TO BE BRAVE
WELCOME TO WEEK 2
Welcome to week 2! What special gifts or talents do you have? Are you good at music or make friends easily? Do you enjoy connecting with people or find it easy to keep things organized? We all have different talents and God has a plan to use those talents to serve others. This week let’s think of the ways God has made you special!
BIBLE STORY
God has a special plan for each one of us. This week we are reading about a young boy that God had special plans for. Although he was young, God knew his heart and that He could be trusted. Let’s play a little game first. Play ring around the roses, with the following rhyme. Stand in a circle holding hands, sing the rhyme as you walk around your circle together. At the end of the rhyme fall down together.
Ring around young David
The giant came to scare him
David prayed, threw his stone,
And then the giant fell down.
Let’s read or listen to the scripture story for this week 1 Samuel 17
What champion did the Philistines have on their side? (Goliath)
How many days did the Philistine Goliath come to confront the Israelites? (40 days)
What did the Israelites do when they heard Goliath? (They went running in fear)
Who decided to go fight Goliath? (David)
What had David killed while tending his father’s sheep? (A lion and bear with his own hands)
How did David defeat Goliath? (He put a rock in his sling and killed Goliath with one swing of his sling. The rock hit him in the head and he fell dead.)
BIBLE STORY ACTIVITY
David had faith and courage that God would protect him as he faced Goliath the giant. David went in front of Goliath without any armor to protect himself. David wanted everyone to know he would not win the battle by accident or luck, but only by God’s power. When we know that God is on our side we can have courage that God will help us.
Activity
We all have obstacles we face whether they are big or small. Some obstacles may be obeying our parents, cleaning a dirty room, or sharing our toys with a friend. On a large sheet of poster paper or butcher paper, write obstacles you need courage to face. Post the paper on a wall or in a place that won’t damage anything. Then use rubber band sling shots with a small bean to shoot at the paper to hit each obstacle. The goal is to put a hole through the obstacles written on the poster paper.
Materials: Rubber band, beans, large sheet of poster paper or butcher paper, pens/pencils
Alternate
Listen to these read-aloud stories about courage “Berenstain Bears and the gift of courage” “Have Courage”
Materials: device to watch video of book reading
Independent activity:
Complete this activity sheet comparing things that are big and small.
Materials: printed activity sheet, pencil
ARTS & CAFTS
CRAFT 1
Davids sling. Using 2 popsicles to create davids sling. Add 5 pom pom balls as stones. Add a pipe cleaner to finish the sling.
Materials: popsicle sticks, pom poms, pipe cleaner, glue
Craft 2
Coloring page
Materials: printed coloring sheet, crayons
FOLLOW-UP
God used David’s gift and ability with a sling to defeat Goliath and give him the victory. God can use your gifts to serve others. Sometimes we think the talents and gifts we have are small but God can use small things in very big ways.
What gifts do you think God has given you?
How can you use your gifts to serve others
How can a smile be a blessing to someone else?
Who are the people you can serve today?
Practical Application at Home
David wasn’t fighting Goliath for his own reasons like getting famous, becoming the next king, or to be liked by everyone. He was fighting because Goliath was trying to defame God. David was fighting for God’s name, to show everyone that there was a God in Israel. He wanted the Philistines to know that his God was more powerful than a sword and shield and God would deliver.
When we know that we have the God of heaven on our side we can trust that God will deliver us. Sometimes we choose to fight battles that are for our own glory and not for God’s. Look at the list of scenarios below and determine if the fight is for God’s name sake or for a selfish reason.
-Standing up for a kid who is being picked on by other classmates
-Fighting for the last cookie in the cookie jar
-Arguing with a friend over who the pen belongs to
-Keeping a secret from your parents about a friend who is doing something wrong
-Bringing an extra lunch from home for a friend who doesn’t have lunch at school
-Keeping a secret stash of money to give at chapel for people in need
-Giving up your seat at Sabbath School so that the visitor can have a place to sit
-Not hitting a kid who is picking on you but instead walking away
-Praying for your enemies
-Being mean to a girl at school because she has been mean to you
-Saying no to a group of friends who want to laugh and tease an elderly lady at church
Additional Resources
Outings to Reinforce Lesson
Go to a park and spend time in worship and prayer. Ask God to show you ways to trust him and listen to his voice.