SuperVerse

“Love the Lord your God, walk in all His ways, obey His commands, hold firmly to Him, and serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.” Joshua 22:5b

Ask the children to open their Bibles and read the SuperVerse, Joshua 22:5b, aloud.

What do you think it means to “hold firmly to Him”? Stay close to God through prayer and reading the Bible. Don’t be discouraged, be faithful.

Can you name all of the action verbs in this verse? Love, walk, obey, hold, and serve.

Being a child of God requires our full attention and devotion, doesn’t it! We don’t automatically love God, walk with Him, obey His commands, hold onto Him, and serve Him—we have to decide to do all these things—every day!

That’s why our SuperTruth today says, “I will obey God’s rules even when the world says I don’t have to.” Serving God is not always the easiest or most popular thing to do—but when we choose to follow God’s ways, His blessings follow us wherever we go!

Our SuperVerse has a lot of action words in it, so we are going to act them out!

Divide the children into two teams—girls versus boys, or whatever groups you choose. Have each team make up actions for each phrase—not each word—of the verse as they say it out loud. Then have the teams “perform” the verse for the rest of the class.

Note: If younger children are not able to memorize the entire SuperVerse, simple have them repeat it several times and be sure they understand its meaning.