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The Ten Commandments
God freed the Israelites from Egypt and made them His people. God wanted to set his people on the right path. Never before had he given specific directions on how to live a good life, but here, for the first time, we see God giving his people Ten Commandments that will help them know the difference between right and wrong.
God gave us these commands to teach us how to make wise choices, but there’s a bigger reason for these rules. They teach us how to love God and how to love other people. When we learn the Ten Commandments, not only will we learn to make good choices, we’ll learn how we can spread God’s love to the whole world.

Start by reading the Bible Story or watching the video and going through the wondering/discussion questions. Then pick activities your family or small group would like to do, as many or few as you like. Close your time with prayer – use your own or the one provided.

Bible Story
Read The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20: 1-21 in your favorite Bible.

Wonder/Discussion Questions

For children

• I wonder what God and Moses talked about?
• I wonder why God gave Moses the Ten Commandments
• Is there a commandment that you might think is hard to follow? Why?

For Youth and Adults

• Which commandments are easy to follow? Which ones are more challenging? Why?
• One of the commandments says that we shouldn’t make idols for ourselves. What are some of the things that our culture idolizes? Are you ever tempted to follow those things instead of God?
• One of the commandments says that we should rest on one day out of every week and not do any work. What are some of the ways that you and your family rest? What is one way you’d like to rest this week?
• One of the commandments teaches us to honor our mothers and fathers. How does your family show that you honor and respect one another? What’s one way you’d like to do that this week?
• Jesus summaries all the law and the prophets in Matthew 22:35-40. Do you agree with this summary? How would you summarize the 10 Commandments?
• If you could add 1 commandment to this list, what would it be? If you could take 1 commandment away, what would it be?

Prayer

Dear God, thank you for your rules, The 10 Commandments. We are glad you want us to learn how to behave toward you and how to behave toward each other, showing love, kindness and respect. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.