theCrossroads UPC

This illustration show that when we praise Jesus we keep the joy of the Holy Ghost stirred up in us. When we feel down or discouraged, just start worshipping God again. He will lift you up, give you joy and your spirit will be renewed. It's always good to praise and worship God.

This illustration shows how trees drink up water with their roots. We should drink up the living water of Jesus and His Word so that we grow spiritually.

This is a bonus lesson for this series. We talk a lot about faith in church, but children may not even know what having faith means. This lesson will explain what faith is and why we need faith. We will follow this up by 10 lessons on people in the New Testament that had faith.

This lesson shows how John the Baptist had faith and believed that Jesus was the One True God. John didn't even get to see all that they other disciples got to see, but yet he knew Jesus was the Messiah and was here to save people from their sins. He preached repentance to all who would listen and pointed them toward Jesus, the One True God.

This lesson covers what repentance is and that it is the first step in the salvation plan as recorded in Acts 2:38.

This lesson covers the fact that Jesus name baptism by immersion is required for salvation. This lesson will explain why immersion and why in Jesus name!

This lesson with Peter is about the Holy Ghost. Who needs the Holy Ghost, what is the Holy Ghost and what happens when you receive the Holy Ghost. All these will be covered in this lesson. Receiving the Holy Ghost is an essential part of salvation!!

This lesson shows us that when we have faith, we can see through lies and deception. When Peter and John were lied too, they called Ananias and Sapphira out on it. Their punishment for lying was instant death! I am so glad we still have mercy when we mess up. When Jesus comes back we will not have mercy any longer so we must make sure we have repented of all our sins and changed our ways. We should never lie.

This lesson reminds us that Stephen kept teaching about Jesus and never denied Him, even though it cost him his life. We should be able to serve God and tell others about Him because as of now, we are not put to death in America for teaching about Jesus. Even if it comes to the point where it would cost us our life, we should be willing to do so and never deny Jesus. We will receive our reward in heaven.

This lesson talks about the transformation from Saul to Paul. He was a Christian hater and would put them in prison. After God got ahold of his life, he started teaching and preaching about Jesus! A total transformation! We need Jesus to transform our lives. He will take away our sinful life and transform us into a new creature.