Week of Sunday, November 1, 2026
Rahab — Joshua 2:15
God works through unlikely people
The Big Idea
Memory Verse
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”"
Rahab had every reason to be frightened and she did the brave thing anyway. The verse says why that is possible for anybody.
Conversation Starters
For the dinner table or the car line this week.
- Who is the most unlikely helper you know?
- What is one thing you think you are too young or too small for?
- Why do you think God picked Rahab?
Family Activity · 10 min
The Breath Lift
Lay a zip-top sandwich bag flat on the table with a drinking straw taped into its opening, so the bag is sealed except for the straw. Stack two or three books on top. Now guess: can one person's breath lift them? Take turns blowing. The books rise. Then the question: what is the weakest-looking thing in this house that turned out to be strong?
Pray Together
God, thank You that You do not need the obvious person. Use me this week, especially in the parts where I feel too small.
What We Did Sunday
We learned that God works through unlikely people. Two spies hid in the house of a woman from Jericho, the last person anyone expected to help them — and she ended up in Jesus' family tree.
Chaplain America
The soldiers were already at the door.
Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall.
Around the table
This Sunday: two spies, a king's soldiers, and the last person anybody expected to help.
Who is the most unlikely hero you can think of, real or made up?
She hid two men under piles of drying plants on her roof. With soldiers at the door.
Where is the best hiding place in this house? Nobody has to tell the truth.