Friday or Saturday:
(January 24 or 25)
Pre-K :
Grades 1-2:
Grades 3-4:
Grades 5-6:
Sunday:
(January 26)
Monday or Tuesday:
(January 27 or 28)
Wed. or Thursday:
(January 29 or 30)
JESUS TEACHES LESSONS ON THE DANGERS OF POSSESSIONS.
January 24 - 30
Parent reads Luke 16:19-26 (The Rich Man and Poor Lazarus)
Parent asks child(ren):
What caused a rich man to beg?
Pre-2nd grade: The rich man lost all his possessions when he died.
Grades 3-4: The rich man saw all that Lazarus had in heaven as a result of his faith
in Jesus.
Grades 5-6: The rich man was in agony in the fires of hell and there was no relief.
Pray:
What is the world to me with all its vaunted pleasure
When you, and you alone, Lord Jesus, are my treasure?
You only, dearest Lord, my soul’s delight shall be;
You are my peace, my rest, what is the world to me? Amen. (CW 477:1)
Parent assigns and teaches memory treasures:
Seek first his kingdom…and all these things will be given to you as well.
Worship the Lord your God and serve him only. (Matthew 4:10)
8th Commandment without meaning
Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well. (Matthew 4:10)
God also…all evil (meaning of the 1st Article)
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with
what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5)
Hallowed be…according to it (1st Petition + meaning)
Parent brings child(ren) to Sunday School.
Sunday School teacher reviews lesson sheet on The Pharisee and the Tax Man.
Sunday School teacher hears memory treasures.
Sunday School teacher presents The Rich Man and Poor Lazarus.
Parent reviews the story of The Rich Man and Poor Lazarus
with the lesson sheet on the back of this page.
Parent reads Luke 18:18-27 (The Rich Yound Ruler)
What made the richyoung ruler very sad?
Pre-2nd grade: Jesus had asked him to give up everything he owned and follow him.
Grades 3-4: He thought it would cost him everything he owned to get to heaven.
Grades 5-6: He discovered he hadn’t kept all the commandments. He was
breaking the first by loving money more than God.
Pray:
We give thee but thine own, whatever the gift may be;
All that we have is thine alone, a trust, O lord, from thee. Amen. (CW 485:1)
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Sunday’s Devotion is the Primary Devotion and Friday’s Devotion is Secondary.