An Amazing Race: Week 4

Rest in Me

This resource provides you with a lesson plan, drama scripts, songs, activities to teach this lesson effectively, with opportunities for the children to be active in the learning process. You will be provided with lesson plans and extra materials for either a "stand alone teaching experience" or if you are teaching this as part of a whole module. Choose the resources that best suit your situation.

Aim: To teach the children that it is important to take time out to be with God. To teach the children that we need to know who in this world we need to listen to.

Bible Text: 1 Kings 19:4-10

Background Notes: God begins the fourth commandment with a positive statement - “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy” but also adds that we should not do any work. God chose to use himself as an example to ... Show More God begins the fourth commandment with a positive statement - “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy” but also adds that we should not do any work. God chose to use himself as an example to highlight a maintenance plan for mankind. He didn’t need to rest on the seventh day in Genesis, but rather wanted to show us by example that we need to. Labor is a very good thing but it’s not the only thing. God told us 4,000 years ago what production analysts have only recently found. Doctors tell us that workaholics bring upon themselves many illnesses that could be cured by resting. But there is more to the Sabbath than resting and that is to spend time with God and rest in other ways. God wants us to honor the Sabbath by refraining from work, focusing on worship and engaging in things that are positive for our physical and emotional and spiritual renewal. Now that’s not asking too much is it! Elijah had just been a part of a very tiring experience with the prophets of Baal. Although it was a very positive experience it was very tiring in every way. It was very natural to run away and sleep in a cave. And God was there to give him the strength he needed to continue.

You Will Need: TEACHING TIME: 4 groups of children/adults dressed in black / coloured / red and white
THE AMAZING RACE: Blankets and bibles, A tunnel they can crawl through, Loud music blasting from a sound system, Various forms of transport, Clues made up for each team, People to run each challenge, Flags, Log books for each child