Leader Guide

SuperVerse

Whiteboard and marker, or chalkboard and chalk
Round balloons; one per two children
Bibles or the Superbook Bible App

Write the SuperVerse on the board in large letters divided into four parts. Number each part as shown below:

1. He was despised and rejected.

2. A man of sorrows.

3. Acquainted with deepest grief.

4. Isaiah 53:3

Let’s say today’s SuperVerse together. Isaiah 53:3:

He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.

Jesus experienced opposition, persecution, troubles, and sorrows. He experienced hurt and disappointment as His closest friends turned their backs on Him in His darkest hour. Jesus endured all of this to save us. Before He was born, He could have chosen to stay in heaven, but He came down to Earth to save us.

Raise your hand if you ever agreed to do something and later found out you weren’t given all the information or facts about it. Children respond.

Maybe you have asked your parents to take you somewhere or give you permission to do something and you didn’t give them all of the information up front for them to make a wise choice. As they discovered more and more about it, they might have said something like: “If I had known all the facts, I would never had said yes!”

As we discussed earlier, our SuperVerse is a prophecy from Isaiah of what Jesus would face on Earth—about 700 years before it happened! He knew all that would happen to Him. Jesus knew that following God’s plan would cost Him His life. Jesus was willing to endure all this to save us!

Divide the children into three teams with a mixture of ages and genders.

Assign a number (1–3) to each team.

Have each team stand together in a group facing the board.

Start with Team 1 saying Line 1, Team 2 saying Line 2, and then Team 3 saying Line 3.

Once the verse is complete, all teams say Line 4 together.

Reassign different lines to each team and repeat the activity a second time.

Reassign different lines again to each team and repeat the activity for the third and final time.

Each team has now had a chance to say each line.

Conclusion: Jesus knows our grief and pain because He experienced it, too. He was willing to endure it all because of His love for us and His mission to save us.