Preschool
Samuel Listens and Obeys
1 Samuel 3
BIG IDEA: It's important to listen and obey.
GET TALKING:
- Samuel woke up to someone calling his name. Who did he think it was? (He thought it was Eli.)
- Who was really calling him? (God)
- What did Eli tell him to do? (Listen to God.)
ACTION PLAN: Name different ways you can listen & obey at home.
PRAYER: Ask God to help you to obey Him.
OCTOBER MEMORY VERSE:
"I love the Lord." Psalm 116:1
Pre-K/Kindergarten
Samuel Listens and Obeys
1 Samuel 3
BIG IDEA: It's important to listen to and obey God's Word.
GET TALKING:
- Where was Samuel when he heard someone call his name? (in bed)
- Who did he think was talking to him? (Eli)
- Who was really talking to Samuel? (God)
- What did Eli tell Samuel to say back? (Speak to me, Lord. I am listening.)
- What did Samuel learn that night? (It's important to listen to and obey God!)
ACTION PLAN: Identify different ways you can listen to God's Word.
PRAYER: Thank God for His Word, and ask Him to help you to obey it.
OCTOBER MEMORY VERSE:
"We must obey God." Acts 5:29
Elementary
Eliezer’s Prayer Time
Genesis 24
BIG IDEA: When I pray to God, He will give me wisdom!
GET TALKING:
- What did Abraham tell Eliezer to do? (To travel to where Abraham’s relatives lived to find a wife who believed in God for Isaac, his son.)
- How did God answer Eliezer’s prayer? (He sent a young girl, Rebekah, to where Eliezer was. Eliezer had prayed that God’s chosen bride for Isaac would offer both he and his camels water, and Rebekah did just that.)
- Any time of day, we can talk to God about what’s happening in our lives. He will always give us wisdom and help us know what to do. What are some examples of ways a kid your age can act wisely? (Do homework before other things after school. Do what is right, even when friends want to do something wrong.)
CONNECTING TO JESUS: Genesis 24 tells the next part of the story in God’s plan to send a Savior through Abraham’s family. What if Abraham had settled for an idol-worshipping wife from Canaan for Isaac? What if Eliezer hadn’t prayed and asked God for wisdom? They would have missed out on their part in the story of how God kept His promise to send Jesus. We, too, can ask God for wisdom and know that He will give it to us generously.
ACTION PLAN: Describe ways God answers my prayers for wisdom, and pray about situations in my life.