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I don't know about you, but I love music! Love singing and I love hearing the playing of instruments. They usually go hand in hand. I believe God loves music too. There are tons of Bible verses that display this truth. Take, for example, Psalm 100:2, which says: "Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before Him with joyful songs." I think this is a Bible verse your preschoolers can have lots of fun with. Here's an activity I call, "Pick a Piano."

Here's what you do: For this activity you will need to prepare a container that can hold straws with pictures of different instruments on each. An empty frozen juice can or oatmeal can would work very nicely. You can decorate the can to make it look special and nice. Grab 6 long straws and attach the following pictures - one on each straw on its end: piano, flute, drum, guitar, violin, and harmonica. The pictures should be small one-inch squares so they fit nicely in the can. You might want to laminate the pictures for long-term use. Place the straws picture face down into the can. You are now ready to play the game.

Read the Bible verse of Psalm 100:2 to your preschoolers. Tell them that God loves it when we sing to Him. Also say, "Sometimes when we sing, other people are playing musical instruments. For example, some people like to play the piano. (Show the straw with the picture of the piano.) Can you guys pretend you are playing the piano?" (Let them pretend.) Continue with this line of talking about each instrument.

Now explain that you are going to put on a praise song that everyone likes to sing. Tell your little ones that as they listen to the song they are going to act like they are playing one of the instruments inside the can while walking around in a circle. Have one child pick out an instrument. If it's the violin, all the children will "play" their violins while listening to the song you have chosen. Stop the music after a little bit and let another child pick an instrument. Play until all the instruments have been picked and each child has had a turn at choosing.

Next, if you liked this Sunday School/Homeschooling idea, then sign up to today to receive Scripture Lady's Free Email Kid Tips packed full with creative ideas and receive 6 FREE BIBLE REVIEW GAMES to help get the kids you minister to excited about the Bible! Just click here: http://myfreebiblegames.com to receive your 6 FREE BIBLE REVIEW GAMES! Kathy Vincent is the director of a performing ministry for children called The Scripture Lady and has been traveling around Southern California for the past 15 years ministering to preschoolers and elementary aged children with the Word of God through musical, thematic presentations. She is also a regular seminar speaker, author/creator of over 30 products for the Christian children's worker and a veteran homeschooling mom of two.

Christianity And Haunted Houses: Does The Christian Bible Speak Of Haunted Houses?

Do haunted houses and Christianity mix?  We know the bible speaks of angels and spirits, charmers and wizards, and of those who seek unto the dead.  Now I do not aim to set minds onto the path of foolishness (God warns us to stay clear of the agents of darkness); but I would ask the question: do these principalities in high places include the concept of haunted houses?

To probe for an answer, let us look into the Old Testament where the Christian bible records a law concerning houses that are plagued with leprosy.  It is presented in this curious manner:

"And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;  And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:  Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:  And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:" (Leviticus 14:33-38).

Now, we ask ourselves: Why would the God of creation place a plague of leprosy in a house?  Furthermore, we wonder at the nature of this plague (hollow strakes of greenish or reddish colors).  We also ponder the method of cleaning.  But most of all, as Christians, we must ponder the purpose to these scriptures.

So we read again, backing up into the preceding verses, scanning for context.   We also read beyond the current text, looking there so as ensure that we understand the perspective of the scripture.  [If you have not already done so.  Read now the whole of Leviticus 14].

In the end, we return to the text at hand and that which follows it unto the end of the chapter.  Our focus is on the exact measure and meaning of each word.  In so doing, we notice the following points:

1.    Leprosy is a symbol of spiritual uncleanness.

2.    God establishes a precise method for dealing with uncleanness.

3.    We understand, through implications, the relationship between leprosy and sin and the necessary sacrifice for cleansing.

4.    [I will not dip deeper into this symbolism between leprosy and sin, repentance, and salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ.  If you are a Christian, you know these relationships.  If you are not a Christian, you need to seek understanding.  For this article, I continue with the issue of bible attention to haunted houses].

5.    The land is that which once belonged to the Canaanites: descendents of Ham, youngest son of Noah, long ago cursed to be the servants of servants; practitioners of impure rites and public prostitution; followers of Baal-Peor and Ashtaroth (gods so-called); and worshippers of idolatry, their gods made of stone that cannot speak and wood that cannot hear.

6.    The land is now given over to Israel: God's chosen people; a blessed nation though often spiritually weak, many times failing in their service but ever cared for, protected, and sanctified by Jehovah God. 

7.    The text implies that the house was already standing at the time of Israelite possession.  Furthermore, the house is constructed of stone.

8.    The plague is noticeable to onlookers, including, and foremost to those who live in the infected house.  Each man knows what lies within.

9.    The strakes are hollow, this English word being taken from the Hebrew word for depression.  In our mind then, we see an image of long, multi-colored tubes, glass-like emissions of hardened slime that have carved grooves into the stone of the walls.  The indication is that this has occurred over a period of time.

10.  Outward signs of the plague are a symbol of a deeper problem.

11.  The priest must perform the cleansing.  All who are saved are a royal priesthood.  Clean your own house.

12.  The house must be emptied: for that which is clean to remain so, it must avoid contact with the unclean.

13.  The plague is examined for depth and penetration, whether it is on the walls or whether it is in the walls.  Filth is filth, but that which touches the outside can be easily recognized and cleaned; that which penetrates into the inside endures and grows.

14.  The house is left alone for seven days to determine the spread of the leprosy.  Though all leprosy is a plague, not all plagues contaminate the whole body.

15.  Once the full measure of the plague is determined, all that is infected must be ripped out and disposed of in a safe manner.  Cut out the core and all that surrounds it.  To hold to even one portion of one part of one measure of known vileness is to hold to the full contamination.

16.  Scrape, scour, and dispose of any and all remnants of the plague.  Leave no stone unturned, no corner untouched. 

17.  Using clean, new stones, rebuild the walls.  Take care from where the stones have been stored, and examine each one that it too is clean. 

18.  Apply fresh plaster and mortar.  This is no temporary patch job.

19.  Keep watch that the plague does not return, but if it should comeback, then tear down all that is old: stone, timber, and mortar.  Wash the filthy garments.  Cleanse all who have touched the unclean items.  Understand that the first cleansing was not through, that something was left behind, and that something was held back, retained within the walls, clung too in disregard to the danger of holding that which is a festering mental and spiritual sickness. 

20.  If the leprosy is truly gone, then wash and cleanse the house with living blood that it may remain forever clean.  True cleansing is not dependant upon the laborer, but rather upon the cleansing blood of the lamb.

 

Contemporary history speaks stories of how the Canaanites, in knowing and fearing the God of Israel, would hide stone and wood idols within the walls of their homes.  I do not know the facts of this.  Having once lived in a literal haunted house, I do know the truth of their physical existence.  Having come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, I also know the truth of spiritual uncleanness.   

These verses speak on multiple levels of understanding and wisdom.  Though comments embedded within this text, I have touched upon various meanings.  The scripture speaks of corporeal houses and of corporeal means of cleansing.  Of the inner house that exists in every person, it is not so blunt.  How they relate, I leave up to you.

Know this: God put the plague of leprosy in the house.  He did not cause the plague, but rather he revealed its presence:

" For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops," (Luke 12:2-3).

 

 

 

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"Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife." -Proverbs 25: 24

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Ephesians 3:17-19
Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

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