The Biblical Path of Life

Tag: I Samuel

  • Lesson 8 (Lesson 34): I Samuel 16-31: David Coming to the Kingdom

    Key Verse

    “When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.”  Proverbs 16:7

     Read the Key Verse with your students.  It is very self explanatory.  But be sure that they understand – God is with those who please Him, and He will take care of His people.  We will see this in David’s life as we study our lesson for today.

    Summary After learning of Eli, Samuel, and Saul, we come to the final main character of I Samuel, David.  Last week we saw that the people had rejected God as their king and desired a man to rule over them.  God gave them Saul – physically, everything a people could want in a king.  He was good looking, and he stood head and shoulders taller than anyone else.  But we found he chose to please man over God.  Remember Saul’s disobedience that caused God to remove the kingdom not only from him, but his family.  Today we see that God chooses a “man after his own heart.”  We see God take a man the world might see as one of low esteem (a shepherd boy), but one whom He raised up to serve Him.  When God chose David, he removed his spirit from Saul and allowed an “evil spirit” to trouble him.  Watch today and notice the conflict between these two men.  Notice that even though Saul sought to destroy David, when David walked with God, Saul could not destroy him.

    Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!

    Emphasis:  As we see God turn from Saul (for his disobedience) to David, Saul then became David’s enemy, after him at every turn.  We read that David continually sought God, and that even Saul recognized God was with David.  When David had opportunity to kill Saul, and would not, Saul promised David peace.

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 1

    Lesson 34 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 2

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s we made a coloring book for each child.  Because David was a shepherd boy God chose to be the future king of Israel, there were many choices of coloring pages (some of the most famous are pictures of David fighting Goliath).  I chose some that told the story of David.  I had a book of construction paper cut and stapled together for them to glue the different pictures into in the correct order.  We colored some of the pictures in them with the time we had left.  They were then able to take their books home to color the rest of the pictures as they had time, helping them remember what we had learned in class that day.

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.

  • Lesson 7 (Lesson 33): I Samuel 8-15: Saul

    Key Verse

    “For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.”  Jeremiah 16:17

    Read the Key Verse with your class.  Help them understand that the verse tells that God’s eyes are upon everything.  Nothing happens that God does not know about; not even their iniquity (faults, mischief, and/or sin.)  There is no point in lying about something you may have done (or not done) because God knows it all and nothing is hidden from Him.

    Summary:  Today we will continue in the life of Samuel, but we will be introduced to the third main character in the book of I Samuel – Saul.  We learned last week, that when Samuel answered God’s call, God was able to use him to speak to the people for Him.  He was not only a priest, but he was a prophet of God.  Today we see that the people now verbally reject God as their king and want a man to rule over them.  God chose Saul.  He was, physically, everything a people could want in a king.  He was good looking, and he stood head and shoulders taller than anyone else.  Today we learn what kind of a man he really was, and why God removed the kingdom not only from him, but his family.

    Emphasis:  We must remember that God sees everything.  We must please God in everything we do, obeying His commands.  In order to know what God wants from us, we must seek Him – read our Bible and pray, faithfully.

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 33 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 33 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s lesson we made a coloring book for each child.  Because Saul was the first king of Israel, there were many choices of coloring pages.  I chose some that told the story of Saul.  I had a book of construction paper cut and stapled together for them to glue the different pictures into in the correct order.  We colored some of the pictures in them with the time we had left.  They were then able to take their books home to color the rest of the pictures as they had time, helping them remember what we had learned in class that day.  We also colored the page that is today’s Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet and discussed what it meant.

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.

  • Lesson 6 (Lesson 32): I Samuel 1-7: Eli to Samuel

    Key Verse

    “Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.”  Proverbs 13:13

     

    Read the Key Verse with your class.  Help them understand despiseth means “to disrespect” and feareth means “to be afraid; reverent.”  After you have explained these words to them, help them understand this verse is referring to God’s Word and His commandments.  It clearly helps us see that those who disrespect God’s Word will be destroyed, but one who reveres God’s Word will be rewarded.  Help them understand the difference and encourage them to choose to revere God’s Word.

    Summary:  As we begin the first book of Samuel, we will be introduced to the first two of four main characters found within the book.  They are Eli and Samuel.  Most of our time will be spent on Samuel.  His mother, Hannah, had been barren and prayed to God for a son.  God gave her the request, and Hannah kept her promise.  When she had prayed, she had promised to give back to God the son He would give to her.  Samuel grew up in God’s house serving a godless priest (remember the condition the nation was in from the book of Judges).  His name was Eli.  He had two sons who were wicked men.  In the book of I Samuel, we see how God allowed those who despised His Word to be destroyed, and how he took one who feared God’s commands and lifted him up to be a priest and prophet of God.

    Encourage your students to bring their Bibles and use them!

    Emphasis:  We are to make our requests known to God, so that He can answer our prayers.  God’s people must always obey God’s commands and do what He tells us to do instead of what we want.  Also, we must listen for God to call upon us so that he can use us to serve him as did Samuel.

     

    Optional Worksheets to be downloaded:

    Lesson 32 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1

    Lesson 32 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 1

    Lesson 32 – Volume 1 Children’s Reinforcement Worksheet 2

     

    Ideas for children:

    Stickers always work well with children. Often times I watch Wal-Mart or Oriental Trading Company for specials or deals on things I can use for crafts for Sunday School (i.e. foam sheets, Bible Story scene stickers, crowns, stick on jewels, construction paper, etc.).  I keep a stash and when I need something, I go search in my stash!  Pinterest always has great ideas!

    You could have a coloring sheet that goes with the lesson.

    One idea for today’s lesson:  (See picture below).  For today’s lesson we found a Samuel coloring picture that we cut out to fit into a Samuel bedroll coloring picture.  We colored each picture.  We then cut out the bedroll coloring and glued the sides and bottom together to make a pocket for Samuel to sleep in.  Remind them of the importance of hearing God when He calls and responding to that call.

    Another idea to do in this lesson is to take Lesson 32 – Volume 1 Children’s Worksheet 1 and cut apart the Key Verse that is in pieces and glue it together on a piece of construction paper (see the picture below).

     

    Mural idea:

    Refer to the wall in your classroom that has become a mural.

    By now your class should be in a groove as to the direction and areas in which they need to focus and work on to improve their Christian lives.  Use this knowledge to help you address specific areas in each lesson that your class can discuss and share as you add new things to your mural.  Continue to watch as your class grows in their knowledge of not only God’s Word, but areas in their lives that can be corrected, drawing them closer to the Lord.

    Have them each add anything else they may have brought to add to the wall.  Encourage everyone to participate.