A Lesson In Joy

At Awana we recently learned a little lesson in Joy with help from some of our friends (and a muppet with a song)...

News Update

Special guest, "Justin Bieber" joins the news team as they recap the recent events involving Joshua and the nation of Israel...

A Forest, A Flock, And A Prophet

Today, our host (me!) takes us through a reenactment of the time Elijah stood up to King Ahab and Queen Jezebel and was willing to deliver God's message. We learned that a prophet is willing to deliver God's message whether it's good or bad news. Also we learned from James chapter 5 that Elijah was a regular guy just like you and me, but he prayed in faith and it didn't rain for 3 and 1/2 years! That means that the power comes from God and not us, it also means that God can answer our prayers too!

who is the teacher?

Class is in session...


In John 13 we see Jesus washing the feet of the disciples. This action, like the parables that we have been talking about is meant to teach his followers a lesson. In this case, the lesson is that the servant is not greater than the master. And if our Lord and master can humble himself to the point of serving others through washing their feet, and even humbling himself to the point of dying on the cross for their sins then we also ought to serve others.

Today the kids try real hard to show off in class until they realize just who the teacher was and who the students were...

Extreme Prayer

The last video in our series on prayer gets a little extreme...

In the lesson we learned the story from Daniel 10. God gave Daniel a vision that really bothered him and confused him. So he started to pray about it. He prayed and fasted for 3 whole weeks and finally an angel showed up saying that God had sent him from the moment that Daniel first started praying (3 weeks earlier) but he had been fighting with "the prince of persia" the entire time and had only now escaped to deliver the message. When we pray in extreme ways, God answers in extreme ways, sometimes in ways we least expect...

The Palisades Prayer Club Prayer Warriors meeting is in session. Today they discuss why they pray.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name I will do it.
John 14:13, 14

Where we think heaven is

The kids in Ecuador describe what they think heaven will be like. We know that since God is spiritual that Heaven is a spiritual place. Not the same as physical places like Mars, Canada, Outer Space, or even Disneyland. But one day there will be a new heaven and a new earth where we will have our physical bodies made perfect again.
I John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.