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'Growing closer to God' Series (Lessons 1-5)

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Everything you need in one bundle—five connected lessons that help pre-teens better understand and learn How to grow closer to God.

✔ All 5 complete lessons
✔ Progressive, connected teaching
✔ Activities + discussion questions
✔ Parent/teacher advice sheets
✔ Low-prep structure that fits real life

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Growing Closer to God Series cover featuring five Bible lessons for preteens, showing a journey of prayer, spiritual growth, following Jesus, and trusting God.

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Lesson 1

How to Grow Closer to God

Lesson 2

What Does It Mean to Grow Spiritually?

Lesson 3

Why Does God Want a Relationship Instead of Rules?

Lesson 4

What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus Today?

Lesson 5

Growing with God Is the Greatest Adventure

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Real pages from the lessons so that you know exactly what you’re getting.
Here are the Front Covers from the first three lessons

Lesson 1 cover of the Growing Closer to God Series, showing a preteen praying and learning how to grow closer to God through prayer, the Bible, and daily time with Him.
Lesson 2 cover of the Growing Closer to God Series, showing preteens caring for heart-shaped plants to illustrate spiritual growth through a relationship with God.
Lesson 3 cover of the Growing Closer to God Series, showing a father embracing his child to illustrate that God desires a relationship with us rather than simply following rules.

Here are some sample pages of the five lessons in this Series

Lesson 1

How to Grow
closer to God

Table of Contents

  • The Cover Page
  • Teachers Guide
  • Warm-up
  • Discover God’s Word
  • Discover God’s Truth
  • Real Life Challenge
  • Living it Out
  • Activity – Lets do it
  • Take it Home
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The Teacher Guide provides everything needed to confidently teach Lesson 1: How to Grow Closer to God.
Warm Up activity for Lesson 1, "How to Grow Closer to God," where preteens compare friendships to growing a relationship with God through conversation and time together.

Lesson 2

What Does It Mean to Grow Spiritually?

Table of Contents

  • The Cover Page
  • Teachers Guide
  • Warm-up
  • Discover God’s Word
  • Discover God’s Truth
  • Real Life Challenge
  • Living it Out
  • Activity – Lets do it
  • Take it Home
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Discover God's Word page from Lesson 2, explaining spiritual growth through the life of Jesus and key Bible passages about growing in faith.
Real Life Challenge page from Lesson 2, using the story of a preteen comparing their faith journey to growing a plant to teach that spiritual growth takes time.

Lesson 3

Why Does God Want a Relationship Instead of Rules?

Table of Contents

  • The Cover Page
  • Teachers Guide
  • Warm-up
  • Discover God’s Word
  • Discover God’s Truth
  • Real Life Challenge
  • Living it Out
  • Activity – Lets do it
  • Take it Home
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Activity page from Lesson 3, featuring the "Heart or Rules?" worksheet that helps preteens explore the difference between following rules and building a relationship with God.
Printable "Heart or Rules?" activity cards for Lesson 3, helping preteens sort statements that reflect a relationship with God or simply following rules.

Lesson 4

What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus Today?

Table of Contents

  • The Cover Page
  • Teachers Guide
  • Warm-up
  • Discover God’s Word
  • Discover God’s Truth
  • Real Life Challenge
  • Living it Out
  • Activity – Lets do it
  • Take it Home
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Warm Up page from Lesson 4, using familiar brand logos to help preteens explore who and what influences their daily choices before learning about following Jesus.
Printable "Who's the Influencer?" worksheet for Lesson 4, featuring well-known brand logos to help preteens think about who and what influences their daily choices.

Lesson 5

Growing with God Is the Greatest Adventure

Table of Contents

  • The Cover Page
  • Teachers Guide
  • Warm-up
  • Discover God’s Word
  • Discover God’s Truth
  • Real Life Challenge
  • Living it Out
  • Activity – Lets do it
  • Take it Home
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Printable "My Adventure with God" keepsake worksheet from Lesson 5, helping preteens reflect on what they learned, choose next steps, and write a personal prayer.
Take It Home page from Lesson 5, encouraging families to continue growing with God together through discussion, prayer, and a family adventure walk.