Names-

God sometimes would change people’s names because he would change their future. God change Abraham name because he wanted his name to mean “father of many”. God also has a special name too, one of them is Yahweh which means “relationship with us”. My image is a trophy nameplate. It shows others what I am good at and what I do. Instead of showing people my future it shows my present and past. This applies to these stories and theme because it shows you who you are. It can’t change your name but this reveals your personality and who God wants you to be.

Call-

God calls us all in different ways, and a lot of times it can be out of our comfort zone. God called Abraham to go to a different land. Even though it was out of his comfort zone he did it for God. My image is a planner. It reminds you to do something important or little in our life. It has our whole schedule planned out for us. This applies to these stories and theme because it shows you who you are. It can’t change your name but this reveals your personality and who God wants you to be.

Sent to the Promised Land-

When the people of Israel need God, God provided for them. God challenged them in their journey to the promised land. They had to obey God so they would be blessed by him, but if they didn’t they would have a consequence. The image that I picked was a piece of bread. This means to me that God always provides for us, even when we feel like he isn’t. The people of Israel wanted to get to the promised land. They had to trust he a lot, that he would provide, and that they would get there. They had to trust that he would give them food like bread.

Symbol of a Lamp-

God’s lamp will never go out, and it is through the line of David. God sent his son to die for us. The light is Jesus and the darkness, which is the sin, cannot overcome it. The image that I picked was a candle. When you turn off the lights all you can see is the light. The darkness can’t blow out light so the light will never go away, like Jesus. This candle is just like the lamp it will never go out because sin from us can’t even match up to Jesus. We will always have him.

Something is Rotten-

God sent Elijah to Mount. Carmel, since the people were becoming farther and farther away from God. People were worshiping king bail. God doesn’t want us wavering between two gods, he wants us to turn to him. My image are ballet slippers. Sometimes dance can get in the way of God. I do dance a lot and this can get in the way of talking to him. This applies to this theme because the people of Israel were not thinking of our real God they were thinking about king bail. We need to keep our focus on God.

A Saviour-

The people decided that they would make a new covenant because they couldn’t keep the old one. The new covenant was not written on a stone like the last one, but this one was written on their hearts. This covenant was based on being fulfilled with Jesus and forgiveness. The image for this theme is a bible. I can read it whenever I want to know that he is there. The bible tells us that Jesus is our Lord and Savoir. The bible is written on paper but can be also written on our hearts. The bible also tells us how we can be fulfilled with Jesus.

Sinai Law-

The 10 commandments tell us how to live, and we should put it in our everyday life.The people and we have our golden calves. These things are things that can sometimes get in the way of our God. The image I picked is a life jacket. Life jackets help you when you can swim. We use them a lot before we can start to swim on our own. This life jacket relates to the ten commandments. When we need help it is there for us. Unlike the life jacket, we will always need help with sin, because we will always sin.

Conflict/Doubt-

God knows we struggle and doubt with earthly things and with him. It doesn’t mean we are bad Christians, it can make our relationship with him stronger. He will always be faithful to us. The Israelites struggled with him on the way to the promised land. The image that I thought of was a thought bubble. When we are struggling we think about the struggle a lot. The thought bubble represents us thinking about it. The thought bubble connects to God knowing that we struggle. He knows that we have hard times and he is there for us.