Wall of Jericho

Our kids love to sing so we often start out devotionals with songs. Our 4.5 year old is good at picking out songs, so we let her do that. 

Song Recommendation: I'm in the Lord's Army

Bible Story: Joshua 6 or read the story of Joshua marching around Jericho from any Children's Bible.

Activity: We acted out the story. We took large pillows from our living room and made a wall around Daddy. Then the kids and Mommy marched around Daddy and the pillows, pretending to have horns and trumpets in our hands. While we marched for six times, Daddy would make fun of us and say that God was not with us and it was silly to think that the wall will fall down. On the 7th round, we blew our pretend trumpets and shouted as loud as we could. Then Daddy made the pillows around him fall down and the kids caught him and wrestled on the floor. We acted this out several times.

Memory Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:15 The battle is not yours, but God's.

Lesson: Is God faithful to his promises? Did the people obey God's command to march around the city of Jericho? What happened when they obeyed? God is with us and he is bigger than any problem that we have. 

End by taking prayer requests and remembering that God is faithful and the battle is his. We can be happy about that and not be afraid.