Angels Are Watching over You

Junior Level

Intro:

outline:

1. Ask the students - Can you remember the times when you could not contain yourself for the joy in you and you had to break forth into singing?
2. Ask the students - Do you notice the joy of something being restored?
3. Do you have a time in your life when God, through Jesus our Lord, restored you from your fallen condition?
4. What does the Bible say?
5. Describe the joy and personal reward of humble dedication - the indwelling Christ
6. Challenge students to serve others in humility this week
7. Prayer

activity:



Bring a picture or figure of an angel.



discussion:



Rejoicing is something that comes spontaneously and naturally as a result of something that affects you deeply in a wonderful way. As we are 
in these dark days where it seems all the news is of corruption, evil, wars, disasters and the rejection of God by so many we can take heart
in a soon coming time when our hearts will truly break forth in to singing. God is going to restore His wonderful creation and we are part of
that plan of restoration. Isaiah speaks of that time and it is a time of great joy; unspeakable and full of glory!



prayer:

comments:

Ezra 3:11-13 And they sang  together by course in praising and giving thanks
unto the LORD; because  he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.  And all the
people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the  LORD, because the foundation of the house of
the LORD was laid. 12 But  many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were  ancient men, 
that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this  house was laid before their eyes, wept with a 
loud voice; and many  shouted aloud for joy: 13 So that the people could not discern the  noise of the 
shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people:  for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the 
noise was heard afar  off.