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L o o k i n g A r o u n d : W h y A m I H e r e ?

Bible Passage: Genesis 2:8-17Bible Truth: In Eden God's perfect plan for Adam was for him to enjoy God and his creation, wor, ando!ey GodLesson Objectie: "hat the st#dents #nderstand what God wants them to do with their li$esWhat you need: a %treas#re% of somethin& lie candy and etra candy( a %treas#re map%( three sheets of!lan paper( copies of the hando#t( pencils

O!ening:"reas#re h#nt) *efore the class starts hide a %treas#re% in or near the classroom and draw a simple map

showin& where the treas#re is hidden and how to &et there) "he treas#re sho#ld !e somethin& thewhole team can share, lie candy) +ae s#re yo# ha$e eno#&h candy to share with the losin& teamafter the whole acti$ity is finished) n a second sheet of paper j#st lie the one with the treas#remap, write, %earch for a hidden treas#re)% .old !oth hando#ts in half)

pen the class with prayer) "hen di$ide the st#dents into two teams) Eplain that somewhere in or nearthe classroom is hidden a treas#re and that the first team to find it &ets to eep it) Gi$e each team one ofthe hando#ts and instr#ct them not to let the other team see their instr#ctions) "he team with the mapsho#ld find the treas#re /#icly) "he other team mi&ht complain that it was #nfair that they didn't ha$e amap, !#t j#st tell them that there was a reason) As the winnin& team to wait to eat their treas#re and

contin#e with the followin& disc#ssion)

Interactie Learning:nce the st#dents are seated a&ain as the followin& /#estions: How important was the map in finding the treasure? 0it made the search easier

How did the person who drew the map know where the treasure was?0!eca#se they p#t it there

How is the treasure map like the Bible in our lives? 0since God made #s he nows how to ide #s to what is !estfor #s

The Bible is like a treasure map God has given us. Since He made us, He knows what we need in our lives tomake us happy and fulfilled. hen !dam was first created and living in the Garden of "den, a place with nosin or unhappiness, God showed him what things were important in life. #et$s continue our study of the livesof !dam and "ve to see if we can learn what God wants us to be doing with our lives.

Bible A!!lication:i$ide the &ro#p into three teams and &i$e each team a piece of paper and pencils) 3At this point tell the

st#dents that they may eat their candy and hand o#t candy to those who didn't &et any in the first acti$ity)4"hen eplain:

%ou live in the Garden of "den where you work in the immigration office. !s a group, prepare aninformational pamphlet e&plaining to new immigrants how they should live in "den using the verses given toyour group as a guideline"

Gro#p 1: Genesis 2:5( 1 6hron) 1:8-1( 9salm 1:11( 9hil : Gro#p 2: Genesis 1:28, 2:1;( Eod#s 2:8-11( Ecclesiastes ;:18-15( 6ol)

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ead -+hron. -/0. 1f you had to write a song about God$s wonderful acts what would some of those

acts be?

e know that !dam didn$t have to work to buy food or pay for anything, why do you think God gave him

work to do?

2id you ever think of work as something that makes you a happy person? hy or why not? 0?yes, when Ido a &ood jo! at %@% i t maes me feel satisfied or si&nificant( !#t mae s#re they feel free to say somethin& lie no, my jo! is!orin& and I hate it

hy is obeying God part of a happy life? 0Be lo$es #s and wants the !est for #s so if he tells #s to do or not to dosomethin& it's !eca#se he nows that is !est for #s

#ommitment:Band o#t copies of %+y Cife's Deport 6ard% and pencils to each st#dent) As them to tho#&htf#lly fill themo#t, &radin& themsel$es in each area from A to .) After they ha$e finished as them to %a$era&e% their%&rades)% "hen as people to mention in which areas the scored the hi&hest, and then the lowest) .inallyas what they co#ld chan&e in their li$es to impro$e their scores)

1t is always helpful to e&amine our lives, comparing how we live with how the Bible tells us that God wantsus to live. But as useful as this is in helping us know where we need to focus our efforts and prayers togrow in our relationship with God, it is *ust as important to remember that none of us will ever earn an !3.

!nd because in order to get into heaven by your works you have to have an !33, no amount of trying harderwill get you there. 1f you have not asked 4esus to be your lord and savior, trying to be a better person to getinto heaven is like trying to build a taller ladder to reach the moon. But if 4esus is your savior then 1 want toyou cross out where you wrote your )average grade ) and write in 5!36 because he has already lived a

perfect life and has )credited to your account) his perfectness. !ll of these good and important things don$tmake God love you any more than he already does right now, if you have been saved. %ou may wonder, 5ifthat(s true, why try to live this way?6 ell it(s simple, the more we live life God$s way, the more )treasure)and *oy we have here on earth and in heaven.

#losing:The Bible doesn$t tell us everything we would like to know about heaven, but we do know that the very thingswe have been talking about today77en*oying God and his creation, obeying him, and having meaning and

purpose in our lives through work77will somehow be a part of heaven in a more complete way than we canimagine right now. Some people say that the )work) we will do in heaven is to praise God. #et$s close todayby praising him with our voices.

ependin& on the preference of yo#r &ro#p, either sin& a fa$orite praise son& or the first stana of a hymnor read alo#d a psalm, lie 9salm 1;:1-1