1.
Lesson (based on Psalm 23:3)
HOOK
- Have
you ever messed your room or home up really, really bad? Maybe you didn’t pick
up all your toys. Your clothes are all over. Your books area spread out on the
floor. You can’t even walk through it without stepping on something. It’s a great
big mess!
- Some
people’s lives are also great big mess. Sometimes they don’t know it’s a mess.
But they are feeling lost and lonely, hurt and sad. Unlike the mess in the
room, they can’t clean up their lives on their own. They need Someone to come
and help them. To take out the garbage, to disinfect and arrange everything
back neatly. They need a fresh and brand new start.
- Jesus is that Person who can
do all that for us. He gives us new life and His right way of living.
1.
Lesson (based on Psalm 23:1-2)
- Last
week, we started looking at Psalm 23. Who can remember the first verse? The Lord is my Shepherd.
- Why
do you think sheep need a shepherd? <get
kids to answer>
- People
say sheep are a bit dumb. Left on their own, they’ll just walk and eat and walk
and eat until they get lost. Even if they are near good food, they’ll just eat
whatever is in front of them, even lousy grass.
- David
tells us that when the Lord is our shepherd, He provides everything for us.
1.
Lesson (based on Psalm 23:1)
- Today
we’re going to look at a psalm of David.
- What’s
a psalm? A psalm is a Hebrew poem or song, usually played on a harp or a string
instrument.
- Do you remember who David was? David was the shepherd
boy who took down Goliath with a slingshot and some smooth stones.
- David became King of Israel. But he was also a
musician and liked to write poems and songs. He was a famous psalm writer
or psalmist.
- This particular psalm is about God being his
Shepherd-King.
- Psalm 23 is one of the more famous psalms
written by David. We’re going to learn and meditate on this psalm in the next
few weeks. And by the end of it, all of you will be able to memorise the psalm.
- Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd.
