Day 11: King David

"The Lord is my Shephard; I lack nothing." Psalm 23:1

"The giant came to fight God's people, and everyone was afraid of Him except David. David knew that God's spirit was with him and would take care of him. He didnt take a gun but a small slingshot, and with one stone Goliath was hit and fell over dead. Later David became a mighty king because he obeyed God and did the things that pleased him, and through David, Jesus was in the family line to be our King." (Advent Jesse tree book)(1 Samula 17:1-0, 40, 45-50)

Day 10: Canaan, the Promised Land of blessings

"Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits." Psalm 103:2

Moses told twelve spies to go into the Promised Land where they found some grapes and brought them to their families. God told all the people to also go but they disobeyed. Finally after 40 years they obeyed and God led them to the land of blessings.
The awesome thing about this story is that God wants to give us lots of good things but we just have to let Him do it.

Day 8: Ten Commandments

"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." Psalm 119:11

The Bible is a great guide for how to live our lives. Long ago God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. "Jesus is like Moses-freeing us from our sins if we are willing to follow Him." (Advent Jesse Tree Book)

Day 7: Coat of many Colors

"Or that all things work together for good to those that love God." Romans 8:28

Something hard to grasp sometimes is why troubles happen in our lives when we love the Lord. But God promises that he will use everything, even our troubles, for our good if we love Him. In this story Joseph is given a coat of many colors from his father, Jacob. Josephs brothers became very jealous and sold him. God allowed all this horrible stuff to happen but God had a greater plan for him. Joesph became a great ruler in Egypt and was able to help his brothers when they needed help (Joseph forgave them).

Painting

Check out all the paint on his hand. In the past, this is a child that has never wanted a speck of paint on his hand. He always wanted it washed off immediately. But this morning we were able to make some hand prints

Day 6: Jacobs ladder

"I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go." Genesis 28: 15

It is great to know that the Lord is always with you, even when you do feel alone at time, just like He told Jacob in a dream.

Day 5: Isaac and the Lamb

"Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world." John 1:29

This has actually been the hardest one to talk about with a 2 year old. A lot of modifying had to be done with this one because how do you explain that God told Abraham to kill his own son. With the advice of some friends we were able to change it up and talk to Eli about how God wanted Abraham to give Him a gift. And at the very last minute God gave Abraham the gift of the sheep instead because of his obedience. This is a constant lesson for Eli these days as we encourage Eli to listen and obey, which is exactly what Abraham did.