| It's amazing what God has created our bodies to do. | | | | commandment and the law that Moses the servant of |
| And Scripture points out many of these great motions | | | | the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to |
| and actions. Use this activity to help your kids think | | | | walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold |
| about all the wonderful things we can do with our | | | | fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all |
| bodies. | | | | your soul.") |
| Have your children draw the outlines of their bodies | | | | Philippians 4:8 (Finally, brothers, whatever is true, |
| onto large pieces of butcher paper. Then have them | | | | whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, |
| write in creative ways with markers or crayons these | | | | whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is |
| following action words: eat, sit, run, walk, hold, think, | | | | excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.) |
| dream, and breathe. They should write the words on | | | | Joel 2:28 (And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all |
| the area of the body that pertains to that action. Next, | | | | people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your |
| have prepared these Scripture references: | | | | old men will dream dreams, your young men will see |
| I Corinthians 10:31 (So whether you eat or drink or | | | | visions.) |
| whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.) | | | | Psalm 150:6 (Let everything that has breath praise the |
| Psalm 139:2 (You know when I sit and when I rise; you | | | | LORD.) |
| perceive my thoughts from afar. ) | | | | Have the kids take turns finding each Scripture and |
| Hebrews 12:1 (Therefore, since we are surrounded by | | | | then deciding what action each Scripture reveals. |
| such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off | | | | Once they decide what action is being taken, you |
| everything that hinders and the sin that so easily | | | | could instruct them to either write out the whole verse |
| entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race | | | | next to that body part in an artistic way or they could |
| marked out for us.) | | | | just write the reference. |
| 2 John 6 (And this is love: that we walk in obedience | | | | How many other actions can your kids think up? This |
| to his commands. As you have heard from the | | | | activity also lends itself nicely to learning how to use a |
| beginning, his command is that you walk in love.) | | | | concordance. God truly cares about all of our actions. |
| Joshua 22:5 (But be very careful to keep the | | | | Let His Word show them just how true that is. |