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What do your children want to be when they grow up? Ask each child to share a clue that represents his or her dream job. The clue can be a word, a picture or an object. See who can guess the profession! Remind your children that God wants to use them in ways they can't yet imagine. Even though they're small, God has great plans for them.

God also had big plans for the tiny town of Bethlehem. Point out that He chose Bethlehem to be the birthplace of Jesus. And to make sure everyone knew what a big deal this was, He talked about it in the book of Micah, hundreds of years before it happened. God uses ordinary people and places in big ways!

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