God’s Monday

T came the second day of the week. Now

Beautiful
hen
it was time to make something we can’t see.
Can you think what that would be? Take a deep
breath, and then let it out. Could you live if there

Creation
weren’t any air to breathe? No. God knew we need
air to live.
So God said, “Let there be a firmament,” and
right away there was air to breathe.
We can’t see air, but we can see what it does.
God made our world and everything in Wind is air that is moving. Have you ever watched
it in six days. He made everything from a storm out of your window? What happens to the
nothing just by speaking. trees when the wind begins to blow? They sway
and bend, and sometimes some of their leaves
Sunday blow off and fly through the air. Wind also blows

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big fluffy white clouds across the sky, and air helps
ast week we learned that God was making birds to fly.
special plans for a new world—our world. When the second day was finished, God saw
What are the very first words in the Bible about that everything was good. There was light and
that? Genesis 1:1. blue sky in the day and darkness at night. There
When the time came for God to make our was also air to breathe, but water still covered the
world, He just spoke words, and there was our whole world. What would God make next?
world where nothing
had been before.
Psalm 33:6, 9; Job
26:7.
Can you make
things from nothing
just by speaking

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words? Of course
not. Only God can
do that. What does
the Bible say about
His Word in Hebrews
4:12, first part.
When God made
the world, He covered
it with water (Psalm
104:5, 6); and it was
dark everywhere.
So, on that first day
of the week, God said, “Let there be light.” All He

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did was speak four words, and suddenly there was
light. That’s easier than turning on a light switch.
Aren’t you glad He made the light so we can see?

Lessons
Without light our eyes couldn’t see anything.
God separated the darkness from the light.
What did God call the light part? What did He
call the dark part? Genesis 1:5. Those are the same
names we use today—“day” for the light part and
“night” for the dark part. The Bible says that God
saw that the light was good.
Kindergarten Yr. A • Qtr. 1 • No. 3
 Wednesday
W hen God first made our world, it never rained.
Instead, all the plants and
trees were watered by a mist.
Have you ever walked in the
grass in your bare feet early in
the morning? Did your feet get
wet even though it hadn’t rained?
Why? The grass was covered with
tiny drops of water called dew.
That’s something like the mist
God sent to water the grass and
trees and flowers.
Tuesday What else do plants need

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besides water? They need the
ay three—what an exciting day! When God bright sunshine. So, on the fourth
spoke again, what came up, up out of the day, what did God say? Genesis
water? Genesis 1:9. 1:14, 15.
Now the water was in big and little lakes with What is the light we see in
sandy shores to play on. It flowed down big, beautiful the sky during the daytime? The
rivers and little streams. It made sparkling, splashing sun. What big light shines in the
waterfalls. sky at night? The moon. Do you
At first, there was nothing on the land except ever look out your window at
brown dirt, like a garden with nothing growing in it. night and see the bright moon?
But God spoke again, and suddenly soft green grass, What else do you see twinkling
trees, and flowers appeared. Fields of wheat, oats, and in the sky at night? Thousands
rice waved in the soft breeze. Some trees were tall; and thousands of stars—so many
others were short. Some had no one can count them all. God
big leaves, and others had tiny made every one of them.
leaves. Delicious fruit grew on Wasn’t God wise to make the
many of the trees—peaches, sunshine the very next day after
oranges, apples, pears, and He made the flowers and grass
many other kinds. God also and trees so they would not die?
made nuts to grow on some of Yes, God planned everything perfectly, and He saw
the trees. that it was good.
God made many other kinds
of plants, too. Berries, melons,
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tomatoes, and peppers grew on
some of the plants. Red, green, y now the earth was oh, so lovely. God had
and purple grapes hung from made air and sunshine, water and land, trees
beautiful vines. and flowers, and all kinds of delicious food. Everything
Pretty, colorful flowers grew was ready for what God planned to make next.
everywhere. There were Except for the sound of gentle breezes, and water
all different sizes and colors—red, yellow, lapping on the sand and splashing from waterfalls,
blue, orange, purple, and white. What our world was very quiet. But it wasn’t quiet for
sweet perfume they had! They were long. Genesis 1:20, last part.
so beautiful, and they never died. Suddenly many brightly colored birds
What a lovely world God was were flying in the blue sky. Others were
making! Finally the third day of sitting in trees, and still others were walking
creation was finished. God looked on the ground or swimming in the lakes.
at all He had made and saw that it There were big birds and little birds. And the
was good. air was filled with their sweet, lovely songs. It
 My Memory Verse
“In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1
I studied my lesson and practiced
my memory verse today:
S M T W T F S

seemed as though they were praising God for making

them. Whenever you listen to a bird’s happy song,
remember to thank God for making them for you to Think Time
enjoy.
Tomorrow we’ll learn about something else God J Who made our world
made on the fifth day.
and everything in it?
J What did God make
Friday on the first five days

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of creation week?
n the same day God made the birds, He made
something else. What happened in the seas, J When does a day start—in the
lakes, and streams when God spoke? Genesis 1:21. morning or in the evening?
Suddenly there were dolphins, whales, and bright-
colored fish swimming in the water. Some of them J God thought of so many wonderful
jumped high out of the water and splashed back down things to make. Can He always think
again. Some fish were blue and orange. Others were of ways to take care of me?
black or yellow or red. Some had polkadots. Others
had stripes. What fun they all had playing in the clear J How did God make our world?
clean water God had made for them!
God also made many kinds of beautiful shell J Does God want me to keep my things
homes for some of the water creatures. There were
neat, clean, and orderly?
starfish and crabs, sea turtles and octopuses—so many J Does God like to hear me sing happy
interesting kinds of animals that live in the water. songs and tell Him “Thank You” for
Have you ever had a pet goldfish? Or do you have a all the wonderful things He made?
friend who has one? They are very colorful, aren’t they?

My Prayer
Or maybe you like to go to the pet store and watch
the little fish swim in the aquariums. Whenever you
see these little fish, think about how God made them
for you to enjoy.
God is wonderful,
isn’t He?
B Dear God, thank You for making so
many nice, beautiful things for us
to enjoy. You didn’t forget even one thing
As God looked we would need. You are such a wonderful
at the birds and fish God. Please help me to always remember to
He had made, He be thankful. In Jesus’ name, amen.
saw that they were
very good. Further Study
Next week we
will learn about the
Genesis 1:1–23
rest of the things Psalm 33:6–9; John 1:1–3
God made. Can Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 44
you guess what they The Story of Redemption, p. 20
were? The Bible Story, vol. 1, pp. 13–34
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By Amy Sherrard Part 3

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Boodle lived with the Sherrard family who were missionaries in Singapore and the Philippines.

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oodle, the new puppy, was growing fast, and Boodle couldn’t do. But that didn’t stop them
the whole family loved her. Dena and her from slipping and sliding on the floor as they
little sister Sherry never got tired of playing chased each other from one end of the house to
with her. And they loved to teach her tricks. the other.
One day, a lady brought a large, beautiful Like all cats, Smoky was clean—very, very clean.
Siamese cat to the house. She wanted Dena and Boodle couldn’t seem to understand why Smoky
Sherry to have the cat. Everyone knows that cats would sit and lick and lick himself and wash his
and dogs don’t usually get along very well. As the face so many times every day. Every time Smoky
girls held the cat, Boodle sat with her head cocked ate food, or even took a drink of water, he
to one side and stared at it. The always had to clean his face. Boodle would
cat looked right back at Boodle cock her head and watch Smoky, patiently
as if to say, “I’m not one bit waiting for him to finish. Sometimes she
scared of you, black dog.” would bark at him as if to say, “Hurry up!
Boodle thumped her tail up Why are you taking so long? Come on! It’s
and down on the floor as she kept time to play!”
staring at the cat. When the girls Smoky would finally get through.
put the cat down, it kept looking Then he would take time to
at Boodle, and then it walked right stretch. When he got through
over to her and purred loudly as it with that, suddenly he would
rubbed against Boodle. Boodle’s tail take off like a shot out of
thumped harder. Dena and Sherry a gun, with Boodle right
smiled. Mommy smiled, too. And, of after him. Around and

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course, the cat got to stay. around they would go.
The cat’s thick fur was a soft, Smoky could run
creamy white. His ears, tail, and paws under chairs that were
were brown. His eyes were blue. He too low for Boodle to
was beautiful, and he acted as if he had squeeze under. Or he
lived in their home all his life. It took a would jump up onto
while to think of what to call him, but something that was too
finally the family decided his name high for Boodle to reach.
would be Smoky. Then Boodle would bark
Smoky and Boodle became at Smoky as if to say, “That’s not
best friends right away, and how they fair!” and Smoky would finally come out
loved playing together! Tag and hide and seek from under the chair, or hop down from his high
were probably their favorite games. Smoky could perch so they could keep on playing.
hide in all kinds of places that Boodle couldn’t get One evening when they both got tired the
to, and Smoky could do all kinds of things that family watched something very funny happen.

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