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    • Today's Theme:
    God is pleased when we pray for the kinds of things that will make us better people.

     

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    Today's Story:

    		King Solomon asks God for wisdom.
    I Kings 3
    Optional Memory verse:  John 15:7
    International Children's Bible, New Century Version
    • Materials Needed:
    		Promised Land mat,
    King Solomon figure,
    Lego's or blocks,
    Scrap of cloth about 4" X 7",
    masking tape

      

    • Intro Activity: Houses in the Promised Land
    		Before story time:
    		Lay out the Promised Land mat and have the kids build houses with Lego's or blocks all over the mat.
    Keep the houses set up to use during story time.

     

    • Action Game:  I'm Thinking of:
    		Have the kids make a circle.
    Each child is to think of something that they would ask for if they could ask one thing they wanted. 
    Pick 1 child to stand in the middle and act out what he/she would like to have and the others have to guess what it is.
    The first child to guess gets to be in the middle next.
    Make sure every a child gets a turn.

     

    • Closing Discussion:

    • Close in Prayer 

    • Telling the Story:

     

    		Last week we learned about Samuel picking David to be the king of the Promised Land
    David was a good king for the Promised Land.
    He was such a good king that God promised him that someone from his family would always be king.
    After David grew old and died, his son became the king.
    		Lay out the Promised land mat.
    His son's name was Solomon.
    		Add Solomon figure.
    One night when  Solomon was asleep God talked to him in a dream.
    		Make a bed with the scrap of cloth in one of the houses that the kids built earlier.
    Put Solomon in bed by laying him on top of the cloth and pulling the bottom over him as a cover.
    In his dream God told Solomon he would give him anything he wanted.
    What would you have asked for if you were Solomon?
    		Let the kids share their answers.
    Solomon didn't ask for a big palace.
    He didn't ask for fancy chariots and lots of horses.
    He didn't ask God to give him lots of gold and jewels.
    He didn't even ask for God to make him the strongest king.
    Solomon was afraid he might not be a good king.
    People lived in all these houses.  
    		Point to the houses the kids made.
    There were so many people that Solomon didn't know how he could be a good ruler to all of them.
    So Solomon asked God to give him wisdom so he would know how to rule people in the right way. 
    God was happy that Solomon asked him to make him wise.
    God said to Solomon, "You could have asked me to give you riches. 
    You could have asked for a long life.  
    But instead you asked for wisdom to help you be a good king."  
    God was pleased that Solomon asked for wisdom.
    God told Solomon that because he asked for the right thing, he would make him the wisest king.
    But God told Solomon that he would also give him what he didn't ask for.
    He told him he would give him lots of riches and make him the greatest king alive.
    God was very pleased that Solomon asked for wisdom because wisdom would make him a better king.  
    God  wants us to ask for the kind of things that will make us better people, too. 
    What kinds of things do you think we should ask God  for that will help us to become better people?
    		To help us be kind to someone we don't like.
    To help us to see the nice things about someone we don't like.
    To help us care about others.
    To help us to want to learn about Jesus.
    To help us to want to share with others.
    etc.
    God is pleased  when we ask God for the kinds of things that will make us better people.
    Give each child a chance to pray silently about something they think God would like them to ask him for.
    		Kindness toward someone who's bothering them, etc.
    Close asking God to help us pray for the kind of  things that will make us better people.  

     

    Optional Snack:
    		Use this week to use up leftovers from previous weeks.

    Supplemental Bible Readings:
    (Suggested daily readings)

     

    • Materials Needed for Next Week:
    		Promised Land Mat,
    King Solomon figure, 
    Materials for model temple (see table below),
    Optional Snack: Matzo
    • Materials needed for Model Temple:
    		1 shoe box,
    A piece of corrugated cardboard, 6" longer than the shoebox,
    A small dowel rod about an inch wider than the shoebox,
    3 small wooden blocks, about 3/4" cubed, (the cedar blocks available in the sweaters work great,
    1 wooden block from a child's toy set,
    1 squirt type lid from a water or juice bottle, 
    Matchbox "Box of the Agreement" from previous lessons,
    Scrap of plain white or off white fabric, the width of the shoebox and about 3" longer than the depth of the shoebox,
    Wax paper,
    Glue sticks,
    Scraps of different colors of tissue wrapping paper,
    Children's markers in blues and purples and/or stamp markers in those colors,
    Crayons
    • Figures Needed for Upcoming Lessons:
    Three weeks from now we will need:
    		 A prophet figure. 
    		If making homemade figures from the pattern at this site:
    		Make him from a fabric that resembles burlap fabric (such as wool or linen or
    choose specific colors or fabrics that won't be used for any other people group.
    A king from the Northern kingdom, Israel.
    		If making homemade figures from the pattern at this site,  color code him as a king from the Northern kingdom by using red and gold fabrics.

     

    © 1999 Linda Lawler.  
    Permission granted to copy for personal use only.  Not for resale.

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