Sunday School Lesson – Jesus Calms the Storm

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Here is a Sunday school lesson for 9-11 year olds about Jesus calming the storm. Try the discussion and activity to provide your students with ways to understand how God will help them with their fears and doubts.

Discussion and Activity:
Tell the students that you just talked to the Queen of England on the phone. Then ask them if they believe you. Explain that they have doubted you. Explain what doubt is. Then have the students get into small groups of two to four. Have them come up with three stories, two false stories and one true one. Give them a few minutes to come up with their stories, and then have each group share their stories with everyone else. If the students think the story is true, have them give a thumbs up sign, if they believe it is false, have them give a thumbs down sign. After the class has shown what they think on the three stories have the group tell which story was true.

Now talk about how hard it is sometimes to know what to doubt and what not to doubt when you don’t know people very well. Explain that it is easier to trust someone when you know that they love you. Tell the students that they are going to learn about a time when the disciples doubted Jesus, even though there was no reason to doubt him.

Bible Story:
Have several students alternate reading Mark 4: 35-41, which is the story of Jesus calming the storm.

Activity:
Give each student a small box or jar and several little slips of paper. Have them write their fears and doubts on the slips of paper then put them in the jar or box. Explain to them that this is their “Let Go and Let God Jar (or box)” and any time that they have a worry, fear or doubt they can write it down and put it in so that they can let go of their fears, worries and doubts and let God take care of them.

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