Celebrating The Goodness Of God

Winners’ Chapel Sunday School - Nyeri        Date: 1^st May 2011

LESSON OUTLINE WEEK: 1

Ages: 1 - 15 Years

Breakthrough Unlimited: 2011

Prophetic Focus: “Financial Fortune Is My Heritage” Deuteronomy 8:18

TOPIC: Celebrating The Goodness Of God

TEXT: Nehemiah 8:10 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

BIBLICAL CHARACTERS:  Nehemiah – He encourage the people to go and celebrate what God has done for them–Nehemiah 8:10

MEMORY VERSE:
 Psalms 30:11 - Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Objective: Help the children understand why we celebrate the doings of the lord regularly.

Why We Celebrate

1.We celebrate the Life(breath) God has given us –
Psalms 30:11 -Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

2.We celebrate the good things God has done for us.
Nehemiah 8:10 -Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

3.We celebrate to make our hearts happy and glad-
Proverbs 17: 22 - A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

4.We celebrate to Access breakthroughs in areas we had stagnated –
Isaiah54:1, 3 –
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

BIBLICAL TRUTH: Celebration makes our hearts glad which in turn makes us healthy – Proverbs 17:22

CHALLENGE FACTOR: How often do you celebrate the goodness of the lord in your life e.g. Birth Days, Good performance?

POSITIVE CONFESSION: - I will keep a record of good things happening in my life and celebrate each one of them.

ALTER CALL.