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The People Listen

Jonah Obeys God

Day 173of 180
Week 35of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that people can change when they hear God's message

2

Learn how the people of Nineveh listened to Jonah

3

Recognize that saying sorry to God is important

📖 Scripture Connection

Jonah 3:5

“The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

— Jonah 3:5 (WEB)

Shows how people can change when they hear God's message

📦 Materials Needed

  • Happy/sad face cards
  • City picture from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Coloring sheet
  • Crayons
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall Jonah's journey to Nineveh from yesterday's lesson

💭 Review Question: Do you remember where Jonah was going?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today, we'll learn how the people in Nineveh listened to Jonah's message about God

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jonah told the people about God
  • The people were sorry for their bad choices
  • They wanted to make things right with God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think the people did when they heard Jonah?
  • How do you think they felt?
3Activity: Sorry and Happy Faces (6 min)
discussion

Use happy and sad face cards to show how people felt before and after hearing Jonah

📝 Instructions:
  1. Show the sad face - how people felt before hearing God's message
  2. Show the happy face - how people felt after saying sorry to God
  3. Let child match faces to the story
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent guides child to match faces

Challenge: Child explains why faces change

4Closing (3 min)

Review the main points of the lesson

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the people in Nineveh do?
  • Did they listen to Jonah?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for loving us and giving us chances to say sorry

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how God forgave the people

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 139:7

“God is everywhere!”

— Psalm 139:7 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Play 'Hide and Seek God' - Parent hides a small picture of God, child tries to find it while repeating 'God is everywhere!'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Nineveh was a big city where people had forgotten about God

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple language
  • Make the lesson interactive
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping young children focused on the story

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of saying sorry and listening

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Color the Nineveh city picture from BibleMouse Printables
  • Act out the story with simple props
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about saying sorry

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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