God Made Daytime and Nighttime

Genesis 1:3-5, 14-19; Psalms 63:6-8; 121:3b-4

When God made the world, it was very dark. There was no light. Close your eyes and imagine a world with no light, only dark. What did you see? That’s how the world looked on the beginning. When God first made the world, that was all there was—except God.


But God had an idea. God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light!


God called the light daytime. God knew that we would need the darkness, too. He called the darkness “nighttime.” As soon as God did that, there was daytime and nighttime. That was the first day.


God made two special big lights. He put the lights in the huge sky to light the earth.


The biggest light was for the daytime. We call this bright light the sun. We see the sun in the daytime. It is time for people to eat and work and play. The sun gives light to the plants and trees to help them grow. The sun also gives us heat and keeps us warm.

God made the smaller light for the nighttime. We call this light the moon. We see the moon in the nighttime. God also made more lights in the nighttime sky. We call these lights stars.


At nighttime children sleep. But God never sleeps. God is always watching over us.


God looked at the sun He had placed in the sky. God looked at the moon and stars. God saw that they were good. The sun would mark daytime. The moon would mark the nighttime. Together they would help mark the days and the weeks and the months and the years.

God showed us how great and mighty He is when He made daytime and nighttime.


Bible Paraphrase: God saw all that he had made, and was very good. (God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 NIV)

Text Truth: God made daytime and nighttime.


Activities You Can Do at Home

Song: God Made Day and Night

Sing this song to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”. For additional verses, substitute the words in parentheses.

I’m glad that God made day (night).
I’m glad that God made day (night).
That’s the time I run and play (…my eyes shut tight)
I’m glad that God made day (night).

 I’m glad God made the sun (moon, stars).
I’m glad God made the sun (moon, stars).
God loves us very, very much.
I’m glad God made the sun (moon, stars).


Daytime Things
  • Each day, with your child, look for sunshine, shadows, and clouds. 
  • Take a walk around your neighborhood and point out the things people do in the day.  

Make Suns, Moons and Stars

You’ll Need: yellow paint, white paint, small dishes, cookie cutters of sun and moon and stars, dark pieces of paper, white pieces of paper, crayons or washable markers
  • Pour the yellow paint into a dish.
  • Pour the white paint into a dish.
  • Let your child use the cookie cutters to make yellow suns on a white piece of paper.
  • Let your child use the cookie cutters to make white moons and stars on a dark piece of paper. 
  • Talk about how God made the sun, moon, and stars. 
  • In each sun, moon, or star, write one special thing about the day or night.
  • Remind your child that “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)

-
Story illustrations are the copyright of Sweet Publishing and licensed by FreeBibleimages (http://freebibleimages.org) for free download under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 3.0 unported licence. 
-

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Early Christians Shared Everything

Image
Acts 4:32-37 Our story comes from a book of the Bible called Acts. That name is short for “the Acts of the Apostles.” The word "Apostle" is another word to describe a helper of Jesus. Our Bible story tells us about some people who loved Jesus. The people were gathered together in a room. Buzz, buzz, buzz. The room filled with talking and laughter. The people called themselves Christians because they did what Jesus Christ said to do (Christian means "follower of Christ"). The Christians knew that Jesus was God’s Son. They wanted others to know about Jesus, too. Grandmas, grandpas, moms, dads, and children met together in homes. They would pray, sing, and learn about Jesus together. All these people loved Jesus. They were like one big, happy family. Because they loved Jesus, the Christians happily shared what they had more than others. Everything a person had was happily shared with the rest of the Bible-time Christians. They shared food so every...
Read more

Abraham and His Family Moved to a New Land

Image
Genesis 12:1-9 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." A man and woman lived in a land called Ur. The man was named Abram and the woman was named Sarai. Abram and Sarai were husband and wife. God called Abram and Sarai and gave them new names! Abram means “nobel father.” But God changed his name to “Abraham,” which means “father of many.” Sarai” means “princess.” But God changed her name to “Sarah,” which means “mother of nations.” Now they were Abraham and Sarah, "father of many" and "mother of nations!" Abraham grew up in the land called Ur. When he was grown, Abraham moved with his family to a new land called Haran. But then, in the land of Haran, God appeared to Abraham and told him to leave his country. God told Abraham to move to a new land. God promised to be with Abraham and show him where to go. God also promised to give Abraham children, grandchildren, and many g...
Read more

Jacob and Esau

Image
Genesis 27:41a; 32:9-21; 33:3-11 Our story comes from the book, or part, of the Bible called Genesis. Genesis means "the beginning." The Bible tells us about two brothers, Jacob and Esau. Jacob and Esau were twin brothers. They were the sons of Isaac and the grandsons of Abraham. Jacob and Esau were born at the same time and were the same age. But Esau was a couple of minutes older than Jacob. Because Esau was the oldest son, he would someday receive a special blessing from their father. That was very important. One day, Jacob tricked his father Isaac into giving Jacob the important blessing instead of Esau. Esau was very mad. Esau was so angry that Jacob became afraid. Jacob decided to move away from Esau. So he packed up his things and traveled to another land. Even though God didn’t like what Jacob had done to Esau, God still blessed Jacob. God gave Jacob a large family and many animals. After many years, God told Jacob it was time to g...
Read more