### Lesson Plan: Attitude to Show When God Speaks to Us
**Grade Level:** Primary 4
**Subject:** Christian Religious Studies
**Time:** 45 minutes
**Topic:** Attitude to Show When God Speaks to Us
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#### **Objectives:**
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Understand what it means for God to speak to us.
2. Identify different ways God communicates.
3. Learn the appropriate attitudes to adopt when God speaks to us.
4. Apply these attitudes in real-life situations.
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#### **Materials Needed:**
- Bible
- Whiteboard and markers
- Chart paper and markers
- Handouts/pictures illustrating biblical stories (Samuel, Moses, etc.)
- Coloring sheets
- Audio-visual aids (if available)
- Prayer journal or notebooks
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#### **Introduction (10 minutes):**
1. **Greeting and Prayer:**
- Start with a brief prayer asking for God’s guidance and understanding.
2. **Discuss Previous Lesson:**
- Briefly review the previous lesson about how God communicates with His people.
3. **Story Time:**
- Read the story of Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-10) from the Bible where God calls Samuel.
- Ask a few questions to ensure understanding (Who did God talk to? How did Samuel respond?).
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#### **Development (20 minutes):**
1. **God Speaks in Different Ways:**
- Discuss various ways God can speak to us: through the Bible, prayer, nature, other people, and inner feelings.
- Use visual aids like pictures or handouts to reinforce the examples.
2. **Attitudes to Show:**
- Explain the attitudes to show when God speaks to us:
- **Listening:** Paying attention and being quiet.
- **Obedience:** Following God’s instructions even when it’s hard.
- **Humility:** Recognizing that God knows best.
- **Trust:** Believing that God’s messages are for our good.
- **Gratitude:** Being thankful that God cares enough to communicate with us.
3. **Group Activity:**
- Divide the class into small groups and give each group a scenario or biblical event where God communicated with someone (e.g., Moses and the burning bush, Noah and the Ark).
- Ask each group to discuss and present how the person showed the right attitude when God spoke to them.
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#### **Practice (10 minutes):**
1. **Class Discussion:**
- Bring the class back together and discuss each group’s presentation. Highlight the positive attitudes shown and relate them back to the list discussed earlier.
2. **Reflection Activity:**
- Provide students with a blank prayer journal or notebook and ask them to write or draw about a time they felt God was speaking to them or a prayer for understanding God’s messages better.
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#### **Conclusion (5 minutes):**
1. **Summary:**
- Recap the key points discussed about the attitudes to show when God speaks to us.
- Emphasize the importance of listening, obedience, humility, trust, and gratitude.
2. **Closing Prayer:**
- Brief prayer thanking God for teaching us how to listen and respond to Him properly.
3. **Homework:**
- Ask students to practice listening to God by reading a Bible story at home and writing how the person in the story responded to God.
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#### **Assessment:**
- Participation in group activities and discussions.
- Reflection entries in the prayer journal.
- Ability to recall and describe appropriate attitudes towards God's communication.
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#### **Extensions:**
- Plan for a follow-up lesson focusing on prayer and listening skills.
- Organize a small prayer group session where students can share their experiences of listening to God.
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This lesson plan aims to instill in students the right attitudes and responses when God communicates with them, fostering a deeper understanding and relationship with their faith.