SuperVerse

Read Acts 1:4–5:

Once when He was eating with them, He commanded them,“Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift He promised, as I told you before.John baptized withwater, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Jesus appeared to His disciples many times after His resurrection and before He was taken up to heaven. He instructed them to wait in Jerusalem until God sent the promised gift of the Holy Spirit. They knew what water baptism was, but soon they would be baptized in the Holy Spirit! Jesus’ followers were united together with one purpose, with one mind; to pray and wait for God’s promised gift!

Let’s read our SuperVerse on the board together, saying it slowly. Acts 2:1:

When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Have children look down at the floor and/or close their eyes as you erase one word or phrase at a time, such as: Pentecost, fully, come, one, all, accord, place, Acts 2:1.

Next, ask them to raise their hands and say what you erased. You may write it back on the board for younger children, or leave it blank for older children.

Make the activity more difficult by erasing more than one word or phrase at a time, then conclude by erasing the entire verse and reference to see if the children can say or shout it from memory.

Conclusion: The followers of Jesus were obedient to do just what He instructed them to do —to wait. It isn’t easy to wait for a gift, isn’t it? It must have been difficult to wait in the upstairs room together, especially not knowing when the gift would arrive or even what the gift would look or feel like! God was faithful. He poured out the gift of His Holy Spirit upon all of them—just as He promised!