Hey there, I'm Allison, and I'm so glad to see you.
I could not understand anything they were saying.
And that kind of reminds me of our story today.
There were a bunch of people who ended up speaking
totally different languages, and they really needed God's help.
So here's our big idea today.
We all need God's help.
Let's do those motions.
We all need God's help.
Great job.
Let's go hear some more about the story.
One, two, three.
Do you know what this is?
It's a Bible, and it's all about God's story, and how he rescued us.
In the beginning, God made the whole world and everything in it.
He made the sun and moon and planets and stars.
He made forests and mountains and oceans.
He made all kinds of animals, like lions and elephants and birds.
Next, God made his most special creation of all - people, like you and me.
The first two people were named Adam and Eve.
They lived in a beautiful garden filled with flowers and trees and fruit.
They got to spend time with God every day, and it was all good.
Can you show me good?
Awesome.
Then something sad happened.
Can you show me sad?
A snake lied to Adam and Eve, and they believed him and disobeyed God.
Then all the wrong things came into the world, like sickness and sadness and death.
But the story doesn't stop there, because even though Adam and Eve disobeyed God,
God still loved them, just like he loves us.
And he came up with a rescue plan so that Adam and Eve and you and me could be close to God again,
and our rescuer is Jesus.
Can you show me the sign for Jesus?
Great job.
Today we're gonna hear about some people who really needed help.
Have you ever needed help before?
Maybe you've needed help when you got hurt or felt sick.
Maybe you've needed help when you had a really bad dream and felt scared.
We all need help sometimes, even grown-ups, like me.
Remember our big idea.
We all need God's help.
In our story, some people decided to build the tallest
tower in the world so that everyone could see it.
Basically, they wanted to show the world how great they were
all on their own without any help from God at all.
The thing is none of us is perfect, and we all need God's help.
Let's see what happens next.
God's Story: Tower of Babel
So part of God's story is about how people try to build a really big tower, and it goes like this.
Remember when God created the world, and it was perfect?
Well, God created people to enjoy this perfect world with him.
There was no sadness, sickness or death.
Everything was good and because people trusted God,
they would get to live in this perfect world with him forever.
Unfortunately, people stopped trusting God.
They disobeyed him and that's when all the wrong things in the world began.
People made wrong choices and their kids made wrong choices
and then their kids made wrong choices.
So God decided to start the world over again through one guy,
and it filled up with all kinds of people who had one thing in common.
They spoke the same language.
Today people all over the world speak different languages.
Maybe you speak English or Spanish or Mandarin or Hindi.
Well, back then there was only one language so everyone understood each other perfectly.
One day, these people decided they wanted to build a tower.
But not just any old tower, they wanted to build the tallest,
coolest, most impressive tower in the world.
A tower that would reach the sky so that everyone could see it.
Basically, they wanted to show the world how great they were
all on their own, without any help at all.
They tried to get to God but one day God would come to us instead.
Kids, have you ever tried to do something on your own,
something to make everyone else think you're really cool or smart or important?
Sometimes we want others to know we can do things by ourselves
and we don't want to give God any credit.
Well, that's what these people wanted so they started building.
They stacked brick on top of brick on top of brick
until the tower was taller than all the other buildings around it.
Even though God loves it when we use our creativity to make things,
he doesn't like it when we try to take the credit or glory
that belongs to God because God is the one who created us in the first place.
He gave us our brains so that we could think and dream
and he gave us our hands so that we could build and make all sorts of things.
So really, we can't do anything on our own.
So when the people built the tower to show how great they were without God,
he decided to stop them by confusing them and making them all speak different languages.
Now they couldn't understand each other at all.
When one guy talked, the other had no idea what he was saying.
It made it really hard to work together or even live in the same place
so they all scattered and moved to different parts of the world.
They called the place where God confused them Babel.
The great news is that people didn't have to build a tower to be with God
because one day he would come to Earth himself to be with us and rescue us because he loves us.
And that's the story of the Tower of Babel.
So in case you missed it, here's the quick version.
God created a perfect world.
People messed it up.
God started the world over.
The world filled up with people again.
People wanted to build a tower to show how great and famous they were without God's help.
God didn't like that.
God confused them and caused them to speak different languages.
They couldn't keep building their tower.
They scattered across the world.
God still loved them and had a plan to rescue them and us.
And that's a part of God's story.
Wow, when they tried to build their tower, they wanted it to reach all the way to the sky.
They were really excited about making their tower, but guess what?
It made God really sad because they thought they didn't need his help at all.
They wanted people to know that they were the greatest, not God.
Do you remember what God did next?
He confused them and made them all speak different languages.
Now they couldn't understand each other at all.
You know, sometimes it's hard to admit that we need God's help.
Sometimes, we want to be able to say that we can do everything on our own, but guess what?
Everyone needs God's help.
We all need God to forgive us when we disobey and make wrong choices.
But God is always with us and he will always love us, no matter what.
He even sent Jesus to rescue us because we could never be perfect on our own.
Let's pray to God and ask him for help right now.
When we pray, that means we talk with God and listen to him and he listens to us too.
You can say these words after me.
Hey, God.
We love you.
We all need help sometimes.
Please help us to remember that.
Amen.
Now, let's worship.
We're going to give all our attention to Jesus.
So let's stand up and sing as loud as you can while we sing the special song.
He put the hop, hop, hop in the kangaroo
The toot, toot, toot in the tuba too
God made the world
He made the whole wide world
He put the boom, boom, boom in the thunderstorm
And picked the day that I was born
God made the world
He made the whole wide world
And the world spins round and round and round
God makes the sun come up
God makes the sun go down
Oh, the world spins round and round and round
He makes the whole world go
When God says so
Oh
He put the buzz, buzz, buzz in the bumblebee
The one and two right before the three
God made the world
He made the whole wide world
He put the boom, boom, boom in the thunderstorm
He picked the day that I was born
God made the world
He made the whole wide world
And the world spins round and round and round
God makes the sun come up
God makes the sun go down
Oh, the world spins round and round and round
He makes the whole world go
When God says so
And the world spins round and round and round
God makes the sun come up
God makes the sun go down
Yes, the world spins round and round and round
He makes the whole world go
When God says so
Oh
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