Dear Parents, We hope the following summary of the Sunday School lesson will help you in discussing the lesson with your children and working through this booklet together. SCRIPTURE PASSAGE:
Elisha
2 Kings 4:1-37 BIBLE STORY SUMMARY:
After one of the prophets dies, his wife asks Elisha what to do because her husband’s creditors are going to take her sons as slaves. Elisha creates a plan to provide oil for her to sell and save her sons. Another woman makes a place for Elisha to stay when he travels near her home. In return, God provides her with a son. When he is older, he becomes sick and dies, but Elisha returns and brings him back to life. LESSON FOCUS:
God wants to help people who please Him and delight in Him.
Sometimes God’s help depends on us obeying Him.
WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT GOD:
God helps us when we ask Him for help.
When we are doing things that please God, He can help us in return.
Nothing is too hard for God.
RESPONSE:
I should be ready to ask for God’s help when I’m in a difficult situation.
I should watch for His help as I depend on Him, not attributing the good of my life to circumstance, or my great efforts, but as evidence of God’s glory.
God’s Provision Of Oil And Healing Of A Son
This Week’s Memory Verse: Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in it’s various forms. 1 Peter 4:10
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October 28, 2012
Read 2 Kings 4:1-3
Monday—One Funny Assignment Why did the wife of one of Elisha’s prophets come to Elisha for help?
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_____________________________ What did Elisha ask her?
_____ , ________ do ______ have in ________ __________ ?” “Tell
Draw a picture of what she had!
What did Elisha tell her to do with the oil that she had?
______________________________________ ______________________________________ This probably took faith to believe it would really happen! What is something God wants you to do that takes a lot of faith?
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Across 2. What didn't run out? 4. What Elisha promised to the woman. 5. The woman didn't want her sons to become what? 6. What town did the well-to-do woman live in? Down 1. The name of the prophet who took Elijah's place. 3. What did the boy do 7 times when he came back
Read 2 Kings 4:27-29 & 32-35
Here, we are told how the woman felt after her son died. She found Elisha and she was “in
b ___ ___ ___ ___ r d ___ s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. What did Elisha tell Gehazi to do?
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Was the boy living when Elisha got to the house?
Yes No
What did Elisha do to bring him back to life?
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ Who was it really that brought the boy back to life?
Tuesday—Use What You’ve Got!
Friday—Life
God Elijah Elisha
God wants us to rely on Him to do Godly things for people. What are some things you can do for someone?
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Read 2 Kings 4:5-7
Did the woman do what Elisha told her to do?
Yes No
What happened? (check all the right answers)
The oil kept coming
The sons were taken as slaves.
The oil ran out after 1 jar When there were no more jars, there was no more oil They sold the oil, and had enough to pay their debts, plus enough to live on.
Often, God uses what we have to provide for us, to bless others, and to bring Him honor. What did the woman have that God used?
______________________________________ ______________________________________ What gift/talent do you have that God can use?
______________________________________ ______________________________________ Will you let God use it for His glory?
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Read 2 Kings 4:8-10 & 4:14-17
Thursday—Falling On Hard Times
Wednesday—Blessings All Around What did the Shunnamite woman do for Elisha? “Let’s ______________ a
___________ ____________ on the _____________ and __________ in it a ____________ and a ______________ ____________ and a ______________ ________________ .”
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Elisha was so grateful for the blessing the woman gave her, so he wanted to bless her in return. Wht did Elisha tell her? (v.16)
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God gives us so many blessings! List at least 3 ways that God has blessed you:
______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Now, how can you use those blessings to bless others?
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What did the boy yell to his Father?
Read 2 Kings 4:18-22
_________________ ! __________________ ! “ “
We don’t know what exactly happened, or why his head hurt. What do you think happened?
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ After the boy died, where did his mother put him?
In a tomb In the bathroom On Elisha’s bed
How do you think the boy’s mom was feeling?
____________________________________ Really tough things happen in our lives. What does God want us to do when hard things happen?
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