Follow-up: The Flood

Story: The Flood

Fundamental Truth: We Can Talk With God

Making it Real:
God sent a flood to destroy the earth. Why did He do that and why did He choose to save Noah?
The Bible says that, “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become…” The people that God had created had forgotten about Him and turned away from following Him. They did what they wanted and gave no thought to God. God decided to destroy the earth and all the people He had made because they were so sinful. But God saved Noah because Noah was, “righteous… blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” Noah still loved and trusted God so God saved him and his family. We can see how important it is to follow God and live for Him even when everyone around us turns from Him.

Making it Stick:
Using sand or chalk, help your child create some kind of art project. Make it as elaborate and detailed as time will allow. After you are finished, talk about how much work you put into your project and how much you admire it. Then retell the story of Noah’s ark. Talk about how bad the people God made were behaving and how God had to punish them for their disobedience. Talk about how God destroyed the earth so that He could start over with the one man, Noah, who was obedient to God. With your child, destroy what you made using water and remind your child that we can remember that God is Good and that God is in Charge of Everything.