Kingdom Bound
Children Ministry
Bible Study Texts
Topic: The Fear of God
Sub-topic :- THE DEEP SECRETS IN God’s HEART
(Lesson Suitable for 8 - 13 years old)
I welcome you to today's Bible study session. I am so glad to have you here. I Hope you and your family are well.
I pray that the Lord will grant you understanding of this topic in Jesus name. Amen.
Two weeks ago, we started a discussion on ‘The Fear of God’ and we will conclude today!
Recap
We learnt that the following:
- Holy fear is the reverence and awe towards the Lord because of who He is and who we are.
- The Fear of God means to reverence God enough, to not go against His commandments.
- Holy fear is reserved for God only. We must not share this honor and worship we have for God, with another man. Exodus 20 v 3 No way!
- It is more acceptable to have Holy fear from the angle of love for God, than for avoidance of the consequences of sin.
- We can only show that we fear God when fellowship with Him, listen to Him and obey Him, and also serve in His house.
Benefits of having
Fear of God are:
1. Wisdom (Proverbs 9 v 10)
NKJV: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
GNT: To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.
2. Protection (Ps 34 v 7)
NKJV: The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.
GNT: His angel guards those who honour the Lord and rescues them from danger.
Today we will discuss another benefit of Fear of God which is having access to "THE DEEP SECRETS IN God’s HEART"
THE DEEP SECRETS IN God’s HEART
Objective
At the end of today’s bible study, You will understand that those who have Fear of God are able to access the deep secrets in God’s heart
Introduction
Story! Story!!
There was a very wealthy man called Gerrard who lived in the City of Texas with his pretty wife Mary, and two children - Anne and Puma.
Anne was a lovely, sweet girl who enjoyed spending time with her parents, dutifully serving in the house by doing house chores. She was an obedient girl, she respected her parents' opinion on any decision she took in her life. She listened carefully to her parents and did as she was told.
However, Puma was a badly behaved person. He disobeyed his parents at every slightest opportunity. He didn’t care about their wishes, nor did he accept to help in performing any house chores/duties around his parents’ house. Although his parents loved him, he neglected their love and lived his life as he pleased.
Years passed by and both kids grew up. They started living on their own, far away from their parents. However Anne was still very close to her parents. She called them daily, cared for them and never stepped out the boundaries of her parents wishes.
Sadly, Puma grew very wayward and never looked back to call his parents or check on his sister at any time. He was full of hate and disobedience.
One day, Gerrard (the father) and his wife Mary started making plans to show their grown up children Anne and Puma how to carry on with the Family’s wealthy business. They wished to hand over all the wealth of the family to the children. To do this, they needed to share all the business’ secrets, password to bank accounts, legal documents of the properties and also give them code to open the diamond treasure boxes. This was a long process and required daily discussions before they could go through all this tedious tasks of bequeathing the wealth to the kid.
Just because Anne was always calling and spending time with her parents, there was more than enough time to show Anne all she needed to know. They shared all the plans, showed her how to open the diamond safe boxes, told her about the plans for the future, and how to manage the wealth and properties of the family. Gerrard (the father) even introduced Anne to his business associates. Anne became very happy and inherited all the wealth of the family.
Why? Because she was available daily to speak to her parents. She showed that she loved her parents, and she could be trusted to do well with their business secrets.
Sadly, Puma was never available to talk to his parents. Even though his parents loved him very much too….but he was no where to be found. He could not access all the plans and passwords and codes to treasure boxes of his parents, simply because he was never attentive. He didn’t care, he didn’t listen! Puma denied himself the chance of knowing all the business secrets. He lived a difficult life, like a beggar.
Are you like Anne, or Puma?
THE DEEP SECRETS IN God’s HEART
Just like this story, God our father has many treasures. He has great plans in his mind for us and our future. Only his children who love him genuinely, speak to him, spend time with him, serve him in his household and respect his wishes are able to access these deep secrets in His mind.
When you worship God daily and serve Him with reverence in your heart, you will be able to access his Holy Place, his Holy Mind, and the deep secrets and plans he has for your future. Jeremiah 33 v 3; Heb. 10 v 19 - 20.
Open to:
Psalm 25 v 14
NKJV: The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.
GNT: The Lord is the friend of those who obey him, and he affirms his covenant with them.
Jeremiah 33 v 3
Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvellous things that you know nothing about
John 14 v 21
Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them.
Daniel 2 v 22
He reveals things that are deep and secret; He knows what is hidden in darkness, and he himself is surrounded by light.
EXAMPLES OF THOSE GOD SHOWS THE DEEP SECRETS OF HIS HEART TO IN THE BIBLE
SAMUEL
Samuel was a child of God who served in the house of the Lord. And the lord showed Samuel a lot of deep secrets in His hearts. God told Samuel things he wanted to do to Eli, things He wanted to do in Israel. God showed Samuel the right person to crown as King etc. 1 Samuel 3.
DANIEL
Daniel feared and worshiped the Lord. Because of this, God showed Daniel many mysteries and secrets. One day, the king had a dream and became upset that he could not even remember the dream. But because Daniel could access God’s mind and the deep secrets in God’s mind; he was able to know that dream which the King had, and even was able to interpret it. Read Daniel Chaprter 2.
PETER
Peter professed that Jesus is the Messiah, the true son of God. He spoke of great things that the human mind did not k now. And Jesus told him that flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but God himself revealed this to you.
Read Matthew 16 v 13 – 19
In this story, Jesus asked His Disciples:
Who do people think I am? No one knew, except Peter. God had revealed this to Peter, and he boldly said it.
Because of this, Jesus blessed him and gave him a great promise. See below:
- And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church,
- Not even death will ever be able to overcome you
- I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven;
- Whatever you command in earth, shall be permitted, because so shall it be in heaven.
These are beautiful promises, how many of you want these? If you do, then
1. spend time with God,
2. worship him daily in prayer and meditation, search God’s mind in quietness
3. Serve in God’s house
4. forsake sin and obey the Lord.
5. Obey your parents,
6. Love yourself, love God and love people around you.
Remember, the deep secret things in the mind of God, are accessible only to his Children who worship Him with reverence and fear in their heart…. alone, quietly, humbly and sincere, and truthful heart.
It is well with you in Jesus name. Amen.
Memory Verse
Psalm 25 v 14
NKJV: The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.
Jeremiah 33 v 3
Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvellous things that you know nothing about
Song of the day:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow