LESSON 31: READ AND RESPOND
THEME: Hearing God’s Voice
VOCABULARY: university, tour, study, regularly, once in a while, amazing, sense, peace, understand, direction, decision
STORY: There is a girl. Her name is Emilia. When she was 18 years old she was trying to decide what she would do after high school. She thought she wanted to study to become a teacher. But she didn’t know which university she wanted to go to. One day, her friend’s father took the girls to visit a university. She had never been to a university before. She was really excited to visit the university and see what it was like. When she was there they took a tour of the school. She couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. It was a Christian school. She had never been to a Christian school before. She had gone to church but did not go regularly. Since her family didn’t go to church, she would go once in a while with her friend and her friend’s family. But the day they went to visit the university, something amazing happened. When she was walking around the university she felt a sense of peace. A peace filled her! It was a peace she had never experienced before. At the time, Emilia did not know what this peace was. Later she would understand that it was the Lord speaking to her. Over the next few years, she would experience this peace in different moments when she was trying to make a decision about something important. She started to understand that the Lord was giving her this peace as a way to show her which direction to take. As her relationship with the Lord grew stronger, she started to hear from the Lord in different ways.
STORY WITH QUESTIONS: There is a girl. (Is there a boy or a girl?) Her name is Emilia. (What is her name?) When she was 18 years old she was trying to decide what she would do after high school. (What was she trying to decide?) She thought she wanted to study to become a teacher. (What did she want to study?) But she didn’t know which university she wanted to go to. (Did she know where she wanted to study?) One day, her friend’s father took the girls to visit a university. (Where did they go?) She had never been to a university before. (Had she ever been to a university before?) She was really excited to visit the university and see what it was like. (How did she feel?) When she was there they took a tour of the school. (What did they do there?) She couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. (What was the school like?) It was a Christian school. (What kind of school was it?) She had never been to a Christian school before. (Had she been to a Christian school before?) She had gone to church, but did not go regularly. (Did she go to church regularly?) Since her family didn’t go to church, she would go once in a while with her friend and her friend’s family. (Who did she go to church with?) But the day they went to visit the university, something amazing happened. (What happened that day?) When she was walking around the university she felt a sense of peace. A peace filled her. (What filled her?) It was a peace she had never experienced before. (What did she experience that day?) At the time, Emilia did not know what this peace was. Later she would understand that it was the Lord speaking to her. (What was the peace that Emilia felt?) Over the next few years she would experience this peace in different moments when she was trying to make a decision about something important. (When did she experience this peace?) She started to understand that the Lord was giving her this peace as a way to show her which direction to take. (Why was the Lord giving her this peace?) As her relationship with the Lord grew stronger, she started to hear from the Lord in different ways. (What happened as her relationship with the Lord grew?)
ACTIVITIES
- Review the Vocabulary Words .
- Listen to Audio 1 as you read the story.
- Listen to Audio 2 – Story with Questions as you read the story and answer the questions.
- Discuss the main theme:
- How do we hear from the Lord?
- Do we all hear from the lord in the same way?
- Has anyone ever heard from the Lord?
- Take time to do a listening activity.
- Have students close their eyes and listen to quiet worship music
- Tell them to focus on the Lord and ask Him to speak to them..
- After a few minutes, students draw or write what they saw, heard, or thought of.
- Have students share if they are willing. Explain to the students that we all hear from the Lord in different ways, we just have to be listening.
- End the class with prayer.