Preschool Lessons (3 – 5 year olds)

Forgiveness is a hard concept for children to understand and it is an even harder concept for them to put into action. This Bible Lesson is designed to introduce children to the concept of forgiveness. This lesson was created to be used in a Sunday School or Kids Church setting, however it can be adapted … Read more

Once Saul realized that he had lost his favor with God and that David would be king he sought to destroy David. One night Saul set up camp with his army. All of his men slept around him to protect him, but they all fell asleep. David came into the camp and realized that this … Read more

The story of Nabal and his wife, Abigail, takes us to a situation that children are very familiar with: sharing. David’s army lived peaceably beside Nabal and even helped protect his sheep. However, everything went sour whenever David asked Nabal to share some food with his army. Nabal had the resources to help David but … Read more

After Saul failed to follow God’s directions, God sent Samuel to anoint a new king. Samuel was led to the house of Jesse where he was presented Jesse’s eldest sons. God did not pick any of Jesse’s eldest sons to be the new King. Instead he picked David, the smallest of all his sons. Today … Read more

Israel was so happy to have Saul as their king and Saul reigned for 42 years without any trouble. But then things started to go wrong. Part of the Israelite army attached the Philistines. The Philistines were not people that you wanted to mess with-they were tough. The Philistines decided that they had enough trouble … Read more

For many years the Israelites were governed by priests and judges before they decided that they wanted to have a king. Other countries had kings and they wanted one as well. God used Samuel to warn the people that it would not be good for them to have a king but they would not listen. … Read more

Samuel was the son of Hannah, who prayed that God would give her a son. Once Samuel was old enough Hannah was faithful in taking Samuel to the temple to be raised there. Though Samuel was young he learned that he must always listen to God as God gave him an important message. Today our … Read more