, I will do.” And then, the angel left. The baby that I would give birth to would be God’s Son!Īnd so I said, “I am the Lord’s servant. Then, the angel told me that I was going to have a baby, a son named Jesus! And he said that Jesus wasn’t going to have a human father like everyone else does because God was going to be Jesus’ Father. I was afraid because I had never seen an angel before, but he told me not to be afraid because God was happy with me. He was even the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the kings of Israel.Īnyway, just before I got married, this angel, one of the chief angels in Heaven, named Gabriel, came to me. And my parents had agreed to let me marry this wonderful man named Joseph! Joseph loved God and he always tried to do the right thing. I was only thirteen, but all the girls got married that young back then. And I was so excited! I was about to be married. A long time ago, I was an ordinary Jewish girl living in Israel. She’ll tell the following story based on Luke 1:26-38. But Zechariah and Elizabeth weren’t the only ones that the angel went and talked to. Last week, we went back and talked to Zechariah and Elizabeth and we learned that an angel named Gabriel told them that they were going to have a baby, even though they couldn’t have any kids before that, and that the baby’s name would be John and that he would be a great preacher for God. Last week, we pretended to be Luke the Doctor, who wrote the Bible book of Luke and the Bible book of Acts.ĭo you remember how Luke wrote his books? (The way Luke wrote his books was by going back and talking to the people who knew Jesus.) Even though some of them couldn’t find what you wanted, none of them said they wouldn’t do it. Play 2-3 rounds and then explain that they were all good servants because they all tried to bring you what you asked for. Part of the fun could be naming criteria that a lot of items meet and then narrowing it down to criteria that only a few items in your area meet. Something you would use for a certain purpose.Something that reminds you of the Bible.The last one in the game wins and becomes the Master for the next round. ![]() Items you already have in front of you count if they can apply it to meet the new criteria. If a student can’t bring you what you asked for within 15 seconds, they’re out. You’re going to name something you want, and they have 15 seconds to bring you what you asked for.Īnything that meets your criteria counts. Tell the students that you’re going to play a game in which you’re the Master and they’re your servants. Needed: volunteer to play Mary, soft play balls or paper wads Game: Good and Faithful Servant Let it happen to me as you have said.” Then the angel went away from her.Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Gabriel’s announcement to Mary to teach children why Mary was chosen to be Jesus’ mother. 37 For God can do all things.” 38 Then Mary said, “I am willing to be used of the Lord. She was not able to have children before, but now she is in her sixth month. The holy Child you give birth to will be called the Son of God.ģ6 “See, your cousin Elizabeth, as old as she is, is going to give birth to a child. The power of the Most High will cover you. 33 He will be King over the family of Jacob forever and His nation will have no end.”ģ4 Mary said to the angel, “How will this happen? I have never had a man.” 35 The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you. The Lord God will give Him the place where His early father David sat. He will be called the Son of the Most High. 31 See! You are to become a mother and have a Son. 30 The angel said to her, “Mary, do not be afraid. *You are chosen from among many women.”Ģ9 When she saw the angel, she was troubled at his words. 28 The angel came to her and said, “You are honored very much. She was promised in marriage to a man named Joseph. 27 He went to a woman who had never had a man. Nazareth was a town in the country of Galilee. 26 Six months after Elizabeth knew she was to become a mother, Gabriel was sent from God to Nazareth.
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