Heralds to Hearts
Junior primary · 25 lessons

God's Promise and His Rescue

Follow God's promise through human sin, Abraham's family and the rescue from Egypt. Children learn why rescued people listen to God and how His promise is fulfilled in the Saviour.

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Follow one connected promise-and-rescue history, understand human need and God's faithfulness, and recognise its fulfilment in the coming Saviour.

Unit 1 Lessons 1–5

Sin and the beginning of promise

Genesis

  1. People turn from God's word

    Genesis 3:1–24

    Human distrust brings guilt and exile, yet God speaks a promise of an offspring.

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  2. Cain refuses God's warning

    Genesis 4:1–16

    God warns Cain about sin and calls him to account for the evil he does to his brother.

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  3. God judges evil and remembers Noah

    Genesis 6:5–8,17–22; 8:1,15–22; 9:8–17

    God judges evil, preserves life and gives a specific promise after the flood.

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  4. The people at Babel seek a name

    Genesis 11:1–9

    Proud human plans cannot overturn the LORD's rule over the nations.

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  5. God calls Abram to go

    Genesis 12:1–9

    The LORD calls Abram and promises blessing for many peoples through his family.

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Unit 2 Lessons 6–10

The family receives God’s promise

Genesis

  1. God promises Abram a family

    Genesis 15:1–6

    Abram relies on the LORD's promise, and the LORD counts him righteous through faith.

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  2. The LORD sees Hagar

    Genesis 16:1–16

    The LORD sees Hagar's distress and speaks into a family's harmful attempt to secure its future.

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  3. God keeps His word to Sarah

    Genesis 18:1–15; 21:1–7

    The LORD gives Isaac as he promised despite what Abraham and Sarah could not accomplish.

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  4. God provides for Isaac

    Genesis 22:1–19

    The LORD stops Abraham from harming Isaac and supplies the ram for the offering.

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  5. Rebekah joins the family of promise

    Genesis 24:10–27,50–67

    The LORD's faithful care continues as Rebekah agrees to join Isaac's household.

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Unit 3 Lessons 11–15

Faithfulness through family failure

Genesis

  1. A divided family needs God's mercy

    Genesis 27:1–29,41–45

    Deceit harms Isaac's family; God's faithfulness does not make their lies good.

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  2. God meets Jacob on the road

    Genesis 28:10–22

    The LORD promises his presence and the family blessing to undeserving Jacob.

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  3. God stays with Joseph in hardship

    Genesis 37:23–28; 39:1–6,19–23

    The LORD remains with Joseph while the people who harm him remain responsible for their wrong.

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  4. God provides during famine

    Genesis 41:14–40,53–57

    God gives Joseph understanding and uses careful provision to preserve people through famine.

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  5. God preserves the family of promise

    Genesis 45:1–15; 50:15–21

    God preserves life through human wrong without turning the brothers' evil into goodness.

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Unit 4 Lessons 16–20

The LORD rescues His people

Exodus

  1. God sees His people in Egypt

    Exodus 1:8–22; 2:23–25

    God knows his oppressed people and remembers his covenant while faithful women protect life.

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  2. A baby kept alive in Egypt

    Exodus 2:1–10

    God preserves Moses through people's care within his saving purpose.

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  3. There is no one like the LORD

    Exodus 9:13–35

    The LORD's warning and the hail reveal his unmatched power and Pharaoh's persistent refusal.

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  4. The LORD provides a Passover rescue

    Exodus 12:1–14,21–28

    The LORD judges evil and provides his people a commanded rescue to remember.

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  5. The LORD makes a way through the sea

    Exodus 14:5–31

    The LORD opens the way and rescues his trapped people by his power.

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Unit 5 Lessons 21–25

Rescued people listen and await fulfilment

Exodus; Deuteronomy; Luke; Revelation

  1. The rescued people sing

    Exodus 15:1–21

    The rescued people praise the LORD for the salvation he has accomplished.

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  2. Bread for each day

    Exodus 16:1–18

    The LORD provides food and teaches his people to depend on his instructions.

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  3. The rescued people hear God's commands

    Exodus 19:1–8; 20:1–17

    The LORD who rescued Israel calls his people to love and honour him and their neighbours.

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  4. Remember the LORD in everyday life

    Deuteronomy 6:1–12

    Israel is to love the LORD and remember his words rather than forget the giver of their good gifts.

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  5. God remembers His promise and brings salvation

    Luke 1:67–79; Revelation 5:9–10

    God keeps His promise through Jesus, who redeems a people from many nations to belong to God.

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