Leader Guide

Bible Activity

Tags:
  • Bibles—to make the activity fair for all children, do not use tabbed Bibles or electronic devices unless all the children have them.
  • Whiteboard and marker or chalkboard and chalk
  • Eraser
  • Sticky note pads—one pad per pair of children
  • Pencils
  • Timer, such as a stopwatch, clock or watch with a second hand, or timer app

Make sure there is a clear path between the children and the whiteboard.
If you would prefer not to use sticky notes, have children raise their hands to answer.

A Fresh Start: Race to find verses about our new life in Christ.

God loved us so much that He sent His only Son to die for us and give us new life. In this activity, you are going to look up verses about our old lives dying and our new lives beginning.

Have the children sit in pairs. Try to pair an experienced Bible user with a child who isn’t as familiar with the Bible. Give each pair a Bible. The experienced Bible user can quickly look up the verse while the other player writes the answer on a sticky note. The notes are then stuck to the board. If both players are experienced Bible users, the players can alternate looking up a verse and writing down the answer. Have children close their Bibles before you announce the next verse.

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

I will say a Bible reference from the New Testament and then write it on the board. You may start to look it up while I read a fill-in-the-blank question for that verse. One player in each group will write the answer or answers on a sticky note and then walk quickly to stick it on the board. You have thirty seconds to do that. The first team scores ten points for the correct answer; all other teams score five points for the correct answer stuck to the board within the time limit. Every pair will have a chance to finish, so don’t give up! The most important part of the game is to search God’s Word and let it sink into our hearts. After points are awarded, we will take turns reading the entire verse. The team with the most points wins. So speaking of new beginnings, let’s get started!

Allow spelling errors because of the fast pace of the game. Do as many verses as time allows. Be prepared to help any children with special needs. After points are scored for each question, read the entire verse and briefly discuss it if time permits.

1. 2 Corinthians 5:17: When we become a new person in Christ, the _____life is gone, and a _____ life has begun. (Old, new)

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

2. Romans 6:4: We died and are _____ with Christ by baptism. We may now live new lives by the _____ power of the Father. (Buried, glorious)

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.

3. Romans 6:7: When our old lives die with Christ, we are set free from the power of _____. (Sin)

For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.

4. John 3:3: You must be _____ _____ to see the kingdom of God. (Born again)

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

5. John 5:26: God has given His Son, Jesus, life-giving _____. (Power)

The Father has life in Himself, and He has granted that same life-giving power to His Son.

6. Colossians 3:1: We have been _____ to new life with Christ. (Raised)

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

7. Galatians 3:27: When we unite with Christ in baptism, it is like putting on new _____. (Clothes)

And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.

8. John 11:25: Jesus is the _____ and the life. Anyone who ______ in Him will live even after death. (Resurrection, believes)

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying.

9. 1 Peter 1:23: We are not born again to a life that will quickly end. Our new life will last _____. (Forever)

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

10. Ephesians 4:24: We are to put on the new _____, created to be like God—truly righteous and _____. (Nature, holy)

Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

Conclusion: All glory and praise to God, who through Christ gives us new life now and for eternity!

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