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Leader Guide

Bible Study

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Let’s say our SuperVerse together. Isaiah 55:9:

“Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, My thoughts and My ways are higher than yours.”

Let’s look deeper into God’s thoughts and ways toward us.

Give each child a Bible. Have children look up the verses and take turns reading one verse at a time. Then lead a discussion with the information below.

1. Psalm 92:1–5:

1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the Most High. 2 It is good to proclaim Your unfailing love in the morning, Your faithfulness in the evening, 3 accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre. 4 You thrill me, LORD, with all You have done for me! I sing for joy because of what You have done. 5 O LORD, what great works You do! And how deep are Your thoughts.

  • How can we express our appreciation to God? Give thanks, sing praises.
  • Looking at verse 1, why do you think God deserves our praise over others? He is the Most High God; no one compares to Him!
  • What is the reason for praising God in verse 2? His unfailing love and faithfulness.
  • In verse 2, what does it mean to proclaim His love? We can praise God for His love; and also proclaim His faithfulness, love, and all He has done for us, others, friends, family, all who we come in contact with.
  • What do verses 4–5 tell us about God’s ways and thoughts? He has deep thoughts—planned thoughts and actions for our good. God’s ways are to bless, help and provide for us—above and beyond what is expected.

2. 1 Corinthians 2:9–12,16:

9 That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” 10 But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. 11 No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. 12 And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. 16 For, “Who can know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach Him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

  • In your own words, what does verse 9 say about God’s plans for us? We can’t possibly know what good things He has planned for us. They are beyond what we humanly can figure out or guess.
  • According to verses 10–11, how can we know God’s ways and thoughts? By His Spirit. The Spirit knows God’s secrets that are hidden from our limited vision and understanding. The Spirit shows us what we can’t see with our natural eyes. We only know human things—we need God’s Spirit to know supernatural things of God.
  • How do we receive God’s Spirit? He gives His Spirit as a free gift to us.
  • In verse 12, what is something God gives us? He gives wonderful things to us as free gifts.
  • What do you think verse 16 means? When the Holy Spirit replaces our thoughts with God’s thoughts, we begin to think like Christ rather than thinking worldly or human thoughts. Our thoughts are of God and doing His will and plan in stead of our own more selfish desires.

3. Ephesians 3:18–20:

18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

  • Paul is praying for and blessing the people in the church at Ephesus. In verses 18–19, what is he praying for the people to know about God? How much He loves us—to try to comprehend His love for us. That they would have God’s power to understand.
  • Considering verse 18–19, why do you think it is hard to fully understand God’s love? Our thoughts are limited. His loving thoughts for and ways toward us are without limit. They are so much greater and higher than we can possibly understand.
  • God’s higher way is to love us, more than we can possibly love Him back or show love to others. When we experience His unconditional love, what happens to us? We are made complete, filled with power, and experience His things that we couldn’t possibly enjoy without Him. His way is to give us more than we can imagine.
  • Why should verse 20 be exciting to us? His power is at work in us. We can’t possibly imagine what God has planned for us and what He will do through and in us. No matter how hard we might try to imagine what He will do, His ways and thoughts are so much beyond and higher than ours. He gives us more than we could possibly ask for.

Conclusion: As we discussed in these verses, our limited thinking and vision cannot fully understand God’s loving ways and thoughts for us. Whatever we can imagine, it is just a tiny glimpse of what our amazing God knows and does!