The Great Shema
The LORD's Name & Description

Lesson 4 - What does the name, the LORD, mean?

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  • The LORD passed before him & proclaimed, "The LORD! The LORD is a merciful & gracious God, slow to anger, & full of faithful love & truth. keeping faithful love for thousands, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, & sin. But he will never leave the guilty unpunished.

    Memory Verse: Exodus 34:6–7

  • The LORD is a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, full of faithful love & truth.

    Declaration

IN THIS LESSON

your child will learn about the name and the description of the LORD.

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Download the handouts.

  2. Look up the passage of Scripture.

  3. Read the passage of Scripture.

  4. Pray for understanding from the Holy Spirit.

  5. Explain each word or phrase using the Teaching Handout.

  6. For young children give them the coloring page to color.

  7. For older children give them the markup worksheet.

  8. For imaginative children, give them the blank worksheet.

  9. Instruct them to follow the pattern or draw/write thoughts, images & other ideas that come to their minds in response to the passage of Scripture.

  10. Memorize the passage of Scripture.

  11. Spend a week on this passage of Scripture. Some nights might just be a simple review.

  12. Close in prayer.

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE

  1. Exodus 33:12–34:9

  2. Psalm 86:1–17

  3. Romans 3:19–30

COLORING WORD RELATIONSHIPS

HANDOUTS