These Bible activity lessons are helpful to teach your younger students about the story of Gideon. They can learn how to gain strength from God while participating in this activity. You can use this Bible activity for your Sunday school classes or study groups (Teacher words in BOLD.)
Bible Activity: Four Legged Races
Gideon was very nervous to lead the army into battle. But then, God filled him with the [tag]Holy Spirit[/tag]. It’s sort of like this.
Have one student, small like Gideon, lie flat on the floor.
This is about how much Gideon wanted to go into battle. He’d have rather lied down, gone to sleep, and forgotten about the whole thing. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is about getting extra power from “spiritual friends,”
sort of like getting an extra set of muscles – or two extra sets!
Have two children volunteer. They should stand on either side of the child lying down. At the count of three, they should pull him up by the arms. Have them lace their arms under his so that he can stand but can also pick up his legs, all his weight on the two outer children.
Bring six children forward. Divide them into two teams of three.
Have two children on each team serve as the “spiritual strength,” holding up the other student who stands between them. He should have his arms around their shoulders with his feet off the ground.
Have both teams relay across the room and back without the middle student touching down. The team that wins must race against the next group of three. The group that wins is the group that challenges each round, until all children have had a turn being the spiritual strength and being the middle man.
It’s easier to do things, once you are empowered by God, isn’t it? And it doesn’t matter how big or how strong you are – it matters how big and how strong the power is that’s helping you! And we all know that God is very, very strong!
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