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:
2 Kings 6:8-23
Elisha
BIBLE STORY SUMMARY:
The king of Aram came to Samaria, the capital city of Israel, and surrounded it. They would not let any food into the city, and they were there a long time, so there was a great famine, yet the king did not seek God’s help. When the king finally did repent, he was angry at Elisha because God did nothing right away. He then went to see Elisha, and Elisha prophesied that there would be plenty to eat the next day, but the king’s top advisor did not believe him. That night, several outcasts went to the enemy camp, and discovered that the enemy army was gone. They took what they could carry and ate plenty, but decided that they needed to tell the people in Samaria what had happened. The king of Israel sent scouts, and they found that the enemy army had run away because God had made the sound of horses and chariots chasing them, and ran away so fast that they left everything they had behind. When this was told in Samaria, the people ran out and took everything from the enemy camp, and there was plenty of food in the city again. LESSON FOCUS:
God wants me to turn to Him when I have trouble.
God will provide what I need when I trust in Him.
God Ends The Famine
This Week’s Memory Verse:
WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT GOD:
God is in control of everything.
God has plenty—He is a God who supplies way more than we need.
RESPONSE:
To think of the Lord as my “first line of defense”, rather than my “last resort”.
To avoid the tendency to “bluster” through life, only reading the owner’s manual (for us, it is the Bible) when all else fails. If we become familiar with this owner’s manual, we may very likely avoid some of the stress of life that comes with being unprepared for life’s trials.
If you obey My commands, you will remain in My love, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commands and remain in His love. John 15:10
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November 18, 2012
Read 2 Kings 6:2430
Monday—Hopeless Times How much did it cost?
______________ Quarter of a cab of seed pods ___________ Donkey’s Head
These prices didn’t mean much, to us, except we know it must have been expensive. How much would the following things cost in dollars if they were really expensive? Green Beans
_______________________ McDonald’s Happy Meal
____________________ One apple
___________________ Things were so bad in Samaria that people had no food. What did one woman say she did?
_____________________________________ _____________________________________ This is very sad! Imagine how sad and hopeless she must have felt. Because you are a Christian, what hope do you have in hard times?
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Unscramble the following words and write one sentence about it in the blank below the word.
KNEYDO __________________ _________________________________ PEOH __________________ _________________________________ LESHAI __________________ _________________________________ NARAAME __________________ _________________________________ PPHORTE __________________ _________________________________ DCERTI __________________ _________________________________
Read 2 Kings 7:16-20
Friday– God is Faithful! How much did these things cost? A seah of flour______________ 2 seahs of barley
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Apparently, that was pretty cheap! If you remember, it is exactly what Elisha said in 2 Kings 7:1! Elisha was God’s prophet, and we know that when God says something is going to happen, it will really happen! Can you think of other prophecies in the Bible that happened?
1. 2. 3. 4.
Tuesday—Peace In Troubled Times The king was mad at
Read 2 Kings 6:30-7:2
__________________ for the famine in the land. What did he want to do to Elisha?__________________________________ Did Elisha seem anxious or afraid?
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We can have faith in God, because we have seen how He has been faithful. How does it make you feel to know of God’s faithfulness?
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Why wasn’t Elisha as worried as everyone else? He had a secret stash of food He had seen God provide before He was listening to God’s voice
In tough situations, we too can have peace because we know God has provided in the past, and we can talk to Him and He can help us through. Remember a time when God helped you through a tough situation:
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Read 2 Kings 7:3-7
Wednesday
There were : 4 2 8 Men with : Boils Leprosy Sitting at: The well Elisha’s front door The city gate
Thursday—To God be the Glory! When they got to the Aramean camp, what did they find?
Read 2 Kings 7:8-12
________________________ How would you have felt if you were one of these men who found all the Aramean’s things?
____________________________________ We don’t know if these men got all the credit for their discovery, but who should really get the credit? Elisha The King God
They were talking one day and decided:
________________. If they went into the city they would __________________. If they stay there they would
If they surrendered to the Aramean Army, they had a chance to
_______________. Why had the Arameans fled?
______________________________________ These men only had hope of living if the Arameans would take them as slaves, but God gives us salvation so we can have hope of eternal life. Write out how you would have told these men about salvation if you would have been there:
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You have probably done some pretty cool things in your life, like hitting a home run or getting an A in science. Who should get the credit for those things? Why?
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