Leader Guide
SuperVerse
- Whiteboard and marker or chalkboard and chalk
- Eraser
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Write the SuperVerse on the top of the board. Matthew 9:13b:
Write the jumbled version of the verse in three sections near the bottom of the board as shown:
call I to come have
are those think they righteous, who not
know but they those who sinners are
Since Jesus isn’t physically living in the world today, how can He call someone—does He use a cell phone? No; He calls us by His Word in the Bible. He speaks to us by the Holy Spirit in our hearts.
Why is it dangerous for someone to believe they are righteous in themselves? Because we all have sinned and no one is good enough on their own to be right with God and enter into heaven. If you feel you are righteous on your own, you don’t feel you need Jesus.
In this activity, you are going to unscramble the three lines to make the verse right again.
Point to the verse near the
top of the board. Let’s say today’s SuperVerse together. Matthew
9:13:
Erase the correct version of the verse from the board. You will unscramble one line at a time from the jumbled words. You will raise your hands to tell me the first, second, third word of that line, etc. until the line is correct. Then we will move to the second line, and so on. I will write the correct words in order next to the jumbled line as you answer.
Once the three lines are correct, say the verse aloud once more with the children.
Conclusion: In this activity, the verse was jumbled and didn’t appear as it should. You corrected that to make it right again. God created us to be like Him; pure and holy. Sin messed that up, but Jesus makes us righteous or right with God again.
If children cannot memorize the SuperVerse, be sure they understand its meaning. Remind them to keep working on the verse at home.