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Leader Guide

SuperVerse

  • Whiteboard and marker or chalkboard and chalk
  • Eraser
  • Eight sheets of cardstock (or paper)
  • Marker
  • Bibles or the Superbook Bible App

Write the SuperVerse on the board. Jeremiah 18:6 (NLT): 

“O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”

Note: Leave the SuperVerse on the board for the Prayer Time.

Write the following words or phrases on eight separate pieces of paper, front and back, large enough for the whole class to read, then scramble them:

O Israel,

can I not do to you

as this potter

has done to his clay?  

As the clay

is in the potter’s hand,

so are you

in my hand.

Superbook Form: Memorize the SuperVerse with a group activity.

Raise your hand if you have ever formed something with clay. Children respond.

What did you do if it didn’t turn out the way you planned? Did you throw it away? No, you can start over and reform it.

That is what God told Jeremiah as he observed a potter making a jar.

Read Jeremiah 18:1–4: 

1 The LORD gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2 “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” 3 So I did as He told me and found the potter working at his wheel. 4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.  

God’s people had turned from Him to pursue their own selfish and evil ways. God didn’t like what they had become, but He didn’t reject them—He called them to come back to Him. God doesn’t reject us and cast us aside when we disobey Him. If we return to Him, He will lovingly shape us, transform us, and use us for His glory.

Have the class read the SuperVerse on the board aloud together twice, then erase it. Choose eight children to stand side by side in the front of the room. Scramble the papers with the SuperVerse phrases, then give one sheet to each child. Starting on the far left (from the class’s perspective), have the eight children create a “wave” by holding up and reading aloud their individual phrases (which will be out of order) and lowering their papers when done. Ask if that sounded like the correct verse. The answer will be no! 

Should we throw out these cards and make some new ones? No—we can change and reorder them!

Good thinking! We can still use these cards to form the verse correctly!

Ask the rest of the class to tell you which reader should be first, second, third, etc. Rearrange the eight children in that order and have them read their phrases again, creating a “wave” with their papers. Ask the rest of the class if the verse is now correct. If not, have the class rearrange the readers again until they can say the phrases of the verse in the proper order. Finally, have the entire class follow the “wave” to say the verse together two or three times, going faster each time.

Note: If there are fewer than eight children, give two pages to each of four children. Or, have the class work together to put the scrambled pages in order on the floor.

If children cannot memorize the SuperVerse, be sure they understand its meaning. Remind them to keep working on the verse at home.

Conclusion: Just like we corrected this verse, God will gently correct us and shape us into what is pleasing to Him!