The Wise and Foolish Builders Bible Lesson

"The Lord is My Rock" Bible Crafts and Ideas

 

"The Lord is My Rock" Sunday School Lesson for Older Children

This lesson, based on the story of the wise and foolish builder, teaches children that Jesus is strong and dependable. If we put our trust in Him, He protects and comforts us in hard times. The following Crafts and Activities are available to members on The Resource Room and as an Instant Digital Download.

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An illustration on a dry erase board is used to present this lesson. Children pick between two houses that are drawn on the board and watch to see what happens to the houses when the teacher sprays the board with water.

 

 

 

Children color in the shapes that contain the letter "O" to reveal what they should be building their foundation on.

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Children match up the pictures and number to fill in the blanks to complete the Bible verse and then look it up in their Bibles to see if they are correct.

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How to Make the Decorative Rocks:

1. Have your children paint the rocks and then write "Jesus is my Rock" on their rocks.

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Find ten medium size stones for every four to five children in your class. On each rock write one word of the memory verse. "The Lord is my rock . . . in him I will trust." (Instead of writing the words on the rocks yourself, you can use this as an activity in class and have your children write the words on the rocks and decorate them and then play the game.)

Note - If you don't have rocks, you can cut rock shapes from card board.

The object of the game is to pick up all the rocks in the correct order. Each child takes a turn picking up as many rocks as he can and turning them over. If he picks up a rock out of order, he turns all the rocks over and the next child takes a turn. The first child to pick up all the rocks in order wins.

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Preparation:

1. Before class print out the face and hand patterns. (To save time, you can just draw faces on the paper cups.) Cut them out and tape them to the paper cups to make people figures as shown in the picture.

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2. Cut pieces of paper into 2" x 3" pieces and write the following words on the pieces: Fear, Bad Feelings, Fighting, Unforgiveness, Sadness, Jealousy, and Hopelessness.

3. In class place the paper cup figures on a smooth surface at the end of a table. Place one of paper cup figure on top of the rock. Test to see that the other paper cup figure moves across the table when you use a straw to blow on the bottom of the cup.

4. In class tell your students that you will be demonstrating what is it like to have God as their foundation or to put our faith in other things. Show your children the cup figure that is on the rock. Tell them that this figure represents someone who trusts in God, the other figure represents someone who puts his or her faith in other things. Ask your class what some of those things might be.  They may say things such as parents, friends, and good works.

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Each time you read a situation have a child blow on the bottom of the cup figures using the straw.  For each situation ask your students what it would be like to have their foundation in God or in something else. Read the suggested Bible verse. After a child has blown on the cup figure not on the rock ask him to point out some of the words that our on the table that might describe the person in the situation you just read.

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Have the children sit in a circle around a table or on the floor. Give a small rock to one of the students and pick one child to be the guesser. Tell your children to try and pass the rock around the circle without letting the guesser see it. The object of the game is to fool the person guessing. The children can fake passing or pretend to pass it in two different directions. After a short period of time call "stop" and let the guesser try to guess whom he thinks has the rock.

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I just taught a lesson that went over great! It was a lesson on firm foundations. I started out classes giving each child several graham crackers, frosting, a plastic knife, and some candies on a plate. My only instructions to them was to build a house. No matter how hard the children tried, none of their houses were very sturdy. We put them aside. We talked about the wise and foolish builders and how important being firmly rooted in Christ is. We talked about ways to stay firmly rooted in Christ: getting into the God’s word, being a servant, praying, praising, etc. I then put each idea of how to stay firmly rooted in Christ in a bowl, and each child drew one. We went around the table and each gave an example of ways to “praise”-ie sing, shout etc or “Get into the word” read the Bible, etc. Then I gave them all a plate with the same ingredients, and a milk carton. I instructed the children, step by step, how to build their house on the milk carton. Then they decorated their houses. I then shook the table a bit and all the houses that were built first fell. But the houses we built with a firm foundation, through instruction, stood rock study. I than compared the houses to ourselves. When we live our lives with Jesus as our firm foundation and follow his instruction (the Bible), no matter what shakes our lives we will stand rock strudy. The kids loved it! It was probably one of the greatest lessons I have ever taught. Valerie

I used your House on the Rock lesson when I taught the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders. The kids loved the house drawing and colored some for us to send to Prison Ministry. The inmates loved the pictures! My husband made two small houses out of sugar cubes. One he just tacked together with glue the other one he glued together very well. We put each one on a foil cookie pan. The “tacked” house went on sand, the well-glued one on a layer of river rocks. We told the kids to bring their water pistols to church and let them “blast” the two houses. Of course the house on sand easily dissolved and the house on rock that was glued tight and coated with clear lacquer didn’t give at all. It took all the kids stomping on it to crush it! We told the kids that when you have Jesus for your foundation no storm can wash your house away and Satan can’t stomp it apart. They had a great time and the lesson really stuck with them! Lori

I used this lesson with 5 to 8 year olds in New Zealand, and it was wonderful. They loved the tangible examples. I didn’t have any sand so I drew two houses on our whiteboard, one in permanent ink and the other with whiteboard pen. I told the wise builder/foolish builder story and then window cleaner as rain. As expected the whiteboard pen house dripped sadly to the bottom of the board. The kids roared with laughter. They also loved decorating river stones with gems and glitter, which they wrote on “Jesus is MY rock”. I thought they would probably go straight in the bin when they got home but most of the kids have them displayed very proudly in their parents lounges or in their bedrooms! Very fun lesson and the kids really took the lesson to heart! Thanks Danielles Place! Shelley

 

Watch the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders

This video is available on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXWHLB1f6_U

 

More Wise and Foolish Builders Bible Lessons

 

Wise and Foolish Builders - Building on the Rock - Lesson 1

See "Building on the Rock" Bible Lesson.

 

Wise and Foolish Builders - Noah and The Tower of Babel - Lesson 2

See Wise and Foolish Builders - Noah and The Tower of Babel - Lesson 2

 

See King Solomon Builds the Temple Bible Lesson 3

 

 

 

Bible Verse:

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" Colossians 3:23, KJV

Scripture References: 1 Kings 6-8, 2 Chronicles 4 - Hiram Builds the Temple Furnishings

Teaching Concept: Children learn from Hiram's example that it is wise to do everything as though they are doing it for the Lord.

 

Children Use Blocks to Build a Wall Around the Temple Courtyard

In class show your children pictures of Solomon's temple and point out the different sections: the courtyard, the porch, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies. Have your children use blocks to build a wall around the temple pattern. If you don't have blocks, you can use pieces of cardboard. You can also use the two pillars from last weeks lesson.

 

 

As the children work on their pictures talk about what the children are doing in the pictures and how they can do these things as if they are doing them for the Lord.

 

 

Bible Lesson Review Game

Break your class up into two or more teams. Collect all the furnishings from the temple template and place them in a pile. Pick one team to start, and don't let the other team/teams watch as you time the team to see how long it takes the team to place all the furnishings in the temple. You can also have them build a wall around the temple to make the game last longer. If a furnishing is out of place, tell the team to correct the problem before you stop timing. The team that finishes in the shortest time wins.

 

 

"Grab the Block" Bible Verse Review Game

1. Before class write words from the Bible verse on pieces of masking tape and stick them to the blocks. (Make more than one set of blocks.) Place the blocks in the center of the table so that all the children can reach them.

2. As you say a word from the verse tell your children to grab only the blocks with the word you say. Say words that don't belong to the verse to confuse the children. Or say the words in the wrong order so children who grab too soon will have to listen more carefully. If a child grabs a block before you say it, or grabs the wrong block, he must put all his blocks back on the table. Keep playing until all the blocks are taken.