Teaching Your Child About Easter

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Study the Bible with Your Child:

1. Choose a time you and your child are not hurried or tired.

2. Always begin with a brief prayer.

3. Read the Scripture slowly and use an easy understand translation of the Bible.

4. Explain words or concepts.

5. Talk about what you have just read.

6. Choose a verse for the day to memorize.

7. Close in prayer.

Plan an Easter Bible Study:

A. Outline

Day 1 - Read Mark 14:32-50 (The Arrest in the Garden)

Truths: 

1. Jesus knew what was going to happen, but He did not run away or hide.

2. Jesus wanted to do what God, His Father, wanted Him to do.

Day 2 - Read Mark 14:53-15:15 (The Trial)

Truths:

1. Jesus had done nothing wrong.

2. God was in complete control. It was God's plan for Jesus to die.

Day 3 - Read Mark 15:16-32 (The Crucifixion)

Truths:

1. Jesus could have gotten off the cross, but He did not. He knew God wanted Him to be there, and He obeyed God.

2. Jesus suffered for our sins. The soldiers hurt Jesus.

Day 4 - Mark 15:33-47 (Jesus' Death and Burial)

Truths:

1. Jesus died on the cross. He died because He loves us and wants us to go to heaven.

2. Only people who love and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will go to heaven.

3. Jesus' friends took His dead body and laid it in a tomb.

Day 5 - Read Matthew 28:1-10 (The Resusrection)

Truths:

1. God made Jesus come alive again.

2. Because Jesus came alive, all people who believe in Him will live forever with Him.

3. Many people saw Jesus and talked to Him after His resurrection.

B. Use Music

C. Make Crafts

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