Mid-week 10/30/2024

Bible Focus: 1 Samuel 8

• Even knowing all the facts (and they weren’t good), the Israelites still wanted what “the world” offered. God’s ways are always best, but our flesh gets in the way too many times to enjoy God’s goodness and blessings for us.

Older Kids (2nd-5th grade):

• Memory verse:

  • 1 Samuel 8:7, “And the Lord told him: ‘Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.’”

  • 1 Samuel 9:17, “When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, ‘This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern My people.’”

  • 1 Samuel 10:6, “The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.”

Younger Kids (Kindergarten-1st grade):

• Memory verse:

  • 1 Samuel 8:7, “And the Lord told him: ‘…it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.’”

  • 1 Samuel 9:17, “When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, ‘This is the man I spoke to you about…’”

  • 1 Samuel 10:6, “The Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you … will be changed into a different person.”