Kids · About 15 minutes

Food and Water in the Wilderness

This study follows the concrete story of need and provision while avoiding promises that every need is met in the same way.

Connect
Read
Understand
Play
Respond

Step 1 of 5 · about 2 minutes

Connect

Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.

The 15-minute flow

2 min
Connect
Use the opening prompt to connect the lesson to ordinary family life.
5 min
Read
Read Exodus 16:4, 13-18 and Exodus 17:5-6, or retell the sequence for a younger child.
3 min
Understand
Ask what the people needed, what God provided, and what daily gathering taught.
3 min
Play
Use four household objects for Need, Complaint, Provision, and Thankfulness, then retell the story.
2 min
Respond
Choose the weekly action, then pray together.

Talk about it

What did God provide in each passage?
What is one ordinary provision we can thank God for?

This week

Action: Thank someone for one practical act of provision, or choose one safe item to share this week.

Prayer: God, thank You for food, water, care, and people who help. Make us grateful and generous.

Note for parents: Avoid asking whether the family has enough food. If a need is disclosed, respond privately through appropriate adult support rather than turning it into a group lesson.

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