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Solomon's Temple FAMILY DISCUSSION GUIDE A message from Superbook’s Executive Producer ® Dear Friend, It’s wonderful to have you on the Superbook team, shining the bright hope of the Gospel around the globe! Through your membership, you are helping to translate these videos IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS into key languages—such as Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, We encourage you to watch this video with your children. Please use this guide to talk about humility and obedience. Arabic, Indonesian, Russian, and French—so millions of kids For frequently asked questions (FAQs) plus information about worldwide can clearly understand the truth of the Bible. You other Superbook episodes, visit CBN.com/Superbook. are also helping to produce exciting new episodes like this © one, which I’m sure you will enjoy sharing with the children in The Salvation Poem your life. 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Superbook® and the Superbook logo are SUPERBOOK.CBN.COM FACEBOOK.COM/SUPERBOOKTV #SUPERBOOK registered trademarks of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. All rights reserved. 977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23463 Para español, visite: CBN.com/Superbook/Espanol Superbook inquiries: 855-332-0032 • CBN.com FAMILY DISCUSSION GUIDE A message from Superbook’s Executive Producer ® Dear Friend, It’s wonderful to have you on the Superbook team, shining the bright hope of the Gospel around the globe! Through your membership, you are helping to translate these videos IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS into key languages—such as Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, We encourage you to watch this video with your children. Please use this guide to talk about humility and obedience. Arabic, Indonesian, Russian, and French—so millions of kids For frequently asked questions (FAQs) plus information about worldwide can clearly understand the truth of the Bible. You other Superbook episodes, visit CBN.com/Superbook. are also helping to produce exciting new episodes like this © one, which I’m sure you will enjoy sharing with the children in The Salvation Poem your life. Jesus, You died upon a cross And rose again to save the lost Please continue to explore the Superbook universe by Forgive me now of all my sin using this Family Discussion Guide, by watching the new Come be my Savior, Lord, and Friend Superbook Show channel on YouTube, by liking our Change my life and make it new Superbook Facebook page, and by downloading the free And help me, Lord, to live for You Superbook Kids Bible App. God bless you! © 2004 Matt & Sherry McPherson. All rights reserved. For More Adventures: Gordon Robertson Chief Executive Officer, CBN Be sure to check out Superbook.CBN.com. It’s a safe, fun place to play online. This kid-friendly website is packed with exciting games, contests, puzzles, and great music. You can create your own personal Superbook character and have a blast Superbook Radio and while learning Bible lessons and spiritual truths. Superbook Kids Bible Apps A Safe Place for Kids © 2018 The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. Superbook® and the Superbook logo are SUPERBOOK.CBN.COM FACEBOOK.COM/SUPERBOOKTV #SUPERBOOK registered trademarks of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. All rights reserved. 977 Centerville Turnpike, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23463 Para español, visite: CBN.com/Superbook/Espanol Superbook inquiries: 855-332-0032 • CBN.com SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE HUMAN PLANS HIGHER PURPOSES GOD’S TEMPLE Why did Chris think he deserved to be on the team at the robot If you are on a team or doing a project with others, is it more When Solomon built the Temple, did he think it was big enough championship? How would you feel if you were Chris? important to do a good job or to get praise and attention? to contain God? Read 1 Kings 8:22, 27. Read Ephesians 4:26-27, 30-32. Read 1 Corinthians 3:8, 15:58. About 1,000 years later, Jesus shocked people by saying the Why did King David want to build the Temple? Can you think of someone in the Bible who gave up glory and Temple would be destroyed and then raised up in three days. Read 2 Samuel 7:1-2. honor to die a terrible death for sins He didn’t commit? What did He mean? Read John 2:19-21. David loved to worship the Lord, so why did God stop him from Read Philippians 2:3-10. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, where does His building the Temple? Read 1 Chronicles 22:7-10. What should you think about if you start getting worried or upset Spirit live? Read 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 1 Peter 2:4-5. After making all the plans to build the Temple, David must have about things in this world? Read Colossians 3:1-3. Inside Solomon’s Temple was the Ark of the Covenant, containing been disappointed—but did he react selfishly and angrily? List Which is more important: your heart, your lungs, or your brain? the laws God to guide and protect His people. Did you know that some ways he helped Solomon succeed in the task. They’re all important, right? When we accept Jesus, we become God has put His law inside our temple, too? Read 1 Chronicles 22:11-19. members of His Body, and we live to serve Him. Is one member Read Psalm 119:11 and Hebrews 10:16-17. We may think our plans are good, but they may not actually be of Christ’s Body more important than another? Since we are all sinners and do bad things, how can we ever best. So how can we know the right thing to do or the best path Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-22, 27. become clean enough to enter God’s holy presence? to take? Read Proverbs 3:5-6. God created the entire universe. He knows how everything Read Hebrews 10:19-22. works! How are His thoughts different than ours? Read Isaiah 55:9. PRAY Heavenly Father, remind us to pray for Your wisdom PRAY Lord Jesus, thank You for giving up everything in PRAY Dear Jesus, thank You for washing us clean and filling us when things seem to go wrong and we can’t do what we heaven to come to earth and die for our sins. We praise You for with Your Holy Spirit to give us Your power and wisdom. Help planned. Amen. rising again to give us new life! Amen. us live for Your glory. Amen. SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE HUMAN PLANS HIGHER PURPOSES GOD’S TEMPLE Why did Chris think he deserved to be on the team at the robot If you are on a team or doing a project with others, is it more When Solomon built the Temple, did he think it was big enough championship? How would you feel if you were Chris? important to do a good job or to get praise and attention? to contain God? Read 1 Kings 8:22, 27. Read Ephesians 4:26-27, 30-32. Read 1 Corinthians 3:8, 15:58. About 1,000 years later, Jesus shocked people by saying the Why did King David want to build the Temple? Can you think of someone in the Bible who gave up glory and Temple would be destroyed and then raised up in three days. Read 2 Samuel 7:1-2. honor to die a terrible death for sins He didn’t commit? What did He mean? Read John 2:19-21. David loved to worship the Lord, so why did God stop him from Read Philippians 2:3-10. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, where does His building the Temple? Read 1 Chronicles 22:7-10. What should you think about if you start getting worried or upset Spirit live? Read 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 1 Peter 2:4-5. After making all the plans to build the Temple, David must have about things in this world? Read Colossians 3:1-3. Inside Solomon’s Temple was the Ark of the Covenant, containing been disappointed—but did he react selfishly and angrily? List Which is more important: your heart, your lungs, or your brain? the laws God to guide and protect His people. Did you know that some ways he helped Solomon succeed in the task. They’re all important, right? When we accept Jesus, we become God has put His law inside our temple, too? Read 1 Chronicles 22:11-19. members of His Body, and we live to serve Him. Is one member Read Psalm 119:11 and Hebrews 10:16-17. We may think our plans are good, but they may not actually be of Christ’s Body more important than another? Since we are all sinners and do bad things, how can we ever best.
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