Lesson 78

Elijah’s Life Continued

God continues to care for Elijah – safety, food, His presence.

Elisha is chosen by God and assured of His help.

Memory Verse

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:26

Lesson 77

Naboth’s Vineyard

1Kings 21

Ahab and Jezebel’s sin.

One sin led to another.

Memory Verses

You shall not murder.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife; and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male servant, his female servant, his ox, his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

Deuteronomy 5:17,19, 20-21

Lesson 71

Review of David’s Life

Memory Verse

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him; and He will bring it to pass.

Psalm 37 v 5

This is the last lesson before the Summer break, so I’ve given the children a Psalm to learn . Some will have Psalm 23, others Psalm 1, they can learn one verse each week.

Lesson 70

David and Absalom

Memory Verse

Iwill call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies,

2 Samuel 22:4

Lesson 69

David’s Sin with Bathsheba

Sin has consequences. We’re going to look at David’s sin by reviewing the Ten Commandments particularly the last five. I plan to look at how one sin led to another.

David:

Coveted another man’s wife.

Stole Bathsheba from her husband.

Commited Adultery with Bathsheba.

Lied - by deceiving Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband.

Arranged for Uriah to be placed at the front of a battle where he’d be more likely to be Killed.

Nathan the prophet tells David a parable of a poor man’s ewe lamb.

David is appalled at the rich man Nathan tells him the meaning of the parable. He also tells David that he will have trouble with his wives and children because of his sin.

David truly repents of his sin and God forgives him. David wrote Psalm 51 after this.

Memory Verse

Psalm 51 v 10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Lesson 67

Saul’s Death

1 Samuel 25 – 31, 2 Samuel 1

Memory Verse

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God.

Psalm 146 v 3 and 5

Lesson 66

David, Nabal and Abigail

1 Samuel 25

Memory Verse

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.

Proverbs 12 v 15

Lesson 57

The Birth of Samuel

1 Samuel 1

Hannah – Problem, Prayer, Promise . Answer to Prayer. Keeping her promise.

Eli, the priest.

Memory Verse

Philippians 4 v 6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

 

Half Term

A two week break from teaching Sunday school. Time to ponder the next series of lessons. We’ve reached the end of the book of Ruth. Some history next, in 1 & 2 Samuel, Kings and Chronicles . I’d like to teach the books but include the prophets who were contemporaries of the many kings, lots of studying to make sense to little ones.

I have a book by William Hendriksen, Survey of the bible which I’ll use as a guide.

Coins for Ikelenge

Edited 30th January 2008, I’ve changed the title of the post as the village our friend is at is Ikelenge.

As mentioned in the Christmas 2007 post, the church has a very dear friend who lives in Zambia. The Sunday school children know and love him dearly. He is involved in Sunday school work in some of the villages. I thought it would be good if the children brought some small change each week which could be sent to our dear friend . I’ve asked the church officers and they thought it was a good idea. Pray that the Lord would use our friend and us in His service.