Leader Guide

Bible Activity

Whiteboard and marker, or chalkboard and chalk
Bibles

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.

In this game, you will look up Bible verses in the New Testament. I will say a Bible reference and then write it on the board. At this point, you may begin to find the verse. As you do this, I will read a fill in the blank question. The answer or answers are contained in the verse.

I will repeat the question one more time if needed. The player who is not looking up the verse will write the answer or answers on a sticky note and then walk quickly to stick it on the board. You have 30 seconds to do that. The first team scores 10 points for the correct answer; all other teams score 5 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 team with the most points wins. Are you ready to learn find out more about living by faith and not by sight?

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.

Read the verse reference but do not read the actual verse until after each question is answered.

If time permits, have a child read the verse. Do as many questions as time allows.

1. Hebrews 11:1: _____ is the evidence of things we can’t see and the reality of things hoped for. (Faith)

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

2. Mark 9:24: The boy’s father said he believed but needed help to overcome his _____. (Unbelief)

The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!”

3. 2 Corinthians 5:7: As followers of Christ we are to _____ by believing and not by _____. (Live, seeing)

For we live by believing and not by seeing.

4. Hebrews 12:2: We can run the race God has set before us by keeping our _____ on Jesus. He is the Champion who initiates and _____ our faith. (Eyes, perfects)

We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the Champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now He is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

5. Hebrews 11:3: By faith we _____ that the Universe was formed at God’s command. What we see did not come from anything that can be _____. (Understand, seen)

By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.

6. Hebrews 11:27: By faith _____ left the land of Egypt. He kept going by keeping his eyes on the One who is _____. (Moses, invisible)

It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the One who is invisible.

7. John 3:16: God gave His only Son. Everyone who _____ in Him will not perish but will have _____ life. (Believes, eternal)

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”

8. Hebrews 11:6: It is _____ to please God without faith. Anyone who comes to Him must believe that He _____. (Impossible, exists)

And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.

9. John 6:40: It is our heavenly Father’s _____ that we see His _____ and believe in Him. (Will, Son)

“For it is My Father’s will that all who see His Son and believe in Him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

10. John 12:46: When we put our _____ in Jesus, we no longer remain in the _____. (Trust, dark)

“I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in Me will no longer remain in the dark.”

Conclusion: To follow Jesus, we must learn to see by faith and not by our physical eyes.