Kid's Church: Family Resources for Studying Joshua
Kid's Church is in year two of our study-though-the-Bible curriculum and we are covering Joshua through the prophets in 2014. On Sunday, Tony Shen spoke about how he would be teaching Old Testament 102 in our Del Rey Bible Institute. It is so exciting that as adults in our church have an opportunity to study through the Old Testament our children simultaneously will be studying the same material in Kid's Church. We will be covering a child-friendly, family version of Old Testament 102 in Kid's Church in 2014. Adults you can join the DRBI class and study the Old Testament this semester and then come home and teach it to your families. Parents, we have such an exciting opportunity to study the Bible with our children.
We encourage parents to use the attached resource and get a copy of The Gospel Story Bible and its companion devotional Long Story Short to study the Bible as a family. We studied Joshua 1 this past week and the parent resources are below.
I pray you enjoy your study of the Bible with your families.
Joshua Parent Resources
Title: God Calls Joshua to Be His ServantPassage: Joshua 1:1–8
Principle: God requires believers to live as His servants.
Praise: “Make Me a Servant”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• What did God command Joshua?
• What did God promise Joshua?
• How did God fulfill His promise to give Israel the Promised Land?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By being strong and courageous in serving God.
• By memorizing and meditating on God’s Word.
This Week: As a family, read Joshua 1:1–8.
Next Week: Joshua 2
Title: Rahab Shows Her Faith in God
Passage: Joshua 2
Principle: Believers must submit in faith and deed to the victorious God.
Praise: “God of Wonders”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• How did Rahab show her faith in God?
• Why was Israel encouraged by the spies’ report?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By encouraging others by telling them of God’s works.
• By remembering that a believer’s faith should be accompanied by deeds.
This Week: As a family, read selected portions of Joshua 2.
Next Week: Joshua 3:1–5:1
Title: God Reveals His Might at the Jordan
Passage: Joshua 3:1–5:1
Principle: Believers are to remember God’s might and demonstrate godly fear by obeying
Him.
Praise: “Rock of Ages”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• Why did God have Joshua set up stones from the Jordan River?
• Why did God perform this mighty act before Israel entered the Promised Land?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By being encouraged that God is mighty in difficult situations.
• By remembering the Lord’s mighty acts.
• By fearing and obeying the Lord.
This Week: As a family, read selected portions of Joshua 3:1–5:1.
Next Week: Joshua 6
Title: God Gives Jericho to Israel
Passage: Joshua 6
Principle: Believers should be encouraged to obey God because He always does what He
says.
Praise: “Great Is the Lord”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• What happened when the people of Israel shouted?
• Why did God bring down the walls of Jericho in this way?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By remembering that difficult situations are opportunities for God to glorify
Himself.
• By repenting and fleeing to Christ from God’s judgment.
This Week: As a family, read selected portions of Joshua 6.
Next Week: Joshua 7
Title: God Reveals Achan’s Sin
Passage: Joshua 7
Principle: Believers must turn from sin because of God’s holiness and sin’s terrible
consequences.
Praise: “Trust and Obey”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• Why did Israel lose the battle of Ai?
• How was God’s holiness revealed in this lesson?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By being aware of areas where he is tempted.
• By trusting that God’s goodness is better than the satisfaction that sin promises.
This Week: As a family, read selected portions of Joshua 7.
Next Week: Joshua 23–24
Title: Holy Living in the Promised Land
Passage: Joshua 23–24
Principle: Believers must obey God wholeheartedly while living in a sinful, idolatrous
world.
Praise: “Holy Lord”
Prompt: Ask your child these questions:
• Why was living with the Canaanites dangerous for Israel?
• What was Joshua’s charge to the Israelites?
Practice: Help your child apply these truths in the following ways:
• By doing what God’s Word says, no matter what other people say.
• By trusting God and serving Him wholeheartedly.
This Week: As a family, read selected portions of Joshua 23–24.
