47 - Loving God and His House

References
1 Chronicles 21.

Notes for Servants
- You as a servant you should be a good example for the children in the church. They should see
in you the image of Christ which you want them to be.
- We should emphasize this principal in the children in every occasion, not only in this lesson.

Objectives

General: Loving the Lord our God and His house.

Specific:
The children will be able to
A. understand that the house of the Lord is very holy and respectable place we should
treated as such.
B. feel the difference between the church and any other places such as home or school.
C. have intheir minds, whentheyare in the church, that God is their and theyare standing
before Him.

Bible Verse

"In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee."

(Hebrews 2:12)

Teaching Aids
1. Some Icons.
2. Other church tools.

Instruction
(1) Review last week's lesson.
(2) Who remembers the verse?
(3) Remind the children about the church occasions for the coming week.
(4) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the
lesson.

Story Time
One dayDavid said to one ofhis manhis name wasJoab and to the rulers ofthe people, to number
Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to him, against God's well.
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he destroy Israel. And David said to God, I have
sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I pray to thee, take awaythe sin of your servant;
for I have done very foolishly.
The Lord spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying, go and tell David, saying, God sent an angel to
Jerusalemto destroyit. And the angel of the Lord stood by the field of Ornan the Jebusite. And tell David
to go there and build a house for me and offer sacrifices to me or the angelwilldestroy you and all Israel.
David went there and lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the
heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem.
And as David went to Ornan, whenOrnansaw David, he came out ofthe field, and bowed himself
to David withhisface to the ground. Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this field that I may
build analtar for the Lord. Ornan was very happy to have a place for God in his land. He said to David,
take it and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. and I give you the oxen also for burnt
offerings, and the wood for the fire, and the wheat for the offering; I give it all for the Lord.
David built there an altar for the Lord, and offered burnt offerings, and called uponthe Lord; and
he answered himfromheaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. And the Lord commanded the angel
to put awayhissword. Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt
offering for Israel.

Discussion
1 - Follow up the story by talking about it with the children.
2 - Continue the discussion while they do the activity.

Learning Activities
Activity Sheet.