What happened at church?

Yesterday at children's church your children learned about the dangers of temptation and how to stand up against it.

Kit and Andi had their own problems with temptation this week. Andi saw an opportunity to attack some nearby monkeys and retrieve all of the stolen items from previous weeks. Kit cautioned Andi against this idea explaining that this was the monkeys' territory and attacking them would only make things worse. Andi had a choice to make; do the right thing and listen to Kit or do the wrong thing and ambush the monkeys anyway. Andi gave in to temptation and was soon captured by the monkeys. Eventually, Andi was allowed to return but not before being tied up and covered with banana peels. Kit found the Temptation Stone and puzzle and the newly humbled Andi helped explain the Bible story.

The Bible story for today in Matthew 4 tells the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan. The Story begins with Jesus out in the wilderness, fasting and praying to God. He'd been fasting for forty days nad was extremely hungry. Satan comes to Jesus and tempts Jesus to turn some rocks into bread. Jesus says, "no" and quotes scripture as his reason for refusing. Next, Satan tempts Jesus to jump off the roof of the temple, saying God will send angels to rescue Him. Once again, Jesus refuses and quotes scripture saying that we should not test God. Finally, Satan shows Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and tells Jesus that he will give all of it to Him if Jesus will bow down and worship him. Jesus refuses again and quotes scripture saying that we are to worship God and God alone.

Andi learned first hand the danger of giving in to temptation. Through the Bible story we learned how to stand up against temptation by using scripture. Knowing what the Bible has to say will help us in any tempting situation we come across. Remind your children to make a habit of reading their Bibles and memorizing verses. Even this week. Read the Bible together and find a verse to memorize as a family that helps you when faced with temptation.