𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓

Treasure Hunt

Materials : Sticky notes with Bible verses about treasures (Parents and guardians this is your chance to search biblical verses and reflect as well. If you don’t have sticky notes, you may use tape.)

Instructions : Scatter within the house the sticky notes, you may stick under tables, chairs, behind objects etc. Just make sure the kids will have an easy, safe, and fun time searching for them. You may end the game after 10 minutes or until all sticky notes are already collected, and the one with the most sticky notes wins a prize from you (simple treat or activity).

Collect all notes, including the ones they did not find, and let each one read the verses around and share what they understand from it.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃

Are treasures good? Bad? How do we become good stewards of the treasures that God has given us? Let’s look at what the Bible says in 1 Timothy 6:17-19.

17 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛? 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑑, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠, 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒.

18 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒.

𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺𝑜𝑑’𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠.

19 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

So, where is your treasure? It is not necessarily in material wealth but more in being able to steward the things you have been given or blessed with. Learning how to properly manage your wealth and being humble and generous at the same time can be a daunting task. God knows this, He knows how easy greed seeps into the hearts of men. So how can we do this? When we can recognize that your real treasure is God, stewarding earthly wealth becomes easier. It opens our hearts to more generosity and keeps our eyes on God, our real treasure.

𝐇𝐔𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄

Parent to Kid/s:

2-6 years old

What are your treasures? Why do you value them so much?

7-12 years old

Beside material treasures, what do you think are immaterial treasures? How can you make good use of them?

Kid/s to Parent:

How can we treasure God?

Treasures come in all shapes, sizes, and values. While many normally consider their treasure to be their material wealth, treasure can come in different forms - like wisdom, skills and abilities, words. Whatever treasure you can find within you, learn to use it wisely. Learn to share it with others generously.

𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘

Dear God, give us a grateful heart with whatever You have entrusted to us. Teach us to be wise with our resources and to be generous to those who are in need. Make us a good steward of Your bounty that we will remember not to put our focus on what we have, but to always put our hope in You, God. Most of all, help us to use what you have entrusted to us for your glory. In Jesus’ name, amen.

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑

Did you know that there are rich and wealthy people in the Bible? Here are some of them:

Abraham - Genesis 13 says he became very wealthy, so prosperous that the land could not support his family, forcing him and his nephew Lot to go their separate ways.

Isaac - Abraham’s son, Isaac was equally blessed by God. He continued to prosper even in famine (Genesis 26).

Job - His wealth during his early life was described in Job 1. And even after all that he had gone through, God blessed him even more in Job 42.

Solomon - God blessed Solomon with immense wealth (2 Chronicles 1). His wealth was so great and vast that leaders from far away nations visited him just to see it for themselves (2 Chronicles 9)

Source: https://nobelie.com/6-richest-and-wealthiest-people-in-the-bible/