"Jesus' First Miracle" Teaching Ideas

"One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts." Psalm 145:4 KJV 

A great way for us to declare God's mighty acts to our children is to teach them about miracles. Jesus' ministry is full of miracles. It is exciting to put our eyes on God's great ability to do things that we can't do on our own.

 
Theme Verse: “This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee” John 2:11 KJV, print out


Song: “Isn’t He Wonderful”

Parent Preparation: Pray, Read: John 2:1-23, Psalm 78:4, For further reference: “The Acceptable Year of the Lord” by Walter Cummins pages 99-105 

Supplies: Bible, print out teaching notes, pitcher of water, glass, Bible times map

Day 1

• Read John 2:1-11 or the record from a children’s Bible.
• Can you turn water into wine?
• I’m going to do what Jesus did and see if I can do it. (take a pitcher full of water and pour some into a glass).
• This is not something I can do on my own. 
• It was a miracle is something that you can’t do on your own. It is a work of God.
• Jesus Christ was God’s son. Working with God he did this miracle.
• (Read the theme verse.)

Day 2

• Read John 2:1-11 or the record from a children’s Bible.
• (Look at a map with your child. Talk about how Jesus was in the wilderness of the Jordan river and Andrew, Peter, Philip and Nathanael started to follow him. They walked up to Cana, a city in Galilee. That is where they went to this wedding.
• (Read the theme verse.)
• A miracle is a something that you can’t do on your own. It is a work of God.
• When the disciples that were following Jesus saw this miracle, they believed on him.

Day 3 

• Read John 2:1-11 or the record from a children’s Bible.
• (Read the theme verse.)
• (Look at Bible times map. Find Cana. Show how they then traveled to Capernaum. Then they when to Jerusalem.)
• (Read John 2:23.) Jesus did more miracles in Jerusalem. People believed in his name when they saw the miracles that he did.

Additional Activities:
Connect to other records:

• Review that while they were in Jerusalem that is when Nicodemus talked with Jesus.
• Review that when they left Jerusalem they traveled through Samaria and Jesus talked to the woman at the well.

"God Gave His Son" Bible Verse Journal:
1. Print out Bible verse and coloring page from Ministry-To-Children. 2. Cut out picture of the jug pouring out the wine (bottom left of the coloring page) 3. Color the picture. 4. Glue the picture to the Bible verse. (Your child may want to attach some of the other pictures to their Bible verse. One of my daughters colored the rest of the page and put it in her Bible Verse Journal)

Related Posts:
Teaching Series Overview
"Nicodemus" teaching ideas
"Woman At the Well" teaching ideas

©Brigette Hill, 2015