Revelation 1:1-2; 21:2-4
People started forgetting about God and they were doing bad things all the time. They were filing God's world with hate instead of love. God's heart was so sad. So God decided to send a storm and was going to wash away all the hate and sadness and everything that had gone wrong, and make the world a better place again.
God asked Noah to build a huge ark with enough room for his family and all the animals. After the ark was build it was time to get into the ark because the flood was coming. When Noah, his family and all the animals were inside the ark it started to rain. It rained and poured for 40 days and 40 nights. Water covered the entire earth and destroyed all the bad things and washed them all away. Everyone and everything inside the ark was safe because Noah listened and obeyed God. Finally, the rain stopped. The sun came out and Noah threw open all the windows.
Noah sent a dove out to explore to find land. The dove had no place to land, so it came back to the ark. Noah waited a few days and it wasn't long before she brought him back a fresh olive leaf. Everyone knew exactly what that meant: she had found a tree and land! At last, the ark landed on top of a great mountain.
As soon as it was safe, God said to Noah, "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons wives. Bring every kind of living creature that is with you." The first thing Noah did was to thank God for rescuing them, just as he had promised. And the first thing God did was make another promise. "I won't ever destroy the world again. "God said, "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign that I will not flood the earth to destroy life ever again."
And there, in the clouds-just where the storm meets the sun was a beautiful rainbow made of light. God had kept his promise.
Noah is the Bible superhero in this story because he listened and obeyed God. For more fun with Bible Superheroes check out my Bible Superheroes Cross Box.
Bible Story Questions & Answers
Talk about what the Bible story was about by asking the children questions. You can decide ahead of time how you want them to answer the questions. I like to have the children raise their hand to answer the question. If they are incorrect that is fine. You can say what the answer is or ask: “Does anyone else have a thought or answer to the question?”
Questions to ask if you like:
•Who was inside the ark? (Noah, his family and the animals)
•When it started to rain did it cover the entire earth? (Yes)
•Did God keep Noah, his family and the animals safe like He promised He would? (Yes)
•What kind of animal did Noah send out to see if there was dry land? (A dove)
•As soon as it was safe what did God say to Noah, his family and the animals? (Come out of the ark)
•What did God put in the sky as a promise to never flood the earth again? (A rainbow)
•Has God kept his promise? (Yes)
•Can we listen to and obeyed God like Noah? (Yes)
Prayer
While sitting on the floor with criss cross legs, have the children repeat after you. You can have them fold their hands and close their eyes or just sit quietly and say after you. Following is a prayer written out that you can use, or you can make up your own.
Dear God (children repeat)
Thank you for this day.
(children repeat)
Thank you for making rainbows
(children repeat)
and all the beautiful
(children repeat)
colors in this world. (children repeat)
Please help me (children repeat)
to keep my promises
(children repeat)
just like you did (children repeat)
I love you (children repeat)
Amen (children repeat)
