Use this guide to help your family worship and reflect through the week.
You may go through this in any order you wish.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
God cursed his people for breaking their promise.
Read the passage to or with your children.
2 Chronicles 36
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week.
"They kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people."
- 2 Chronicles 36:16
Watch with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
1. QUESTION: What were God's people doing that showed they were not keeping their promise to God? Since God promised he would curse them if they didn't keep their promise, why didn't God curse them right away? What did God do to try to change their hearts?
TAKEAWAY: God's patience is for our good, because he wants his people to repent.
2. QUESTION: When God was patient, did his people change their hearts and put him first? What did God eventually do when the people refused to turn away from idols?
TAKEAWAY: God cursed his people for breaking their promise.
3. QUESTION: Are you able to obey God's word perfectly? What do people deserve when they sin? How did Jesus take the curse for us?
TAKEAWAY: We deserve curses not blessings, but God sent Jesus to bear the curse for us.
4. QUESTION: How is Jesus better than all the kings before him? How is his kingdom different than any kingdom that came before?
TAKEAWAY: In Jesus we have a King after God's heart who established God's forever kingdom.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
Based on this week’s lesson:
1. What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
2. What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
3. What promises can I thank God for?