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First Commandment Activities First Commandment: You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me (Catholic)

Do I place God first in everything?
Do I put TV, music, video games, homework, friends or other things before my relationship with God?
Do I value money, power, popularity, or objects more than God?
Do I forget to make time for God alone? To pray?
Do I give God time every day in prayer?
Do I seek to love Him with my whole heart?
Have I been involved with superstitious practices or have I been involved with the occult?
Do I seek to surrender myself to God's Word as taught by the Church?
Have I ever received Communion in a state of mortal sin?
Have I ever deliberately told a lie in confession or have I withheld a mortal sin from the priest in confession?
Do I neglect to thank God regularly for the gifts and blessings He has given me?

Lesson 16: The First Commandment of God- (The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism, No. 1, page 77-80). For younger students.

Lesson 16: The First Commandment of God- (The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism, No. 2, page 106-111). For older students.

catholicity.com- Lesson 16 from the Baltimore Catechism (no questions at end of lesson as in the book above)

cin.org-The Baltimore Catechism

scborromeo.org- Catechism of the Catholic Church

You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me- Stories, crafts, games, prayer, and adventure. (Kids' Travel Guide to the 10 Commandments by Carol Mader, page 18-27).

childrensministry.com- No Room for God (This activity illustrates how a heart crowded with worldly things removes God from first place in our lives.)


msssbible.com- You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3

biblestoryprintables.com- You Shall Have No Other Gods

meaningfulmama.com- There is Only One God Craft (coloring)


tallgreenhouse.blogspot.com- God is #1 Foam Hand (mini craft version posted)

catholicicing.com- I Believe in 1 God Craft

abcjesuslovesme.com- 10 Commandments Train
Only do the engine (#1 Put God First)

babies-crafty.blogspot.com- God First Craft (scroll down to this)

Crafts to remind you that because you love God, you can say, "I Love Pleasing God" and really mean it!
pinterest.com- Heart Crafts 4 pages of cards

Puzzles & Worksheets:

catecheticalresources.com- Look under 10 Commandments for worksheets

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Veggie Tales- Where's God When I'm S-Scared? Daniel and the Lion’s Den

Bible Stories:

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego- Scroll down to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego for activities, coloring, crafts, games, puzzles, quizzes, etc. Posted by Amazing_Grace at 11:56 AM Labels: 1st Commandment, Ten Commandments 
I want to say Thank you for such a great BLOG. I just found it today and I think I am going to run out of ink! God bless you!

February 24, 2010 at 9:00 PM 
Thank you Cecilia for the kind words. I hope you find some activities that you can use. :)

February 25, 2010 at 7:49 AM Children's Ministry Magazine said...

Hello! Thanks for the link to http://www.childrensministry.com. We love to help out so please let us know if we can be of more assistance. God bless you!

January 18, 2012 at 11:37 AM 
Thanks for the activities posted have used them in my classes in Church of Divine Mercy Shah Alam malaysia.God bless you and give you lots more ideas.

January 7, 2014 at 6:02 AM 
Anita- I hope your students enjoy the activities! :)

January 8, 2014 at 8:35 AM Heidi @ ABCJLM said...

Thank you for sharing ABCJesusLovesMe.com with your blog friends. I wanted to let you know that the link that you shared has changed. If you can please change it to http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/ideas/10-commandments

Thank you! Heidi

November 16, 2015 at 3:45 PM 
Thank you Heidi for the new link! :)

November 16, 2015 at 4:27 PM