Loving God when I meltdown

• talk about the different emotions you've been feeling during lockdown (I used to watch the Incredible Hulk as a kid. He would turn green when he got stressed!). 
• what did Asaph have a meltdown over? (He looked around and other people seemed to be doing so much better than him)

• what was Asaph's main emotion? Circle the right one:

• how did Asaph calm down? Read Psalm 73:17 (Asaph took his emotions to God)
• what did Asaph remember about God that helped him? Fill in the gaps from v 23 & 24

• next time you have a meltdown what could you do like Asaph? What could you remember about who God is and what He's done? 

• draw on a piece of card, paper or a paper plate a cross/jealous face on one side, and a happy face on the other (if you don't know how to draw a face then have a look at #drawwithrob. I've been having a bit of fun learning how to draw faces, but I'm not very good at it yet! My ears seem to get bigger when I'm cross! I'd love to see your pictures). And this site shows you how to draw different emotions. Talk about how Asaph's emotions changed when He remembered that God is good. 
• here's a copy of Psalm 73:26 to colour (one with flowers and one for kids to design their own border). Stick it somewhere to remind you that God is all that we need, and He's always good. Thanks to Ollie Watkins for designing them!
• Learn Psalm 73:26 as a family with actions, put it to music or a rap. Video it and send me a copy! Thanks to Charlie Watkins for helping me write the memory verse rap for the video! 

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1. Pray: for your children and their hearts; pray about what you’ll learn together through the service.
2. Set the expectation: let your family know on Saturday night that this is what you’re going to do together on Sunday. It can be hard work, but it is worth it. They will see and remember – beyond lock down – that coming together to worship God, even if online, is very important to you. 
3. Be prepared: use the resources in the Church at Home email to help you think about the passage with your family (choose the ones that are helpful for your family – you don’t have to do them all!). Read the passage (or just a few verses for very young children), practice the action song together, and get your Bibles, paper, and pens ready.
4. Be expectant and excited: talk about how you’re sad that we can’t be in the church building, but how amazing it is that technology enables us to still see our church family, sing the songs, hear from God’s Word, and pray together.  Church is not a building, but rather it’s God’s incredible way of gathering people of all ages and stages to read His Word together, pray together, and sing together – even if it’s online.
5. Join in: with the singing (shake a shaker!), praying (encourage your children to listen quietly and say Amen), opening the Bible together (let them bring their Bible or share yours), listening out for key points.
6. Don’t worry: it doesn’t matter if your child doesn’t listen to the whole service (I switch off sometimes!). The brilliant thing is that we’re an all-age church, united through the gospel, learning and worshipping together. They may not engage with everything, but they will remember bits and pieces, and they’ll ultimately remember that worshipping Jesus is important in their family. 
7. Celebrate:  when watching the service we see lots of faces – some they know and some they don’t. This shows them that there are many different people in their (church) family who have a shared faith and love in Jesus.
8. Keep trusting: God’s Spirit can work in all of our hearts even in the chaos of family worship!