Easy Way to Remember the Ten Amendmentsand Motions

Hand Commands Explanation

QUESTION: Hi I am a children's ministry director in South Africa and am busy teaching on God's laws. I would love to use the Hand Commands too. Please could you email the basic outlines, as you did for Virginia in New Zealand? I would be so grateful.

Here you go!!! Included here are the hand motions from my book, HAND COMMANDS – The Ten Commandments for Little Ones (unfortunately, no longer in print), to assist you in helping your children to easily memorize all of God's Ten Commandments, in order.
Blessings to you all! ~Ann Dunagan

Commandment 1:

I AM the LORD your God…

(Hold up one finger, like a big #1 and a giant Capital "I")

You shall have no other gods before Me.

(Now shake your finger, as if saying "No, No, No!")

Commandment 2:

You shall not make any idols to bow down to and worship.

(Hold up two fingers together, and make them "bow" up and down.)

Commandment 3:

You shall not take the Name of the LORD in vain.

(Hold three fingers up to your lips and say, "SHHH." – Watch what you say – especially when you are speaking God's HOLY and wonderful Name!)

Commandment 4:

Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.

(Hold up two fingers on each hand, joined together like a steeple. – "On God's special day, where do we LOVE to go?" – God wants us to have quiet times with Him – to rest and to listen for His voice.)

Commandment 5:

Honor your father and mother.

(Have child give a "high five" by lifting up their hand and clapping someone else's hand up high. You need to give you dad and mom a big "high five!")

Commandment 6:

You shall not murder.

(Hold up six fingers, pointing one finger like a gun into the palm of the other five. – "bang-bang" – God doesn't want us to hate other people, or to want to hurt them.)

Commandment 7:

You shall not commit adultery.

(Hold up seven fingers – 2 + 5 – and say, "It's a family!" –  Here is the husband and wife…and over here, their handful of kids! – however many blessings, kids are a handful!!! God wants moms and dads to be married and to always love each other with thoughts and actions pure . . . and He wants ALL of us to keep our thoughts and actions pure.)

Commandment 8:

You shall not steal.

(These hand motions are a little "tricky"! Hold up eight fingers: 5 on the left, 3 on the right, then quickly 'bump' your hands together and switch to 4 fingers on each hand. "Did you see that? That right hand just 'stole' a finger from the left hand!")

Commandment 9:

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

(Hold up nine fingers. Then, say with a 'sarcastic' tone, "Nine is close enough to ten, don't you think? Let's just call it ten. What difference would it make? What's wrong with just a 'little lie?'" –  NO!!! God wants us to always tell the truth!)

Commandment 10:

You shall not covet.

(Hold up ten fingers and pretend to "grab" in front on you as if saying, "Gimmie-Gimmie! I want it!" – Don't be selfish, or "want" things that belong to others.)

These HAND COMMAND motions are from Ann Dunagan's book, Hand Commands – The Ten Commandments for Little Ones – published by Kregel Publications.

For assistance with these hand motions, please take a look at the 2nd week of the 40-Day Mission-Minded FAMILY CHALLENGE videos, Day 6 (Commands #1-2) – Day 7 (Commands #3-4) – Day 8 (Commands #5-6) – Day 9 (Commands #7-8), and Day 10 (Commands #9-10).

NOTE: Sadly, Hand Commands – The Ten Commandments for Little Ones is no longer in print, and is not currently available. However, since there has been significant interest, Harvest Ministry is considering publishing this book, perhaps, in the future.

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