Leader Guide

Bible Activity

Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Whiteboard and marker or chalkboard and chalk
Timer, such as a stopwatch, clock or watch with a second hand, or timer app
Toothpicks, orange wood manicure sticks, or pencils with dull points—one for every two children, plus extras
Modeling dough—one container for every two teams of two children, plus an extra container
Tables

Change Is Good! Look up verses about being shaped by God.

Let’s say the SuperVerse together. Jeremiah 18:6:

“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.”

God is compared to the potter, and we are the clay. We must allow Him to shape and mold us. When we submit ourselves to Him, He can remove the impurities and shape us into His image.

In this activity, you will have one minute to look up each verse about God changing and molding us into what is pleasing to Him. Once you find the answer, the “scribe” will use the toothpick to write the word in the modeling dough and walk quickly to place it on my table (or desk). Then, go back to your table and flatten and smooth the dough so you can write the next answer. The first team to bring me the correct answer scores two points. Every team that places the correct answer on the table before time runs out scores one point.

Have the children sit down at tables in pairs. Try to pair an experienced Bible user with a child who isn’t as familiar with the Bible.

Give each pair a lump of dough, a toothpick, and a Bible. The experienced Bible user can quickly look up the verse. The other child will be the scribe, write the answer on the modeling clay using a toothpick, and take it to show the leader. If both players are experienced Bible users, they can take turns looking up verses and being the scribe.

Have children close their Bibles before you announce the next verse.

Allow spelling errors because of the fast pace of the game. Increase the time if necessary.

If you would prefer not to have children race, they may simply hold up their inscribed modeling dough to show the answer.

Do as many verses as time allows. Be prepared to help any children with special needs.

Note that the suggested answers are from the New Living Translation. If children are using different translations, their answers will vary.

1. Romans 12:2. Let God _____ you into a new person. (Transform)

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

2. Psalm 51:10. God can create a clean _____ in me. (Heart)

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

3. Ezekiel 36:26. God will put a new _____ in us. (Spirit)

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

4. 2 Corinthians 5:17. When we belong to Christ, we become a _____ person. (New)

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

5. Ephesians 4:23. The Spirit will renew our thoughts and _____. (Attitudes)

Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

6. Colossians 1:22. We are holy and blameless as we stand before Him without a single _____. (Fault)

Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.

7. Titus 3:5. God washed away our sins and gives us a new _____ and a new life through the Holy Spirit. (Birth)

He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.

8. 2 Corinthians 3:18. The Spirit makes us more like Him as we are changed into His glorious _____. (Image)

So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like Him as we are changed into His glorious image.

9. Isaiah 64:8. We are _____ by God’s hand. (Formed)

And yet, O LORD, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You are the potter. We all are formed by Your hand.

10. Romans 6:4. Through Christ, we are raised by the Father so that we may live new _____. (Lives)

For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

Conclusion: As God’s children, we want to place ourselves in His hands to transform us so we can be more like Jesus.