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Samuel Looks for a New King

God Chooses David

Day 98of 180
Week 20of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God looks at people's hearts

2

Learn about Samuel's mission to find a new king

3

Recognize that God's choices are different from human choices

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Samuel 16:1-5

“Yahweh said to Samuel, 'How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided myself a king among his sons.'”

— 1 Samuel 16:1-5 (WEB)

Shows God's plan to replace Saul with a new king chosen by Him

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Picture of a shepherd's crook
  • Heart-shaped cutouts
  • World English Bible
  • Coloring sheet with Jesse's house
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn how God chooses special people in surprising ways!

💭 Review Question: Remember how King Saul didn't listen to God?
2Teaching (7 min)

God told Samuel to go to Jesse's house to find the new king. Samuel was nervous, but he trusted God.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God wanted a king with a good heart
  • Samuel was going to anoint (special choosing) the new king
  • God sees things differently than people do
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think makes someone special to God?
  • How can we have a good heart?
3Activity: Heart Detective (8 min)
interactive

Use heart cutouts to discuss what makes a heart good

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw or write kind things on heart shapes
  2. Talk about how God sees inside our hearts
  3. Place hearts on a 'God loves me' poster
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just color hearts and talk about kindness

Challenge: Create a heart map of good actions

4Closing (3 min)

God has a special plan for everyone!

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who was looking for a new king?
  • What does God care about?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us have hearts that love You

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Jesse's sons!

💎 Memory Verse

1 Samuel 16:7

“The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

— 1 Samuel 16:7 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Heart Hop: Place heart cutouts on floor. Child jumps from heart to heart while repeating memory verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's unique selection process

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Encourage questions
  • Make learning fun and interactive
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find abstract concepts challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and basic understanding of God's perspective

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse Printables: King David coloring page
  • Sing a song about God's love from BibleMouse Song Collection

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