MEMORY VERSE: Jeremiah 31:3b “I have loved thee with an everlasting love.”

TEACHER’S OBJECTIVE
1. The unsaved child will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour, realizing the
    goodness of God in his life.
2. That each child will be able to say that truly Jesus loves me.

CENTRAL TRUTH
God’s love is constant and waiting.

INTRODUCTION
Can you imagine a son who took his father’s car and armed robbers snatched it from him on the way? He later came to the father and the father celebrated his coming home, when he ought to arrest him and take him to the prison or deal with him mercilessly.

PROGRESSION OF EVENTS
1. A wealthy man had two sons; the younger demanded his inheritance so he could live on
    his own (Luke 15:11; 12).
2. The father granted his son’s request and divided the inheritance. (Luke 15:12).
3. The younger son traveled to a far country and wasted his money. (Luke 15:13.)
4. After the son had spent all he had, a famine spread across the land. (Luke 15:14).
5. The only work the Son could find was a job feeding pigs. (Luke 15:15).
6. Starving, the son desired to eat the food he was feeding the pigs. (Luke 15:16).
7. Suddenly, the Son realized his sin against God and his father and decided to return
    home to ask for a position as a hired servant. (Luke 15:17-19).
8. While the boy was still a great way off, his father ran to meet him. (Luke 15:20).
9. The son confessed his sin and unworthiness to his joyful father. (Luke 15:21).

CLIMAX
Showing his full acceptance and forgiveness, the Father celebrated the return of his
much-loved Son (Luke 15:22-24).

CONCLUSION
The love of the father in our lesson is a picture of God’s love for us. God loves the lost
sinner and He longs for you to turn from your sinful ways, just as this father longed for
the son he loved so much to return to him.

LIFE APPLICATION
We should rejoice like the angels in heaven when an unbeliever repents and turns to God.
Like the Father in our lesson accepted and forgave his son, we should likewise accept
repentant sinners wholeheartedly and give them the support and encouragement they need to
grow in Christ.

MESSAGE OF SALVATION
No matter how big your sins are, if you repent, the Lord Jesus will not cast you away. Why
not repent of your sins and come back to Him (John 6:37).

INVITATION
Perhaps today you realize that you are like the Prodigal son who disregarded his father’s love
and care and decided to go own way. You, too, have gone your own way, doing things that
displease God. But in God’s great kindness, He sent Jesus to take your punishment so you
wouldn’t have to suffer the eternal consequences of your sin. The Bible says that the
goodness of God should lead you to repentance (Romans 2:4): because of His goodness, you
should want to believe on the Lord Jesus as your Savour, God is longing to forgive your sins
and give you everlasting life. Will you believe in Him today? (John 5:24).

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. How many sons did the man in our lesson have? He had two sons.
2. Which of the sons asked for his own portion of his father’s goods? The younger son.
3. What did he do with the goods he received from his father? He went to a far away
    country and wasted all his father’s goods.
4. What happened to this son in the far away Country? He had no money left and had to
    take up a job of feeding pigs.
5. Did he repent of his sins? Yes he repented and went back home and asked his father
    for forgiveness.

ACTIVITY
Help the children to answer the following question in their manual: - who had to take care
of pigs because he wasted his father’s money? The Prodigal Son.

DAILY DEVOTION
MONDAY         - Deuteronomy 21:17 – The firstborn are given a double portion of their father’s
                        inheritance.
TUESDAY        - Lamentation 3:40 -Return to the Lord.
WEDNESDAY   – Luke 18:13 - Ask for the mercy of God.
THURSDAY      - Luke 18:14 -Humble yourself before the Lord.
FRIDAY           - Isaiah 61:10 - Rejoice in the Lord.
SATURDAY      - Colossians 2:13 – Jesus Christ has forgiven you all trespasses.
SUNDAY          - Luke 15:24 - Thank you Jesus for making the prodigal Son come to his senses.

REVISION 11 WEEK
The teacher should revise the previous lessons 11 to 20 with the students and prepare them
for next week Quiz.

QUIZ WEEK
1. The topic for lesson 11 is: Tell the …………… News.
2. Complete this memory verse: you are the light………….
3. How can you be salty?
4. Is salt good?
5. What did the Prodigal Son do to his father?
6. Did his father forgive him?
7. When we sin and repent and ask God to forgive us will He forgive us?
8. Who died for our sins?
9. Who is the Saviour?
10. Complete this memory verse: I have loved you with an…………

ANSWERS
1. Good
2. Of the world
3. By living as a child of God
4. Salt is good
5. He asked his father to forgive him.
6. Yes his father forgave him.
7. God will forgive us.
8. Jesus died for our sins.
9. Jesus Christ is the saviour.
10. Everlasting love.

Bring ten gifts to the class; each child that gets the correct answer should be given a gift.