| In one of my devotions this week with C. H. | | | | the rainbow. For example, you could cut strips the |
| Spurgeon, (my favorite devotional author) I was | | | | colors of red, yellow, green, blue, purple, orange |
| reminded of how God will never forget His | | | | and pink. Display each of the colorful strips on a |
| promises to us. The Scripture was Genesis 9: | | | | table. At this point, take time to share the story |
| 13-15 where God tells Noah that the rainbow will | | | | of God's promise to Noah about the rainbow. A |
| be a covenant or a promise between Himself and | | | | preschool picture Bible should provide a nice |
| all the earth that He will never send a world wide | | | | presentation. Now go over each of the colors. |
| flood on the earth again. But the clincher of this | | | | Your little ones may still be learning the names of |
| passage is in verse 15 where God says that when | | | | each hue. |
| HE looks at the rainbow, He will not forget His | | | | After your explanation, have the children close |
| promise. So, you see, God's promises are not | | | | their eyes while you take away one or more of |
| dependent upon OUR remembrance, but upon | | | | the paper strips. Have the children open their |
| HIS. Praise the Lord! | | | | eyes and say, "Do you remember which color of |
| Here's an activity that will use the colors of the | | | | our rainbow was here?" If the children guess |
| rainbow to remind your children that even though | | | | correctly, praise them for their effort. If they get |
| we might forget God's promises, He will always | | | | it wrong, say, "That's OK if YOU don't remember, |
| remember them. | | | | because God will ALWAYS remember His |
| To get started, you will want to cut out strips of | | | | promises." Play the game several times and have |
| construction paper that are the colors found in | | | | fun! |