This weekend we started a month-long study of how we are to live as Christians. For direction on how to live our lives, we look to the Bible. We believe that Biblical accounts can teach us how to live as Christians. This weekend’s lesson on Salomon building the Temple and gathering God’s people together for worship reminds us that gathering together to praise and honor God through worship is an important aspect of living as Christians. This weekend we taught thet kids of ways that they can worship God.

Almost five hundred years after the Exodus, and four years after he became king, Solomon decided to build a temple. Building a house for God was originally King David’s idea. God, however, had other plans. God told David that building a temple was a good idea, but that he was not the one to do it. God chose Solomon, David’s son, to build the Temple (you can read the account in 1 Chronicles 22:1-10).

The building of the Temple was a great task that took seven years. The Bible gives us a detailed description of the measurements and all the supplies that were used. The Temple itself, however, is not the focus of the lesson. Instead the focus is the reason that the Temple was built. The Temple served as a reminder of God’s presence. The same way that every church that is built serves a reminder that God is present among His people today.

This week as you interact with your children, remind them that God is a personal God. Remind them that we each have a personal relationship with Him. Remind them that they can talk to God directly whenever and wherever he or she chooses. Remind them also, that God is everywhere. Remember that we are always telling the children that God is everywhere and that we will never be able to hide from Him. We believe all these things to be true, and it is important for the children to believe them too.