God Cares God Cares for His for His

ChildrenChildren

Who has been to a Who has been to a restaurant?restaurant?

Did you know...Did you know...

God gave the Israelites good

food to eat?

Manna

Quails

What do you think?What do you think?

Were the people…

or

They were not content!

They started They started complaining to Mosescomplaining to Moses

Israelites were not contentIsraelites were not contentWhat did God provide for them?

God decided to teach the God decided to teach the Israelites a lesson!Israelites a lesson!

Sorry God for not being thankful. You were taking good care of us and we kept on complaining.

Sorry God for not being thankful. You were taking good care of us and we kept on complaining. Please Moses help us. Ask God

to forgive us! We will repent.

Please Moses help us. Ask God

to forgive us! We will repent.

What did the What did the people do?people do?

Moses prayed to God Moses prayed to God about the snakesabout the snakes

How do you think the Lord answered

Moses’ prayer?

A - The Lord took away the poisonous snakes

B - The Lord did not take away the poisonous snakes

Always look up to the Lord for Always look up to the Lord for help!help!• Make a snake out of a shiny metal called “bronze”• Put the bronze snake on a pole so all the people can see it• Anyone bitten by a poisonous snake that looks at the bronze serpent will be healed• This will help them remember that I will take care of them

People looked at the bronze People looked at the bronze serpent and were made well!serpent and were made well!

What did the people learn?What did the people learn?

God takes care of His people

Only God could make them well

To be happy and content with the things the Lord gave them

Not to complain about the Lord’s gifts

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The Cross In Our livesThe Cross In Our lives

Did you sin in the past?Did you just sin?

Is the devil about to fight you?

Hurry!!! Look at the cross and say: “My

crucified Lord, have mercy on me”.

The Cross In Our LivesThe Cross In Our Lives

What does the bonze serpent represent?

• Jesus saved us on the cross

• Whoever believes in Him is saved from eternal death

Cross = Sign of our salvation

• We wear it to remind us of God’s love for us

• Crossing ourselves

Memory VerseMemory Verse

“We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord

and against you.” – Numbers

21:7

When you pray this weekWhen you pray this week……

“My crucified Lord, have mercy on me”