MAN IN GOD'S CREATION

Lesson Twenty-two
THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF MAN (2)

Burden to Impart:

In this lesson we see that God created Man in His image and with a spirit so that. God could be man's friend and companion. God likes for us to tell Him everything that is on our heart. When we talk things over with God in this way we are praying to Him. Because our God loves us so much we can trust in Him completely. We should trust in the Lord that because He loves us and is caring for us, everything is in His hands and is under His control He is our wise and loving God and Father. We can pray to Him, love Him, and trust in Him.

Memory Verse: "Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7).

Facts to Teach:

  1. Since God created us with a spirit and in His image, we are like Him. God is spirit, and we have a spirit within us. This enables us to know God. Our spirit causes us to feel that we need God, that we desire God. Even if we had many good friends, a good Mommy and Daddy, brothers and sisters, we would still feel like we were missing something. This is because we were made by God so we could be His friends and companions. Without Him we are missing something.
  2. Through prayer we may build up our friendship and relationship with God. Prayer is very simple, we just talk to God from our heart. He already knows what we are tbinkin~ and feeling but He likes us to talk to Him and share with Him everything that is in our heart.
  3. Sometimes we don't know exactly what words to say to the Lord, but we can simply pray and talk to Him the best we are able. He understands our heart. It is like when a baby cries. It does not really understand what it wants to say, it just needs to get its mother's attention. She will know what it needs: the diapers need changing, a bottle of milk, to be burped, etc. We can always pray and talk to our God. He understands everything and everyone.
  4. Because God loves us we can trust in Him with all of our heart. He loves us much more than we love our pets. He watches over us 24 hours a clay, that is all day and all night. He takes care of us, and He will help us through the dif~culties that come our way.
  5. Sometimes things happen to us that we don't like. Sometimes it seems we are treated unfairly. Sometimes we would like to see things changed that will never be changed. We should not allow our heart to be overly troubled. We need to trust in God and in His wisdom. He knows what is really best for our lives. He can see tomorrow. Some things we don't like today are our best helpers in the future. We should learn to love God and trust in His wisdom.