A Psalm of David...................

My Awana lesson for tonight is about Psalm 139. Have you read this?? OMGosh is it a great lesson to be taught! It's called "Ten Facts About That." Although I taught it to my kids a couple years ago, I have a new group who have yet to hear it. So I find myself studying really hard again to make sure what I tell them is understood and that they take it to heart. Sometimes I find it hard to teach 3rd and 4th graders. I find it hard to think of things to keep their attention. When you put 25 kids in a small room, it definitely gets hard! So please pray that I come across as sincere and that they see the Lord through me. Because after all, He is the one teaching through me.

I want them to understand that no matter what they learn in school, college, or wherever they go, that they know that God is their Creator. In this Psalm that David wrote was a praise of God's creation of people. David knew that God's creation is awesome. Here are my 10 facts about that!

1. God knows when I sit down. (vs.2)

2. God knows when I stand up. (vs.2)

3. God knows my every thought. (vs.2)

4. God knows where I am and where I'm going. (vs.3)
Thank the LORD he knows because sometimes I find myself going in circles!

5. God knows every word I say. (vs.4)
That freaks alot of kids out! Just ask them about it! He knows what your gonna say before you say it! Now if I could just get Him to stop me before I open "MY" big mouth sometimes! :-)

6. I can never get so lost that God doesn't know exactly where I am. (vs.7-9)

7. God guides me with His hand. (vs.10)

8. God knitted me together before I was born. (vs.13,15)
Hello? Did you know that if all your blood vessels were laid end to end, they would stretch more than 60,000 miles? Come on......that is totally awesome!

9. God has a calendar of my life, with all the spaces filled in. (vs.16)
You know, when I think back to before Nick and I got married, I used to think that Lord would come back before I got married. Then after we got married I thought that He would come back before I had a child. Well....guess what?????? I was wrong! Like it says, HE has a calendar for every ones life. It's on His timeline and nobody knows His plans. That's why we should just live each day like He's coming back tomorrow.

10. God thinks about me all the time. His thoughts number more than the sand. (vs.17-18)

Psalm 139:14 is my favorite! "I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well." (NASB)

God loves us so much that He know everything about us!

Now............if I can just teach the way I have it laid out in my head.

Thank goodness for my Awana lesson book!