Our lesson today focuses on another great even that changed our world.  We first learned about Adam and Eve and how they sinned by doing the one thing God told them not to do.  And how easy it is to be tempted by Satan to do things that God does not want us to do.  Our next lesson was on Noah and the flood and how Noah must of had a lot of faith to build the ark.  Even though Noah had never seen rain he had faith to do what God was asking him to do.  How many of us have that same amount of faith?  We also talked about ways that we can build our faith. 
Today we are going to be learning about the Tower of Babel.  We find this event in Genesis 11: 1-9.

After the flood the people began to think that they wanted to be like God.  So they decided to build a tower that would reach to heaven. In the tower they would be able to study the stars and figure out how to get to heaven without God's help.   I guess they thought this would make them equal to God.  There are still people today that are trying to get into heaven on their own.  How do some people do this?   Can we save ourselves?  I'm sure there will be so called good people in hell because God is the only way to heaven. 

God also wants us to build our lives the way He wants us to.  How can we know what God wants for us?  Let's read I Corinthians 3: 10-11.  This is Paul talking.  What type of building is Paul talking about?
He is not talking about a real building, he is talking about our life.  When you are building a house the first thing you work on is the foundation.  What did Paul say should be our foundation for our life?   All buildings need a solid foundation or they will fall.   This means that Jesus is the only one we can trust to save us from our sins and help us to live our life the way that He wants us to live our life.   What is a bad foundation for our life?  (thinking that we don't need Jesus and we can just be good and that will get us into Heaven.  This will only get us into Hell.)  We need to remember to trust Jesus to lead us in our life.
Our Bible verse that I would like for all of us to remember is:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”  Proverbs 3: 5-6.






In our lesson today we learn that God wants us to be humble.  What does humble mean?  (not having selfish pride -- being obedient to God and letting Him rule our lives)


Game Card Questions:

1)  At the beginning of the story how many languages were on the earth?  (1)

2)  Why do you think they wanted to build the Tower?  (to make a name for themselves and to reach God on their own)

3)  Do you think God was pleased with them for building the Tower?  (no, he wasn't unhappy with them because they were building a tall building.  It was because they were trying to be better than God)

4)  What did God do to them that showed that he was not happy?  (He showed them His power by having them speak different languages)

5) What should be the foundation for our life?

6) What is a bad foundation for our life?

7)  What is our Bible verse for tonight?