Season Themes:
Following God’s Plan / A Heart for God - Stories from 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel and 1 Kings
Sessions 1-6: Following God's Plan
God’s plan was that his people would be a nation under God, led by prophets who would hear the word of the Lord. Unfortunately, the people rebelled and wanted a king, just like every other nation. Saul started well, but his heart wasn’t in it, so God replaced him with David. He was a good king, obeying God and leading the people well, with many battles and exploits. Later, he fell into sin, but repented and was restored. Meanwhile, Saul was not content to have been passed over.
Session 1: Listen to his voice
(1 Samuel 3:1-21)
Session 2: Turn up the contrast
(1 Samuel 81-9; 10:17-26)
Session 3: Beyond skin deep
(1 Samuel 16:1-13)
Session 4: Giantslaying for beginners
(1 Samuel 17:1-11; 32-37; 41-52)
Session 5: Success!
(1 Samuel 18:5-16; 19:1-12)
Session 6: Pay back
(1 Samuel 24:1-22)
Sessions 7-12: A Heart for God
Continuing the stories from the lives of David and Solomon, these sessions explore issues such as sin and forgiveness, conflict, distractions, wisdom and many others. Far from being distant history lessons, these lives provide negative and positive examples of very down-to-earth ways of following God and dealing with temptation.
Session 7: Working together
(1 Samuel 30:3-8, 18-25)
Session 8: We disagree
(2 Samuel 2:1-4; 5:1-4, 6-10)
Session 9: With confidence
(2 Samuel 6:3 – 7:13)
Session 10: Wise Up!
(1 Kings 3:5-13, 16-28; 4:29-34; 10:1-9)
Session 11: Worship house
(1 Kings 8:12-30)
Session 12: Wives galore
(1 Kings 9:1-7; 11:9-13)
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